This page provides a calendar of short courses, workshops, seminars and other events organised by Socitm and its partners. Clicking on the links for each event will take you to further information. You can also book events through these pages. See also the Socitm diary for members' only meetings. Use the navigation opposite to access information about Socitm's Annual Conference and Spring Seminar, and also to find out about sponsoring or exhibiting at these events.
July 2009
This interactive one day course provides a good overview of the scope of mobile and flexible working. It will identify and explore the key aspects and structure of a sustainable strategy such as people and property considerations as well as exploring technology opportunities and implications. It is suitable for all public sector organisations, whether embarking on or already implementing mobile and/or flexible working programmes.
8 July 2009 |
North West |
All |
All
being held in Birmingham with a presentation from the sponsor Redhat and covering, Professionalism, Transformation, Government Connect and updates on the Society, Insight projects and the WMLGA.
9 July 2009 |
West Midlands |
Socitm Region |
Socitm members and guests
Do you need to create a new ICT strategy, or to refresh your current strategy? This one-day practical event led by Chris Head is designed to help those who want to maximise the benefits from their ICT budgets and capital investments. The foundations are the new Socitm Insight reports on building an ICT strategy and ICT governance. There is a strong emphasis on creating the right governance framework in order to ensure the full implementation of the strategy, and we use the new Socitm technology and information architectures.
9 July 2009 |
London |
Socitm Learning |
All
This is a course to help you navigate and interpret the many different reporting regimes that have been brought to bear on the public sector as a result of a disappointing roll call of data breaches during the past couple of years. Local Government has already been busy achieving Code of Connection CoCo Compliance and it is important to re-harness these and other related efforts. This course will seek to help you to tackle the barriers to achieving best practice, providing strategies for putting the various pieces together.
14 July 2009 |
All |
Socitm Learning |
All
In a period of economic upheaval, with budgets squeezed more than ever, your council’s website must become an efficient and effective provider of information and services to local citizens. Building perfect council websites ’09: helping citizens help themselves looks at best practice now, and predicts future trends to keep you ahead of the game.
15 July 2009 |
All |
Socitm Insight |
All
ITIL is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management. It provides a comprehensive set of best practices, drawn from the public and private sectors and is becoming widely used in local government. As well as giving delegates an awareness of ITIL Service Management, its benefits and its recent evolution, this course will address the key factors in a successful implementation.
16 July 2009 |
North West |
All |
All
September 2009
This interactive one day course provides a comprehensive overview of Electronic Document and Records Management EDRM. It will identify and explore the key aspects of a sustainable strategy, covering people and process considerations as well as exploring technology options. It is suitable for all public sector organisations, whether embarking on, already implementing or reviewing their EDRM programme.
10 September 2009 |
Scotland |
Socitm Learning |
All
to be held at Sandy Park Conference Centre nr Exeter
11 September 2009 |
South West |
Socitm Region |
Socitm is supporting this event, organised by Govnet, that follows on from last year's launch of Greening Government ICT. Just how far has the public sector come and what are the next steps?
15 September 2009 |
London |
External |
All
This is a practical course, aimed at those involved in the development of skills and competences across the IT team in response to the strategic and tactical needs of the organisation. The professional implementation of IT-enabled change is at the heart of the efficiency and transformation programmes in all parts of government in the UK. Effective skills management drives performance improvement in delivery of business change projects and in day-to-day service management. Mary Wintershausen's course looks at the use of the Skills Framework for the Information Age SFIA in delivering excellence through the pursuit of IT professionalism.
16 September 2009 |
Scotland |
Socitm Learning |
All
ITIL is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management. It provides a comprehensive set of best practices, drawn from the public and private sectors and is becoming widely used in local government. As well as giving delegates an awareness of ITIL Service Management, its benefits and its recent evolution, this course will address the key factors in a successful implementation.
22 September 2009 |
West Midlands |
Socitm Learning |
All
This one day course will give delegates an overview of good practice in service level agreement SLA development and will cover the practical issues drawing on “real life” examples. Delegates will leave at the end of the day with a draft service level agreement or template that can be refined and agreed in their own workplace to meet the needs of their own customers and service.
23 September 2009 |
London |
Socitm Learning |
All
Are you blocking access to social networking sites? Do you see Web 2.0 as a threat or an opportunity? Do you know what SaaS, RSS Atom feeds, Tag Clouds and Mashups are, what they can do for your web site, and how they can improve customer service? Web 2.0 is the biggest revolution to hit the ICT function since users got hold of the PC. The Web 2.0 revolution is unstoppable, so whether you are trying to block it, are trying to exploit the opportunities, or don’t know what all the fuss is about, this interactive event is a must.
29 September 2009 |
London |
Socitm Learning |
All
This interactive one day course provides a good overview of the scope of mobile and flexible working. It will identify and explore the key aspects and structure of a sustainable strategy such as people and property considerations as well as exploring technology opportunities and implications. It is suitable for all public sector organisations, whether embarking on or already implementing mobile and/or flexible working programmes.
30 September 2009 |
London |
Socitm Learning |
All
October 2009
This one day practical course will give delegates a clear understanding of Business Development and account management exploring the role and offering practical approaches, tools and techniques for immediate use.
6 October 2009 |
South West |
Socitm Learning |
All
This is a practical course, aimed at those who will be involved in detailed implementation of effective skills management as part of the Government IT profession. The development of IT professionalism across every part of government is one of the three main themes of the Transformational Government strategy. The work programme addressing this theme covers all parts of government and every person involved in delivering successful IT services in government. Mary Wintershausen's course looks at the use of the Skills Framework for the Information Age SFIA in delivering excellence through the pursuit of IT professionalism.
7 October 2009 |
West Midlands |
Socitm Learning |
All
The recession and subsequent impact on public spending - local government expert Tony Travers told a Socitm audience recently to expect 0% growth for the next 10 years – means all public services must ‘think radical’ about how to meet future needs at a time of relentlessly growing demand.
11 October 2009 |
All |
Events Activity Group |
All
This is a course to help you navigate and interpret the many different reporting regimes that have been brought to bear on the public sector as a result of a disappointing roll call of data breaches during the past couple of years. Local Government has already been busy achieving Code of Connection CoCo Compliance and it is important to re-harness these and other related efforts. This course will seek to help you to tackle the barriers to achieving best practice, providing strategies for putting the various pieces together.
21 October 2009 |
London |
Socitm Learning |
All
November 2009
This interactive one day course provides a comprehensive overview of Electronic Document and Records Management EDRM. It will identify and explore the key aspects of a sustainable strategy, covering people and process considerations as well as exploring technology options. It is suitable for all public sector organisations, whether embarking on, already implementing or reviewing their EDRM programme.
4 November 2009 |
West Midlands |
Socitm Learning |
All
Do you need to create a new ICT strategy, or to refresh your current strategy? This one-day practical event led by Chris Head is designed to help those who want to maximise the benefits from their ICT budgets and capital investments. The foundations are the new Socitm Insight reports on building an ICT strategy and ICT governance. There is a strong emphasis on creating the right governance framework in order to ensure the full implementation of the strategy, and we use the new Socitm technology and information architectures.
19 November 2009 |
London |
Socitm Learning |
All
December 2009
to be held at Sandy Park Conference Centre nr Exeter
4 December 2009 |
South West |
Socitm Region |