Firstly to say hello to anyone now visiting this site either from the ICT Support section of the NAVCA website or the Capacitybuilders Improving Support website, also I guess if you are redirected from the old ICT Hub website which soon will be no more (get those publications from the old site while you still can).
As the Regional Champions project is now under the watch of NAVCA all links now lead here.
Where did that last couple of weeks go; did you get anywhere?
I’ve been away and to the the Collaborate2008 conference which was a great chance to … err collaborate (!) and to celebrate the 10th birthday of Ruralnet (the link above takes you to videos and pictures from the day).
What else have I been doing. Well to use this quote “You have two ears / eyes and one mouth … use them in that proportion” wise words indeed, words which I have been following. I’m going through a period of reflection, thought and planning for the future, in many ways at the moment.
- I’m reading a lot more blogs and websites, seeing what others have to say …. and of course (as we all should) leaving comments too.
- I’m collecting thoughts and opinions from that pseudo-evil tool they call Twitter!
- I’ve collected all the evaluations of the Regional Champion work from the past 12 months and am reading it to see what worked well and where the successes and progress compared to April 2007 have been …. oh yes there have been some fantastic ones to tell you about soon!
- I’m looking to the future. What can the nine Regional ICT Champions do next. Where are the gaps, what does each Sub-regional ChangeUp consortia need from its ICT.
- And finally – personally as a necessity right now, I’ve just had a week “off-tech” in rural Suffolk with no laptop, no wi-fi and patchy phone signal (no 3G at all!). Highly recommended – thinking and listening to my own thoughts!
We are listening – if there is something you’d like to see develop within your regional or sub-regional ICT infrastructure do get in touch.
We will all be putting 100% into delivering this, but will be listening and seeing what is needed 200%.
Filed under: Infrastructure, Random Musing, Regional ICT Champion, Twitter, consultation, nptech, nptechuk
