London Ict E Bulletin Sep 2009

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See The Difference video library
A new website set up to raise £250m for charities by
establishing a video library about their work will go
live later this year. The site, See the Difference, will
feature a collection of short films through which
charities will be able to explain to the public how
their projects are run. See The Difference at Third
Sector Online

Age gap diminishes
Research by the US organisation AARP shows that
the "digital divide" between the young and old is
shrinking. More on the age gap at NTEN

NAVCA's new social network
NAVCA has introduced navcaboodle - a social
network for the third sector. navcaboodle has been
developed for colleagues to network, discuss and
share their experiences in a number of ways through
groups, discussion forums, sharing videos and
photos and a calendar of events. Read more about
navcaboodle

Charities 'have least secure websites'
Charities are more likely to have poor website
security than other organisations, according to the
results of security testing company NTA Monitor's
Web Application Annual Security Report 2009,
published this week. More on website insecurity at
Third Sector Online

Discuss!
Are you using web 2.0 technologies to reach your
clients or supporters? If you are, have you
considered the security implications and taken steps
to mitigate the risks? Discuss this issue over on the
ICT Cafe discussion forum.

Related Knowledgebase articles:

Bringing IT Literacy To Communities Of Older

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People
How Secure Is The Internet?
An Introduction To Effective Use Of Video On The
Web

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events & training
22 September: Accessibility 2.0, A Million Flowers
Bloom @ Microsoft Victoria, London - A conference
exploring Web 2.0, social media and accessibility.
AbilityNet have brought together industry experts,
accessibility specialists and advocates to create a
cutting edge day of practical insights, inspiration and
networking. Book tickets now for Accessibility 2.0

24 September: Data Protection and
Communications for the Voluntary Sector @ NCVO,
London N1 - Find out how to ensure your
organisations' communications are lawful. Prices from
£95, more information and booking.

29 September, 09 November, 13 January:
Modernising Volunteering - A series of free training
seminars and workshops delivered by Red
Foundation, providing an introduction to working with
social networks for volunteer support service workers
and those who are thinking of or just starting to use
web 2.0 for volunteer recruitment and communication
with their peers or members. Further information on
Modernising Volunteering

29 September 2009: NCVO's Collaborative
Working Conference 2009 @ NCVO, London, N1 -
NCVO’s fourth annual Collaborative Working
Conference will discuss current practice in
collaborative working across civil society
organisations and look at new opportunities offered
by collaboration. Prices from £121.52 for NCVO
members. More information on the Collaborative
Working Conference and registration

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6 October: Netsquared Net Tuesday - This month's
meeting looks at Social Networking Strategies. Sign
up for Net Tuesday (sincere apologies to Amy at
Netsquared and anyone hoping to attend for getting
the date of the September event wrong in the last
Bulletin)

6 - 21 October: London 3rd Sector Training
Roadshows - The South London Learning Consortium
are running workshops In West London, South
London, East London and Central / North London
where you can find out what ICT training is available
along with options to fund it. Further information on
the roadshows

7-9 October: Video training course for charities @
CTX, London, SE1 - Charity Technology Trust is
running its video training course designed for
charities and not for profits which covers
pre-production, production and post production. The
full course fee is £450, however if you enrol before
the 15th September, you will benefit from a reduced
rate of £399. Places limited, book now for video
training

21 October: Mobile Access Solutions @ British
Computer Society, London, WC2 - AbilityNet's course
explores the key issues identified by disabled users
in selecting portable technology such as mobile
telephones and netbooks, demonstrating how,
through free solutions, they can be made increasingly
more accessible. Information and Booking: Call free
on 0800 269545 or book online for mobile access
solutions

10 November: Effective Assessment of Problems at
Computer Workstations @ British Computer Society,
London, WC2 - This AbilityNet course helps
participants respond to problems, make a
workstation assessment and identify practical
solutions. Call free on 0800 269545 or book online
for workstation assessment

10-11 November: Green IT Expo 2009 @ The

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Barbican Centre, London More Green IT Expo
information and registration

11 November: Charity IT Conference @ QE2
Conference Centre, London - a key strategic event
addressing topical concerns. Register your interest
for Charity ICT Conference

12 November: Using ICT to Support People with
Dyslexia @ British Computer Society, London, WC2 -
This AbilityNet course will equip delegates with
information on software and hardware that helps
those who have reading and writing difficulties. Call
free on 0800 269545 or book online for supporting
people with dyslexia

18 November: Web 2.0 @ British Computer Society,
London, WC2 - This AbilityNet course demonstrates
how to make the most of web 2.0 technologies to
communicate and collaborate. Information and
Booking: Call free on 0800 269545 or book online for
Web 2.0

Idealware's series of online seminars continues in
September and October
Topics cover social media, open source content
management systems, choosing a broadcast email
tool, telling your story online and making the most of
social networking. More information on Idealware
seminars

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funding
Media Trust opens fund for youth-led projects
The Media Trust has opened a new £1.2m fund for
charities and community groups to set up youth-led
media projects. Mix Mediabox will offer grants of

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between £5,000 and £20,000 to groups setting up
projects in which 13 to-19-year-olds explore
community cohesion. Stage 1 deadline is 21
September. Application information on Mix Mediabox

BT Community Connections
If you volunteer with a community group or charitable
organisation, you can apply for a laptop and
contribution to a year's free broadband connection.
Round Two opened on 1 September, postal
applications must be received by 5 January 2010 and
online by 7 January. Find out more about BT
Community Connections

Nominet Foundation

A reminder that the
Nominet
Foundation's grants programme to support distinctive
and inventive Internet-related projects is open for
business. More on the Nominet Foundation


Writing a Winning Grant Proposal
Fundraising and the Internet
Funding for ICT
Download: How to Cost and Fund ICT (PDF
1.2MB

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resources
Windows 7 volume licensing announced
Microsoft has announced its volume licensing model
for its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system. If
you are thinking of deploying Windows 7 as an
upgrade via volume licensing, you’d better get
familiar with some new terms and a level of increased
complexity. Watch the Microsoft video for more
details (you may need to download Microsoft's free
Silverlight player to watch the video)

Social by Social book

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Social by Social is a practical guide to using new
technologies to create social impact. Whoever you
are, it shows you how to take technology and turn it
into real world benefits by engaging communities and
offering services. Buy the book for £9.99 (inc P&P) or
read online for free

Disaster recovery guide revised
Techsoup has issued version 2 of its guide The
Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning
and Recovery, a holistic guide to disaster planning
and recovery. This guide is intended both for
organizations striving to be better prepared for an
emergency and for organizations rebuilding and
maintaining operations after a disaster. Download
the pdf or Word file along with Excel worksheets from
TechSoup

Google Apps vs Microsoft Exchange
US technologist Zac Mutrux has looked at the
collaboration feature sets of Google Apps and
Microsoft Exchange on his blog.

Using a spreadsheet for your supporter database?
Many VCS organisations need to keep track of
supporters and donors. A spreadsheet in Excel or
similar seems like a good idea at the time: you
already have a copy of the software, you know how
to use it, and it’s quick and easy. But resist that
urge. Robert Weiner over at Idealware suggests you
put down that spreadsheet and get a database that
is designed to track donations. Read more about
donation databases

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Could Your IT Cope If Your Office Burnt Down?
Online Collaboration Tools
A Guide To Microsoft Licensing

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practical tips
Each month we look at some practical tips and
techniques to help you get the most out of using ICT.

What's a firewall?
No doubt you've heard the term “firewall” in regard
to computing, but do you know what it is? When it
comes to security, we should all be educated
consumers, so this is an introduction to the basic
concepts in protecting yourself with firewalls. Read
the article over at Small Business Computing

Having trouble with passwords?
They're ubiquitous and easily forgotten so many
users opt for passwords that are easy for them to
remember - but which can be insecure. Farhad
Manjoo over at Slate advises how to fix those terrible
leaky passwords.

Memory sticks and security issues - Part 2
Memory sticks are so convenient that sometimes we
forget that their use comes with huge security
implications. Download this Superhighways guide
(pdf file 12kb) which follows on from last month's
article and covers how you can prevent programs
automatically running from your memory stick,
disabling use of memory sticks altogether and
checking that your anti-virus software scans their
content in real time.


Firewalls
How Am I Supposed To Remember That?

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Choosing And Using Secure Passwords

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tools & applications
Each month we look at some handy tools to help you
get the most out of your technology:

Dating game
agreeAdate saves you time and money by avoiding
telephone and email tag to find when people are
free. Just send invitations to collect availability and
then make your choice from the result. Find out more
on agreeadate

ICT strategy toolkit
Having an ICT Strategy helps to focus the work of
your organisation and to assist it in securing future
funding where required. By answering a series of
questions about your organisation and the work that
it does, this toolkit will produce an ICT Strategy which
will prove invaluable in accounting for your
communication and technology needs into the future.

Developed by VONNE as part of their ICT Champion
work, the toolkit can not only produce a general
strategy for your organisation, but also allows the
production of 'tailored' multi-budget strategies which
you may need for specific projects and collaborations
etc. Visit the strategy toolkit website

Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud
Computing?

If you are a small to medium-sized
nonprofit, why should you care
about cloud computing? Because it
can save you time, money and help
spare the environment. Read more
on cloud computing over on TechSoup

OpenAtrium reviewed

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As mentioned in last month's Bulletin, OpenAtrium is
an open source Intranet - but is it any good for
project management? Steve Backman over on
Idealware has a look.

New version of Tweetdeck
The most popular desktop Twitter client is turning
into a real-time browser for social media. The new
version of Tweetdeck, which is downloadable now,
integrates MySpace and provides a better support of
Facebook as well as an approved link and photo
sharing. Download the new version


An IT Strategy Framework
Web Office Tools - The Virtual Office

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