Articles
These useful articles are designed to give you further insight into a wide range of ICT issues.
Topics:
- ICT management and governance
- ICT support
- Technology and equipment
- Training
- Security
- Fundraising
- Telephony and communication
- Environment
- Using new media to raise your profile and communicate with others
- Digital inclusion
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ICT management and governance
- Understanding the guide to managing ICT publication
- ICT signposting guide for small VCOs
- Does ICT matter to you and your organisation?
- Developing an ICT Strategy: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
- Making Change Happen
- ICT Governance - how to better engage trustees
- ICT Governance - an action plan to help improve the way your trustees think about ICT
- ICT Governance in the voluntary sector - a perspective
- Task List - getting started
- Buying and Commissioning ICT
- Ethics and ICT
- The Future of Technology
ICT support
- How to find local ICT support you can trust
- Evolving the South West - a case study on how to provide effective ICT support
- Where to go for help
- What use is an ICT consultant?
- Free ICT support - how to benefit from an ICT volunteer
Technology and equipment
- Procurement capacity - getting the right ICT systems
- Replacing your ICT
- Working without wires - how charities can benefit from wireless networking
- What is open source?
- Using free and open source software
- Databases
- Website content management systems
- Office tools
Training
Security
Fundraising
Telephony and communication
- Telephony in Your Voluntary Organisation - an overview
- The Role of Voice and Telephony in Communications
- Remote communications - getting online wherever you are
- Is Telephony Part of Your ICT Strategy?
Environment
- Learn how to reduce your organisation's carbon footprint with more effective use of technology
- Replacing IT
Using new media to raise your profile and communicate with others
- A short introduction to new media
- An in depth look at new media
- New Media - effective networking
- New Media - A Couple of Problems
- The A to Z of the Live Web - from Blogs to Wikis
- Live Communication is Everyone's Job - the blogger in the organisation
- Social Media
- Web 2.0 - First Steps for Charities
- Helping dispersed groups communicate - How can ICT help you reach out?
- What does Hard to Reach really mean?
- What is involved in developing your website and what support is out there to help?
- eCampaigning
- The Great Web Office Experiment - using online tools e.g. Google Docs
- Podcasting - Is anyone listening?
- Top ten tips for effective podcasting
- Making the most of audio and radio