Electronic outreach: A practical list of places to spread the word about your good work

Pays: World
(fr) Created By: Christine on 20 déc. 2007 00:00
Article Type: Practical/How To

So you've posted your stories to the telecentre.org website. How else can you get the word out about your good work? Here are a few places we've found where you can submit information, track discussions, and leave comments.

If you're hosting an event, please post it to telecentre.org's events calendar.

Websites

Places to post or submit content, high-level global focus:

Development Gateway
Add content directly to the Telecentres Page, within the ICT4D Community: http://www.developmentgateway.org/ict/.
You may also want to browse other portals at http://topics.developmentgateway.org/

Eldis
Submit news, events, publications at http://www.eldis.org/about/contribute.htm

Communications Initiative
ICT4D window is at http://www.comminit.com/ict4d/
Submit content to Deborah Heimann dheimann@comminit.com, see editorial guidelines at http://www.comminit.com/help.html#edit

World Bank Private Sector Development Blog
http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/
You can approach a particular blogger about a topic you’d like to see covered. Or simply comment on an existing post. They have a “Telecommunications” category here: http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/telecommunications/

Association for Progressive Communications
Add your news or event here: http://www.apc.org/blog/en/

IICD’s knowledge-sharing initiatives
http://www.iicd.org/ks/

Local networks where you can disseminate information:

iConnect
http://www.iconnect-online.org/
Have regional portals and collect stories and events.

One World
http://www.oneworld.net/
Have channels for each region as well as a Digital Opportunity channel. Contact editors to submit content. They also feature events.

Mailing Lists

Ugabytes Initiative
telecentre.org support list
Dgroups
Bytes for All
Somos@telecentros
Association for Progressive Communications
WSIS telecentre list
Community Informatics (ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net)
One World regional lists

Africa
tc-mena@list.telecentre.org
Cybercentres communautaires du Burkina Faso, cybercentres-bf@dgroups.org
Afriklinks, fetematlc@afriklinks.org

Asia
Mission 2007, mission2007@dgroups.org
Indian telecentre forum (CSDMS created this last year — a good community from Asia), itf2006@dgroups.org
Voices of South, voice-of-south@yahoogroups.com

Print

If print is more your thing, you can submit articles to the following publications:

Telecentre Magazine, provides an in-depth review and analysis of the role of public access to technology, focusing on research findings, innovations, and current thinking and debates.

Telecentre Times — produced in English, French, Arabic, and Bengali — focuses on providing practical solutions to day-to-day issues. Highlights experiences, challenges, and learning of telecentre operators throughout the world.

 

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