Do you want help to make your community project more effective?

This event has been brought forward to Friday 10 July.

“On-line community media is a good thing in itself, giving people information and making connections. But more exciting is the way in which this new collaborative infrastructure could provide the basis for a whole range of face-to-face initiatives. Not only is a very small portion of the country served by a good community web site but most sites that exist are only scratching the surface of what they could achieve once they have built up a significant local following."
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA

Are you currently working on a community project?

Are you interested in setting up a community website to help your project achieve its aims?

Can you come to London for a day on Friday 10 July 2009? 

If so, we want to hear from you. We are organising a conference here at the RSA on Friday 10 July for RSA Fellows and others already working in their communities, but new to social media techniques. The focus is on enabling people who are working on social inclusion to increase the impact of their work.

We are also keen to engage a small number of Fellows that already use community websites in these contexts. The event aims to work with Fellows and 'friends' who Fellows are working with in local communities. Please do suggest non-Fellow names and a brief description of their projects/work.

As well as being important in itself, the RSA hopes this will provide a model of support that we can offer Fellows in the future, not just on other social media techniques but on a range of skills which may be helpful. We would welcome ideas for future initiatives.

The conference structure will be:

  • Case studies illustrating how community websites have been used effectively
  • Key challenges and questions for community development using community websites
  • Workshops to help participants develop community websites to meet their project aims
  • Action planning for how participants can continue this work and share it with others in their areas

To apply, send us information about your project using this application form. We’ll be selecting participants using these criteria:

  • Participants must be already active in their community
  • Participants will be chosen to ensure a diversity of approaches/issues (such as campaigns, identity, interest)
  • Participants will be from a range of different geographical areas in the U.

For further details or if you have any queries please contact Ashish Prashar.