Time to Get Online

With the generous support of the Hurford Foundation, Kabissa is carrying out a pilot project this year to explore ways to extend the benefits of our Time To Get Online training program with more Kabissa members through E-Learning. E-learning, courses conducted mainly over the Internet and/or on a computer, can give a tremendous boost to African organizations seeking to make more effective use of ICT. The two e-learning courses we developed and are piloting, in response to a poll of our members, are:

• Running an Online Course
• Emerging technologies

The first course was run via two Google Groups itself and has been completed successfully by two sets of participants, one in East Africa and the other in Nigeria. The second will be provided as a self-paced online course via our new online community site. A full report on the outcomes of the pilot project will be published in January. In the meantime, the executive summary of our proposal to the Hurford Foundation is published below.

Kabissa-Tanmia training partner ASUEEJ will organize a training in ICT, for sixty (60) associations of the town of Marrakech working for sustainable development. These trainings will be done within its ?¢‚Ǩ?ìASSO-TIC?¢‚Ǩ¬ù project and is supported by the communal council of Marrakech, aiming at the reinforcement of the capacities of the local development actors.

The training will make it possible for organizations to reach, successively, four (4) goals:

Kabissa-Tanmia training partner ASUEEJ will organize a training in ICT, for sixty (60) associations of the town of Marrakech working for sustainable development.?Ǭ† These trainings will be done within its?Ǭ† ?¢‚Ǩ?ìASSO-TIC?¢‚Ǩ¬ù project and is supported by the communal council of Marrakech, aiming at the reinforcement of the capacities of the local development actors.

The training will make it possible for organizations to reach, successively, four (4) goals:

Kabissa's popular training curriculum, Time to Get Online, is now available online, fully searchable and easy to use. In the past, the materials were available as a pdf to download, but now you can search and browse any topic on integrating the Internet into your organization. Go now to http://www.kabissa.org/wiki/ttgo/start and start learning! Please send us your feedback to info@timetogetonline.org - the new online version is produced using a "wiki tool" like the collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia and is intended to facilitate constant improvement with input from readers and trainers that will be using it in workshops.

Kabissa training partner Adam Suleiman used Time to Get Online to improve communications between members of the Jigawa state Integrated Water Resources Management Committee.

In?Ǭ† a bid to empowering NGO workers to utilise the opportunities provided?Ǭ† by the Internet appropriately, The Knowledge House Africa, Lagos, Nigeria?Ǭ† in collaboration with Kabissa Inc USA and the Association for?Ǭ† Reproductive and Family Health, Ibadan, Nigeria is?Ǭ† inviting Nigerian based Civil Society Organisations to a two day Time to Get Online Workshop.

The Workshop schedule includes:

• Step to Internet Success Methodology
• Connecting to the Power of the Internet?Ǭ†
• Accessing Information and Opportunities
• Interacting with Like-Minded Organizations
• Establishing Your Web Presence
• Advocating for your Community using Time to Get Online
• Integrating the Internet into your organization.

Click here to download registration form (in Microsoft Word). All registrations must be sent to info@knowledgehouseafrica.org?Ǭ† on or before the 13th of July, 2006.

In a bid to empowering NGO workers to utilise the opportunities provided by the Internet appropriately, The Knowledge House Africa, Lagos, Nigeria in collaboration with Kabissa Inc USA and the Association for Reproductive and Family Health, Ibadan, Nigeria is inviting Nigerian based Civil Society Organisations to a two day Time to Get Online Workshop.

The Workshop schedule includes:

• Step to Internet Success Methodology
• Connecting to the Power of the Internet
• Accessing Information and Opportunities
• Interacting with Like-Minded Organizations
• Establishing Your Web Presence
• Advocating for your Community using Time to Get Online
• Integrating the Internet into your organization.

Click here to download registration form (in Microsoft Word). All registrations must be sent to info@knowledgehouseafrica.org on or before the 13th of July, 2006.

From June 8-10, 2006, LEAD Togo held a TTGO training workshop for 20 members of?Ǭ† civil?Ǭ† society organizations coming from various sectors such as microfinance, education, project planning, etc. The themes covered were email, navigation, research, internet for development, mailing list, e-newsletter and e-networks, advocacy, website planning. Participants were very satisfied with the training and requested a further training for reinforcement. The majority of participants were beginners. Mid-December 2005, LEAD Togo held its first TTGO training on Internet and Civil Society work. Beneficiaries where leaders of 25 NGOs et the workshop was found by participants very useful and
satisfactory.

From June 8-10, 2006, LEAD Togo held a TTGO training workshop for 20 members of civil society organizations coming from various sectors such as microfinance, education, project planning, etc. The themes covered were email, navigation, research, internet for development, mailing list, e-newsletter and e-networks, advocacy, website planning. Participants were very satisfied with the training and requested a further training for reinforcement. The majority of participants were beginners. Mid-December 2005, LEAD Togo held its first TTGO training on Internet and Civil Society work. Beneficiaries where leaders of 25 NGOs et the workshop was found by participants very useful and
satisfactory.

Conscious of the importance of the role played by the Internet in the development of our country, the social, cultural and educational association Hay Chabab with the collaboration of Tanmia association have organized an unprecedented workshop on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies ) held on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June 2006. The importance of this initiation lies not only on?Ǭ† the vital subject it has chosen but also on the tremendous assets and means pertaining to the association.