http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight Exploring how new technologies are changing voluntary action Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:44:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2007/08/15/the-end/ 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 ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2007/04/16/the-impact-of-new-technologies-on-charitable-giving/ 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 ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2007/03/06/how-online-communities-can-make-the-net-work-for-the-vcs/ I have received another thinkpiece for our next report from Ross Ferguson of the Hansard Society. Ross has deliberately written a thought-provoking piece (as requested by me!) and is keen to hear other people’s thoughts. Commons in Cyberspace In 2001 Jay Blumler and Stephen Coleman set out a vision of a ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/12/18/commons-in-cyberspace/ Our second ICT Foresight report will look at ICT and social networks. Members of our advisory panel are writing short think-pieces on the impact of ICT. Below is the first of these, from Eleanor Burt. Comments are very welcome! Don’t like your organisation’s campaigning policy? Switching is easy ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/12/15/social-networking-tools-and-campaigning/ Panel member Nick Booth has blogged about the potential of excluding people as a way to make networks stronger, larger and more effective. He begins by citing research from the early 1990’s which found a correlation between the size of a human neocortex and how many others we ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/10/23/ict-and-the-brain/ A couple of weeks ago the ICT Foresight panel got together to talk about social networking. The term ‘Web 2.0′ was unsurprisingly used a great deal. One of our academic colleagues, John Taylor, suggested that it might be good to start by deciding what we actually meant by ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/10/23/defining-web-20/ 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 ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/10/23/ict-a-driving-force/ Today we published the first in our series of ICT Foresight reports, which we wrote with Ross and Milica at the Hansard Society. This first report examines the impact of ICT on the sector’s ‘voice’ and representation roles by looking at the activities of consultation and campaigning. It ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/10/18/first-ict-foresight-report-is-published/ At our recent roundtable discussion on social networking we discussed how VCOs can use ICTs to engage supporters in new ways, rather than just asking them to give money. We think there’s probably a report to be written on ICT and fundraising that looks beyond online giving mechanisms and ... http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/2006/10/13/all-they-want-is-money/