Archive for the ‘Community groups’ Category

Where can I find a meeting room?

With so many entrepreneurs and start-ups going gung-ho developing Apps for this, that and the other. And with gazillions of bits of web content created every hour or is it now every minute. You’d think I’d be able to find an up-to-date and useful list of meeting venues in Wellington. It seems every single time [...]

A good time for a webinar

Just as I was about to sign-up for an hour long session on the new Google web analytics package, it struck me that I couldn’t make it. The presentation by Avinash Kaushik, a Google Analytics evangelist and trainer at Market Motive, will cover new features of the web statistics tool. He reckons the new customizable [...]

What it takes to be digitally proficient

Lately I’ve noticed a few businesses pushing new fangled IT products and services to the community and voluntary sector. The most prominent of these is cloud-based computing. It’s promoted as being an ideal match for organisations. The sales pitches are pretty extravagant, offering miracles on heaven and earth: it won’t break down, it’s always open, [...]

Workshopping by the seat of my (bike) pants

When I deliver a training package for the first time, I always expect a few wobbles along the way. Yesterday was no exception. I’m not entirely sure if I managed to demystify some of the processes on the Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) website or not. My workshop on getting the most out the CAN website [...]

Award for excellence in community directories

I’d like to bestow my inaugural Award for excellence in community directories today. This is a personal award and doesn’t attract a cash or even in-kind prize. Just my gratitude. As part of a website writing project I’ve been working on I’ve scoured the country for online community directories. The aim is to provide a [...]

Walking in windy Wellington for the creche

The creche our daughter attends is organising a novel fundraising event. Mix wind, exercise and play to create the inaugural Wellington Windwalk. It’s quite a walk from the Brooklyn village up to the lone turbine which frames the suburb. About 7kms return. But there are buses back to the start, for those struggling with the [...]

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