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Many organizations have approached the social web and new technologies from different angles during the last years. Large organisations have engaged in one or another way, in social media. But did they fully embrace the participatory web? This post takes a look at how development organisations have approached the social web and where the status quo stands.

"Mobile technologies helped people or organisations to jump into information technology bandwagon especially in rural Africa where there was little or no previous infrastructure. As mobile phones and related technologies are gaining more and more popularity, innovative people are finding more ways to benefit from them. There are so many applications in this area that are worth to mention that this article wouldn't be enough to cover. So we are going to look into a few common mobile application examples that are utilised by non-profit organisations only. "

This toolkit written by J.Shapiro and published by CIVICUS shows how to plan, research and write a funding proposal and the follow-up required once it is written and sent off. It has been written for those of us who doesn't have much experience and confidence in proposal writing. It provides advice on: (1) knowing about donors such as their goals and concerns and details of the application process, (2) knowing your own organisation,its identity is and track record, (3) identifying your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, (4) what to put into your proposal and how to write one, (5) following up your application, and (6) maintaining a donor relationship once funds have been granted. PDF Document is available from CIVICUS

"Online collaborative knowledge tool for and by non-governmental organisations in Africa. "

A new series of articles for non-technical decision makers of NGOs, to help them in making strategic ICT decisions for their organisations. The series will try to explain main strategic groups of ICT technology uses for NGOs in simple terms and provide some examples.The series is part of a new guide book that will be published on NGOPedia.org as wiki.

The Internet has opened up many possibilities for rights advocates. In order to make the best use of the online world for their campaigns, however, advocates need to know what services are available, how they can be used in an advocacy campaign, who owns them and their hidden dangers. The Quick 'n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy developed by Tactical Tech, aims to expose advocates to online services that are quick to use and easy to understand. The guide provides descriptions of online services including social networking sites, image and video hosting services, and services that enhance an organisations web presence. The guide also offers advice on where and when to use these services. Case studies, security concerns as well as the advantages and disadvantages of various web services are discussed, with the aim of improving advocates ability to conduct online advocacy campaigns. The internet services listed in the guide covers four main areas in which advocates operate: informing and communicating; documenting and visualising; mobilising and coordinating; and bypassing and accessing. (Source: Sangonet)

"This wiki is being developed into a resource for non-profit organisations in South Africa, giving insight into social media tools, and giving local examples of how these tools are being applied within this sector. The majority of this information stems from discussions and panels from the Sangonet '09 Conference held in Johannesburg and Cape Town in October. This wiki stems from workshops held in 2009 run by The African Commons Project in collaboration with Sangonet, providing training to NGOs on how to use social media to have conversations with their constituents and stakeholders. Thus, this wiki space includes the outline of the workshop, content, resources, and practical sessions attached to each workshop. "

The most valuable information within any organization often resides within the minds of its knowledge workers. This powerful "intellectual asset" has remained relatively untapped, because companies lack an effective Enterprise 2.0 strategy and there has not been an effective way for organizations to capture this knowledge base, allow it to grow, and share it company-wide-until now.