Welcome

Welcome to the website for the East Midlands ICT Champion. This provides a range of useful resources to help third sector organisations enhance and develop their uses of information and communications technology (ICT). It includes ICT resources, news, events and activities, and signposts sources of help and support. The aim is to ensure that ICT plays a positive role in sustaining a strong and effective third sector. We do not believe in using technology for its own sake, but that technology must be tailored to reflect people's needs. NEW  Social media workshops and ICT health-checks for infrastructure organisations. NEW  More ICT resources including briefings on social media, effective websites, databases and CRM systems, ICT volunteering and computer accessibility.

Latest News LASA December ICT e-bulletin Top questions to ask your prospective Cloud Provider ITEM3 Network meeting - 24th January 2012 Powering Up The Third Sector technology conference LASA November ICT e-bulletin

 

Featured 

• Social Media for Organisations - a series of free workshops to help infrastructure organisations make the most of social media websites and to be able to pass these ideas onto the groups and communities they support. Find out how these tools can help your communications and take a look at the new Social Media health-check.
  

• More ICT briefing papers from ICT Champions, including:

Fundraising and the internet     
Top tips for an effective website   

Social media planning guide 

Databases and CRM systems 
Cloud computing   
ICT Volunteering 

• Free ICT healthchecks for third sector infrastructure organisations, and new ICT Audit Tookit now available for download.