[commedia] FW: Ethical Media January 2002 Newsletter

[Michelle McGuire]

Forwarded From: Ethical Media Newsletter <emnews at ethicalmedia.com>
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Ethical Media welcomes you to our first Newsletter of the new year and
wishes you all a successful and inspirational 2002. We hope that you will
find the stories interesting and informative.

As usual, please send feedback and news stories to marco at ethicalmedia.com.

***Content***
Vitamin-e next event
News
Resources
Events
Ethical Media News

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Vitamin-e next event

e-nabled
how digital technology can overcome disability

Guest speakers will include

Joe Rajko, founder and chairman, youreable.com
A. John Bird, founder, the Big Issue and ABCtales.com

7pm Wednesday 30 January 2002
The Design Council, 34 Bow Street, London WC2E 7DL
Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC2E7DL&Z=1

Places strictly limited - rsvp at vitamin-e.net

For more information go to http://www.vitamin-e.net/invite

"When you think disability, think zeitgeist. I'm serious. We live at a time
when the disabled are on the leading edge of a broader societal trend toward
the use of assistive technology." - Wired Magazine

Who's really disabled? The person who's deaf or blind or the society that is
unable to involve or communicate effectively with that person? At Vitamin-e,
we believe the internet could be just the thing to help society overcome its
disability hang-ups.

We're looking for pioneers - e-nablers - who want to create digital
solutions to the divide between society and the disabled. If you've got
ideas, skills, enthusiasm, time or resources you can begin by joining us on
30th January.

If you already have ideas for projects let us know in advance and we'll see
what we can do to help turn them into reality. And if you're already doing
work in this area, get in touch and we'll see what we can do to help
publicise your project through Vitamin-e.


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***news***

A survey of 900 non-profit organizations has revealed that most still host
flat websites and do not have well-planned email strategies, leaving their
stakeholders "disconnected". A report published by The Gilbert Foundation
highlighted four key findings: 44% of organizations have email addresses for
fewer than 20% of their supporters; 64% of organizations do not collect
email addresses on their web site; 75% of organizations cannot survey their
stakeholders online o 78% of organizations do not have an email strategy.
For more results go to www.gilbert.org/disconnected.

***news***
OneWorld www.oneworld.net,  has launched a daily news syndication to the
World News section of Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com). This is the first
daily non-profit world news syndication to a major corporate Web portal.
OneWorld news stories will focus on events relating to human rights, world
poverty, social justice, the environment and sustainable development.

***news***
www.VirtualSustainability.com, a web-based report from SustainAbility, looks
at how the internet is helping to communicate and implement environmental,
social and economic issues (the triple bottom line).

***news***
Earth Summit 2002 Sustainable Development Awards organised by the RSA is now
open for nominations
http://www.sage-rsa.org.uk

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***resources***
What does it take to design & fund an effective communications strategy
Communications is much less about the technology or medium chosen as a
vehicle and more about advancing the cause of your organization. An
effective communications strategy reflects your organization's mission,
goals and objectives, and is well integrated into daily operations.
http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit/thinkthru.html

***resources***
Internet use by community and voluntary sector organizations
The e-envoy has just published a report on Internet use by community and
voluntary sector organizations.
http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/publications/reports/e-enabling/index.htm

***resources***
UN Launched Information Technology Venture to Build 'Digital Bridges' to
World's Poor
The United Nations has launched a global task force to help build universal
interconnectivity and spread the benefits of the digital revolution to the
world's poor.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/news/2001/011121_bridges.shtml
http://www.unicttaskforce.org

***resources***
ItrainOnline: Internet Training Centre for Sustainable Development and Human
Rights Launches
ItrainOnline is a continuing initiative of the following organizations, all
contributing particular expertise and experience in computer and Internet
training in the South:
http://itrainonline.org

***course***
The future has been a concern of humanity since the days of the Delphic
Oracle and Nostradamus. In the last decade, the Government has launched the
Foresight Programme as well as the Futures work undertaken by the
Performance and Innovation Unit in the Cabinet Office, business has employed
consultants and attended scenario conferences in increasing numbers.
Experience in Futures work is vital but where can we obtain the
understanding of how we relate to the future and how we can deal with it?
Since 1996 Leeds Metropolitan University has offered the MA in Foresight and
Futures Studies, a interdisciplinary course which explores the issues raised
by the future and our attempts to deal with it. For information go to
http://www.lmu.ac.uk/hen/benv/fore/fore-in.htm  or contact Graham May
G.May at lmu.ac.uk

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***events***
<CYBERSALON.ORG> invite you to:
An Intimate Encounter with Douglas Rushkoff - controversial NYC social
theorist and author of "Bull", "Media Virus", "The Ecstasy Club", "Children
of Chaos", "Cyberia"
Friday 18th Jan 2002 from 7-11pm.
@ the Global Cafe,
15 Golden Square, London W1.
Tubes: Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus
See map on:
 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529340&Y=180818&A=Y&Z=1

***events***
RSA Fringe/The Economist -- discussion series
Intellectual property: do we need a global new deal?
Thursday, 17 Jan at 6:30pm
Every move you make--technology and civil liberties
Thursday, 24 Jan 6:30pm
Both held at RSA, 8 John Adams Street, London WC2N 6EZ Tel: 020 7030 5115
http://www.rsa.org.uk

***events***
OXO Gallery: Swords into Ploughshares: Transforming Arms into Art sponsored
by Christian Aid