PlanLive kicked off

Haven't blogged for months, haven't seriously tweeted for weeks. The longer you stop the harder it becomes to start again because somehow you feel guilty or ashamed for standing by, lurking, for being busy but not engaged. No more!

A quick recap of what has happened the last few weeks. Last month we had a PlanLive Pilot kick-off workshop in the US with participants from the 8 countries participating in the pilot (Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, India, Kenya, Netherlands, UK and US) and from Plan's headquarters. Before kicking off we had to make some adjustments to the original plans. The most important adjustment was to focus more on learning if and how Plan can use Web2.0 technologies instead of trying to generate a few short term results in terms of revenue and engagement. Web2.0 technologies such as social media, social networks and online collaboration tools can be used to support a range of Plan functions like fundraising, programmes, learning, building relationships, advocacy, research and so forth. The workshop further strengthened the notion that the primary added value of PlanLive is the content of, by and for the communities in the programme countries.

The outcomes of the kick-off workshop were then discussed with and amended by the PlanLive Pilot Board and then given the go-ahead. In other words: kicked off!

I will blog tomorrow about what that means in practical terms for the pilot and how you can get involved.