In or around Wellington? Mark your calendars now — 4 September 2008, Wellington at Massey University: Engage Your Community - a web conference for community organisations:

If you’ve ever wondered how the web could be better used by your organisation; or know what a blog is, but not how it could be useful; or are a little nervous about opening a Facebook account, then this is a conference for you. If you think the internet is for geeks, or young people, or those with nothing better to do with their time, then this is a conference for you. And if you want to move beyond using email and having a simple website, then this is a conference for you.

It’s also a conference aimed squarely and unapologetically at the community sector. At those voluntary and non-profit organisations working at the grass-roots level. We know that you’re stretched and busy and over-worked. We know that you may even be thinking, “There’s no way I can spare a day going to a conference! I’ve got too much going on right now.” But we also know that it’s vitally important for organisations like yours to engage with the web and to engage with those members of the community growing up online.

The Engage Your Community conference that will give you an introduction and lead you to the next step. If you can use email and navigate your way around a website, then you’ve got all the technical knowledge you’ll need to get something from the conference.

[Via : Who It's For | Overview | Engage Your Community - a web conference for community organisations.]

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Courtney Johnston of the National Library has a post about how to (productively) spend time on the web. Here’s what she suggests if you have 5 minutes:

Got a spare 5 minutes a day?

My top tip would be to set up some RSS feeds of Technorati tags and Google Blog Alerts, using the name of your institution / website / blog / exhibition / service / product as the keyword. Then every day, try to respond to or act on something you see being said online (remembering that not everyone wants to hear from you).

[Via LibraryTechNZ: Time is on my side: What could you do on the web in 30 minutes per week?.]

Find out more about RSS feeds by viewing Keeping up with the Joneses — Miraz’s workshop notes from the Engage your Community conference, or at What’s this about RSS?.

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