Technology as the chance for development. What your organisation

can gain!

Terry StokesLasa

Lasa is the trading name of Lasa Charity UK Limited, a registered charity in England and Wales. Charity Reg No: 800140. It is a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Company Reg. No: 1794098. Registered office: Universal House 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA. VAT No 524965032. © Lasa 2012

Technology trends

Top 4 market trends:

– Charity leaders need to engage with digital for sustainability– More online tools, leading to great opportunities for charities globally – Collaboration through social media tools and shared Open Data– Mobile: big opportunities for fundraising, communications and service

delivery

New ICT Tools and Innovations

How trends are being adopted in UK:

– Mobile: Comic relief recently raised £15 million via mobile. Also opportunities to deliver services via mobile

– Open data: helps sector share info and demonstrate impact – Social media: widely used in the UK for stakeholder communication,

fundraising and market research – Cloud technologies and tools: enabling smaller organisations to work

more efficiently. See www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/onlinetools

How is ICT helping British Organisations?

Practical advantages:

– Cloud technologies enable collaborative and partnership work, networking, data storage and more

– Efficient data recording and reporting to funders eg using CRMs– Social media raises organisational profiles and awareness of services– Blogging: sector is moving from traditional ‘web building’ to greater

use of blogging and blogger outreach

How Lasa can help you

Lasa’s ICT Knowledgebase

The UK’s leading website for non-profit technology information

www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk

What is a Circuit Rider?

Circuit Rider – “A mobile worker who provides technology support and development to a caseload of small third sector organisations and who works in collaboration with other Riders”

Circuit Riders:– Have knowledge of the sector and technology– Capacity build rather than build dependence– Ability to relate to members of an organisation from the board to the

accidental techie

Principles, competences and ongoing learning

In 2007 and 2008 Lasa was funded to develop circuit riding. We established:

– The principles by which Riders work– ICT standards for organisations to aspire to;– The competencies required for a Rider to assist organisations to

achieve those standards;– Possible scenarios for training and mentoring Riders.

Successes and Issues of the learning programme

Created learning platform and established learning pathways Influenced European-funded Circuit Rider learning programme in Wales Delivered basic course to refugee and migrant proto-Riders But… Pool of potential learners shrank between project initiation and delivery

stages Lack of funding for Circuit Riding projects meant potential learners left

posts Technological advances (webinars, for example) could have significantly

helped deliver programme with dispersed learners Was a hard-sell to Riders already in post and delivering services – lack

of time to devote to professional development Pitched at a foundation level whereas could have been more advanced