Colleagues Connect presentation at NDS conference

Colleagues Connect Accommodation & Social Participation Conference 2010 field & Reactive

Introduction
The Colleagues Connect Project has been funded by Collaborative Internet Innovation Fund (cIIF) and field.
cIIF provides $15 million in a competitive grants program to accelerate the innovative use of the next generation of ICT by Victorian government, business and community.
‘ In kind’ funding contributions have been made by Melbourne City Mission and the Australian Quadriplegic Association
cIIF Round 2 will focus on the development of innovative applications for the high capacity broadband environment and is due to run in 2010.

Victoria’s Innovation Agenda
cIIF is an initiative under the Victorian Government's Innovation Statement, Innovation: Victoria's Future intended to accelerate the innovative use of the next generation of ICT by Victorian government, business and community.
Health - to support our ageing population and their health needs, and to maintain our quality of life Sustainability - putting innovation to work to meet the climate change challenge, Protect our environment and ensure we have the ongoing capacity for long term growth Productivity - to compete internationally and ensure Victoria has the infrastructure, skills and resources to work more efficiently and turn new ideas into new products, services and solutions

cIFF funding

Current situation
Changes in models of service delivery (including de-institutionalization and individualized funding) have resulted in many people with disability receiving services in their own homes and communities.
This is a worthy achievement and one of the principal aims of the Victorian Disability State Plan 2002 -2012.

Current situation
Cost prohibitive for employers to bring staff together regularly
Issue of how to keep the workforce supported and continuously improving in terms of service quality.

Colleagues Connect
Interface to better connect disability support workers and provide opportunities for collegiate support, learning and development, debriefing, supervision and sharing best practice.
Utilizes established web2.0 tools

Pilot groups
Pilot will be conducted with
Melbourne City Mission
AQA Vic – rural and metro
Other partners of the project include
National Disability Services
Office for the Community Sector - Department of Planning and Community Development
Evaluators – Synthesize
Design and Consultancy - Reactive

Colleagues Connect Videos David Carlos Project Manager Melbourne Citymission Video Presentation on the Colleagues Connect Project at: www.vimeo.com/11617881

Colleagues Connect Videos Peter Trethewey Chief Executive Officer AQA Victoria Ltd Video presentation on Colleagues Connect at www.vimeo.com/11618277

Objectives and benefits of Colleagues Connect
Benefits to support workers
Regular staff supervision
Access to organisation information
Greater capacity for ongoing learning and development
Sharing best practice
Collegiate support
Potential to develop smarter ways to work

Benefits to the organisation
Increased productivity
Reduced costs in relation to workforce wellbeing (ill health, stress, Work Cover premiums etc)
Greater ability to communicate with staff
Mechanism to provide organization information to staff
Structural support for new models of service delivery

Benefits to the people with a disability
Use of Web. 2.0 to support greater social inclusion (including access to the e environment)
Tool to assist people with disability to direct their own services
Platform to update information to their support staff
Access to organisation information
Capacity for online community building with consequent benefits for wellbeing

“ The web is more of a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect – to help people work together – and not as a technical toy.” Tim Berners-Lee ‘ Weaving the Web, the original design and Ultimate destiny of the World Wide Web’

Colleagues Connect and Social Tools

Web 2.0 technologies - Yammer, Skype and Vimeo
The benefits of implementing Web 2.0 social tools are:
Proven tools that fit the need
significantly reducing the technology cost of the project.
benefiting from ongoing improvements to the chosen solutions as a result of wider user feedback.

Web 2.0 technologies - Yammer

Web 2.0 technologies - Yammer
Yammer is a simple real-time communication tool for organisations
Microblogging
Social networking
Collaboration tools
Knowledge Base
Mobile tools

Web 2.0 technologies - Skype

Web 2.0 technologies - Skype
Skype is an IP-based communications tool
Skype to Skype phone calls
Skype to phone/mobile
Skype video
Instant Messaging

Web 2.0 technologies - Vimeo

Web 2.0 technologies - Vimeo
Vimeo is a full-featured video sharing platform and community space
Video sharing
Groups
Secure areas
Advanced privacy features

The Social Web

The Social Web Information Source Participation platform Static Dynamic Reading Writing Organisations Communities Owning/Selling Sharing Portals Social Networks One to Many Many to Many Centrally controlled Reciprocal control E Business Peer production

The Social Web
Socializing activities form the basis of the social web
Authoring content
Conversation
Tagging
Sharing
Bookmarking
User generated content
Each element has a different engagement quality

The Social Web
The social web in action...
Amazon.com recommendations and wishlists
Facebook Tools
Photo sharing (Flickr, etc)
Chatting and Instant messaging
Google maps and mashups
User generated content
Twitter, Yammer, Vimeo, many, many others

“ People have been interacting with other people for much longer than the internet has been around, so give them the tools and set them free” Rolf Skyberg

Project Update
Meeting with partners commenced (ongoing)
Development of ICT application completed. Content to be uploaded
Evaluators appointed and baseline data being collected
Training to commence in May with project participants
Full pilot scheduled for June

Colleagues Connect Videos Leonie Morgan Manager Projects Office for the Community Sector Department of Planning and Community Development Video presentation found at: http://www.vimeo.com/11618822

The Future
Colleagues Connect has the capacity to be a new and innovative resource that can:
Enhance the capacity of any workforce largely employed in isolated settings
Increase communication in organisations to enhance productivity
Impact on the wellbeing and autonomy of people who, for whatever reason, are largely home bound
Place the disability sector in the front line of innovation
Provide people with a disability with an active interface to allow them to determine their service needs

Contact Details
Field – furthering inclusive learning and development Linda Budd
Tel: 03 8686 5621
Email: [email_address]
Reactive – Simon Julian
Tel: 03 9415 2310
Email: [email_address]

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