Interesting comments, Jayne... Meanwhile, the last two speakers here at the conference have both made referencs to the digital divide and digital literacy. A pleasant surprise.... -andy
> >>A representative from Dubai's egov directorate just spoke. She talked about >a survey done by the government of policymakers regarding barriers to >e-government. While some thought Internet access inequities would be a >barrier, many more thought that a lack of skills by the public and a lack >of understanding by fellow policymakers were much bigger challenges. Interesting. These are roughly the same barriers to organizations involving online volunteers. The first thought is always that Internet access is what keeps organizations from using a service like www.onlinevolunteering.org, but we always found that lack of understanding and experience with volunteer management, as well as lack of Net literacy, were equal barriers. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Jayne Cravens Bonn, Germany Services for Mission-Based Orgs www.coyotecommunications.com TECH4IMPACT Newsletter www.coyotecommunications.com/tech4impact.html Open University Development Studies www.coyotecommunications.com/development Contact me www.coyotecommunications.com/contact.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
