Community Engagement

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Building capacity for education, change and organization development.

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edit   Welcome Effectively using technologies for keeping communities engaged The Community Engagement space on WikiEducator is a project aimed at supporting NGOs to create, use, remix and adapt open education resources (OERs), and effectively using technologies for keeping communities engaged. It builds on the success of the Community Media/Community Radio community of practice, which enabled sharing of ideas, resources and good practices among organizations. Sharing ideas, practices and resources to increase capacity for change Benefits include: lower costs for education, training, organizational learning and development faster time-to-market via peer collaboration reduce duplication and 'reinventing the wheel' easily publish to a wide variety of formats (i.e., brochure, booklets, videos, audio, CDs, DVDs, course manuals, handouts, online magazine, etc.) free access, use and adaptation of easy-to-use templates - for planning, training, policy development, outreach/education and capacity-building develop knowledge of smart techniques, technologies and tools for online / distance learning unlimited use of a top 100K wiki (24/7/365) - with no storage, hosting, bandwidth or technical support fees ($10,000+ value, per year) free access to a Community of Support/Volunteers for technical and content questions engage your stakeholders and reach out to a wider community membership in a peer network of like-minded organizations connections to the open source ecosystem Free Wiki Skills Training - coming soon! We are adapting the innovative and successful Learning4Content wiki skills training course - which has trained 3,500 people in 120 countries, and funded by the Hewlett Foundation - to support the interests of NGOs and nonprofit organizations. Join our Discussion Group for the latest news and course announcements.

edit   How To Use This Website We encourage you to create, adapt and share resources on this wiki. It's free! In turn, you will be supporting your local and global community of NGO peers to save time, money and collabOERate efficiently. Case Study Example The OER Foundation adapted and reused a Donor Privacy Policy from the Wikimedia Foundation - saving 2 weeks (80 hours) of work, and significant legal expenses. edit   Open Educational Resources Business Plan Donor Privacy Policy Facilitator Manual Facilitation Tools & Formats Guidelines for Public Donation Campaign (international) Job Descriptions Marketing Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Logic Model Organizational Development workshop Performance Appraisal Policy Development - Governance Proposals - Funding Funding Proposal - for $100K in funding from William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Strategic Planning manual Volunteer Handbook WikiPublishing

edit   Activities To Do Newbie survey Customize & Revise L4C-Community Engagement Change management methodology End of course debrief/evaluation Adopt-an-NGO idea Resources, Potential Partners Charity Village Imagine Canada Leadership Ottawa Social responsibility - Wikis in the workplace/ Ideas & Activities page Tutorial - What is Free Content? Web2.0 Wonders edit   Chats & Connections Chats Carleton University, Schools of Journalism, Social Work and Public Affairs, CANADA Cystic Fibrosis (Ottawa), CANADA Community Association for Community Living, CANADA and Inclusion International, UK City of Ottawa - Community Development Framework, CANADA Leadership Ottawa, CANADA HIVOS, Netherlands International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), NETHERLANDS & Computers for Schools KENYA & UGANDA International Institute for Sustainable Development IICD), CANADA International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), NIGERIA Monterey Institute for Technology and Education, USA News University, Poynter Insitute, USA OER Africa, KENYA Regional AIDS Training Network, SOUTH AFRICA Santa Clara University, Global Social Benefit Incubator, USA Thompson Rivers University, School of Journalism, CANADA See more... edit   News & Events Community University launching in Portland, Oregon - July 22, 2010 In the spirit of sharing our creative energy and knowledge with one another. Albert Kaufman has gathered together with Michele Brooks, David Franklin and Noelani Rodriguez to bring you Part I of Our Community University. Thurs, July 22, 2010 in Portland, OR. See: http://albertideation.com/2010/07/16/ourcommunityuniversity/ US charities too understaffed to effectively deliver programs A new US survey found that 40% of charities feel they are too understaffed to effectively deliver their programs and services. Also, approximately one in three had reduced staff in recent months. Additionally, nearly 40% had instituted a salary freeze, 36% had not filled open positions, about 25% had increased the number of hours they expected employees to work, and another 25% had reduced or cut benefits. -- Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, July 2010 Read more news from Charity Village Newsbytes.