Thanks for dropping by, Griff. Camtasia is good, we’ve had some experience of that. Basecamp I haven’t used, but aware of its powers and keen to use it when I get the chance.

It’s too early in the project, of course, to know how this will all turn out. But it’s a promising start — the bloggers are new at it, but they’re all quite good writers already so they’ve been easy to coach.

One aspect to it that’s not visible (which I really should have included in my blog post) is that all the coaching and project management communications is happening via two projects in Basecamp set up by Shane. He and I have both used Basecamp for many projects over the years and find it invaluable… esp for a project like this where everyone is spread out over many time zones.

Simon Dickson from Puffbox has deployed some real wizardry with the WordPress design/implementation on this project. See his explanatory blog post.

Other tools not visible: I’m using Camtasia Studio to create a series of blogging how-to screencasts, which we host at Screencast.com. We hope the project continues to expand to include other DFID staff and that these screencasts, used over and over, will provide the foundation of a cost-effective training program programme. (Got to get better at UK spelling!)