I have neglected this blog for months and am now formally shutting it down, though it will remain here as an archive.
From October I and others will be blogging on a range of issues impacting on voluntary and community organisations (including ICT) at www.3s4.org.uk. Hope to see you there…
Megan
We are now starting to think about two new topics for ICT Foresight reports. The first of these is charitable giving and fundraising. Below are some of our initial thoughts, pulled together for a recent ICT Hub conference. Ideas and comments very welcome…
Introduction
The internet is changing how individuals give to organisations, and […]
The following is a summary of a report I have recently written - ICT Foresight: how online communities can make the net work for the VCS - published on 28 March. Free download here, or if you would like a hard copy email me.
If the late 19th century was the ‘golden age’ of mutual […]
Members of my expert panel have recently been discussing issues around ICT and accountability for one of our future reports. A big question, which has been posed here before, emerged. David Wilcox summarised it as ‘is technology essentially a tool within a (relatively) unchanging system, or is it likely to change the system(s)?’
This […]
We have finally finished writing the first ICT Foresight report and it will be published in September.
It looks at the VCS’s crucial ‘voice’ and representation role, specifically through looking at how ICT is being used (or could be used) for campaigning and consultation. We don’t think there’s anything ground-breaking in there but it will […]
The Hansard Society is working together with the NCVO on the first strand of the project - on Democracy, campaigning and activism. The research is designed to illustrate ways in which information and communication technology (ICT) might empower charitable, community and voluntary sector organisations and their supporters and identify comparisons with citizen engagement […]
The ICT Foresight blog is now up and running!
My name is Megan Griffith and I’m a Research Officer at NCVO. There’s more info about me on the Who’s who page
This blog is the public face of a Foresight research project looking at the impact of ICT on the VCS. This means not only […]