[esocialaction] ICT, Social Capital and Voluntary Action report

[Dearden, Andrew M]

thanks Simon

Yes, I really should have said something about that session. 
I was there. It was very interesting. David Wilcox has some stuff on his blog about it.

Jayne Cravens had some good practical things to say about facilitating on-line communities. 

Ben Andersons' piece was discussing the fact that although lots of money goes into local ICT initiatives, there is little evidence taht deals with the long term impact of initiatives. But what evidence there is shows that bottom up initiatives are far more sustainable than efforts brought down from on high by government & politicians.

The day also saw the launch of a report from the NCVO ICT foresight panel 'campaigning and consultation in the age of participatory media'. 

I don't think this is available on-line as yet, but I will enquire.

Andy

  

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>Simon Pavitt | Headware
>Sent: 12 October 2006 14:49
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>Subject: [esocialaction] ICT, Social Capital and Voluntary 
>Action report
>
>Hi comrades
>
>I've not seen this mentioned here by anyone so I'm passing on 
>the information that the Economic and Social Research Council 
>(ESRC) have published a report on ICT and the voluntary 
>sector, which was produced in conjunction with National 
>Council for Voluntary Organisations. It was apparently also 
>the topic of a seminar held at NCVO in London on October 5.
>
>It warns that "Ignoring the Internet is no longer an option 
>for voluntary and community organisations - failing to embrace 
>information and communications technology (ICT) risks having 
>their work overshadowed by those who do draw on this new 
>source of 'social capital' - the reserve of goodwill generated 
>when people interact. And though local ICT initiatives are 
>taking place, the booklet says that the smaller online 
>communities they create need ongoing technical and funding 
>support if they are to survive."
>
>"It summarises views from two experts in the field - Jayne 
>Cravens (Coyote Communications), a leading researcher 
>regarding 'online volunteerism', and Dr Ben Anderson, of the 
>Institute for Socio-Technical Innovation and Research, at the 
>University of Essex" and has recommendations for policy makers.
>
>There's more information at:
>[www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/releases/2006/oct
>ober/internet.aspx] 
>
>
>The booklet 'ICT, Social Capital and Voluntary Action' (PDF, 
>1.6Mb) is available at:
>[www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/ESRC_ICT_06_t
>cm6-16623.pdf] 
>
>
>-- 
>
>If you've not seen it already, in comparison there's also the recent 
>DotOrg report 'Online Technology for Social Change: from struggle to 
>strategy' which compiles insights from more than 400 US social change 
>groups, technology providers, and nonprofit technology capacity 
>builders, which has a number of conclusions and recommendations for 
>those working in the non-profit sector.
>
>It's available at:
>[www.dotorganize.net/report]
>
>Thanks
>
>Simon
>
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