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Knowledge Exchange Conference for Philippine Telecentres: Celebrating Learning, Moving Forward Together
“All in all, it has been a good year.”
So begins the ten-minute audio-visual presentation prepared for the 5th Knowledge Exchange Conference on Community eCenters (KEC5) in the Philippines held last September 23-24, 2009 at Seameo Innotech in Quezon City, aptly summed up in the theme, “Celebrating learning, moving forward together”.
Culminating the achievements and milestones of the past year, KEC5 chronicled the growth and progress of the… Continue
Added by Cuchie Echeverria on October 1, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments
Telecentre Europe holds study visit in the Philippines
Mr. Laurentiu Bunescu, manager of the Telecentre Europe network , will be visiting the Philippines from March 9 to 13, 2009 to learn from and share experiences with the Philippine Community eCenter Network (PhilCeCNet).
The five-day study visit has the following specific objectives: 1-to review the activities of PhilCeCNet; 2-to learn about its strategic and operational aspects; and 3-to identif… Continue
Added by Cuchie Echeverria on March 8, 2009 at 11:36pm — 6 Comments
Incorporating communications into other activities & services
Telecentre networks implement a range of activities and services that can be augmented by incorporating communications. These include publications, events, study tours, and helpdesks. In designing these activities, remember to incorporate communications. How can you make it visible? How can you share and document? Set aside enough time and resources to contribute to the stream and help your members to do the same. You will quickly reap the benefits of your investment as key supporters and partne… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:46pm — No Comments
Connect to global initiatives: Create a strong presence on telecentre.org
Make sure your network is prominent in the global sphere, especially important if you want to reach international supporters. For telecentre networks this is easy to do:
• Create a profile page on telecentre.org with feeds and links to your website — and help your members to the same
• Provide network RSS feeds to a telecentre.org Community Facilitator so that they can promote your content
• Add your best content to… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments
The building blocks
To think about communications holistically, map out how information will flow between publics: support team, network members, supporters. Write a simple, action-oriented plan that outlines:
Internal practices and systems
Support team members should agree on the collaborative structures, processes, and activities that they will need to adopt to work effectively and efficiently. (The team, be it a formal secretariat with paid employees or a loose group of volunteers, should look inward, to… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Create a strong online presence
Your online presence starts with your website. But it also includes making yourself visible in all the places your publics go: other organizations’ websites, social networks, portals, blogs, forums, and email groups.
When developing an online strategy start by researching what already exists and where your members already go. To cut costs and maximize reach look for opportunities to build on, leverage, and complement existing efforts. What can you contribute to? What partnerships can you form?… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment
Invest in a Community Facilitator
Networks need a support team to coordinate, motivate, and carry the ball for busy people. For some networks the support team is made up of paid staff working as a secretariat. For others it is informal and volunteer-based. Support team roles can include:
• Leaders — People with the power to convene and the charisma to rally members around a common vision.
• Managers — People responsible for overall administration and coordination. Managers develop and implement work plans, maintai… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Provide regular updates
Touch base regularly with members via email. You don’t need to send much — share content you find exciting, practical, or inspirational. The goal here is to engage members and build a sense of community. Topics may include:
• Number of members and their characteristics
• Most active discussions (either from forums or comments to blog posts)
• Summaries of debates — what’s controversial? Where do members disagree?
• Links to new or most popular content (blogs, resources, multimedia)
• New member… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Maintain a member directory
Creating and maintaining a member directory defines the network, makes it tangible, and provides a concrete service. Gather basic facts from each member: contact information, interests, activities, partners. You may also use the process as an opportunity to learn more about member practices, assets, and preferences — information you can use to develop or update your communications strategy. These include:
• Internet access — What type of access do your members have?
• Preferences — Where… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Create an information kit
Create a simple information kit for new members and external publics. It can be in electronic format and posted on your website. Include:
• A fact sheet with your vision, mission, activities, number of members, number of telecentres, number of people served (use the information collected for the member directory). For guidance on clarifying vision and mission see IDRC’s Outcome Mapping Guide.
• Examples of program and success st… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
[nět'wûrk'] noun. A community of purpose sustained by communication.
A network is a community of purpose — a group of organizations and individuals that come together to achieve common goals. Reasons for creating networks include:
Exchange information and learn from one another
People form networks to share ideas, experiences, solutions, and information; to learn about each other’s activities, strategies, and programs; and to identify best practices and innovative ways to address common problems
Coordinate approaches, programs, and activities
Thro… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments
The eavesdropping model
Communications and knowledge sharing are often treated as if they are separate things. In reality, however, they are points along a continuum — two aspects of the flows of information to, from, and between the publics upon whom an organization’s success depends. It’s all about getting the right content to the right people at the right time. Similarly, much communications planning focuses exclusively on external publics. But the actions of internal publics (and in particular the network’s leaders… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
Network Communications Guide
This post is the first in a series that together form a basic guide to communications for telecentre networks.
The guide is simple: It starts with a quick overview: what a network is, why we choose work through networks, and the role of communications. It then proposes “the eavesdropping model” — a new way of approa… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on December 1, 2008 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments
A vision for telecentre.org knowledge sharing
This week, I attended an intense Outcome Mapping training at IDRC. I'm trying to apply what I learned right away. So I want to share with you a draft vision statement for our Knowledge Sharing initiative, which created and manages this website.… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on September 26, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Learning about networks
Today Silvia, Kike, Meddie, Floro, Partha, Frank, and I got together to provide feedback to Meddie, who writing telecentre.org's network support strategy. As part of the meeting, Floro asked us "What's the one piece of practical advice you'd give to a… Continue
Added by Christine Prefontaine on September 4, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Knowledge sharing: putting it in context…
That water is the most precious, rear resource in the hot desert threatened Sudan is well documented. Yet, locals find it within themselves to share it with any traveller in need by setting up road-side watering (drinking) points (called Sabir). Actually, these are small pots made out of clay that are stationed on tripod stands – usually in a set of three, under thin sheds…checkout the photo. Neighbours refill them every morning. You see, clay is porous and passes on this great attribute to the… Continue
Added by Meddie Mayanja on June 25, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments
Telecentre community comes of age| what time can do…
A participant asked me “…after three years of telecentre.org’s work, how has the telecentre landscape changed, what can you say about the future?” I looked at him and smiled in admiration. He had just posed a great question – one that needed a cute response. The thing is, I had only two minutes to respond.
This was at the end of the international workshop on sustainability of telecentres in Lusaka (June 2008). I have not stopped thinking about that question ever since. Actually, I could use hel… Continue
Added by Meddie Mayanja on June 23, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments
The telecentre community re-union in Zambia
Telecentre practitioners and network leaders gathered here in Lusaka June 17 – 19 to share experiences and develop strategies for sustainable telecentres in Africa. Perhaps the hallmark of the event was the participation of CTA, Info-bridge and IICD with an open invitation to telecentre community for partnership.
The event was momentous. Take CTA (www.cta.int) for instance which has been one of the leading players in dissemination of agricultural information resources across the APC region to i… Continue
Added by Meddie Mayanja on June 20, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments
Telecentre Times: Voice of the community
The Telecentre Times is a newspaper that reports on the people, ideas, and activities that fuel the global telecentre movement. Published regularly in English, French, and Arabic, it is a tangible way to share knowledge, especially important for telecentre operators with limited connectivity.
“The focus is on the practical, on day-to-day issues,” said Christine Prefontaine… Continue
Added by telecentre.org on May 28, 2008 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment
UNESCO uploaded radio shows of GK3 conference
Added by Niranjan Meegammana on February 28, 2008 at 6:00am — No Comments
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Dear Jan
I agree with you on web 2.0 importance in democracy, but a wiki alone can't be the solution for telecenter 2.0 as the new wants are just not knowledge, business, advocacy, entertainment all that matters, we will need a new applications fo...
Dear Alain
This question is being asked by Richard Heeks in his ICT4D 2.0 Paper in a different way, Why donors do not invest in be wells to increase access to water and why they want to invest in ICT4D, an one possible answer he brings in is the i...
SO I am agreeing with Polly, that the structure of the 5 questions is awkward in a ning to find coherence. Which is why I suggest the wiki, the preeminent web 2.0 mechanism, and one that is is democratic, based on a virtual community of collaborat...
Jimmy, a TC dedicated bank is a good idea... however, why wouldn't the World Bank and the developing country governments that borrow from the World Bank, fund programs to eradicate the digital divide? In the 90's The World Bank started infoDev... ...
I deeply agree with you Polly... it would be wonderful if TCF had an endowment then membership fees would not needed... When I approached a big donor recently to consider an endowment for GKP - arguing instant and guaranteed financial sustainabili...
I am publishing a paper based on Shilpa Sayura in e-ASIA , I will upload it on this site.
I am not thinking Polly's ideas are too radical, she bring our attention to higher meaning of inclusion. I think we should keep telecentre.org always open for democratic ideas, which will influence the decision making at higher levels. My suggesti...
Dear fatem
This looks more one way process, of collecting data for research. This diagram resembles more of general evaluation process which out put knowledge, however I think modern TC evaluation is a localized version from general evaluation. I ...
1. To know, if something works, or not works, why it work or not to improve understanding of our position to initiate network actions to change/improve process/capacity/resources/advacasy/promotion-- so that resulting effect will improve Telecente...
The challenges that telecentres face are sustainability, and spreading the message of what community life is. Also the concept of telecentres linking with one another, the idea of a global village network. Education, both basic, and higher educati...
Just another thought, about Foundations. I don't know if everywhere, but here (Mozambique) at least Foundations are supposed to be established with their own assets and patrimony, which makes them automatically sustainable through investments and ...
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