The Big Get Together

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Created on Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Last week saw our first ever partner event where a few of our partners met to explore how they can work together to encourage even more people to get online and benefit from the fantastic opportunities the web has to offer. Designed to generate ideas which will act as the basis for bringing our new ‘Manifesto for a Networked Nation’ to life, the event was a huge success, sparking lots of ideas about how we can inspire, encourage and support people to get online.

The afternoon started with a brainstorm, where partners were encouraged to explore ways and means in which they can bring promises to life.  One of the highlights was a discussion of how to make events such as Get Online Week and itea and biscuits even bigger.  There was an unbelievable response, with offers of free tickets, free hardware and nationwide training sessions open to all.  This section of the event also featured the debut of our new film, produced by Adjust your set, containing some of the fantastic stories from our People’s Taskforce.

Later, everyone was split into a group to encourage collaborative thinking.  Each group created an idea and these were then fed back to be built upon and ‘owned’ by a particular organisation.  Ideas such as ‘e-granny days,’ where kids train their grandparents in schools and ‘Dig IT’, which would use gardening as an interest tool to get people online, were just a couple of the fantastic concepts our partners came up with.

Now, all that’s left is for these promises to come to life.  If you have any ideas about how you or your organisation can help us achieve our goal, please get in touch.  If you haven’t already signed up as a Race Online 2012 partner, join us now and watch out for future events.  A great big thank you to Microsoft who were our generous hosts for the afternoon.