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vInspired and Sidekick Studios launch a new digital platform to bring temping opportunities to London youths

By: Kieron Kirkland
On: 18th April 2013

We recognise that the current economic climate is particularly challenging for young people. Whilst traditional employment opportunities are decreasing, young people are increasingly more prepared to take risks, embrace digital technology, and consider entrepreneurial employment opportunities. This is why we’ve started developing Task Squad.

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Building a platform: What I learned (the hard way)

By: Jessica Dillon
On: 5th December 2012

At the end of 2010, CDI Apps for Good received a grant from Nominet Trust to develop an e-learning and networking platform to support and scale the Apps for Good programme. The funding provided for an 18-month project scope and build of our organisation’s first product. The project taught me valuable lessons about product management, particularly when building a product essential to your organisation’s survival.

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Our Digital Planet - win £500 worth of photography equipment

By: Rachael Gant
On: 12th July 2012

The internet is amazing. It has the potential to make a positive difference to our own lives, the lives of those around us and the world we live in too.

Who knew the entrance to the internet was on Bread Street

image courtesy of blipfoto.com/alexamato

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£150,000 Working Well challenge now launched by Design Council with Nominet Trust

By: Admin
On: 21st May 2012

The Design Council in partnership with Nominet Trust have just launched the Working Well Design Challenge. Designers and youth organisations are being invited to join forces to design, build and launch new digital products and services that help young people develop their talents and earn a living. more >

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iKnowHow: building a wiki for the voluntary sector (part nine) Reading, evolved

By: faulkner.marie1
On: 16th April 2012

Well first things first, a quick plug: today we launch the third and final subject for our iKnowHow wiki project; giving you complete access to all of our material on commissioning and procurement.

So, back to the issue of this blog: how to strike the right balance between creating a good reading experience and making it obvious that a wiki guide is editable? After all, most people come to our site to read information and advice – they don’t want their reading experience interrupted by big edit buttons and menus. However, wikis thrive with lots of editorial input – it needs to be obvious that people can edit them (and easy for them to do so). more >

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iKnowHow: building a wiki for the voluntary sector (part three) - Are we ready?

By: faulkner.marie1
On: 24th February 2012

In my last post I talked about how popular – and common – wikis are on the web. But why aren’t there any for the voluntary sector? Surely they don’t only work when people are talking about the Muppets or Star Wars? I liked the comment posted on the last blog: surely the culture of volunteering in the voluntary sector would make us, as a group, ideal candidates for maintaining successful wikis?

There are two clear trends we’ve noticed at KnowHow, which suggest the time might be right for us all to embrace wiki collaboration as a form of learning how to do our jobs better.

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