"The Guide presents principles, minimum standards and best practices, business processes, references and tools deemed important for effective, efficient, and sustainable organizations. The Guide consists of ten chapters that cover the key functional areas of most organizations. Each chapter (and ind
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eed each step and process within each chapter) can be used as a stand-alone document. With the exception of Chapter 3, Health and Human Services Regulations, the chapters in the Guide can be used by many different types of organizations, in many sectors (such as agriculture, health, peacebuilding, water supply, nutrition, education, or environment.) CRS offers the Guide as an adaptable tool which may be used to develop new, or strengthen existing, policies, processes and practices." (About the guide, page 7)
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"In order to determine whether men and women have equal opportunities to get their messages across through the media, as they are reflected during the election campaign and the importance attributed to gender equality in the news agenda, a series of quantitative and qualitative variables will be pre
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sented in the following chapters to make possible an objective assessment based on common criteria so that women candidates themselves and the organizations that work on the issue of women’s political participation can design strategies in order to overcome their lack of coverage or the stereotypes that affect them. In addition, these variables have been thought through to help professionals who work in the media to begin to reflect on the causes of this deficit of women in the news, so as to analyse the cultural ‘filters’ they use that are not favourable to gender equality, and to design actions for change geared to more plural and equitable journalism when it comes to gender issues." (Page 12)
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"Sabemos que un buen ejercicio periodístico requiere de un alto contenido ético y no es un trabajo que se realice en solitario. De ahí que nuestro éxito profesional dependa, siempre, de tomar en cuenta a las demás personas. El tipo de trabajo que establezcamos con las y los demás definirá el
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nuestro y será la fuente de nuestro material informativo [...] Hacia la construcción de un periodismo no sexista lo integran ocho capítulos. Al final de siete de ellos se proponen ejercicios prácticos (ayudas) que permitirán aplicar en la tarea diaria el tema del que se trate." (Introducción, página 9)
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"The handbook includes case studies gathered through interviews with newspapers in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa, including the Observer and Daily Monitor in Uganda, the Standard and the Daily Nation in Kenya, and Grocott’s Mail, the Mail and Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Sowetan in South Af
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rica, as well as News24.com – South Africa’s biggest online news provider [...] In addition to the accounts of successful mobile services, the handbook includes analysis and expert advice covering the key questions media houses should ask themselves when going into mobile. The handbook also provides detailed how-to guides for potential mobile services African media houses could offer." (www.wan-ifra.org, August 9, 2011)
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"Community research projects are often initiated with action and change in mind. That is, the knowledge generated is intended to be used towards specific ends-- strengthening community programs, improving public policy, sharing vital information with community members. But the research is only usefu
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l if it can be accessed and understood. Creating a research dissemination plan involves a collaborative effort between research partners to identify the best ways to share knowledge for the project’s particular purpose and target audience. Community Research Unit partners can use this document to develop a dissemination plan that ensures that their research is distributed to and understood by those who need it most." (Page 2)
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"The knowledge Translation Toolkit provides a thorough overview of what knowledge translation (KT) is and how to use it most effectively to bridge the ‘know-do’ gap between research, policy, practice, and people. It presents the theories, tools, and strategies required to encourage and enable ev
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idence-informed decision-making. This toolkit builds upon extensive research into the principles and skills of KT: its theory and literature, its evolution, strategies, and challenges. The book covers an array of crucial KTenablers—from context mapping to evaluative thinking—supported by practical examples, implementation guides, and references." (Publisher description)
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"[...] La percepción ciudadana a la política depende en gran medida del enfoque, del lenguaje y del ángulo de cámara que le da el periodismo. Sin embargo, estamos viviendo un desgaste preocupante de la política y de lo político. Con este manual para periodistas nos unimos a los esfuerzos que h
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an realizado los Tribunales Electorales en la región centroamericana. Con entusiasmo están convocando cada vez más a la ciudadanía mediante programas de formación política a la vida en democracia. Con el manual la Fundación Konrad Adenauer quiere invitar al periodismo a repasar algunos instrumentos novedosos de cómo cubrir un evento electoral y no aburrirse en el intento, sin que pierdan de vista la responsabilidad de evitar la erosión de nuestras democracias." (Presentación, página 5)
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"Mit „Soziale Bewegungen und Social Media“ liegt das erste Handbuch zum Einsatz von Social Media vor, das sich nicht dem wirtschaftlichen Nutzen und der kommerziellen Verwertung widmet, sondern das für Arbeitnehmer_innen und Betriebsrät_innen, Bürgerinitiativen, NGO und Gewerkschaften geschri
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eben ist. Im Fokus stehen kooperatives gesellschaftliches Engagement, Informations- und Kampagnenarbeit im Sinne autonomer Gegenöffentlichkeit sowie (transnationale) Vernetzung und Zusammenarbeit. Das Buch vereint die Anregungen einiger aufsehenerregender Fallbeispiele mit nützlichen Anleitungen. Es bietet einen umfassenden Überblick und stellt ein praktisches Nachschlagewerk für politischen Aktivismus dar." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Mit der Interventionssammlung „Solution Tools” liefert das internationale Who-is-who der lösungsorientiert arbeitenden Beraterszene einen in dieser Art bisher einzigartigen Fundus an praktischen Übungen, Fragetechniken, Ideen und Konzepten für den unmittelbaren Einsatz in Workshops und Berat
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ungssituationen. Die rund 50 Autorinnen und Autoren präsentieren aus ihrer persönlichen Beratungsarbeit 60 ihrer bevorzugten und besonders bewährten Interventionen. Alle Übungen sind detailliert in ihrem jeweiligen Kontext beschrieben, so dass sie sich leicht in die eigene Praxis übersetzen und unmittelbar anwenden lassen. Die Autoren schildern nicht nur den exakten schrittweisen Ablauf, sondern auch, wie die jeweilige Übung inszeniert wird, was der besondere 'Dreh' daran ist und welche persönlichen Erfahrungen sie damit gemacht haben. Damit liefert das Buch auch einen tiefen Einblick in die Bandbreite des lösungsorientierten Ansatzes: Einige Interventionen sprechen eher den Kopf an, andere mehr das Herz und wieder andere den Bauch. Einige Autoren schreiben sehr humorvoll, andere eher ernst, letztlich geben sie aber alle einen sehr persönlichen Einblick in ihre Arbeitspraxis und ihren Erfahrungsschatz." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This compilation has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter briefly explains what a child helpline is, draws attention to the key elements of a child helpline and attempts to answer some of the questions you may have regarding particular activities of a child helpline and about getting
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started and scaling-up. The second chapter outlines the operations of a child helpline. The third chapter provides an overview of the structure of a child helpline and the implications this has. The fourth chapter outlines the suggested processes and steps to help you get prepared to launch or scale-up a child helpline in your country. The annexes at the end of the manual contain draft material from several child helplines. Please feel free to adapt this material to your own specific situation." (Preface)
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"Research findings can provide journalists with news stories, news 'pegs', background information, statistics, case studies and expert sources. But research papers are often written in an inaccessible style and poorly promoted. The Relay programme in Panos London produced a series of news features (
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the Relay Research Spotlight) in 2010 based on international development research findings. Based on this experience, this guide explains how research findings can be used in articles and offers suggestions for writing successful copy. It also explains some common pitfalls and suggests how to avoid them. This how-to guide is divided into five sections: Using research in your articles; finding and interpreting research; interviewing researchers; writing news articles using research findings; top 10 tips for successful articles." (Introduction)
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