"To overcome the many problems inherent in rural development in tropical countries, most governments and aid agencies have put in the field teams of extension workers as 'Change Agents' who train and advise the local people to help themselves. This book is a practical companion for the Change Agent
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or for the agricultural or technical college student. It is concerned with both the attitudes and communication skills required by Change Agents, and it is one of the first to be published for those training in this area of extension work." (Back cover)
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"Konkrete Erfahrungsberichte und praxisorientierte technische wie methodische Anleitungen zur Erstellung einer Tonbildschau." (commbox)
"A basic guide, still useful but now somewhat dated, to both national and international copyright systems, written for authors, editors and publishers in developing countries. Includes a special section with advice on publishing agreements." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan
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Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1760)
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"A companion volume to Ralph Staiger’s “Roads to Reading” (1979), now inevitably rather dated, but still provides helpful guidelines and strategies for planning successful reading campaigns." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2223)
"Intended for journalists in developing countries, this manual gives an account of the functions carried out in the newsroom. The first section deals with aspects of the reporter's job, including news writing and stylistics, interviewing, and press law. The second section discusses the duties of the
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news editor, including maintaining perennial sources, thinking ahead, following up on hard news items, promoting creative angles to news stories, and cultivating news from rural areas. The third section covers components of subediting, such as design and layout, typography, headline and caption writing, and elements of style. The fourth section explores developing ideas for feature writing, while the last section outlines principles of photo editing." (commbox)
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"This handbook addresses basic concepts of bookshop management, including customer relations, stock development, staff management, and accounting. The title is misleading, as the content does not tackle specific Christian bookshop issues, but refers to bookshop management in general." (commbox)
"The object of this document is to attempt to identify the prerequisites for an efficient use of modern communication media for formal and non-formal educa tion in rural areas in developing countries [...] Although one cannot entirely separate the way the teaching process is treated from the way the
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organisational aspect is handled, the purpose of this study is to examine the factors on the organisational side which make for an efficient use of media, based on the results of more than tventy years' experience throughout the world. In view of the variety of media available and the considerable difference in the requirements of the various countries, there can be no question of recommending a specific type of organisation. Our aim is a far more limited one, i.e. to highlight what, judging by this experience, are the most common organisational problems encountered in the use of modern communication media in education and to describe how the technical constraints inherent in the media affect methods of organisation, bearing in mind the specific characteristics of the rural environment." (Introduction, page 2-3)
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