stephen blyth’s blog

Here are links to some of the articles I’ve had published, a list of presentations, training resources, and other miscellaneous stuff. Updated September 2009.

Articles

• “Hanging on your every word?” article on social media, published in FINZ on Fundraising, Issue 71, August 2009.
• “A toe in the water - using social networks for your cause”, published in the September 2008 issue of “Fundraising in New Zealand”, republished courtesy of Foresee Communications.
• “What are people saying about me online?” article submitted to the Not for profit management magazine July 2008 issue.
• “An e-government response to the climate change crisis: tapping into citizen creativity”, Think Piece contributed to “New Zealand E-government 2007: Progress Towards Transformation” report, published by State Services Commission (SSC), June 2008
• “Shifting to a sustainable city? Citizen participation in Wellington’s Our City - Our Future Strategy”, a summary of my Masters thesis, 1999.

Presentations

• “Virtual networks and digital forums”, presentation with David Barrow (Communications Manager, NZFVWO) for the ACE (Adult and Community Education) Winter Series, 23 June 2009, Petone.
• “A toe in the water …{revisited}”, presentation to Comms2Comms network, Wellington, 27 May 2009
• “So many ways to skin a cat”, presentation to Connecting Up Australia 09 conference, Sydney, 12 May 2009
• “A toe in the water {revisited}”, presentation to Fundraising Institute of New Zealand Central division learning lunch, 21 April 2009
• “Spreading the word: telling your story using video, podcasts, blogs & more” presented to Engage Your Community conference, Wellington, 4 September 2008.
• Connecting Up 08 conference, Brisbane, 19-20 May 2008. Two workshops:
  • “Riding into a headwind: setting up a new IT support and advice service”
  • “Online project management tools: making choices and making it happen”
• “Families on the Couch: heading online to hearing from New Zealand families”, presented to GOVIS 2007: Innovation in ICT conference, 9-11 May 2007, Wellington. See video version on GOVIS richmedia website or slides.
• “How can the Internet be used to support community building?” workshop, Community Development, Human Rights and the Grassroots conference, April 2004, Melbourne
• “Harnessing the Web: Tools for Community Groups”, presented to Connecting Communities Conference, 3-5 November 2003, Wellington
• “A Long and Winding Road: Community Organisation ICTs Uptake in Aotearoa New Zealand”, presented to: Electronic Networks 2002 Building Community, fifth Community Networking Conference, 3-5 July 2002, Melbourne
• “Where Everyone Knows Your Name? CommunityNet Aotearoa website case study”, presented to “GOVIS 2001 - An E-Govt Odyssey” Conference Duxton Hotel, 2 May 2001, Wellington
• “Sustainable Cities – the Citizen Participation Process in Wellington around the ‘Our City – Our Future’ initiative”, presentation to “New Perspectives for a New Millennium conference, Political Studies Association, 1999, Wellington

Training

• Online tools for project management, Rotorua (cancelled)
• Beyond surfing: finding stuff on the web, Wellington (June 2008)
• Using wikispaces to support projects workshop, Hamilton (April 2008)
• Web 2.0 introduction (October 2007)
  
• Unitec Diploma in Not for Profit Management stakeholder communication and image management course notes, Wellington (October 2007)