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Reply underneath to contribute management tools that you think can be useful for the daily task of telecentre managers & operators.

Topics can be sustainability, (social) entrepreneurship, advocacy, networking, capacity building, measuring impact, grassroots marketing & communication,...

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[Lize De Clercq]

I am posting here a decision making tool that Joan Fanning had posted on the Steering Committee's email list.

These were her comments:
"I mentioned that I would send a decision making tool that we sometimes use with groups when we don't want to have a majority vote always be the defacto decision making process. Basically we do a modified consensus approach with some clear parameters. I usually change this slightly and customize to the group I am working but I think the tool is relatively self-explanatory. Take a look and if this seems like it might be useful in this meeting, great. If not, feel free to completely disregard."

[Lize De Clercq]

I am posting here a link towards a webiste on non profit advocacy and lobbying that Melissa Pailthorp had posted on the Steering Committee's email list : http://www.clpi.org

These were her comments:
"This is definitely US-centric, but might be helpful in thinking through categories of knowledge, activities, etc"

[David Banes]

AbilityNet have produced a guide to procuremnet of accessible ICT. Aimed at schools and local authorities it has a range of questions that would be sensible to ask if you were procuring ICT for a telecentre and wanted to guarantee accessibility within the specification

[Lize De Clercq]

Thanks David!
I have featured your contribution here and transferred the comments to your contribution there too.

[David Banes]

AbilityNet have been delivering advice and information support to telecentres in London (based on work delivered in Wales and Scotland) to ensure that people with a disability can access the technology offered for learning and skills development.

That work has recently been indpendently evaluated - I hope you find it of interest - the same technlogies have been used to support centres in both Ireland and the Netherlands

We'll be discussing the approach in more detail at the Vienna eInclusion confernce in a Sunday Morning workshop

David Banes
Director of Development
AbilityNet

[Laia Fauró Gual]

In Telecentre.org there is an input about "Computerising agricultural cooperatives: a practical guide". It can be really usefull for those who work on Development issues (ICT4D). You can check the information here.

[Laia Fauró Gual]

There is an interesting raport tittled: "Government 2.0: Building Communities with Web 2.0 and Social Networking" published in Digital Communities Website. There are interesting links and reflexions about being "in or out" of this huge world of opportunities...

I would also recommend to check "The Citizens' Handbook" edited by the Vancouver Citizenship Committee. It approaches different ways of building a sense of a community, making special enphasis in online participation processes...