Manual for NGOs - learn IT tools

Aims of the tool

The aims of the manual are to show:
- How to make semi-professional photos
- how to make semi-professional videos
- how to build their own website(step-by-step)
- How to manage their social networks
- How to make communication and dissemination strategy

Description of the tool

This manual has been developed in the framework of the project “Learn IT Tools”, training and networking activity that was held from 23rd to 30th May 2016 in Braunlage, Germany, financially supported by the Erasmus + Programme over the German National Agency. The project equipped group of youth workers and young civic activists with knowledge and skills on how to use digital technologies as tool for increasing the visibility of the youth associations and the project activities they are implementing. Experienced team of trainers delivered sessions on how to produce semi-professional video and photography, how to use certain interactive tools for web design and web editing, as well as how to use social media and other digital platforms as tools for advocacy, campaigning, networking and dissemination of project results.

In a simple and user-friendly manner we will try to provide you with some hints on how effectively to use digital technologies and social media for benefit of your organization and the communities you are working with.

The information in this manual is used from many and different sources, some of the contents are output from the workshops during the training, and some is written from the developers of the manual.

We hope you will find it useful.