{"id":856,"date":"2013-08-07T13:08:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/?p=856"},"modified":"2013-08-07T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:08:28","slug":"ict-professionals-to-get-into-digital-vanguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/2013\/08\/07\/ict-professionals-to-get-into-digital-vanguard\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT professionals to ‘get into digital vanguard’"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICT professionals should be positioning themselves as leaders in promoting digital services. \u00a0So says Socitm, the Society of Information Technology Management, in its latest briefing<\/a>. \u00a0 We have to hope that Socitim members understand that in practice this means allowing ordinary members of the workforce to do simple things like participate in a Ning<\/a> discussion forum, watch a video or add a ‘read later’ button to their browser.<\/p>\n

We also have to hope this report has more impact than the\u00a02010 briefing<\/a>\u00a0on why ICT managers should take the lead on social media. As noted frequently in this blog, ICT professionals do not seem to have taken much heed of this earlier rallying call. If they don’t take the lead, warns Socitm, ‘the risk is much greater that others will decide the future direction of ICT in their organisation<\/em>‘. \u00a0Which would be a shame because ICT managers are, or should be, well placed to support others. They do have the skills and knowledge to help identify and therefore avoid real risks.<\/p>\n

For example, Aberdeen City Council is the subject of an investigation by the Information Commissioner<\/a> following the alleged loss of data after an employee in the social work department allegedly used an unsecure computer network when working from home. Correctly this is a matter of concern but we must differentiate between this kind of risk and the imagined risks of adding a ‘read later’ button to a browser or joining a Ning-hosted community (both of which activities are currently disallowed by default in certain public bodies).<\/p>\n

User education will help minimise risk. \u00a0Blocking won’t. Instead, as Socitm warns, it will\u00a0lead to ICT policies being developed without the valued input from ICT professionals.<\/p>\n

If you are affected by restrictive ICT polices why not join Scotland’s Digital Dialogue<\/a>, a discussion forum hosted by the Scottish Government with the aim of raising\u00a0the level of digital participation, which is ‘essential to ensure everyone is able to benefit from the digital age<\/em>‘?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ICT professionals should be positioning themselves as leaders in promoting digital services. \u00a0So says Socitm, the Society of Information Technology Management, in its latest briefing. \u00a0 We have to hope that Socitim members understand that in practice this means allowing ordinary members of the workforce to do simple things like participate in a Ning discussion… Read More »ICT professionals to ‘get into digital vanguard’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/socialmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}