Strategic Use of ICT
Using the Internet Strategically
Developed by: APC.
Examples of real-life strategic use of the Internet by APC members and partners. Examples include "War-Time Communication Links in Yugoslavia," "Giving Saharan Refugees a Voice" and "Ensuring Freedom of Expression for Journalists World-wide."
An Introduction to Activism on the Internet
Developed by: John Emerson.
A brief introduction to a few different techniques of electronic advocacy using email, the Web, and other “new media” to bring about social change. Any campaign determining its strategy should analyze its goals and consider the best way to influence, facilitate, create, or seize power. Electronic campaigning techniques may work best when supplementing offline tactics... or may be entirely unsuitable given a campaign’s intended audience, targets, timing, or resources. As with other campaigning tactics, strategies that work in one context will not necessarily work in another.
Using ICT for Policy Advocacy
Developed by: AWORC.
Materials from the Asian Women's Resource Exchange's 2001 WENT training programme. The modules consist of handouts and PowerPoint presentations on topics including "Integrating ICT into Policy Advocacy: Intro to Tools" and "Integrating ICT into your Communication Strategy"
Strategic Tech Toolkit
Developed by: Summit Collaborative and Strategic Tech.
These materials, developed by Summit Collaborative and Strategic Tech trainers, provide simple resources and background material such as fact sheets, sample agendas, surveys, check lists and assessment tools for technology planning. The toolkit covers all facets of technology planning - from building a technology team, understanding staff attitudes towards technology, working with a board of directors, to actually developing and then implementing the plan. Session outlines spell out the steps in collaborative technology planning, and instruct how the different resources can be employed in the overall process.
Understanding Civil Society Portals
Developed by: APC / Mark Surman.
Based on findings from five in-depth case studies and quick reviews of dozens of sites, this document provides an overview of civil society portal approaches and practical tips for portal builders. It outlines common approaches and challenges that have emerged from recent CSO portal projects. It also offers a set of basic planning tools that will help organizations in the process of building or upgrading their sites. Case studies on ItrainOnline, UruguayTotal, Women'sNet, ChangeNet and Rabble.ca are included. (ZIP)
Building Civil Society Portals
By Karel Novotny/APC.
For many civil society organizations worldwide, the key factor to success is the efficiency with which they manage to make their voice heard, distribute information, find the right access to the most up-to-date information, as well as the efficiency with which they communicate with their partners. An internet portal is usually the most cost-effective tool that provides for all these needs. (PDF)
ItrainOnline
ItrainOnline is a joint initiative of eight organizations with exceptional expertise in computer and Internet training.
