Dgroups Online Peer Exchange – 15 July 2013
The Dgroups Online Peer Exchange session continue with the third event in this series planned for 15 July 2013, from 1600 to 1730 CEST. This session will look at “Email forums for health and development professionals.” Two presenters will share their experiences: Angela Nash Mercado will present how the Knowledge Gateway (which uses the same underlying software as …
Learning from our peers – How FAO and SDC use Dgroups
The second Dgroups Online Peer Exchange took place on 16 April 2013. As in the previous session, two Dgroups partner organizations presented their experience in using Dgroups for online networking, knowledge exchange and communication to support their work. Some 30 people participated in the session, with an interesting debate following the presentation by Kristin Kolshus and …
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Slides from the Dgroups Peer Exchange – 16 April 2013
After the one held last November, on 16 April 2013 the Dgroups Foundation hosted a second Online Peer Exchange. Two Dgroups Partners, the FAO and the Swiss Development cooperation, presented their experience in using Dgroups effectively to support communications, knowledge sharing and learning in their work. The slides are available online at Slideshare and below here. …
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Dgroups Online Peer Exchange – 16 April 2013
After the successful event held last November, the second Dgroups Peer Exchange session will take place on 16 April 2013 from 1400 to 1600 (Amsterdam time). This is an open session for all with an interest in Dgroups, to discuss how to use Dgroups to effectively support communications, knowledge sharing and learning in their work. Two presentations …
Learning from our peers – How RWSN and FARA use Dgroups
The Dgroups Foundation hosted our first Online Peer Exchange session on 15 November 2012, in order to strengthen peer-to-peer learning among Dgroups Partners, moderators, and users, earlier. The meeting, organized in the context of the 2012 Dgroups Annual Meeting, brought together some twenty people to learn from two organizations how they have put Dgroups to …
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Slides from the Dgroups 2012 Online Peer Exchange
On 15 November 2012, the Dgroups Foundation hosted an online peer exchange session. The event was organized in the context of the 2012 Dgroups Annual Meeting. During the peer exchange, two Dgroups partners organizations shared their experiences in working with Dgroups and making the most of it to support daily business practices. The slides are …
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New feature – Mapping your Dgroups members
When they started working on the new Dgroups interface, WA-Research promised that this would not be just a facelift. The new Dgroups is clearly much more stable and user friendly and new features are continuously being added. Some are already in production, and offer users and administrators new tools to improve the way the use …
Dgroups 2012 Annual Meeting and Online Peer Exchange – 15 November 2012
After the 2011 meeting held last year in Rome during the ShareFair, we’re excited to announce the 2012 Dgroups Annual Meeting, which will take place online on 15 November 2012 starting at 1400 GMT to 1630 GMT. Registration are open on this Eventbrite page. This event comes at a very important time for Dgroups. The …
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Google SMS version of Gmail in Africa – New opportunities for Dgroups users
I am excited to read the following news item on the BBC website (with thanks to Giacomo Rambaldi and Web2ForDev discussion list on Dgroups). Google launch SMS version of Gmail in Africa: Google has launched a text message-based version of its email service targeted at users in Africa. Gmail SMS can run on so-called “dumb phones” …
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Dgroups elects new Chairman of the Board
In the last meeting on 24th April, 2012, the Board of the Dgroups Foundation elected its new Chairman. The outgoing Chair, Caroline Figuères (IICD) has been the first ever chair of the Dgroups Foundation after this has been established in 2009. In her words, the past three years as Chair of Dgroups have been “a challenging …