London Regional ICT Champion

Earler this week I presented workshops on fundraising for technology projects and using the internet for fundraising at the North London CVS Partnership’s Workforce Development conference. With charitable funding tight and funders even more risk averse than usual, these workshops clearly explain how to use the internet to locate sources of funding and work through [...]

Another ICT Hub publication hit the news stands this week – An ICT Survival Guide for Trustees. Download the free PDF (399kb) from here. We also have a few hard copies of the publication, so if you’d like one, email us with your contact details and we’ll mail a copy out to you. The guide [...]

The Telephone Helplines Association’s free Guide to Good Telephony is now out and highly recommended by this Champ. The guide will help you focus on your organisation’s telephony requirements, cost and fund a telephony plan, and integrate it with your organisation’s overall technology plan. There’s also lots of stuff on choosing a supplier, understanding the [...]

NCVO’s ‘The Good Guide to Working with Consultants’ is designed to help organisations in the voluntary and community sector select and make the best use of the right consultant for each assignment. The guide is intended for everyday use and to help organisations with all the practical issues of working with a consultant, such as: [...]

A report from the US non-profit, Dot Organize, finds that over half of the 400 organisations they surveyed, report being frustrated or really struggling with the complexity of the technology they use. Watchers of voluntary sector ICT issues in the UK will no doubt be familiar with Dot Organize’s findings, since ICT problems tend to [...]

Matt Legg, my counterpart in the north east of England, has compiled a report on the ChangeUp funded pilot IT/ICT support project, Circuit Riders North East (CRNE), which ran across the north east region from January to June 2006. The project: created partnerships with private sector ICT support companies to provide 100 free health-checks; worked [...]

The National Computing Centre discusses the implications and opportunities that arise from new mobile technology. Read more about it in this article for the ICT Hub.