» Social Media Training in Sheffield
06/11/15 14:44 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Social Media Training in Sheffield Here we are in rainy Sheffield learning about WordPress and other social media websites. We are at Voluntary Action Sheffield. http://wpcomwidgets.com?src=https%3A%2F%2Fd15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net%2Fc...
» Just one of those tests
10/07/15 16:48 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Just one of those tests Hello View On WordPress
» Does your boss do tech?
20/06/15 12:47 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Does your boss do tech? Another question for VCSScamp… If you had the full attention of your board, your CEO and the senior management team, what is ‘The One Thing’ you would show them that technology enables your organisation to do bett...
» A Sunny in Barnsley
12/05/15 12:37 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
A Sunny in Barnsley Well there is a bit of blue sky up there. This is a link to the Barnsley CAB Twitter Page . View On WordPress
» Can you sell advertising on your website?
05/10/14 17:53 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
The simple answer is yes. However, before you start dreams of riches and the end of your funding woes a reality check. Advertisers want a return on their investment. read more
» Adding a new post at the Mansfield Social Media Surgery
23/07/14 16:54 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Adding a new post at the Mansfield Social Media Surgery This is another example of a wordpress blog post. The weather is still very hot in Mansfield This is a link to find out more about Hucknall . View On WordPress
» Testing out Wordpress at Mansfield Social Media Surgery
23/07/14 15:29 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Testing out WordPress at Mansfield Social Media Surgery Just adding a quick test post to the blog. It’s very hot in Mansfield today We are talking about Edwinstowe . “ Edwinstowe Church ” by ZachJBeavers – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-...
» Test Post at Mansfield CVS Social Media Surgery
28/05/14 09:31 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Test Post at Mansfield CVS Social Media Surgery This is how to add a new post to the website View On WordPress
» Rules for Tools
Saw this poster today in the gardens at Clumber...
26/04/14 14:44 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Rules for Tools Saw this poster today in the gardens at Clumber Park. Seems to be many parallels from the 19th Century about use of garden tools with our use of social media tools today.
» "... likes linking, hates re-inventing..." (Care homes and volunteers)
09/04/14 08:39 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
“… likes linking, hates re-inventing…” (Care homes and volunteers) The title of this post is taken from my Twitter bio and is something i’m keen to put into practice when I can. If there is a good idea or good project out there, let othe...
» Beside the seaside...
28/03/14 20:44 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Beside the seaside… One of the care homes we are working with on Connecting Care is in the seaside town of Bognor Regis. On Thursday we paid a return visit to see how they are getting on with the actions from our first meeting. It was gr...
» Some BarCampNFP Thoughts
23/03/14 15:48 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Welcome back, for regular readers (or anyone who follows my tweets) you’ll notice I’ve skipped a week. Penguin Day and #14ntc in Washington DC generated a lot of ‘thinking’ and ‘processing’ , so a blog will follow later. With Pauline Roc...
» Digital Skills for the Care Sector
10/03/14 09:22 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Digital Skills for the Care Sector On Thursday Skills For Care launched the first part of their strategy on the digital skills needs of the care sector. This plan is based on results from an on-line and paper based survey conducted in th...
» Good use of technology is inspiring
07/03/14 16:43 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Good use of technology is inspiring I’m not sure about awards ceremonies. There is something that makes me think, “how can that be the best example of a thing?” or “are they really the most significant person?”. What about all those othe...
» Disaster Planning - Some thoughts and a checklist
04/03/14 10:10 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Disaster Planning – Some thoughts and a checklist ‘It’ll never happen to us’ is something I often hear said by voluntary sector organisations when I mention disaster recovery procedures and business continuity policies. Fortunately most ...
» No fog on the Tyne
03/03/14 15:05 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
The adventure began with a visit to two of the social care organisations we are working with as part of Lasa Connecting Care . On Thursday after a brief detour to see the sea at Alnmouth (you have to) and Barter Books (you also have to!)...
» March Travels
01/03/14 18:43 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
March Travels There is a lot happening on my calendar in March. A lot! So i’m planning to record it here. If you’re interested in some (or all) of these … travel (near and far), technology for non-profits / voluntary organisations, socia...
» A new post from the Nottingham Social Media Surgery
19/02/14 17:57 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
A new post from the Nottingham Social Media Surgery This is how to add a new post to your website. You can include text in Bold or Underline or link to an external website. This is the St Anns Advice Centre page. View On WordPress
» Adding a Contact Form
19/10/13 09:37 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Name(required) Email(required) Website Comment(required) View Post
» Surgeries and Links
09/10/13 20:42 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
Surgeries and Links : I don’t like reinventing the wheel. I also don’t seem to like updating this page very often! (I know, I know). Anyway, I do quite a lot of social media development work and digital collaboration training with organi...
» Guardian Witness App
16/04/13 18:10 from Bits & Bobs found by Watfordgap
This community reporting app from The Guardian & EE could be useful. Its called Guardian Witness and lets you upload community news stories. Download here from Google Play https://t.co/PmhAPuw42e and tell the news directly from your ...
» New Google Analytics Dashboard Report
14/02/13 14:50 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
IlluminateICT develops and provides its customers with Google Analytics reports. The changes made to the GA system have disabled many of the standard reporting features. If you use Google Analytics then you can implement this dashb...
» Build a Communications Strategy including social media
03/02/13 20:51 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
Communication Strategy Pigeon Build a communications strategy The use of Social Media within the Voluntary and Community Sector is just beginning. For many organisations and people this is a worrying time with a real concern that o...
» Top content writing tips
29/12/12 10:18 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
Customer is King Focus your content on the readers of your website. SEO is important, but you should make sure that your content is not so littered with key words and phrases that it makes it difficult for people to read. Losing readers ...
» I want Twitter on my Website! - Updated
07/12/12 10:07 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
TMG Putting Twitter onto your website is easy, once you have decided what you want to do. There are essentially four ways of adding a Twitter feed and each has its own purpose and each has its own Widget. Profile Widget - this will publi...
» ITEM3 Regional ICT Project: new report and evaluation
01/11/12 00:00 from ICTC News
» LASA October ICT e-bulletin
31/10/12 00:00 from ICTC News
» Avoiding being blocked as a sender of Spam
30/10/12 00:00 from ICTC News
A new briefing paper from the ITEM3 Regional ICT Project, now available for download:
» Time to Track the Impact of your work - Outcomes
25/10/12 10:33 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
in one place Working to improve the quality of lives of service users is what people in the sector are driven by. The problem is translating the stories and the benefits of the services into measurements that can be demonstrated to funde...
» Digital: What every charity leader should know
09/10/12 00:00 from ICTC News
» Sharing technology for organisations, 22nd October
01/10/12 00:00 from ICTC News
Newstead, 22nd October
» Cookies - do not track
15/06/12 10:12 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
Earlier this year, the sun was shining and so we started the trawl for garden furniture. Weeks later i noticed that all the adverts on the sites i visit are related to garden furniture. How does my computer decide which adverts to ...
» Now is the time to think about Cookies
08/06/12 13:15 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
The EU's Privacy and Communications Directive comes into force on 26 May 2012. The act requires user's consent before using cookies. So what is a cookie? At its simplest level a cookie is small text file which stores the name of the site...
» 5 tips to writing accessible documents in Microsoft Word
11/05/12 11:02 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
read There are 2 million people in the UK with sight loss. It is estimated that a further 100 people a day are diagnosed with a condition that may lead to sight loss. Creating good looking documents in Word, in emails and on the web redu...
» Create a social media campaign - part one
18/04/12 17:51 from Championing the use of ICT in the Third Sector
Social media workshops and seminars are a popular feature of many conferences and meetings in the voluntary and community sector. Why? I suspect the answer lies in the intuitive understanding that volunteering and community involvement i...
» A picture of IT Support for the Third Sector…?
21/06/11 13:02 from ICT Champion: South East England
I am a member of the SOCITM Third Sector Group. For the next meeting I offered to provide a very quick overview of where things are at in terms of IT support for the third sector. I’d welcome any feedback on how well I have capture...
» Is it time to head for the clouds?
17/01/11 12:38 from ICT Champion: South East England
Microsoft’s cash cows of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint continue to sell hundreds of millions of copies. OpenOffice may offer a free, open source alternative, and Apple has its iWorks suite, but in terms of numbers they are re...
» Finding a job using social media
19/11/10 08:44 from ICT Champion: South East England
It’s hard times for everyone out there and I’m being asked to talk more and more about how socal media can help you find work. Here are some simple ideas to get you going, based on the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and blogging. T...
» Is Cloud Computing Secure?
20/10/10 09:23 from ICT Champion: South East England
Is it safe to store your information on the internet? Can you trust Google, Microsoft or any other other big cloud computing providers? Is it legal to store your data online? Despite some of the obvious advantages to moving some or all o...
» Overwhelmed by data? Why not use a picture?
27/09/10 16:20 from ICT Champion: South East England
David McCandless is the author of Information is Beautiful, a coffee table book and website that shows how we can use the vast amount of data available to draw beautiful pictures that tell stories, including the brilliant billion-dollar-...
» Workshop: Social media for development workers
17/09/10 13:55 from ICT Champion: South East England
A recent NAVCA survey has shown that Local Volunteer Centres and Local Support and Development Organisations are increasingly interested in Communication using Social Media, but can be confused about what is the right tool or website to ...
» Great event for anyone interested in getting neighbourhoods online
16/09/10 19:53 from ICT Champion: South East England
I can’t make it but this looks like a great event for anyone interested in building and running websites for local communities. It will have a London bias but will be a fab event for meeting other people – check the guest lis...
» Top Five Free Tools?
16/09/10 17:31 from ICT Champion: South East England
There are plenty of free productivity tools that are available to help you be more efficient and effective. This Top Five is picked up from Simon Duncan, ICT Champion for Yorkshire and Humber and is a great list to uncover some gems you ...
» TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2010
16/09/10 15:14 from ICT Champion: South East England
Do you know a Digital hero who deserves £5,000? TalkTalk, in association with Citizens Online and The Daily Mirror, are launching the Digital Heroes Awards 2010 to find this years UK Digital Heroes. The Awards will be recognise outstandi...
» Should the Charity Commission move to online only services?
16/09/10 14:53 from ICT Champion: South East England
The Charity Commission is consulting on plans to make a range of its services accessible online or by email only. They would like to hear views from charity trustees, employees and advisers about the first stage, the withdrawal of paper ...
» Can search engine marketing help your fundraising?
25/08/10 11:39 from ICT Champion: South East England
The Internet Advertising Bureau is a trade association for online advertising industry and has produced a number of excellent FREE guides that explains why search engines are so important when trying to reach your target audience. Althou...
» New Microsoft funding announced
25/07/10 19:22 from ICT Champion: South East England
Microsoft has announced funding of up to £85,000 available for training in e-skills. See below for details and download the form at the end of the post. Unlimited Potential Community Technology Skills Programme (UPCTSP) – Grant process i...
» Downing Street beckons
12/07/10 11:26 from ICT Champion: South East England
So the Prime Minister has invited me to Downing Street today (Monday). Maybe it sounds better if I say ‘summoned’, or perhaps it should be ‘bizarrely’? Whatever it is I will be there because Martha Lane Fox is lau...
» Social media for development workers, 2 June 2010
21/05/10 08:32 from ICT Champion: South East England
A new one day course on 2 June will include a practical social media surgery to help build confidence in use of social media websites and show how local groups benefit from the latest social media tools.Just about everyone has heard of F...
» Choosing new software? Start with the users…
17/05/10 12:33 from ICT Champion: South East England
I came across this quote on a discussion thread on Slashdot about whether to use Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce.com for managing fundraising tasks. It was posted on a discussion forum for techies, but it captures an approach to softwa...