Presentation Dgroups Partners Meeting 2016
Representatives of Dgroups member organizations and Board members met on 14th September 2016 for the Dgroups Partners Meeting. The meeting was hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). The meeting report will be available for Dgroups members’ in the coming days. In the meantime, you can view the presentation below, which illustrates objectives and progresses for the …
Welcome to Adrian Bannister, new Dgroups Board member
The Dgroups Board is delighted to welcome Adrian Bannister as a new member of the Board. Adrian is the Web Innovations Convenor at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. We look forward to working with Adrian and IDS to further strengthen Dgroups in the coming months and years. Click here …
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Dgroups webinar – Maintaining and troubleshooting your online community
The third and final Dgroups Communities Webinar took place on 15 June 2015 and focused on how to maintain and troubleshoot your online community. Facilitated by Lucie Lamoureux (KM4D Associates) the webinar was designed mostly as a peer-assist session. Two participants presented two case studies, illustrating the challenges they face in maintaining their communities of …
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cinfo joins Dgroups
We’re happy to announce that the cinfo – the Centre for Information, Counselling and Training for Professions relating to International Cooperation – has recently joined the Dgroups Partnership. Based in Biel, Switzerland, cinfo is:As we read from its website: a specialised service provider and the network platform for professionals and organisations involved in the IC job …
Dgroups webinar – Developing and supporting your Dgroup
After the first Dgroups Communities webinar held last month, this week we organized the second event in this series of three online webinars. The theme for this session was how to develop and support an online community. Facilitated by Lucie Lamoureux (KM4D Associates) the session was designed around three presentation blocks of about 12 minutes, …
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Dgroups webinar – Learning the ins and outs of the Dgroups platform
Creating a new online community can be done with just a few clicks of the mouse. But bringing a new community to life and getting its members engaged is a complete different story, and it requires care, skills and time. ECDPM and Dgroups are partnering to pilot a series of three free webinars to learn …
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Dgroups Activities Report 2013
In August 2013, Dgroups counts 2.297 communities, with around 167.691 registered users. It delivers around 400.000 email messages each day. The Dgroups Foundation is committed to make Dgroups accessible and affordable to all development organisations. To fulfill its responsibilities, the Board of the Dgroups Foundation prioritized seven work areas in 2013: Platform improvement Service reliability Users’ support for optimum use …
Dgroups.org is restored to normal service
The Dgroups.org website was down over the weekend, apparently due to a temporary technical problem with the Internet Service Provider, which is now fixed. Thanks to the prompt intervention of WA-Research over the weekend, we are now back online. All messages sent during the down-time should be queued normally, so no specific actions are required …
Dgroups Board approves new membership structure
At the Dgroups Annual Partners meeting earlier this year, Dgroups members discussed how to increase the annual income of the Foundation and how to encourage small organisations (less than 1 million Euros annual turnover) to join. A new membership and financial contribution structure was proposed. This was then explored further, adapted and ratified at the subsequent …
Dgroups Annual Partners Meeting – 16 January 2014
In the last Board meeting, the Board of the Dgroups Foundation has set the date for the next Annual Partners Meeting, to take place in Utrecht (ICCO premises) on 16 January 2014, from 11 am to 4.30 pm. The programme of the day includes: Share Fair for exchange of news and experience among Dgroups Partners …
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