“Technology un-conference week” 19th-23rd Jan 2015
Rather than stage a big, single conference event, we’ve structured a week long ‘un-conference’ of many separate events.
There are 17 different training sessions, workshops, discussion groups and so on, and you’ll be able to tap into whichever sessions you are interested in.
The full agenda for the week is below and this page will be kept updated with more information as the week progresses.
These events are supported by our Big Lottery Awards for All funding for our IT Network.
All sessions are Free to VANEL Members and Friends. Most sessions are free to non-members (booking essential) unless stated otherwise.
Booking essential for each and every session otherwise we may not have space.
To book for any session(s) simply contact Karl Elliott at VANEL via karl@vanel.org.uk or 01472 235311.
Monday 19th January
All of today’s sessions are held at VANEL offices at the Elms.
1pm – 2pm : “Introduction to Mailchimp” training session.
This is an introductory training session into how to use the (mostly) free Mailchimp e-newsletter service. The session assumes you know nothing or very little about this tool.
Free to VANEL Members or Friends. £10 per person otherwise.
2.30pm – 3.30pm : “Meet Asana” – how we use Asana at VANEL and how you can make the most of it.
Asana is a cloud based planning or project management tool which is easy to use and very flexible. This simple discussion workshop will let you understand what it does and how to use it.
3.00pm – 4.00pm : Technical surgery – come along and ask for support with anything technical !
When you are booking please let us know what you would like to talk about (so we can prepare). It might be email, networks, memory, anti-virus, cloud tools or whatever…
4.00pm—5.00pm : “Technology for Trustees”. A repeat from Trustees’ Week, this session is for anyone in a governance position looking to understand how to use tech for the benefit of their organisation. There’s full information about this session from when we ran it in November here.
Free to VANEL Members or Friends. £10 per person otherwise.
Tuesday 20th January
The morning sessions will be held in Immingham (at Immingham Resource Centre) and then the afternoon sessions back in Grimsby at the Elms.
9.30am – 11am : “Technological Terminology Tackled” do you need to get your head around technical words and concepts so need someone to ask? What is BYOD? The dark web? A router? Mi-fi? This is a session to simply answer those questions you’ve been dying to ask someone about.
At Immingham Resource Centre
11.00am – 12.15 : TT-Exchange Masterclass. TT-exchange (used to be called CTX) offers heavily discounted software to registered charities. If you represent a registered charity and would like to find out how to save considerably on your software, come along to this session.
At Immingham Resource Centre
1.30pm – 3.30pm : “WordPress for Beginners” training workshop. heard of WordPress for building websites but want to know more about it? This is the basics to get you started. This is very much introductory for those who want to learn about this too.
Free to VANEL Members or Friends. £10 per person otherwise. At the Elms.
3.00pm – 4.00pm : “Access your Data” – a workshop about databases and Microsoft Access. Very simple discussion workshop to answer any questions you might have about databases or how to use MS Access.
At the Elms.
4.00pm – 6.00pm : WebClub – our first WebClub session of 2015. All welcome – whether you’ve been along to WebClub before or not. We’ll have a very general session covering a range of issues and whatever attendees want to discuss.
At the Elms.
Wednesday 21st January
All of today’s sessions are held at VANEL offices at the Elms.
10.00am – 12noon : “Maximising Mailchimp” training session. This session is for those already using Mailchimp but wanting help, troubleshooting or to make more of the power of this tool. We’ll look at all the advanced features, so we’ll assume you have some knowledge or experience in using Mailchimp already.
Free for Members and Friends or £10 per person otherwise.
1.00pm—2.30pm : lunchtime drop-in for any groups needing help with their IT who would be interested in using a ‘digital’ volunteer to help them. Just pop along for a chat.
3.30pm – 4.30pm : “Meet Huddle” – learn about how this cloud based collaboration tool could help you. Informal discussions and workshop.
Thursday 22nd January
All of today’s sessions are held at VANEL offices at the Elms.
10.00am – 11.00am : “Better backups” – how to keep your data secure. An informal discussion workshop covering good backup techniques and how to manage backups to protect yourself.
1.30pm—3.00pm: Technical surgery. Pop along with any of your technical questions.
When you are booking please let us know what you would like to talk about (so we can prepare). It might be email, networks, memory, anti-virus, cloud tools or whatever…
Friday 23rd January
All of today’s sessions are held at VANEL offices at the Elms.
10.00am – 12.00noon : “Cooking up a website” our ever popular ‘how to build a website’ introductory training course.
There’s a bit more information about this course content on our older website just here.
£10 each for Members and Friends or £20 otherwise
1.30pm – 2.30pm : “Email Setup” – all the technical how to’s on setting up and using email properly
3.00pm—4.30pm : “Technological Terminology Tackled” Finishing the week with an open discussion on anything technological. do you need to get your head around technical words and concepts so need someone to ask? What is BYOD? The dark web? A router? Mi-fi? This is a session to simply answer those questions you’ve been dying to ask someone about.