Start a website with Abcore Cadí in an orderly manner

This is a quick guide for those organizations that start publishing content on their new website with Abcore Cadí and want to do the work in an orderly manner.

Publishing a website is an extensive task very similar to publishing a book, and therefore requires time and organization.

If you are lucky enough to have the support of iWith.org by your side and do the work in an orderly manner, it will be much easier for you.

We assume that you have already passed the process of thinking about what the web should be like, for whom you do it and what goals you pursue. If you want a help for the previous phase you can download the free ebook: '5 most important topics before creating the new website of your NGO'




The first thing will be to attend the training offered by iWith.org in person or in videoconference.
During the "hands-on" workshop format training, you will be able to see the design of your website and you will surely publish a page, a news, an event or a form depending on the contents you want on your website.

You already know that you can always visit the tutorials area at: http://www.abcore.org/es/tutorials/index.html to have context.


To attend the training is good idea to bring your own computer and a document with the first content you want to publish.

Now that you know what you want to publish and you know the tool, we suggest a little order.

1 - Create the menu with the minimum number of sections necessary to publish the web (later you can add or modify the ones you want)

You usually have the menu tool in Admin -> HTML Block -> Menu

Normally the menu will match the structure of folders and pages

2- Create the folder structure

You usually have the tool to create folders and pages in Admin -> Service Management -> Web Pages

If when creating the menu you created the sections About us, What we do, Help ... Now you can create folders / directories about us, what we do, help, etc.

If you made the menu under English language, now you create the folders under the directory en

3 - Create Pages

With the same tool you can now add pages to the corresponding directory.

 

Some recommendations that may be useful:

- We leave for the second phase the pages that correspond to cover, news, events, stakeholders, and in general those that use their own services.

- Start with the first section of the menu and make the first full page with your photos and links before moving on to the next one.

- Follow page by page until finishing the first section of the menu and continue with the second section until you have pages for the entire menu.

- Finally, create the cover, keeping in mind that some cover items can be fed from the news services, events, etc.
 

4- Create the dynamic part of the web with the corresponding services that you can see in Service Management

For example Collaborators, Links, Forms, Photos, News, Upcoming events etc.

If you have any questions, you know that you can consult the support account at iwith.org.

Support team
iWith.org
 

Vídeo participatiu: experència i intercooperació a Santiago

No ens podem treure del cap la trobada dels dies 24 i 25 d’abril a Santiago de Compostela. AGARESO ens hi va convidar per compartir experiències i coneixements sobre comunicació participativa, en aquest cas, per treballar amb joves amb risc d’exclusió social.

La trobada consistia en posar en comú metodologies i experiències de creació audiovisual i participació, principalment amb gent jove, explicar quins havien estat els reptes, si existien solucions… sempre amb la idea clara de que la comunicació és una eina per la participació, l’educació i la justícia social.

Des de Quepo, molt ben representades pel Pablo, vam explicar dos dels nostres projectes: KN60lab, un equipament a peu de carrer, efímer, que busca la participació de les joves del barri del Raval (recollir els seus interessos, identificar les qüestions que fan barrera entre les joves i l’espai públic i experimentar l’autogestió de projectes – trobareu tota la informació sobre com el vam treballar aquí) i Tras el objetivo, un documental participatiu que explica els processos que es van viure en el desenvolupament del projecte europeu YouthME. Va ser un plaer poder compartir tot el que hem après durant els seus respectius processos, i del que seguim aprenent cada dia.

A les trobades, més enllà de presentar projectes i compartir metodologies, vam debatre molt sobre quins eren els possibles mètodes de finançament, tant estatal com a nivell europeu, i, sobretot, i el més important, un espai de treball per aconseguir una intercooperació real.

Podem dir, ben convençudes, que van ser dos dies molt productius, en un ambient preciós, obert i còmodes. Unes trobades molt necessaries. I, per suposat, va ser un plaer compartir aquesta experiència amb AGARESO, Igaxes, ZEMOS98, Asociación Asad!

Seguim!

L'entrada Vídeo participatiu: experència i intercooperació a Santiago ha aparegut primer a Quepo | Comunicació per a la transformació social.

Evaluate your NGO's ability to raise funds

Doing a fundraising campaign is not always synonymous with success in raising funds. It is not about being lucky or taking advantage of the good opportunities that arise. From Ágora Social, a fundraising consultancy specializing in the third sector, we are given a series of recommendations that we want to share with you.

The long-term success for an organization to raise funds effectively depends on a set of factors that can directly or indirectly affect the ability of the organization to finance itself. This is achieved thanks to a great team that operates in an appropriate structure and culture, that has money to invest and adequate systems, and that is surrounded by effective communication and a clear strategic direction.


 

Ágora Social lists these five factors that determine the ability to raise funds:

 

1. Human and technical resources

It is advisable that the program for raising funds be managed by well-trained staff with full dedication. It is also recommended that those who perform this function have some training or experience in marketing, social communication, public relations or business studies.

 

2. Organization

It is advisable to maintain a fluid communication between the heads of the different departments to encourage cooperation. How staff is motivated to give their best is key. Therefore, it is more important to have a good system than with exceptional people.

 

3. Internal culture

The organizations that are most successful in fundraising are organizations that learn quickly and continually evaluate their approaches through experience and transform it into knowledge for the other members of the organization.

 

4. Money and systems

The budget to raise funds must be generous as long as you have confidence that you will provide more money than it has cost. Therefore, the budget must be flexible.

 

5. Strategic thinking and communication

It is very important to elaborate an argument to use before potential donors that detail what we are going to tell you. Fundraising is communication aimed at persuading donors.
 

Would you like to have more capacity to raise funds? You can read more in this article.

 

 

 
 

 

Sant Jordi 2019

L'entrada Sant Jordi 2019 ha aparegut primer a Quepo | Comunicació per a la transformació social.

Cotxeres-Casinet wins the Web Awards for Culture Projects of iWith.org

Cotxeres de Sants hosts emblematic events such as the Open of Chess of Sants, Hostafrancs and La Bordeta, or the Fantastic and Terror of Sants Marathon, as well as concerts, exhibitions, conferences, fairs and all kinds of activities during almost 365 days a year.



 

The facility consists of a complex of three buildings. The first two buildings add up to a total area of about 5,000 m2, with a conference room, Internet room, an auditorium of 1,200 m2 and other multipurpose spaces. The remodeling works of the third building have provided a useful space for a house of 400 m2 old people and a large auditorium.

 

The objective is to make the project more known to the neighborhood and the city, not so much by the activities that are carried out, but rather by the values behind it. All the initiatives are programmed jointly with the entities giving a community air to the project. The Cotxeres-Casinet website has become obsolete and the project needs to see activities, workshops, courses, etc. in a more orderly and practical way.

 

Entities that have taken part in the second phase and have received advice from iWith.org in the field of Internet are:

Geganters d'Oliana, Orfeó badaloní, Centre d'Estudis Sant Martí de Provençals, Intriga teatro, Asociación Argadini, Asociación Sociocultural ACM, Grup de Foc Sant Boi, Claseate, Asociación Esta Vida, Las que habitan la cultura, Producciones menos es más, Turismo Creativo (leyendas solidarias), Associació Tradicions Populars Serpent de Manlleu, Fundación Iberoamericana Europa, Asociación Progestión, Rioja Acoge, Federación de Entidades Cristianas Didania, Coordinadora Colla Gegantera de Girona, Dracs i Diables La Sagrera, Proyecto Metamorfosis, Associación del Norte al Sur, Novembre Feminista, Asociación Exoestrato, Centre Democràtic i Progressista, Comsoc (contes del món), Dona Cançó, La habitación gestión cultural and Col·lectiu investigació i Prehistòria. 
 

From iWith.org, we would like to congratulate the winning project and we will offer our support and support to improve the web and its presence on the Internet until 2022, which includes the creation of the web page on the Abcore Cadí platform with:
 

• Accommodation
• Design
• Programming
• Training of administrators
• Web communication tools such as newsletters, events or press release service
• Support for users
• Accompaniment to the project

The costs of these services are assumed by iWith.org until 2022, thanks to the unselfish contributions of Chus Roig and iWith.org Team de Teaming.