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North American Galleries
Dr. Helen M Hill
Dr. Helen M. Hill, long- time WACC member, visited the Secretariat in Toronto, 12 August 2008.
WACC Partner meets with staff
Jutta Hildebrandt from Church Development Service (Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst - EED) visited WACC 11-12 August 2008.
WACC- North America meets at WACC global headquarters in Toronto
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The WACC- North America (WACC-NA) Regional Executive Committee became the first regional committee to meet at WACC Global’s headquarters in Toronto, May 9-11, 2008. The meeting was launched with key information on the “new WACC” by Randy Naylor, WACC General Secretary, while updates on Congress preparations, WACC thematic programmes and the work of other WACC regions were presented by the WACC Global staff. |
Webmasters and communicators explore IT challenges
Webmasters and communicators from faith-based organisations. |
Webmasters and communicators from faith-based organisations from Toronto met at the WACC offices, February 20, to share experiences and challenges related to the use of websites and information technologies for effective communication.Participants discussed a wide-range of challenges and experiences including the question of how to adopt rapidly-evolving information technologies (ITs) and use them effectively for advocacy and promotion of faith-based activities. Understanding the effectiveness of information disseminated to audiences was identified as another shared challenge as were the technical issues of poor interconnectivity and lack of widespread IT skills. |