"In this book [...] we will look at how to ensure that your website complements your online media strategy (including some advice on how to hire a web developer and write a design brief), and give you practical advice on managing your social media platforms. We will also look at online fundraising a
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nd using social media for social change." (Page 2)
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"You can’t expect supporters to dive into your website, newsletter or other written materials unless you entice them with pithy, pointed or engaging subject lines, headlines, tweets and status updates. Th ese bits of text, whether a few words or a few short sentences, are sometimes called microcon
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tent, a term coined by Jakob Nielsen, who in a 1998 article referred to Introduction Getting the Words Right microcontent as 'short content that needs to be immediately clear and inviting to a reader, and which still make sense when removed from its original context' (when it appears as a snippet in search results, for example)." (Introduction)
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"Uno de los propósitos de este manual es invitarles, por un lado, a pensar la comunicación más allá de los medios y el uso instrumental de las tecnologías de la información. De lo que se trata es de pensar la comunicación, como diría Rosa Maria Alfaro, como un proceso mediante el cual se cre
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a y estimula el diálogo, la discusión, la toma de conciencia sobre la realidad social, la propia identidad cultural, la confianza, el consenso y el compromiso entre las personas con aquellas apuestas éticas que se afirman en el horizonte de ser y construir comunidad. Por otro lado, intentamos compartir la idea de que la comunicación no es solo un asunto de comunicadores. Por lo tanto, deberíamos incorporarla como un componente estratégico y transversal en el quehacer de nuestras organizaciones, de modo tal que pensemos y actuemos comunicacionalmente. Desde esta perspectiva, este manual incluye criterios éticos y metodológicos, así como herramientas prácticas para construir estrategias de comunicación desde las organizaciones que están articulando la ética y la misión cristiana con el cambio social y la incidencia en la solución de los problemas estructurales de nuestra sociedad." (Introducción)
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"Um die Kommunikation auf der Ebene der Pfarrgemeinde aufrechtzuerhalten, wird Kirche sich auch mit den sozialen Netzwerken beschäftigen müssen. Dabei sind die Anwendungen wie Facebook und Twitter zwar die bekanntesten, aber eine Unzahl von weiteren Tools, die zum großen Teil kostenlos im Netz zu
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r Verfügung stehen, dienen der Kommunikation, der Vernetzung, der Kooperation untereinander. Diese Tools können und sollten auch die Mitarbeiter in der kirchlichen Gemeindearbeit nutzen. Die vorliegende Arbeitshilfe stellt eine Anzahl dieser Anwendungen vor, beschreibt ihre Liebe Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Funktion und Einsatzmöglichkeiten und ermöglicht anhand konkreter Praxisbeispiele aus dem kirchlichen Umfeld den Transfer zum Einsatz in der Pfarrgemeinde." (Vorwort, Seite 5)
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"This groundbreaking resource offers a set of guiding principles to help nonprofit leaders navigate the transition from top-down organizations to a networked approach enabled by technology. The book contains specific strategies for implementation and secrets to success from nonprofits who have used
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new social media tools effectively themselves. It also offers effective exercises and how-to's for implementation. A key element of this book is interviews with current nonprofit managers who have learned how to jump into the social media fray without a net and thrived because of it." (Publisher description)
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"A community research partnership is ideally part of a larger collaboration that includes the interests of each partner and spans a wide range of activities. Often a neglected afterthought in busy research schedules, the dissemination of key findings upon project completion is a crucial step in comm
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unity-based research. In fact, we believe that researchers have an ethical obligation to ensure that research findings are disseminated to research participants, as well as other individuals and institutions in the communities in which we work. In an effort to increase ease and efficiency, this document provides key strategies for dissemination, including practical advice and specific templates you can adapt for your use. Through this strategic dissemination approach, CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement) intends to distribute salient findings to affected communities, participant agencies, health departments, researchers, policy makers, and health advocacy groups." (Page 1)
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"Now in its third edition, this fully revised and updated edition is the essential fundraising handbook for the developing world (including Africa, Asia, Latin America and countries of Eastern Europe). Using case studies and examples of good practice, it offers guidance and advice on establishing ef
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fective local fundraising and the opportunity to tap into a wide range of sources of funding (including government, companies and charitable foundations). It also offers fundraising techniques and sources of information and help. This new edition incorporates changes in fundraising practice and new case studies as well as a completely updated and rewritten section on internet fundraising and an expanded 'Useful organisations' section." (Publisher description)
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"This guide has been designed to complement Search for Common Ground’s media outreach training workshops for non-governmental organizations, civil society activists and other individuals and groups working in the fields of conflict resolution, dialogue, reconciliation and related human security in
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itiatives, but it can also be used on its own. It has been developed to provide short and easy tips and suggestions for traversing the realm of the media and making yourself heard. It is not a comprehensive guide, but a practical tool for organizations and individuals with little time or money to spend on media outreach but a lot to gain from engaging in it." (Page 2)
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"This manual is intended to help you train non-governmental organizations working in HIV-related fields and People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Networks on how to work effectively with the media. The manual is based on Internews Network’s Local Voices Training Curriculum that was developed by the Kenya
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Local Voices Program in 2003-2005. This curriculum has also been implemented and adjusted where appropriate by the Internews Local Voices Programs in Nigeria, Ethiopia and India. The manual consists of a five day step-by-step training agenda. It is possible to modify this program for a four-day training by slightly shortening all the sessions. A workshop based on this training model that is shorter than four days would not be as effective, because there are several issues being addressed in the different modules that can’t be left out, as they all relate to one another. It works well to start the workshop on a Monday and end it on a Thursday or Friday. Local Voices workshops accommodate about ten participants per training. The training modules are practical and aimed at getting participants to apply their newly acquired skills during the workshop. Participants are required to organize an actual media event for the last day of their training. This event allows participants to gain real life experience organizing a media event. It also serves as an opportunity for participants to interact socially and to develop relationships with participating journalists so they can begin trusting each other and working together to produce accurate and compelling coverage." (Introduction)
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