"Strategic Planning for Public Relations is in its fifth edition of offering an innovative and clear approach for students looking to learn how to develop public relations campaigns. It is a text intended for those serious about entering the rapidly changing professions of public relations and strat
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egic communication. Ronald Smith shows how to implement pragmatic, research-driven strategic campaigns used in public relations practice, and draws from his years of experience as a professional in the industry and his years of teaching in the classroom. The approach used in this text is a threefold pattern: first, readers are exposed to new ideas, then see them in use, before finally being showed how to apply those ideas themselves. Complex problem-solving and decision-making processes in strategic communication and public relations are turned into a series of easy-to-follow steps, flexible enough to be applicable to myriad situations and organizations in the real world." (Publisher description)
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"Social sector communication helps address issues by influencing policy and can be used to bring about desired behavioral change among the targeted public. This book not only highlights the theoretical underpinnings, practice, and skill of social sector communications in India, but also provides an
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understanding of various tools and strategies required in development communication encompassing social marketing, media advocacy, social mobilization, grassroots communication, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). With the aid of case studies, it offers tips on how to plan campaigns; write a concept note, field report, and press release, and effectively use social media to achieve developmental program goals. The book discusses the different perspectives of NGOs and program implementers, and helps in understanding the corporate–NGO interface vis-à-vis CSR projects." (Publisher description)
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"Changing public health policy is one of the most effective ways to improve public health on a population-wide scale. As part of the advocacy campaign to move a public health issue onto the policy agenda and through the policy making process, a strategic and well executed media advocacy campaign is
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critical. The primary components of a media advocacy campaign are the same regardless of the desired policy outcomes, just customized to meet the specific objectives. This guide is designed to help civil society organizations plan and conduct effective media advocacy campaigns that will result in the adoption and implementation of strong, effective public health policies." (About the guide)
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»Wer Storytelling beherrscht, erreicht und fasziniert Menschen«, leitet Content-Experte Klaus Eck sein Vorwort zum Buch ein. »Die Theorie der Content Creation ist für die meisten Kommunikationsprofis kein Problem mehr. Doch was fehlt, sind die Umsetzung, die Ideen, die richtigen Tools. Genau an
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dieser Stelle setzt das Buch von Pia Kleine Wieskamp an: Es liefert Lösungen und lässt Storytelling-Praktiker zu Wort kommen, die bereits erfolgreich umgesetzte Storys präsentieren.« In diesem Buch erläutern Experten aus der Praxis ihres Berufsalltags heraus, was Storytelling bedeutet und wie sie die Methode ein- und umsetzen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über die chinesische Social-Media-Landschaft sowie die Besonderheiten und Trends des Social Media Marketing in China. Der Autor beschreibt, welche sozialen Medien in China genutzt werden, wo Statistiken darüber zu finden sind, welche Hauptfunktionen die wichtig
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sten sozialen Netzwerke haben und wo ihre Schwerpunkte für das Marketing liegen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The aim of the present book is to offer an overview and report on Strategic Communication for Non-Profit-Organisations and the Challenges and Alternative Approaches. Considering the assumption that a key principle of strategic communication is the achievement of organisational goals, the majority o
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f research developed in the field has used business environments to develop theories, models, empirical insights and case studies. Here, we take a step towards new approaches centred on the concept of non-profit in various dimensions and from various perspectives, showing the diversity and complexity around this subject and at the same time the need of further theoretical and empirical work that provides frameworks and also tools for further understanding of the phenomena." (Publisher description)
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"Die Digitalisierung setzt die Medienbranche unter Druck – die Menschen wollen alle Inhalte immer und überall abrufen können. Doch nicht nur die Ausspielwege und Erlösmodelle, auch die Angebote selbst und ihre Herstellung ändern sich. STORY NOW ist ein praxisorientiertes Handbuch für alle, di
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e sich auf die digitale Dimension ihrer Medienprojekte einlassen wollen, von der Konzeption über die Produktion bis hin zur Verwertung." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This book examines what the diverse roster of celebrity humanitarians are actually doing in and across North and South contexts. Celebrity humanitarianism is an effective lens for viewing the multiple and diverse relationships that constitute the links between North and South. New empirical finding
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s on celebrity humanitarianism on the ground in Thailand, Malawi, Bangladesh, South Africa, China, Haiti, Congo, US, Denmark and Australia illustrate the impact of celebrity humanitarianism in the Global South and celebritization, participation and democratization in the donor North. By investigating one of the most mediatized and distant representations of humanitarianism (the celebrity intervention) from a perspective of contextualization, the book underscores the importance of context in international development." (Publisher description)
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"There is a story at the heart of every nonprofit. Telling our stories makes our work real and tangible. They embody the spirit of our work, and get to the heart of why we do what we do. We hope this guide has helped you get started with telling your stories." (Conclusion, page 32)
"The survey shows that the vast majority of South African nonprofit organisations are seeing positive benefits through using social media. This is despite the fact that more than 80% of NPOs do not allocate a budget for social media, close to 50% said that staff lacked the expertise to manage social
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media, and almost one-third said they have no communications plan to guide their social media work. NPOs reported that they primarily use social media to promote events, communicate with clients and stakeholders, curate news, build communities, and improve their marketing and branding. Facebook and Twitter remain the social networks of choice for NPOs, followed by YouTube, LinkedIn and Google+. However, few LinkedIn and Google+ accounts were found to be active." (Executive summary)
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"Follow Me Around", "Haul" und "Vlog"? Verstehen Sie, wovon hier die Rede ist? YouTube boomt. Und wenn auch Sie Webvideos nutzen und zum festen Bestandteil Ihrer Online-Marketing-Aktivitäten machen wollen, dann sollten Sie unbedingt dieses Buch lesen. Egal ob Sie YouTube für eigene Kanäle einsetz
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en oder im Kundenauftrag Strategien erstellen und umsetzen: Hier haben Sie alles an der Hand, um Ihr Projekt YouTube von Anfang in die richtigen Bahnen zu lenken. Angefangen bei der eigenen Strategie, der Kalkulation eines Channels, der Produktion von Inhalten, der Veröffentlichung der Videos bis hin zur Erfolgsanalyse und der Communitypflege werden alle wichtigen Aspekte eines erfolgreichen YouTube-Kanals behandelt. Die vielen Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices helfen Ihnen zudem, Anregungen für eigene Projekte zu finden." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"[This] report is an inaugural effort to gain a better understanding of how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use online technology to communicate with their supporters and donors. Over the last two decades the NGO sector has embraced Internet technology, but at varying speeds based up
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on the Internet infrastructure of the country in which they reside. Social, economic, and political factors in each of the world’s countries have either hastened or hindered the development of Internet infrastructure, yet there is little research that compares NGOs globally and their use of online technology." (Page 2)
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"The aim of this handbook is to provide civil society campaigners with the knowledge and skills they need to undertake high quality counter-narrative campaign evaluations. It presents model frameworks and case studies of successful counter-narrative M&E, as well as a range of useful tools and resour
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ces that counter-narrative campaigners can use to support their M&E efforts, including: A description of key metrics and how to interpret them; An explanation of various research methods that can be used in online M&E; Guidance on potential risks and ethical considerations for counter-narrative M&E; A flexible M&E framework that can provide a starting point for evaluation planning; Three case study examples of high quality counter-narrative campaign evaluations; A glossary of key M&E terms; • An index of useful online M&E tools." (Page 3)
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