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SUMMARY:Vocal Roundtable: Towards a Digital Strategy for S
 alford's VCSE Sector
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p style="
 margin-top:16px\;margin-bottom:16px\;"><span style
 ="font-size:20px\;"><strong><span style="font-fami
 ly:Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Vocal Roundta
 ble: Towards a Digital Strategy for Salford's VCSE
  Sector</span></strong></span></p>\n \n <p> </p>\n
  \n <p><span style="font-family:Arial\, Helvetica\
 , sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Dat
 e and time <strong>Wednesday 9th December 2.00pm -
  4.00pm</strong></span></span></p>\n \n <p><span s
 tyle="font-family:Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;
 "><span style="font-size:16px\;">Location <strong>
 Salford CVS Courtroom\, The Old Town Hall\, Eccles
 </strong></span></span></p>\n \n <p style="margin-
 top:16px\;margin-bottom:16px\;"> </p>\n \n <p styl
 e="margin-top:16px\;margin-bottom:16px\;"><span st
 yle="font-family:Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"
 ><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="backg
 round:#FFFFFF\;"><span style="color:#242424\;">Dig
 ital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) a
 re rapidly changing the way we work\, deliver serv
 ices and connect with communities. While these dev
 elopments bring exciting opportunities\, they also
  present significant challenges for voluntary\, co
 mmunity and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations
 \, particularly those working with limited resourc
 es and capacity.</span></span></span></span></p>\n
  \n <p style="margin-top:16px\;margin-bottom:16px\
 ;"><span style="font-family:Arial\, Helvetica\, sa
 ns-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span s
 tyle="background:#FFFFFF\;"><span style="color:#24
 2424\;">Salford CVS is bringing together VCSE lead
 ers alongside public and private experts for a Voc
 al Leaders Roundtable to explore these issues and 
 to begin developing a shared vision and direction 
 for the future of digital across Salford's VCSE se
 ctor.</span></span></span></span></p>\n \n <p styl
 e="margin-top:16px\;margin-bottom:16px\;"><span st
 yle="font-family:Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"
 ><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="backg
 round:#FFFFFF\;"><span style="color:#242424\;">Our
  guests will include Steven Fry\, director of digi
 tal at Salford City Council\, Professor Mandy Park
 inson\, associate pro‑vice‑chancellor for knowledg
 e exchange at the University of Salford and Kanika
  Selvan founder of Beetroot Consulting.</span></sp
 an></span></span></p>\n \n <p style="margin-top:16
 px\;margin-bottom:16px\;"><span style="font-family
 :Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="fo
 nt-size:16px\;"><span style="background:#FFFFFF\;"
 ><span style="color:#242424\;">We’ll be exploring 
 what a digital strategy for Salford's VCSE sector 
 would look like\, what it should prioritise and ho
 w we can ensure it reflects the realities and ambi
 tions of organisations of all sizes as well as our
  partners in the public and private sectors.</span
 ></span></span></span></p>\n \n <p style="margin-t
 op:16px\;margin-bottom:16px\;"><span style="font-f
 amily:Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span styl
 e="font-size:16px\;"><span style="background:#FFFF
 FF\;"><span style="color:#242424\;">We’ll explore 
 some of the key challenges facing VCSE organisatio
 ns in Salford including skills\, infrastructure\, 
 resources\, confidence and capacity alongside expl
 oring what role the VCSE sector should play in sha
 ping wider digital strategies and developments acr
 oss Salford and Greater Manchester.</span></span><
 /span></span></p>\n \n <p style="margin-top:16px\;
 margin-bottom:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Ari
 al\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-s
 ize:16px\;"><span style="background:#FFFFFF\;"><sp
 an style="color:#242424\;">This is an opportunity 
 for VCSE leaders to share experiences\, identify c
 ommon priorities and help shape a collective appro
 ach to digital transformation.</span></span></span
 ></span></p>\n \n <p style="margin-top:16px\;margi
 n-bottom:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Arial\, 
 Helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:1
 6px\;"><span style="background:#FFFFFF\;"><span st
 yle="color:#242424\;">We want to understand what t
 he sector needs\, where the opportunities lie and 
 how Salford CVS and partners can support the devel
 opment of a digital strategy that is ethical\, mea
 ningful\, practical and genuinely shaped by the or
 ganisations it represents.</span></span></span></s
 pan></p>\n \n <p style="margin-top:16px\;margin-bo
 ttom:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Arial\, Helv
 etica\, sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16px\
 ;"><span style="background:#FFFFFF\;"><span style=
 "color:#242424\;">Your experience\, ideas and ambi
 tions matter - please join the conversation and he
 lp us shape the next steps.</span></span></span></
 span></p>\n \n <p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><
 span style="font-family:Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-s
 erif\;">Light refreshments will be provided</span>
 </span></p>\n \n <p> </p>\n \n <p><span style="fon
 t-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:Arial\, He
 lvetica\, sans-serif\;">If you’d like to attend\, 
 please click on 'register now' below.</span></span
 ></p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:Vocal Roundtable: Towards a Digital Strategy for S
 alford's VCSE Sector\n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n Date 
 and time Wednesday 9th December 2.00pm - 4.00pm\n 
 \n \n \n Location Salford CVS Courtroom\, The Old 
 Town Hall\, Eccles\n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n Digital
  technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are r
 apidly changing the way we work\, deliver services
  and connect with communities. While these develop
 ments bring exciting opportunities\, they also pre
 sent significant challenges for voluntary\, commun
 ity and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations\, p
 articularly those working with limited resources a
 nd capacity.\n \n \n \n Salford CVS is bringing to
 gether VCSE leaders alongside public and private e
 xperts for a Vocal Leaders Roundtable to explore t
 hese issues and to begin developing a shared visio
 n and direction for the future of digital across S
 alford's VCSE sector.\n \n \n \n Our guests will i
 nclude Steven Fry\, director of digital at Salford
  City Council\, Professor Mandy Parkinson\, associ
 ate pro‑vice‑chancellor for knowledge exchange at 
 the University of Salford and Kanika Selvan founde
 r of Beetroot Consulting.\n \n \n \n We’ll be expl
 oring what a digital strategy for Salford's VCSE s
 ector would look like\, what it should prioritise 
 and how we can ensure it reflects the realities an
 d ambitions of organisations of all sizes as well 
 as our partners in the public and private sectors.
 \n \n \n \n We’ll explore some of the key challeng
 es facing VCSE organisations in Salford including 
 skills\, infrastructure\, resources\, confidence a
 nd capacity alongside exploring what role the VCSE
  sector should play in shaping wider digital strat
 egies and developments across Salford and Greater 
 Manchester.\n \n \n \n This is an opportunity for 
 VCSE leaders to share experiences\, identify commo
 n priorities and help shape a collective approach 
 to digital transformation.\n \n \n \n We want to u
 nderstand what the sector needs\, where the opport
 unities lie and how Salford CVS and partners can s
 upport the development of a digital strategy that 
 is ethical\, meaningful\, practical and genuinely 
 shaped by the organisations it represents.\n \n \n
  \n Your experience\, ideas and ambitions matter -
  please join the conversation and help us shape th
 e next steps.\n \n \n \n Light refreshments will b
 e provided\n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n If you’d like t
 o attend\, please click on 'register now' below.\n
  \n 
CATEGORIES:Vocal Forum
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DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T140000
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T160000
LOCATION:Salford CVS Courtroom\n The Old Town Hall\, 5 Irwe
 ll Place\n Eccles\n Salford\, M30 0FN\n 
URL:https://www.salfordcvs.co.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2491
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