Overview

The Information Handling and Advocacy track is essentially about how to communicate effectively with your stakeholders, how to build effective, popular and strategic campaigns and how to use new media tools like blogs, wikis, podcasts, audio, sms, video etc to the advantage of your organisation and its goals.

The Info track rocked. See for yourself on the picture. Click on the image to download a large version (but careful, it's a big file!!!).

Facilitators

Heather Ford, Liz, Anas, Alleh, Neil, Philipp

Facilitators, add yourselves here...

It is the 'soft' skills, and the 'information' part of the IT world,
that often gets overlooked and sidetracked. To help participants realise how
to shape and share the information they have on hand, there's a special
track focussed on this goal.

And, it would seem participants have a whole lot of expectations of what
they want from here.

Some asked for details about online tools for publishing. Others wanted the
low-down on building and managing community portals. Then, there was a
request for inputs on multimedia auth

Handling images, some points from Simos

Some asked for details about online tools for publishing. Others wanted the low-down on building and managing community portals. Then, there was a request for inputs on multimedia authoring and publishing (in both video and audio). Participants also wanted to know how to build a news website.

After breaking in groups and listening to their expectations, it was found that some wanted ideas on how to network and collaborate with other organisations. Someone had a query: could they find out how, and if, blogs could be useful to Africa?

There was a request for understanding how to better-engage eRiders (see blow argicle). Could blogs be used to create communities? Is there some way of better understanding this entire phenomenon of social software (including wikis, blogs, social networking, social bookmarking)? Can FLOSS offer tools for donor-management and member-management? is there some replacement for web-design tools and Flash animation? Is it possible to extend skills by undertaking online mentoring for non-profits via the Net, and encourage them to get their "information out"....

Planning Pages

Information Handling and Advocacy Goals

Information Handling and Advocacy Agenda

Information Handling and Advocacy Hardware Requirements

Information Handling and Advocacy Track CD

Information Handling and Advocacy Trainers' Notes

Information Handling and Advocacy Final Responses from Participants