11 training
ICT training for VCOs including items such as effective training methods, assessment of training needs and ability to train trainers within VCOs.
Competency 11 Resources
- IT support for your staff – a Business Link guide for small businesses which is applicable to the VCS – covers the benefits of skills training, types of training and finding providers.
- Training needs analysis forms and helpful advice on how to use them on the ICT Knowledgebase.
- A non-profit viewpoint on technology training on TechSoup. What organisations find challenging about tech training and what practices are most effective.
- Another TechSoup article on how to make eight easy training mistakes – subtitled how to make your training stink!
Module 3 Resources
- A Guide to Managing ICT in the Voluntary and Community Sector – ICT Hub publication – Whilst this is aimed at staff within VCOs, it is a key resource in this module because it covers so much of the ground required for these competencies. Required reading for all learners. (pdf file 1.6Mb)
- 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 (October 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, change 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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