Archive for February, 2006

Using ICT for collaboration

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

How can VCOs use ICTs to work more collaboratively? Ruralnet’s I-See-T project seeks to answer this question. They are running some free workshops to help voluntary and community organisations find out, try out and feed back on ways of using ICT for collaboration. The ICT Hub and NCVO’s Collaborative Working Unit […]

e-Personalisation and the VCS

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Eleanor Burt (a member of the ICT Foresight panel) recently raised the issue of e-personalisation:

There is an interesting discussion to be had on how ICTs are contributing to ‘personalisation’ against the backcloth of the Government’s growing enthusiasm for the voluntary sector and its proposals for the modernisation of public services.

Personalisation is a major theme for […]

Are voluntary organisations relevant in a digital age?

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

This deliberately provocative question is the title of a seminar I am organising at NCVO’s annual conference on 21 Feb. Debating the question will be Will Davies (formerly head of ippr’s Digital Manifesto programme), Milica Howell (Hansard Society’s e-democracy programme), David Wilcox and Karl Wilding (NCVO’s Head of Research and my boss!)
Of course, I […]