As I sit down to write this Simon Berry and his companions will be cycling some between Hengrove and Bristol city centre. The route through Bristol is just one of 48 stages on a 12 day ride from Land’s End to Severn Beach, Scotland. Even though I have never met Simon, after reading the trip [...]
I’ve just missed the “Introduction to Social Software” session today at the Duke Street Community House. It was a bit far to travel to Melbourne to attend. The course is one of the early practical outcomes chalked up to a new project being run in Victoria, Australia. The Doing IT Better project is being run [...]
Social service organisations in the Rotorua area will soon be able to access better IT support and advice. The Rotorua Community ICT Trust is looking for somebody with a technology background to work as an e-Rider in the area. The empahsis of the service is going to be on strategic advice, eg records management, security, [...]
I actually struggled to find the Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) page on Facebook. Being a Facebook absolute beginner I found all sorts of other ministries, mostly run by fundamentalist christians, before I arrived at DCM’s page. When I got there I found a very short description of what DCM do, an advert for the upcoming [...]
Listed in today’s Dominion Post alongside the normal array of city council notices about street closures, planning exercises and evensts like the Malaysian festival on Saturday, was a small notice about a new online tool for citizens. Now available on the Wellington City Council website is an e-Petitions generator. This new online democratic tool allows [...]
“Experienced and motivated IT professional to take up the first e-Rider position advising and supporting community groups in the Wellington region.” This is an excerpt from the advertisement we placed last week for the mobile IT professional the Wellington Region 2020 Communications Trust is hiring to work with community and voluntary organisations. The person we’re [...]
To accompany a second version of the Webguide (see my earlier post “Connect your community, again”) , Miraz Jordan has set-up the Groupings blog and is sharing round duties to keep it up-to-date. A small team of people working with community groups are contribuing posts. I’ve agreed to make the occassional posting as a guest [...]
The 2007 Computerworld Excellence Awards were announced on 27 July 2007 with the Louise Perkins Foundation receving the top award in the Not-for-Profit Organisation category. The Foundation, which is known publicly as Sweet Louise, offers a whole suite of practical help and restorative therapies, helping women with breast cancer to lead more positive lives. It’s [...]
Some pretty sizeable grants have been made as part of the 2007 round of the Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund. Over $10 million in grants was allocated, virtually exhausting the $17 million fund. Announcing the successful applicants on Monday 30 July 2007 Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said the community-based ICT projects [...]
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