21 Days of Wiki Adoption

Stuart Mader who supports organisations, and other sectors to network, collaborate and create new communities with wikis is currently running a series of 21 daily posts with videos on wiki adoption. You can see all articles related to this series at www.ikiw.org/21days. There’s lots of useful tips and ideas to help your organisation get the best from working with wikis.

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Posted on February 12th, 2008 | Posted in: Nptech, Side Notes, Social Media.
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Latest tools from Google

Head over to Beth Dunn’s Small Dots blog, where she updates us on the new version of the Google Apps (a suite of applications such as Gmail, Google Talk, Calendar and Google Docs), which has now been made easier for people to collaborate and use without the technical knowledge needed to get up and running with it all.
Also Beth highlights Rebecca’s recent posting on the Wild Apricot Blog about how Google Forms

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Posted on February 12th, 2008 | Posted in: Nptech, On the web, Side Notes.
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NTEN’s Love Your Techie Day!

NTEN have used Sproutbuilder in an innovative way for you to to send a special message to your favourite techie for their celebratory ‘Love Your Techie Day’ on February 14th. Find out more, and send your special message at the NTEN website today!

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Posted on February 12th, 2008 | Posted in: Nptech, On the web, Side Notes.
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The basics of data portability

Data portability has been big news in the web tech world in recent weeks. If you want to understand more, there’s a great new article and easy to understand video explaining the basics on ReadWriteWeb showing DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix by Smashcut Media.

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Posted on January 15th, 2008 | Posted in: On the web, Side Notes.
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Using social media to meet others before an event

Meeting people for the first time at events, conferences and job interviews for example can be tricky for some.
Chris Brogan has written a useful article with lots of helpful suggestions on how you can use social media to meet people.

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Posted on January 15th, 2008 | Posted in: On the web, Side Notes, Social Media.
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Using images in fundraising

Christine Martell of VisualSpeak has a wonderful screencast about how images were used in Beth Kanters online fundraising campaign. Some good tips and advice on how to use images, plus also a really great example of how screencasting can be used to present a subject.

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Posted on January 14th, 2008 | Posted in: Nptech, On the web, Side Notes, Social Media.
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Circuit Riders Conference: 28th and 29th February

If you provide direct ICT support and development to voluntary and community organisations, make sure you book your place for the ICT Hub 4th Annual Circuit Rider conference which is taking place at: BVSC in Digbeth, Birmingham on the 28th and 29th February 2008. To find out more and book your place see the conference page on Lasa’s website.

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Posted on January 12th, 2008 | Posted in: Nptech, Side Notes, UKriders.
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Should your organisation use social networking sites?

A useful guide to help you work out whether social networking sites can add value and benefit the work of your organisation. See the full article to help you decide at Techsoup - Should your organisation use social networking sites?.

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Posted on January 10th, 2008 | Posted in: Nptech, On the web, Side Notes, Social Media.
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Common errors with web accessibility

Webcredible’s latest article on 10 common errors when implementing accessibility is a useful reminder for those making their websites accessible and inclusive to all.

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Posted on January 1st, 2008 | Posted in: Accessibility, Side Notes, Web design.
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Organisations learning how to get a presence on Facebook

Beth Kanter explores how Simon Berry of Ruralnet UK has enabled his organisation to have a presence of its own on Facebook. You too can leave your non profits’ Facebook tips and best practice for success over on Beth’s Blog. See the article at: Simon Berry’s Facebook Advice on Beth’s Blog.

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Posted on November 19th, 2007 | Posted in: Side Notes, Social Media.
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