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Free charity internet and IT seminar - Thu 9th November, 2006

Free IT and Internet Seminars for voluntary and community organisations organised by nfpSynergy and Charity Technology Trust (CTT)

Our next free seminar is on Thursday, 9th November, 2006 from 3-6pm at No. 1 London Bridge (3rd floor conference room). There are three hot topics on the agenda this time. The speakers will be:

• Seb Bacon, Director of non-profit specialist web development agency Jamkit, will present: 'Not just another "Web 2.0" talk ' - This talk will get behind the jargon and hype from "Web 2.0" and explain why it shouldn't be big news for charities. It will explore the relevance of some of the newer technologies and how these can be made to fit existing best practice.
• Jon Gooday, Accessibility Development Manager at AbilityNet, will talk about: 'Assistive Technology in Practice' - We all talk about web accessibility and usability and take them into consideration when developing our online offerings, but who and what are we actually doing it for? Jon will run through a practical demonstration of some of the most widely used assistive technology products, from screenreaders to magnifiers, as well as give an overview of best practice for designing with these products and their users in mind.
• Roger Chester, Head of Finance and Administration at LionHeart, will talk about: 'Joining up the dots' - Roger was charged by his Trustees with "making the computers work". This has involved extensively developing and, crucially, integrating together a finance system, CRM system, the internet and an extranet. Roger will demonstrate how this has been done and the benefits of what has been achieved.

The seminar will start at 3.15pm with refreshments available from 3pm, and will finish around 5.30-6pm.

If you want to come, please email seminars@nfpsynergy.net, because numbers are limited (and so we can get a rough idea of numbers for catering). Please feel free to send this email onto others (there is a forwarding link at the bottom). If you can't make it, copies of the presentation will be available from our website ( http://www.nfpsynergy.net) after the event.

The seminar in the 3rd floor conference room is at No 1 London Bridge, Downstream Building (on the bridge itself on the south side, downstream). The nearest tube and rail station is London Bridge (Northern and Jubilee lines), but Monument (on the Circle and District lines) is just across the river. If you'd like to see a map of the venue, please go to: http://dotm1.net/t.aspx?l=243042&i=69796463

The seminars are an opportunity to network and hear three talks on subjects about IT and Internet issues highly relevant to voluntary and community organisations. They are free. At the end of the three talks there will be an opportunity for an open discussion.

We are always on the look-out for people or organisations who would like to speak about the work they are doing in the IT or Internet arena. It could be a case study, a new product or a piece of research. If you'd like to give a talk, please email me on ariel.spigelman@nfpsynergy.net.