This section brings together case studies, evaluation and research into Circuit Riding and associated voluntary sector ICT support and development.
Training and development
Project evaluations:
Lasa Circuit Rider Project 2002 - 2004
Lasa Circuit Rider Project 2005 - 2007 and Follow Up evaluation report
Learning From London - the Knowledge - Making Connections - an overview by The City Bridge Trust of building ICT capacity in London's Third Sector organisations through Circuit Riding
Round-Up, the Circuit Rider News Digest
This publication, mainly for Circuit Riders but of interest to other ICT professionals working in the VCS, is being produced on a bi-monthly basis and covers project case studies, Circuit Rider profiles, tools and resources, blogs and more.
Issue 5 (February/March 2008 accessible PDF file 0.4Mb - opens in new window) DOT-COMmunications project report, the Managing Non-Profit Technology Projects conference in New York, Back-Ups, using WiebeTech's Drive eRazer, Code of the Road, stories from the field and the Riders Soundtrack album and the usual web, print and blog resources.
Issue 4 (December 2007/January 2008 accessible PDF file 1.5Mb - opens in new window) - FOSS training and certification, Spiceworks inventorying software, event registration tools, the NOSI open source primer and various blogs, websites and more.
Issue 3 (October/November 2007 accessible PDF file 1.39Mb - opens in new window) - remote control software, another Circuit Rider of the Month profile and a report from the Grace Hopper Celebration of women in Computing 2007.
Issue 2 (August/September 2007 accessible PDF file 1.68Mb - opens in a new window) - the NetSquared 2007 conference, social enterprise in action and students providing ICT support.
Issue 1 (June/July 2007 accessible PDF file 1.23Mb - opens in a new window) - klir.com, online meeting tools, two Circuit Rider profiles, the Community Information Strategies Australia Conference
Other articles and case studies
An introductory article by Ric Plaisance formerly of Ninth Bridge, New York describes how Circuit Riders work, and the development of the US movement.
Lasa's Circuit Riders 2.0 guide (PDF file, 132 kB)
On The Road Again - Lasa's Circuit Rider Ian Runeckles reflects on the first (2002-2004) Lasa Circuit Rider project
Please let us know of any other reports by emailing circuitriders@lasa.org.uk