Other Events

Free IT and Web Accessibility Workshops

iT4Communities is running a series of workshops in partnership with AbilityNet, a national charity that provides independent advice and information on all aspects making ICT accessible for people with a disability or limiting condition.

ICT Hub Website

The ICT Hub has launched a new website to enable VCOs to easily access ICT resources at the click of a mouse. The new site, www.icthub.org.uk will enable VCOs to take practical steps to benefit more from information communication technology such as developing websites and databases, managing networks and making hardware and software accessible for people with disabilities.

To hear more information about the ICT Hub, register to receive our free monthly newsletter http://register.icthub.org.uk/

The ICT Hub Knowledgebase

Knowledgebase is now live on www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk.
It builds on and supersedes the old LASA Knowledgebase and is similarly aimed at:

- very small, small, medium sized voluntary and community sector organisations

- decision makers, implementers (e.g. accidental techies, circuit riders etc.), ICT users (in organisation context), and others interested in ICT issues.

Knowledgebase is also looking for new content relevant to ICT in the voluntary and community sector, so any budding content writers out there please get in touch with ICT Hub Knowledgebase to discuss and get a tighter brief. They have a budget this year to commission content.
In general they would want to release content under a creative commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ (attribution, no commercial use, no derivative works).

So far areas identified as needing additional content include:
Software: accounting, fundraising and donor management, contact management, publishing, multilingual, email clients (general overview of the market including open source alternatives, and what's appropriate for different sized organisations, platforms etc.);
Databases: implementing and using databases in organisations (good practice, pleasures, pitfalls etc.) ICT Equipment: Replacement strategy,

So get cracking!

Free ‘New Media made cheap and easy' seminars

Media Trust is holding a series of free seminars to give small to medium sized not-for-profit organisations a view of new media communication and marketing tools.  The seminars will be held by a new media consultant and focus on techniques available on the internet such as: blogging, podcasting, and wikis, with real life examples and practical advice.  The seminars will be run September – December 2006 throughout the country.
For further information please email Lucinda Mason at the Media Trust lucindam@mediatrust.org or call 020 7874 7620.
The Media Trust is working in partnership with the ICT Hub to deliver these seminars.