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How to build and monetise a blog

Dane — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:37:28 +0000

On the 2nd Sept 2011, Andrea Wren from the Guardian newspaper began to learn how to blog over a 6 month period and will complete in Feb 2012. Her fortnightly articles have built into a detailed case study that prospective bloggers might find useful.

Involving Everyone

Dane — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:15:50 +0000

We are now in the final stages of developing a new e-learning course for the Tenants Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) called ‘Involving Everyone’. The course launches on 14th Feb 2011. Part of the course involves looking at the new Equality Act and how this effects Voluntary and Community Sector organisations. Check out the links below for information about the Act and the video from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

There’s a wide range of information on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website including videos. pdf downloads and an Equality Act Starter Kit. You can download the starter kit in sections and use it to see what your organisation might need to consider for the future in relation to the Act. There are also some excellent publications produced by the Government Equalities Office that you can download for free. Click on the ones under the heading ‘Voluntary and Community Organisations’. ACAS also have some excellent publications and information.

Amplify Your Event

Christine — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:49:41 +0000

How do you get people who can’t physically attend your public event or conference involved at the time? You amplify it, live, via the internet.

My friend, Kirsty McGill, recently blogged some enlightening thoughts about using the web and social networking tools to amplify public events:

Online amplification is basically any live, online activity which gives a digital dimension to the proceedings thus enabling remote participation and creating an online record of the event. There are therefore two parallel aims – to generate conversation/interaction and to archive.

Any social networking tools could be used to amplify an event, although some are perhaps more suited to this purpose than others. Twitter is fast becoming the mainstay, but it is by far the be all and end all. Blogs, video streaming, live chat rooms, slide sharing and services such as Cover It Live all have a role to play and can effectively allow multiple entry points to the event so participants can engage through whichever single or combination of services best suit their needs.

But how do you co-ordinate all of this stuff? Should you try to co-ordinate it? And how do you get your flesh participants involved without distracting them?

For some potential answers to these questions, read more here: Big Digital Feet