9 policies
Basic knowledge about typical ICT policies and procedures
Competency 9 Resources
- Building Blocks of an IT Policy – a key ICT Knowledgebase article which outlines the main ICT policies necessary for an organisation.
- A Wikipedia article on Acceptable Use Policies.
- Acceptable Use policies – an ICT Knowledgebase article on creating an AUP along with a framework.
- Data protection policies – background, framework and and model clauses for a DP policy on the ICT Knowledgebase
- Lasa Computanews Data Protection Guide (pdf file 208Kb) – good overview of the Act and implications for the VCS, written by Paul Ticher
- Data Protection in the Voluntary Sector – third edition of Paul Ticher’s standard work on the subject – available from The Directory of Social Change
- Lasa Computanews ICT Security Guide (pdf file 2Mb) covers security policy and governance in some depth
Module 3 Resources
- A Guide to Managing ICT in the Voluntary and Community Sector - an ICT Hub publication – (pdf file 1.6Mb). An excellent overview of voluntary sector ICT management aimed at staff within organisations but equally appropriate and useful for learners. Also available as hard copy, Lasa have a stock.
- Wired For Good – Joni Podolsky Wired for Good is a nuts-and-bolts guide to strategic technology planning for nonprofit organizations—no matter how large or small. This book leads nonprofits through a planning process that will help them align their technology use with their mission and strategic goals, determine what the appropriate technology tools are to meet those goals, and how the technology will be implemented and supported over time. Recommended for all learners studying this module (and the programme generally). Currently (September 2009) available from Amazon for £10 + p&p
- Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. A new book from NTEN, the US NonProfit Technology Network. Straplined A Strategic Guide for NonProfit Leaders, it has been put together by NTEN using leading VCS authors and covers general IT strategy and mission alignment, cvhange management, return on investment, planning, budgeting, general systems introduction, online communication and fundraising, and a look to the future. Available from Amazon
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