Resources

The following resources are provided for the benefit of users of the preponderate.net web resource. They are focused on the areas of competence and core activity within preponderate.network and are not expected to be an exhaustive list but to provide additional useful resources. We cannot accept responsibility for the content of these external websites.

Thoughtpieces, presentations, research and documents

What Use Is An ICT Consultant (ICT Hub Newsletter)
New Media Case Studies (for Media Trust and ICT Hub)
Making More Impact With Your Funds - A Briefing for Funders (for ICT Hub)
Ethics and ICT (ICT Hub Newsletter)

Practical steps in implementing a database (ICT Hub Knowledgebase)
First Steps in Needs Analysis - A Questionaire
Does ICT Matter to You and Your Organisation (ICT Hub Newsletter)
Effective ICT - A Checklist

Outcomes are the way forward: The fit between ICT and monitoring and evaluation (presentation) - case study examples (presented at Circuit Riders Conference, Birmingham, UK, January 2007)
The Future of Technology in the Not for Profit Sector (presented at Western Australia Council for Social Services, Perth, Australia, May 2006)
Developing an ICT Strategy - A Managers Toolkit (presented at Connecting Up, Adelaide, Australia, May 2006)
25 Aspects of an ICT Strategy - A Very Simple IT Strategy (example)

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - ICT is all about attitude (Computanews article)
The Importance of ICT in the Voluntary and Community Sector
Database dilemmas - how charities deal with information overload
ICT Mentoring
Need IT? Want IT? - download resource pack

Change management or change leadership (presentation to the ICT Hub Conference 2006) - exercise

Mentoring agreement between trustee and staff member (generic)
Redefining Profit
Business and Professional Support in the Voluntary Sector - BuildingRelationships for Mutual Benefit - download presentation
Communicating Values and Support - download presentation
Community Development and Corporate Social Responsibilityin West London - download presentation
External Consultants - Your New Best Friends - download presentation
Positive Deviancy

Businesses

UK Online for Business
Business Link 4 London
Inland Revenue
Customs and Excise (and VAT)

Professional Firms/Consultancies

DavidMaister.com
Management Consultancies Association
Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
Worshipful Company of Management Consultants

Public Sector

SOCITM

Voluntary Sector

ProHelp London - free professional support for voluntary and community groups in London
IT4Communities - project definition and volunteer recruitment for charities throughout the UK
VolResource - general resources for voluntary groups
Business Community Connections - charity supporting other charities seeking business support

Technology

ICT Hub Knowledgebase
Microsoft Knowledgebase
ITforCharities
ICT Hub
Internet 4 Charities

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Our Focus and Recent Activities

What preponderate means to its associates and its clients. What it will mean to you.

An outcomes health check can provide your organisation with a clear sense of how to develop its outcomes management.
IT technical support - can it really pay?
Want practical support and meaningful workshops delivered by experienced professionals who understand the reality of the voluntary sector? Check out our training offers.
Preponderate goes down under - ICT and Australia
Database dilemmas - how charities deal with information overload
Redefining profit - a rethink on what it means
External Consultants: Your New Best Friends?
Positive deviance - good or bad?

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