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Online Resources

US toolkit for non profits

Via UK Communities Online's Conet List

Benton's "Best Practices Toolkit" http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit is a list of Internet and other resources aimed at helping non-profits make better use of information and communications technologies in their work.

Free accredited Internet training

Via CVS Net list - forwarded by David Williamson

The Getting On-line programme is available to anyone living in England aged 16 or over with access to a modem. There are currently NO FEES either for registration or for participation in any courses available through the GO Programme. Courses on Advanced Internet Training and HTML Tools are currently available, and more new courses are planned for 1998.

Further information and details of how to register as a GO learner can be found at: http://www.idea.org.uk/GO/introduction Getting On-line training courses are delivered by IDEA (Innovation in Electronic and Digital Arts) and IAC, the Internet Application Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Netaction course

Via:conet@ukco.org.uk - Reviewed Richard Stubbs

"The Virtual Activist," is a comprehensive training course on cyber-activism for people who want to use technology effectively for grassroots organizing, outreach, and advocacy. The complete course can be found at: http://www.netaction.org/training and on a fairly cursory run through is an excellent starting point for people interested in this area.

Use of Newham Online's mailing lists

Richard Stubbs

There are now 35 people subscribed to the Core mailing list and a new mailing list for the ten Steering Group members was launched in March. The number of messages posted over the last three months (March up to 29/3) was as follows: Core List - Jan (5), Feb (11), Mar (40). Steering Group Mar (39). Please remember that you can always review our online discussions on our web site at www.newham.org.uk

And finally

Richard Stubbs

Walking past the Stratford online kiosk on the way to work I noticed that it was announcing to whoever cared to look that "its now safe to turn off your computer".

Articles wanted!

Editor richard.stubbs@newham.org.uk

Please submit articles for May's issue as soon as possible.

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