SOCITM NORTHEAST One for all Socitm for its members All for one Members for Socitm Fahri Zihni, Pres

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SOCITM NORTHEASTOne for all - Socitm for
its membersAll for one - Members for
SocitmFahri Zihni, President,
SocitmFahri.Zihni_at_wolverhampton.gov.uk
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The Society

• Professional Organisation formed in 1986 by a
• small group of enthusiasts
• Phenomenal growth in members and services
• A virtual organisation managed by members
• Profits reinvested into services and research
• Recently strategic review provides a unified and
  focussed
• outlook

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Our Vision

• We strive to help all local authorities and
  public sector organisations to make effective use
  of ICT by
• Providing network support to our members for
  modernisation, performance and e-government
  programmes
• Helping develop skills, knowledge and competences
  for all public sector ICT management
• Helping set agendas, develop understanding and
  identifying and sharing best practice
• Working closely in partnership locally,
  nationally and internationally with organisations
  across public, private and voluntary sectors

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Some statistics

• 1500 members - serving Public Service ICT
• 6 Activity Groups (some managing business
  streams)
• 2 Section Sub Groups (Police Fire)
• 10 Regional Groups (locally led with central
  support)

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Activity Streams (turnover 5m)

• Socitm Consulting
• the consultancy most used by LG heads of IT
• over 90 strategic, management technical
  consultants
• 400 projects with 200 clients to date
• 110 benchmarking 40 shareware clients
• Socitm Events
• 3 day annual conference 80 stand exhibition
• 1 day spring conference
• special interest seminars
• exhibition presence at leading ICT events

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Activity Streams (contd)

• Information Services
• annual software index
• annual ICT trends survey
• quality forum
• Insight and Performance Group
• 450 subscribers
• best practice publications seminars
• benchmarking club
• key performance indicator database

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Activity Streams (contd)

• Socitm Information Age Group
• e-government strategy
• Specialist sub-groups
• Partnership approach including IDeA, LGA, OeE,
  ODPM

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Activity Streams (contd)

• Learning (was Training)
• management development skills
• ICT strategy e-government workshops
• technical skills (xml, e-gif)
• best value and performance workshops
• Member Services
• 1,500 member subscriptions
• member survey
• CPD MBA development
• annual salary survey

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Current Developments

• In addition to new activities from each Activity
  Group..
• Member Survey
• Need to have an in-depth understanding of
  members needs to develop policy and provide
  services
• Costs of running the scheme agreed
• Please promote it its important

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Current Developments

• Content management and the Regions
• Planned work on all aspects of the website -
  ideas welcome
• International work
• A new Activity Stream proposed to look into
• Supporting existing LAs (eg Digital Cities)
• Bidding opportunities for EU funded projects
• October Conference

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ICT Management Campaigning Issues

• Few Directors with ICT background on the Board
• Changing role Change Leadership
• No national voice for the ICT profession
• Science and Technology second best to
  traditional
• professions like accountancy and the law
• Diversity issues

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Current Developments

• Open University MBA Scholarship
• 50 of Course fees to paid by Socitm
• Continuous Professional Development
• Need to keep up to date
• System of credit
• Costs agreed launch at October Conference

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One for all - All for one

• Socitm Supporting Regions
• Regional Survey - what is happening now?
• A business plan from each region
• Funding and support
• Regions / members supporting Socitm
• Attend Regional Meetings
• Respond to questionnaires - IT Trends, Software
  Index, Salary
• Survey
• Tell others about Socitm activities
• Sit on working parties
• Attend conferences
• Make suggestions to improve Socitm
• Recruit more Associates
• BE NOMINATED FOR ELECTIONS FOR NATIONAL COUNCIL
  AND
• EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS