Internet & Online Communities

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Contents

I Introduction
II Background to the NCCPH
III National Collaborating Centres
IV What’s next for the NCCPH?
V Get involved
VI Reference

--submitted by Jeannie Mackintosh, Communications Coordinator, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) and Mylène Maguire, Communications Coordinator, National Collaborating Centre for Public Health (NCCPH)

I Introduction

Don't Make Me Think is a book by Steve Krug about human computer interaction and web usability billed as a common sense approach to usability. Krug also has a website at http://www.sensible.com/.

Made to Stick – Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath, tackles the reasons why some ideas thrive while others die and how to improve the chances of worthy ideas. More information is available at http://www.madetostick.com.

MyCharityConnects is CanadaHelps' online resource centre for charities – a website dedicated to connecting charities to the technologies they need to succeed. For fundraisers, marketing and communications people, volunteer coordinators, website gurus, or a combination of any of the above, the site aims to be a one-stop-shop for learning all you need to about Philanthropy 2.0. Slides from the MyCharityConnects conference and recordings of some of the workshops are available at http://mycharityconnects.org/. Canada Helps website is at http://www.canadahelps.org.

I Background
II Message from Zenia Wadhwani, Director, Program Development, Canada Helps
III Summary of Key Messages from the Conference
IV Conclusion

-- Submitted by Stephanie Lawrence

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I Introduction

II Judith Maxwell Steps Down

III Colleen Logue Becomes New School Health Coordinator

IV OPHA Appoints Acting Manager for NRC

V People News from CCO

VI People on the Move from CharityVillage

VII John Garcia Leaves OMOHLTC

I Introduction

II Comings and Goings

I Introduction

II Letters to the Editor

III Comings and Goings

I Introduction

II Comings and Goings

III Letters to the Editor