"The Rural ICT Toolkit concentrates on the “how to” of implementing rural ICT programs and projects. It is aimed at providing state of the art knowledge and best practice on rural ICT development, basic recommended standards and tools for rural ICT initiatives. Among other things, it summarises
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best practice on rural ICT policy, funding principles & processes, monitoring and evaluation. It provides a basic understanding for technology options available. It offers a framework to select appropriate rural ICT projects, and it explains essentials of demand studies, business plans and socio-economic impact analysis." (Introduction, page 1)
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"La relación con las fuentes es complicada: los periodistas usan a sus fuentes pero a la vez son manipulados por ellas. Lo clave es darse cuenta a tiempo cuándo está uno al servicio de ellas. La mayoría de periodistas dicen que se dedicaron a este oficio para “darle voz a los que no la tienen
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para “ayudar a comprender el mundo” o “para denunciar las injusticias” sin embargo, si un extraterrestre aterrizara en Colombia y leyera los diarios, las revistas, viera la televisión y escuchara la radio, pensaría que la función de los periodistas es prácticamente la contraria: hablan los presidentes y los ex presidentes, los famosos cuentan sus chismes y sus vidas, los empresarios reportan sus utilidades, los funcionarios se ufanan de sus éxitos. Los periodistas moderan una conversación donde definitivamente los poderosos hablan más y más fuerte que los desposeídos, los hombres muchisísimo más que las mujeres, y los negros ni siquiera obtienen la palabra. ¿Tiene todo colombiano el mismo derecho a ver su realidad reflejada en los medios? Este manual pretende abordar todas estas cuestiones desde un enfoque práctico. Es una guía para que los periodistas reflexionen sobre su trabajo, enfrenten los hechos a sus deseos y aprendan técnicas concretas para mejorar su relación con las fuentes." (Introducción, página 5)
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"This guide is designed to introduce film preservation to the community of research organizations that now have collections of motion picture film. It is a basic primer for film preservation “beginners”—professionals trained in archival studies, librarianship, museum work, or a subject field b
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ut unschooled in this technical specialty." (Abstract)
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"This primer is intended to help policy-makers and decision-makers understand the potential use of free and open source software (FOSS) in education—where and how it can be used, why it should be used, and what issues are involved. In particular, officials in ministries of education, school and un
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iversity administrators, academic staff and researchers should find this primer useful." (Preface)
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"Vietnam and Peru are two examples of countries that, in the past decade, surpassed WHO targets. This paper synthesizes the lessons learned from those two programs, with a particular emphasis on the role of strategic health communication in each program. The conclusions in this paper are drawn from
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two in-depth reports — 'The Role of Health Communication in Vietnam’s Fight Against Tuberculosis' and 'The Role of Health Communication in Peru’s Fight Against Tuberculosis' — as well as a focused literature review." (Page 1)
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"Every community needs a roadmap for change. Instead of bridges, avenues and freeways, this map would illustrate destinations of progress and the routes to travel on the way to achieving progress. The map would also provide commentary about assumptions, such as the final destination, the context for
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the map, the processes to engage in during the journey and the belief system that underlies the importance of traveling in a particular way. This type of map is called a "theory of change." The label theory of change is often referred to by other terms, such as pathway of change, engine of change, blueprint, logic model and theory of action. Regardless of the label, a theory of change offers a picture of important destinations and guides you on what to look for on the journey to ensure you are on the right pathway." (Introduction)
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"This sourcebook is for all who work with others on participatory learning and change. Written in a spirit of critical reflection and serious fun, it provides 21 sets of ideas and options for facilitators, trainers, teachers, and presenters, and anyone who organises and manages workshops courses cla
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sses and other events for sharing and learning ideas. It covers topics such as getting started, seating arrangements, forming groups, managing large numbers, helping each other learn, analysis and feedback, dealing with dominators, evaluation and ending, coping with horrors, and common mistakes." (Publisher description)
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"This updated and expanded book provides practical information for those planning programmes to improve community health. It presents a state-of-the-art review of current practice in developing countries as well as approaches from industrialised countries. The overall structure of the book follows t
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he pattern of basic concept - core theory - specific methods - implementation. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to health education and health promotion. Chapters 2-4 are the core chapters, dealing with human behaviour, communication and teaching. Chapters 5-10 give details of communication methods for different target groups: individuals and small groups (face-to-face), communities, and school children and out-of-school youths. They also deal with the popular and mass media. Chapter 11 provides guidelines on planning, evaluation and implementation. The author states that what may work in one community may not work in another. He stresses the need to apply these methods in a systematic way, learn from mistakes, involve the communities and evaluate, in order to improve the effectiveness of the activities." (https://www.ircwash.org/resources)
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