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Benefits of ICT - Achieving Visibility

Benefits of ICT - Achieving Visibility. Thursday, September 25, 2014. Achieving Visibility. Achieving Visibility This module aims to raise awareness of the participant to the ways in which ICT can be used to achieve visibility for a community group

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Benefits of ICT - Achieving Visibility

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  1. Benefits of ICT - Achieving Visibility Thursday, September 25, 2014

  2. Achieving Visibility • Achieving Visibility • This module aims to raise awareness of the participant to the ways in which ICT can be used to achieve visibility for a community group • This section is obligatory – every tutor must cover this section with their group • This section is expected to take 1½ hours to complete – its very short!

  3. Section Objectives • There are nine activities in this section: • Benefits of Achieving Visibility • Why Have a Website? • Case Study: Analysing a Website • Visibility Assessment • Why Have a Web Presence? • Castlemilk Connections • Planning Your Website • Encouraging Volunteers • Achieving Online Visibility Without a Website

  4. Benefits of Achieving Visibility • Visit the Communities Channel website: www.ngflscotland.gov.uk/communities/ • In the Starting section, follow the link to Key Benefits • Read the section on the benefits of achieving visibility • Print it out

  5. Why Have a Website? • Visit the Communities Channel website: www.ngflscotland.gov.uk/communities/ • In the Starting section, follow the link to KeyBenefits • Use the information in these sections to help you decide why you want a website: • Creating a Website • What a Web Presence Can Do

  6. Case Study : Mobius Project • Read about the Mobius Project – an organisation that supplies recycled computers to the community • Discuss: • Has the project achieved its aims with their website? • How have they tried to achieve each aim?

  7. Visibility Assessment • Using the worksheet, assess: • Would a website meets the needs of your organisation? • Would a website increase the visibility of your group?

  8. Why Have a Web Presence? • Visit the Craigmillar Community Website www.ccis.org.uk • State reasons why this project has a website

  9. Planning Your Website • With your project in mind, plan your website: • What information should be included in your site? • Which types of information will stimulate interaction with users? • How will this interaction be achieved?

  10. Encouraging Volunteers • Look at how PHAB have included information and activities for volunteers: www.phab.org.uk

  11. Visibility Without a Website • Without building your own, you can include your website into a third-party website www.ngflscotland.gov.uk/communities/joinin

  12. Workshop • We will aim to complete: • Benefits of Achieving Visibility • Why Have a Website? • Case Study: Analysing a Website. In this section, try the activity yourself, we will discuss this activity at the end of the workshop • Visibility Assessment • Pages 28 to 30 of the Benefits of ICT booklet • Tutors notes available on the web:

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