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Permalink Reply by Louise Brown on June 9, 2010 at 14:22

I seem to have been thwarted by technology so apologies for just typing this last bit of information out.

Thank you so much to everyone that took part today, it seems to have been really successful. There has been lots of discussion and chat and lots of ideas forming.

I'm aware that some things worked and some things didn't; I will think through those, let you know what I come up with, invite you to share your thoughts with me and then start to think about how we can make this better.

This was our first online event, very much an experiment. We are hoping to run some smaller events across the summer and also another e-conference, probably in September.

The big thing we wanted to share with you today was the opportunity to be mentored by one of our 16 fabulous mentors. I meant to start a thread with all of their details, I promise I will do that tomorrow.

There is information here http://www.participationforchange.org/page/ementoring-1 about what the mentoring scheme is and how you can get involved and an application form for you to download.

Please tell the people you know about it, or even apply yourself.

Thank you again for taking part, we all hope that it has been a useful day for you, please let us know if you would like help in taking any of your thoughts and ideas forward.

Louise @ NCVO

Permalink Reply by Andrew Storey on June 9, 2010 at 14:40

Hi Louise

So glad I got a chance to be involved.

Exciting times ahead, I think.

Really enjoyed being a part of this experience and thanks to all those who made it possible and/or who participated.

Best wishes
Andrew@Variety Town

Permalink Reply by Joe Z Mairura on June 9, 2010 at 15:15

Hiya Louise
Firstly, a BIG Thank you for making all this happen today.
You have connected people accross Europe that is no mean task. You have generated friendships; is an achievement in itself,You have enabled people have access to infomation. What you have achieved today is momentous.; be proud. So the technology let you down... that is part of the learning formthis project.

On more mundatne stuff. I have enjoyed my first eConference. With akll the best laid planns I still missed t big chunk of the morning> but I managed to skiop about the workshop info and discaussions and also offred a comment or two. I would like to develop /explore further the issues raised by Richard in his Video on Collabating on an International basis.

I will look at the mentroing and see what help IU might need in the short term. I also given my background would like the possibility of being involved in providing mentring as/if /when the opportunity arises. I will forward you my CVdeatils later( I am working from a diiferent computer so have no access to my files

A couple of Qs:
how long will the video clips be available on line
Whatabout the workshop discussions/responses
... a third!! ... will there there be an evaluation of the e Conference and will thios be available?

"A bientot" as the French would say

kindest regrads


Joe

P/S
I'm a lousy typist excuse all the shameful typos... hope it all all makes sense.

Permalink Reply by Marcela Wasilewska on June 9, 2010 at 15:15

Hey Louise,
thank you and NCVO for this new experience! it was very good, although I was trying to chat, read and write posts in the same time and it didn't come out very well ;-). I will certainly follow the discussions, there are so many interesting ideas I would like to know more about.
I regret I was so slow to reply, there are so many things I would like to share. I don't know whether it's the weather in Warsaw or what.
IMO, it was a good start for the P4C project.
big thanks to Mirko, Richard, Nigel, Karl and Dan for your great inputs! (hah, and where's the gender diversity? :-)

all the best to everyone,
Marcela

P.S. 1. I hope you were able to finally eat something Louise!
P.S. 2. all features on the site worked great for me, no technical problems.
P.S. 3. last night I uploaded lots of photos from Berlin - enjoy!

Permalink Reply by William Wong on June 9, 2010 at 14:45

Hello All

I am not getting any live feed from Ustream TV. Is it just my broadband connection?

Permalink Reply by Oli Henman on June 9, 2010 at 14:52

I would like to add a big thank you to Louise in bringing all this together! It's a fantastic start and thank you to everyone for your active engagement!

Don't forget this is only the beginning, you have walked through the gateway into virtual conferencing- we will now be taking names for the mentoring so please sign up for an opportunity to exchange your knowledge with our expert mentors.

Finally this site will be hosting more online activity and a further E-Conference in September, so see you soon!

Permalink Reply by Anthea Clements on June 9, 2010 at 15:04

Louise, as soon as we have some diary dates for furture econference I will get the security sorted for the event my end !!

thanks for all your hard work.

Permalink Reply by Wojciech Załuski on June 9, 2010 at 15:07

Thank you very much for the possibility to share and exchange knowledge. Looking forward to the future meetings.