Paul Ticher has over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary sector, as an information worker, manager and Board member in local and national charities. He is a well-known independent consultant specialising in Data Protection, information management and IT strategy. Paul is also a widely-respected researcher, trainer and author.
Paul's style is collaborative. Many of his projects have been carried out jointly with other consultants and, when working with an organisation, Paul prefers to involve the staff at all times, and to follow their priorities and ways of working.
While Paul has worked with some of the largest voluntary organisations, he has also spent a lot of his career supporting much smaller organisations, and understands the different approaches and priorities when there are few, or even no, paid staff.
Career history
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1991–date Independent information systems consultant and trainer
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1988–90 General Secretary, International Voluntary Service
Chief Executive of small (10 staff) national voluntary organisation.
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1983–88 Information Technology Adviser, Community Information Project
Advising libraries and voluntary sector advice and information centres on their use of new technology, plus research into innovative schemes.
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1979–82 Coordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade
Policy development, membership administration, publications production and organisational management
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1975–78 District Development Officer, Central District, Botswana
Evaluating and prioritising demands from scattered communities for development projects, then coordinating government response.
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1971–74 Social sciences, Christ's College, Cambridge (2.1)
Voluntary experience
Paul has undertaken voluntary activities throughout his career. Some of the key activities include:
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1978–198? National Committee member (and eventually vice-Chair), International Voluntary Service
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early 1980s Treasurer, National Peace Council
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early 1990s Secretary, Clarendon Park Under-fives Group, Leicester
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1996–2004 Governor (including two years as Chair), Avenue Junior School, Leicester
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1996–date Active adult member (and from 2005-2011 Chair), Leicester District Woodcraft Folk
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2001–date Governor, Judgemeadow Community College, Leicester
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2009-date Board member, FunderFinder
Publications
Some of these are available to purchase or download from this site.
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Data Protection for Voluntary Organisations, Directory of Social Change, 3rd ed, 2009, ISBN 9781903991923
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Numerous research and evaluation reports (see Research & Evaluation)
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The Employment Records Handbook (with Gill Taylor), Directory of Social Change, 2005, ISBN 1 903991 39 0
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Data Protection for Voluntary Organisations, Directory of Social Change, 2nd ed, 2002, ISBN 1 903991 19 6
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The Minute taker’s handbook (with Lee Comer), Directory of Social Change, 2002, ISBN 1 900360 99 3
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Leading the way to ICT success (with Aba Maison & Martin Jones), The Baring Foundation and the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, 2002, ISBN 0 9538040 2 X
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Data Protection for Library and Information Services, ASLIB (The Society for Information Management), 2001, ISBN 0851424678
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Managing information for voluntary & community organisations (with Mike Powell), Directory of Social Change, 2000, ISBN 1 900360 48 9
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Information technology support needs of advice agencies (with Liz Firth), London Boroughs Grants research brief 96X1/VJ, 1997
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The voluntary sector’s support needs on personnel, employment and human resources (with Gill Taylor), NCVO, 1996
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Arts funding system: guidelines for choosing a PC workstation (with Richard Collings), Arts Council, 1996
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At the touch of a button, a national survey of computer-based community information provision, Community Information Project, 1985
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Numerous articles for Computanews (bi-monthly), London Advice Services Alliance, 1983–date, Charity Times, Funding for Change and other publications