This is a practical guide aimed at the managers of non-governmental and civil society organizations, primarily in developing countries, on how to mobilize funds and other resources for themselves and become financially self-reliant. The author examines all the options, showing how to identify fundin
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g opportunities and how to maximize fund-raising. He covers earned income, local foundations, governmental sources, foreign agencies, the corporate sector, micro-credit, the internet and social investments and sets these within a strategic overview of planning and management effectiveness.
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"Der Autor arbeitete als Lektor und Dramaturg. Er hat eine Professur an der Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg im Fachbereich Drehbuch inne. "In diesen Leitfaden fließen nicht nur Schneiders eigene Erfahrungen aus seiner zehnjährigen Lehrtätigkeit ein, sondern auch die Essenz der wichtigsten und for
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tgeschrittensten Drehbuchlehren [...] Mit diesem Buch ist Michael Schneider ein Ratgeber gelungen, dem weder ein Beigeschmack von Bevormundung noch von übertriebener Sachlichkeit anhaftet. Er hat Drehbuchrahmen vorgegeben, welche nicht die Kreativität des (werdenden) Autors behindern. Es ist kein Lehrbuch im üblichen Sinne, sondern vielmehr ein locker aneinander gefügtes, plausibel entwickeltes Kompendium mit thematischen Schwerpunkten. 'Vor dem Dreh kommt das Buch' ist eine sehr gelungene Mischung aus klassischer und neuer Filmdramaturgie, Filmanalyse, Filmkritik und Werkstatttexten." (Medien praktisch 2/03)
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"This reader 'aims to show that ordinary people, even non-technical rural folk, can plan, set up, manage and produce radio programmes by themselves with a minimum of dependence on outside help, whether for technical advice and training or for funds and equipment.' To do so, it highlights case studie
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s from several countries like Homa Bay Radio in Kenya, Radio Apam in Ghana, Radio Sagarmatha in the Kathmandu valley, Tambuli Community radio in the Philippines and others, and it explains the main factors for planning a community radio station, eg, examining the legal framework, applying for a license or doing preparatory work in the community. Moreover, it briefly explains the technical background of broadcasting, such as the difference between AM and FM broadcasting, as well as the basics about the equipment which is needed. What makes the publication particularly interesting is its perspective on community involvement in every step of setting up a radio station - which is, as many community radio stations are built up by institutions like NGO's, churches or universities, not something to be taken for granted." (commbox)
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"This handbook is intended for entrepreneurs, promoters, directors and heads of newspapers for whom the press constitutes the main activity and principal source of income. The subject matter is directed to those who have the power to decide the conditions in which they choose or have already chosen
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to set up their newspaper." (Back cover)
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"Este libro nació con el deseo de formar chicos y chicas para una relación serena, constructiva y equilibrada con los medios de comunicación (Media Education), convencidos de que sólo en este tipo de vínculo se enriquece la construcción de la persona. Por eso queremos ofrecerles un material do
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nde el juego, como base, sea motivo de diversión y de crecimiento en la experiencia placentera de la creatividad. Para chicos entre 8 y 12 años." (Cubierta del libro)
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"This manual is intended for persons whose media organization has asked them to plan and present training programs. Our main concern is with programs where employees are taken out of their normal assignments to attend activities aimed at helping them learn new skills or develop their existing skills
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. We recognize that a great deal of training in the media takes the form of on-the-job training. No doubt you are familiar with the situation in which someone skilled in a job shows a novice how to do the work. This manual is less concerned with this form of training, although it is discussed briefly in section six." (Foreword)
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"This Handbook is primarily for journalists, students, educators and activists, as well as the media managers. Its intention is not to offer a comprehensive review of professional and ethical standards on reporting diversities, but to prepare a general framework of rules that are accepted in profess
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ional journalism’s practice. Hence, the recommendations are actually a part of professional standards in journalism and ethical codes that apply worldwide. The presence of diversities in the editor’s offices and in journalistic contents attracts new audiences to the medium. It encourages the process of finding creative, original and alternative ways of reporting on diversities in a society such as Macedonia. The Handbook consists of several parts that offer recommendations for reporting on: ethnic and religious differences, gender issues, sexual minorities, persons with special needs, elderly, refugees and displaced persons, and different races. It provides basic recommendations for the media to promote diversity in society, but also for the establishment and maintenance of the concept of diversity in the editor’s offices." (Introduction)
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"Evaluations of the Internet and Development have tended to focus on the extent to which a websites content, or message, has affected development activities. This research examines the usage of the medium itself, by conducting an applied evaluative study of eight urban-focused websites disseminating
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development research findings. Evaluated websites are decomposed into six components of website production, namely: architecture, technology, style, content, strategy and management. Key qualities associated with these components are then examined, in order to assess the suitability of each website from the perspective of an international audience. This paper's purpose is to help build the capacity of organisations working in the field of international development, which intend to evaluate their own website(s). It aims to support the evaluation process so that websites can be improved as a medium for communicating research to an international audience." (INTRAC website)
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