"Welcome to the Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit, CHAT. It has been designed with practitioners in mind and is a resource that you can work with and adapt as you strive towards your communication for humanitarian action goals. The toolkit provides guidance to humanitarian and development organizations in the area of emergency communication strategy design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It addresses several important aspects of communication during emergencies. These include a focus on providing essential emergency warnings, as well as communication that promotes behaviour change, community mobilization and action. Well-planned communication can help to promote community resilience and reduce vulnerability to a wide range of disasters and emergency situations." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction, Background, 3
2 Emergency Scenarios, Scope of the Study, 6
3 CHAT Strategy Design, 69
4 Facilitation Guide, 87
5 CHAT Survey Tool, 120
6 Communication Options, 120
7 Participant Groups and Messages, 126
8 Concepts and Approaches, 128
Annex 1: CHAT Activity Table Template, 130