<div>On a technical level it would help if the programme was managed in a structured form online.<div><br></div><div>The last two years I've tried to write custom code which reads the Excel timetable that the Secretariat post, and make it available as an online timetable (e.g. at <a href="http://igf2011.diplomacy.edu/schedule/2011-W40">http://igf2011.diplomacy.edu/schedule/2011-W40</a>) that can be updated as soon as the official Excel timetable is, but having a better platform and process to manage changes would be really helpful. Sometimes changes can't be avoided, but at least a list of recent changes, and making sure any screens or websites displaying the timetable are able to easily draw on a central copy would be helpful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>More widely, I'm currently trying to work out how to develop the social media aggregator tool (<a href="http://igf2011.diplomacy.edu/">http://igf2011.diplomacy.edu/</a>) for 2012, and very keen to try and link this closely with RP...</div>
<div><br></div><div>All the best</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In message <<a href="mailto:1335780894.44853.YahooMailNeo@web130106.mail.mud.yahoo.com" target="_blank">1335780894.44853.<u></u>YahooMailNeo@web130106.mail.<u></u>mud.yahoo.com</a>>, at 03:14:54 on Mon, 30 Apr 2012, Nnenna <<a href="mailto:nne75@yahoo.com" target="_blank">nne75@yahoo.com</a>> writes<div class="im">
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One point that I may want to add is<br>
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"Avoid last-minute changes in programme"<br>
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People participating remotely find it extremely difficult to adjust when workshops are changed at the last minute.<br>
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I've been at well known International meetings where changes to the programme have been posted either as a note on the [original] room door, or even worse taped to a screen that's displaying a web page with the old programme.<br>
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Neither of those are ideal for persons of restricted mobility/vision on site, let alone remote participants.<br>
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It can be especially frustrating when people Tweet from a meeting you never knew was happening, and isn't on the programme. But if those on site know that, they can perhaps Tweet revisions as soon as they are aware of them.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-- <br>
Roland Perry<br>
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