E-participation: Understanding and using new internet technologies effectively

4 November 2010 - YMCA, Barry
9 March 2011- The Media Resource Centre, Llandrindod Wells

Cost A £125 B £155 C £185

Today we live in what Internet technologists call a Web 2.0 world. Web 2.0 technologies are easy-to-use web-based services or applications that put users at the centre of content creation. They provide users with new and cost effective ways to create rich, multimedia content, access specialised communities and resources, collaborate, and network. Together with the fact that more and more people are now using social media, not just for family and friends, but also as a business promotion tool, means that organisations are now in a unique position to create content more effectively, and engage their audiences using these new services.

Delivered by Wise Kids, this hands-on training day aims to showcase practical ways in which these technologies can help professionals in their own professional development, engage with their audiences and work more effectively. The training day will be a mixture of presentation, hands-on and group work encompassing a range of new web technologies.

Target audience

This overview is suitable for professionals who want to understand how to use new media and internet technologies more effectively to keep up to date, discover new information and networks, manage information, reach wider audiences, and engage with their audiences more effectively.

Learning aim

For participants to explore how they could use different technologies within their own organisation to engage with service users and communities.

Learning outcomes

By attending this course you will be able to …

• Understand how to use new media and internet technologies
• Present a range of technologies which can help professionals engage with their audience
• Gain practical skills in using internet technologies