The population in rural Scotland is ageing. People doing volunteering, contributing to their communities' wellbeing, quality of life and providing essential services, are more likely to be in the older generations. Right now older people are less likely to be using ICT in their daily lives. However, as life goes on, this figure will change, with more and more people becoming IT literate.
My question for today is, How can ICT be used to help the voluntary sector do their work?
This could involve the exchange of information; making resources more efficient; and innovation in the grass roots: coming up with technology that solves problems faced by voluntary groups.
Answers could include: web conferencing, social networks, podcasting, vodcasting, eLearning, web discussion boards, online events diaries, eProcurement, the list goes on and on. My theory is that there is not necessarily a need to develop new tools for accomplishing these tasks, but that there are products already out there that are affordable, accessible and easy to use that can help groups do their work better, more efficiently and more effectively.
