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Articles about Getting Connected

These pages provide briefing material for the Getting Connected initiative. Articles were originally written for UK Communities Online early in 1997, and will be updated for the Making the Net Work initiative which is the next stage of Getting Connected. Available here: Basics of Getting Connected The benefits of Getting Connected The issues in Getting Connected Connecting your community The basics of Getting Connected Internet basics by Peter Mason. What is the Internet, email, World Wide Web - and much more. What it costs to get online by Mark Walker. The hardware, software, connection - and time. Who can help. Peter Mason offers some signposts to training support. Frequently Asked Questions - and answers - about getting online. The benefits of Getting Connected The benefits of getting online, Michael Mulquin offers an assessment of some of the basic advantages of going online. The value for an organisation. Mark Walker provides a personal overview of what the Internet can offer one particular community organisation. The community benefits of electronic networking. Peter Day identifies areas where electronic networks may help support human networks and combat social exclusion. Email as a tool for campaigning . US Ed Schwartz has witten a book on the subject. A cry for help answered on the Internet. Mark Walker reports how The Samaritans now use the Internet. The issues in Getting Connected Is the Internet a cause for concern? Delia Venables examines some of the social, legal and political issues that cause people concern about the Internet. Think before you connect . Paul Ticher advises there are issues to consider before you buy your first modem. FAQs about Internet concerns Connecting your community Seeing IT is believing . Sara Gowen describes how she organised a demonstration about 'Making Computers work for the Community', and the lessons learned. Just do it - advice from a US networker . Steve Snow. Director of the award-winning Charlotte's Web, writes an open letter to UK networkers. Seven steps to building electronic communities . Philippa Gamse and Terry Grunwald provide a checklist. Guidelines for community networking . Communities Online has drawn up 10 principles for those planned community-wide networks. Who's who in providing community information . David Miller distinguishes the different types of site under development. Craigmillar - a community development approach to cyberspace . Dr Andrew MacDonald describes the process of developing a community network for Craigmillar. Sheffield's Open Information Project doesn't claim to be a community network, says Mike Powell. Its aim is establish an electronic information network which will directly benefit the work of "third sector" organisations. FAQs about connecting your organisation , and your community.