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MAXIMIZING THE USE OF
ICT IN DEVELOPMENT
WORK
KENKOR DEVELOPMENT
KONSULT –[email protected], [email protected]
Learning Objectives
• At the end of this presentation, participants should be able
to understand the following;
• Understand the relevance of ICT to Development work
• Get insight into some modern use of ICT in development work
Background
• Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed the social, political and economic spheres at an unprecedented pace for the past two decades.
• Since ICTs provide new opportunities and at the same time poses challenges for national development, any social segment, which falls behind this adaptation to new technologies will lose competitiveness.
Background
• ICTs can be a crucial alternative to increase efficiency by
embedding new information processing and management
technologies into the operation processes, and to reshape
the institutional base by electronically connecting NGOs
with funding agencies, service recipients, and the general
public.
Relevance of ICT to Development Work
• Participation in Global discussion
• Fund raising
• Finding volunteers
• Raise their profile
• Keep abreast of current developments and legislation in their field
• Manage and organize information more easily
• Accurately monitor their finances
• Securely maintain their users’ contact details
• Understand who is using their service and how they can widen their reach
• Enable service users to support one another through online communities
• Save costs and operate more effectively allowing staff to work remotely and flexibly
Modern use of ICT in Development Work
• Social Media
• Profiling
• Data Processing and analysis
• E-Learning
• Internal communication within organization
The use of Social Media by CSOs• Social Media is a term used to describe any of several
online platforms that utilize the technology of the internet
to facilitate social interaction through written, visual, or
audible communication.
• Examples of social media include blogging, podcasts,
YouTube, forums, online press releases, and social
networking sites like Tango, Facebook, Twitter and
Benefits of Social Media
•Open up interactive conversations with
your audience
•Target audiences more effectively
•Receive instant feedback
•Reduce costs compared to traditional
media• Learn about your audience
Profiling
• Website Hosting
• Blogging
• www.Wordpress.com
• www.blogspot.com
Activity
• Set up a Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn account for your
organization
Data Processing and analysis
• Current practices in resource mobilization within public,
private sectors and Non Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) have put a lot of emphasis on the need to peg
planning and allocation of resources to evidence-based
research.
• This has led to increased funding to research initiatives
that include a variety of baseline surveys, Socio-
Economic Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys
among others
ICT in Data Collection and entry
• Use of Camera
• Recorder
• Removable storage devices such as disc and flash drive
• Microsoft packages
• E-forms
ICT in Data analysis
• QuickBooks
• SPSS
• SATA
• Epi info
• Microsoft Excel
ICT in Data Storage
• Computer
• External Hard disk
• Removable storage devices such as disc and flash drive
E-Learning
• E-learning is spreading fast among NGOs and is used in
very different kind of organizations and goals.
• E-learning platform can serve as a platform for internal
training purposes, provide all Staff and volunteers with the
same basic training, and reduce cost and time it will take
for offline training.
Free E-learning websites
• https://www.globalhealthlearning.org/
• https://alison.com/
• https://www.edx.org
• https://www.open2study.com/
Internal communication within
organization
• ICT has become the basis of communication in this
contemporary world and therefore could be used to
improve communication within an organization.
• Examples of platforms for internal communication within
an NGO include WhatsApp, BBM, Tango, Closed User
Group (CUG) lines
Other opportunities
• Use of ICT for scholarship search
• www.scholars4dev.com
• http://scholarshubafrica.com
• Use of ICT for funders search
• www.fundsforngos.org
• Use of ICT for volunteering and fellowship search
• www.scholars4dev.com
• www.fundsforngos.org
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!!
