http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion Developing ICT in the Voluntary Sector in the London Region Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:57:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Be the Champ: Following on from Pauline Baker's recent retirement to enjoy grand-mothering, GMCVO is recruiting for a north west regional ICT Champion. Community First has also been in the market for a regional ICT Champion - they should be announcing the new West Midlands Regional Champion towards the end of August. Databases Uniservity ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/08/07/champ-tracks-ict-round-up-for-7-august-2008/ Like Alice Cooper said, "school's out for summer", except we're still here bringing you the not-for-profit ICT news. Funding: Telecoms company Talktalk is offering £60,000-worth of technology grants to UK charities and community groups.  Not-for-profit organisations are invited to enter its second annual Innovation in the Community awards, held in collaboration with ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/07/24/champ-tracks-ict-round-up-for-16-july-2008/ What should have been an important chance for the non-profit sector to influence the local agenda and how Capacity Builders prioritises its meagre resources instead became an exercise in apathy. Earlier this week we were at a major Capacity Builders' consultation event in a south London borough  - to facilitate the ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/07/24/apathy-in-the-uk-non-profit-sector/ How time flies, time for the edited ICT highlights from the last week or so. Web 2.0 Lingro is a new collaborative dictionary and translation service that combines open dictionaries on the web with user contributions under a CreativeCommons license. Need to dynamically generate charts in web pages?  The Google Charts API will ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/06/20/champ-tracks-ict-round-up-for-20-june-2008/ 2nd July 2008  10am-4pm Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 (nearest tube:  Holborn) There is so much happening in the online world - how can we make sure that we are making the most of online opportunities? This free conference for Cascade members will provide insight and ideas about how ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/06/20/cascade-conference-making-the-most-of-the-internet/ Capacity Builders has announced details of successful bidders into its Improving Reach Programme.  A total of £17,444,123 was awarded across the 9 English regions. So far, the only details we have are those published by Capacity Builders, which shows a total of  10 grants totalling £2,374,550 (13.6% of the total) awarded ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/06/20/improving-reach-awards-2008-london/ Sometimes when we're trying to learn a new technique or a new subject - a video tutorial - watching how an expert does it can be more powerful than web or print 'how to' articles. Video tutorials offer a great way to concisely convey a lot of information that might otherwise ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/06/09/video-tutorial-web-sites-part-1/ The London Infrastructure Development Plan (LIDP:08) was recently launched by LVSC and London Councils. The LIDP:08 describes the ChangeUp vision for London over the next 3 years along with action plans for thematic areas such as ICT, Advice, Olympics, Premises, etc. The plan for ICT envisages: 2008-11 London Region ICT Champion project to take ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/06/09/london-infrastructure-development-plan-2008-11/ Another round-up of ICT news that you couldn't possibly live without... Organise that meeting: Organising meetings can be a real pain. Fortunately, there are several web-based services out there that let you create an event, manage invitations and even take payment. Mobaganda - based on Google App Engine ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/05/30/champ-tracks-ict-round-up-for-29-may-2008/ The Flickr photo sharing service has teamed up with TechSoup/CTX Programme to offer premium "Pro" accounts to individuals within eligible organisations. By requesting a package of two or five Pro accounts Flickr is a new way for organisations to tell their story with their own photographs. Learn more ... http://www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion/2008/05/22/flickr-pro-accounts-now-available-from-ctx-donor-programme/