"Essentials for Excellence is not comprehensive but it does equip you with sufficient know-how to be able to plan and manage useful RM&E for your AI/PI strategic communication. For those seeking further information, web-links and key references are included. The guide is aimed at users who want stra
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ightforward answers to often quite complex questions (including sampling, research design and pre-testing) who need handy tips, and who are looking for practical rather than academic advice. To be of any use, the guide is highly dependent upon your ability and willingness to adapt the suggestions offered to suit your circumstances and needs. This is also a useful basic reference for researching, monitoring and evaluating other Strategic Communication initiatives whether you are conducting an initial assessment for a child protection communication programme or a final evaluation of a hygiene promotion project." (Foreword)
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"The Toolkit provides a step-by-step approach, emphasizing prevention through education, gender awareness and practical support for behaviour change. Its intended users are government authorities, employers’ and workers’ and their organizations, businesses, ILO/AIDS National Project Coordinators
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, national Behavior Change Communication (BCC) consultants and collaborating NGOs. It is designed for those with little or no experience in communications planning. As explained in the introduction, it is divided into several pull-out booklets that can be used either separately to learn more about different elements of BCC, or jointly to design and implement a comprehensive BCC programme at the workplace." (Preface)
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"La caja de herramientas se ha creado para servir tanto como un recurso para los talleres de capacitación regional para las personas que coordinan las Estrategias Nacionales de Biodiversidad y Planes de Acción (ENBPA), así como un recurso para cuando regresen a sus lugares de trabajo y deban resp
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onder a las problemáticas relacionadas con CEPA, como parte de sus responsabilidades diarias. Esta guía proporciona orientación sobre dónde, cuándo y cómo utilizar una amplia gama de intervenciones educativas y de comunicación. La caja de herramientas consta de cuatro secciones que contienen orientaciones y herramientas para intervenciones en CEPA por parte de los/as coordinadores/as de las ENBPA [...] Las secciones y los temas escogidos se basan en las encuestas que se realizaron a los/las usuarios/as de esta caja de herramientas. La mayor parte del contenido está organizado con base a la pregunta “¿cómo...?”. Debido a que las personas que coordinan las ENBPA son gente ocupada y tienen poco tiempo para leer el contenido de cada “CÓMO” de CEPA, en todas las secciones se presenta en tres formas diferentes: hojas informativas, ejemplos, listados con puntos clave. De esta manera la guía ofrece una oportunidad para que los/as lectores/as revisen rápidamente una página que atrae su atención, hacia otra que puede ser de utilidad inmediata para ellos/as. Esta caja de herramientas no pretende que se lea como un libro de texto o un manual de comunicación, desde la A hasta la Z." (Prefacio)
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"Este libro es una selección de imágenes del Concurso Nacional de Fotografía sobre Desaparición Forzada 'Sin Rastro." (Página 1)
"This article offers an explanation for the limited uses of participatory communication in development by taking an institutionalist perspective that examines prevalent notions about communication and organizational uses in international aid institutions. The argument is that institutional goals and
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dynamics determine the use of disciplinary and theoretical approaches. The selection of specific communication approaches is not primarily based on their analytical or normative value, but rather, on institutional factors and expectations. Institutional dynamics undercut the potential contributions of participatory communication in three ways. First, bureaucratic requirements favor the use of informational models over participatory approaches to communication. Standard institutional procedures inside development agencies, donors and governments perpetuate understandings and uses of communication as a set of technical skills to disseminate messages. Second, the weak status of communication as a field of study and practice in development organizations undermine the prospects for expanding the understanding of communication that do not fit prevalent institutional expectations. As long as technical experts in public health or other fields expect communication to be ‘the art of messaging,’ communication staff lacks autonomy to make decisions and incorporate participatory approaches. Third, the institutional predominance of a technical mindset also limits the uses of participation thinking. The prioritization of technical perspectives decouples ‘development’ programs from local processes of participation and change." (Abstract)
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"If it wasn't for the international conferences and reports on climate change, this issue would be practically absent from the regional media agenda. Its coverage does not even reach 1 percent of daily reports, as shown in a new study carried out by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Regional Program
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on Latin American Media and Democracy. Global News, an international media monitoring agency, collaborated in the study that compared the two largest ciruclation national newspapers in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela during a month. The main aspects discussed: the volumes published by the media, the main actors on the media agenda, how climate change is inserted in this context, the causes and effects of this phenomenon, the sources used, and the solutions proposed." (Page 2)
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"This book is essential reading for anybody interested in development communication. Mefalopulos, a World Bank development communication officer with wide-ranging experiences in the field, presents four modules. The first module concisely presents the concepts and applications of development communi
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cations and their relevance for development operations. The second module addresses communication officers and practitioners who want to become acquainted with the theoretical foundations. The third focuses on methodological applications of development communication, describing the typical program cycle of communication-based assessment, strategy design, implementation and evaluation. The fourth module presents practical experiences to illustrate DevComm's relevance, including e.g. the use of development communication in poverty reduction strategies or strengthening local voices through community radio. Given its modular structure, this straight-forward publication is a valuable resource on the strategic use of communication processes in development." (CAMECO Update 4-2008)
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"Drawing on the collective expertise of staff at the IDS Knowledge Services, this guide will point you to some good places to start your search on over 30 development themes. You'll find a list of websites on each topic, selected by people who have spent countless hours searching the Internet for th
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e latest development information to share with their readers. And if these starting points inspire you to cast your net further, we've included some handy hints on how to improve your search results." (Back cover)
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"This study reviews and analyses what has already been documented on the links between radio-based communication strategies and rural development outcomes, particularly with regards to smallholder farming and food security outcomes. The report explores best radio practices, including issues related
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to optimal formats, schedules, production qualities, and station management, based on 17 case studies from India, the Philippines, Tanzania, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana, and South Africa. The key findings include: testimonials and jingles facilitate the best recall and comprehension of messages (Philippines); radio forums strengthen rural decision-making structures (Tanzania); radio programmes created by communities attract high listenership (Malawi); and farm radio is more effective when linked with new information and communication technologies (Ghana). The research also identified some knowledge gaps: the lack of evaluation as an integrated element in radio campaign planning; the need to conduct regular audience surveys; the limited use of non-participatory effectiveness studies and the limited scope of evaluations focusing on the impact of just one or two programmes." (CAMECO Update 5-2008)
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"This report investigates the impact media and ICTs can have on the lives of the poor, based on the experiences of nine donors and NGOs forming part of the "Building Communication Opportunities (BCO)" alliance. It suggests that radio will have the most influence on social and political change where
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it is widely accessible, trusted by listeners, and open to inclusive participation. ICTs can help make markets work for the poor, but the surrounding circumstances are highly influential in determining in how far they make a difference. Communication networks appear to be particularly effective in building communities of activists where they enable the pooling of resources and expertise and leverage wider influence on decision-makers. However, the report concludes that evidence of the impact of ICTs is still weak. More debate is needed about how ICTs are best deployed. This requires learning how people really use the tools, as well as a more effective assessment of past and current experiences." (CAMECO Update 1-2009)
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"Aims to explore the nature and the reasons behind the self-publishing of academic textbooks in the higher education environment of South Africa. Through the collection of secondary data the authors describe the academic publishing landscape in relation to current trends in higher education in South
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Africa and explain what constitutes self-publishing as an alternative publishing model. Primary data obtained through surveys proves many of the myths associated with self-publishing false and establishes that academic authors have valid and just reasons for opting to self-publish. Some final conclusive findings are offered by the authors that could assist the commercial academic publishing sector in acting accordingly on this increasing trend in the higher education environment." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2547)
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