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Context.co.nz offers a selection of source of information on how community groups can best use Information & Communication Technology (ICT).

Knowledge Connection by David Skyrme.  A sizable and tremendously useful site.  "This site cuts through the jargon to establish a solid resource file ... a valuable bookmark in an area that is becoming heavily overloaded with irrelevant information" Knowledge Management Review.  http://www.skyrme.com

These Management Insights offer perspectives on key business and organizational issues brought about by the emerging networked knowledge economy. In just a few printed pages they give executives and policy makers essential background, benefits and guidelines for success. http://www.skyrme.com/insights/index.htm

This Web Site Check List is a high-level check list of activities to include in your project plan. A successful web development requires attention to several strands of activity, an in particular the organization of information and changes in origanization and business processes. http://www.skyrme.com/tools/webplan.htm

An article that is worth a careful read. http://www.skyrme.com/pubs/acm0398.doc

The Age of Social Transformation by Peter F. Drucker:  A survey of the epoch that began early in this century, and an analysis of its latest manifestations: an economic order in which knowledge, not labor or raw material or capital, is the key resource; a social order in which inequality based on knowledge is a major challenge; and a polity in which government cannot be looked to for solving social and economic problems  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ecbig/soctrans.htm

The non-profit or community sector is an important intermediary in service delivery to many disadvantaged groups in the community, including in regional Australia. It represents hundreds of agencies with thousands of outlets involved in a variety of service delivery programs across Australia. As in other areas of the economy, online services and e-commerce can enhance administrative and service delivery outcomes within the community sector http://www.noie.gov.au/projects/access/community/index.htm

My connected community (known as mc2) is an initiative of the Victorian Government's Connecting Communities policy.  To achieve this, mc2 offers participating groups a variety of free, easy to use Web-based services which they can use to communicate with existing members & like-minded communities across the world.  http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/

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