"This reference manual guides the staff of development or other organisations to encourage individuals (either colleagues or community members) to share their personal stories and include their voices as part of a broader good practice documentation process. While SAfAIDS and Women’sNet focus on u
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sing the techniques to highlight interventions that advocate for HIV and AIDS, women’s rights, gender equality and sexual diversity programmes, the techniques discussed can be readily adapted for use in a variety of development issues." (Page 2)
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"Behavior Change Communication (BCC) interventions have become an integral part of many HIV prevention programs. Monitoring and evaluation is expected to be included in the design of any BCC interventions from the beginning on. However, the know-how on how to demonstrate results and impacts of such
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interventions in a methodologically sound way often lags behind. This document aims at enhancing program officials' understanding of the importance of evaluations as well as the most important steps to take and decisions to make in the course of an evaluation, and at enabling them to oversee the work done by the evaluators.
It is divided into three parts. The first part presents the main general aspects that need to be taken into consideration when monitoring and evaluating BCC interventions with a focus on HIV-related BCC approaches. More specifically, a general framework for monitoring and evaluation is presented, including among others information on the use of appropriate indicators, the development of an evaluation plan, different types of evaluation, study designs of summative evaluations, statistical analysis and dissemination of the evaluation results. Based on this theoretical background presented in part one, the second part draws conclusions, presents recommendations and gives practical advice on monitoring and evaluating HIV BCC programs. Three types of HIV BCC interventions, relevant to the work of German Development Cooperation (GDC), are also here discussed; these are the tool Join-in-Circuit, peer education programs and mass media campaigns. The third part presents four country examples of M&E of HIV BCC interventions implemented by GDC programs. These were discussed during a short-course on evaluation of BBC interventions offered by GIZ from 9]10 March, 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa." (Executive summary)
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"Twitter, Facebook, XING und Co. spielen für das Online-Marketing eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Die beiden Social-Media-Experten Anne Grabs und Karim-Patrick Bannour zeigen Ihnen, dass es für Unternehmen jeder Branche und jeder Größe interessant ist, in Social Media aktiv zu werden. Folgen Sie de
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r Erfolgsstrategie der Autoren: Was ist Social Media? Wie gehen Sie damit um? Welche Schritte müssen in welcher Reihenfolge erfolgen? Welche Gefahren drohen und wie können Sie diese Gefahren minimieren? Anne Grabs und Karim-Patrick Bannour liefern Ihnen praktische Tipps mit zahlreichen Best Practices. Inkl. Strategien zum mobilen Marketing, Empfehlungsmarketing, Crowdsourcing, Social Commerce, Google+, Rechtstipps u.v.m." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This study of the digital storytelling (DST) project at the South Asia Hub of the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Research Programme Consortium examines the capacity of DST practice to articulate women’s diverse experiences of empowerment, given the genre’s formalities and narrative guideline
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s. I challenge notions that DST mediation is limited to relationships between the storyteller and the technology, and instead focus on mediation as a co-creative process. There are at least two overlooked dynamics in DST. The first is how the organisation adopts narrative guidelines to fit their framework and purpose; and second, the social relationships mediating the way actors related to one another in the workshop. I find that the workshop model and specific narrative structure may constrain ways of conveying ‘experience’. Not every participant’s experience or mode of narration is readily suited for DST. On the other hand, participants also report DST as useful for strengthening community relationships and opening up a more self-reflexive space for critical thinking." (Abstract)
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"To encourage smoking cessation, persuasive messages can be used to raise smokers' risk perception. This article discusses challenges and solutions in designing a study to evaluate the effect of two different communication strategies ("gains from quitting" vs. "losses from continuing smoking") in en
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couraging calls to a quitline. The authors conducted an intervention study in two subway stations for 4 weeks, considering only 1 strategy per station. Large posters containing non-age-specific images and texts, on the basis of the theme "shortness of breath," were displayed on central dividing columns on the boarding platforms. Call rates from the selected stations, and respective rate ratios, overall and per study week, were calculated. Passengers who were smokers, exposed to the positive-content message, called on average 1.7 times more often than did those exposed to the negative-content message (p = .01). Moreover, call rate ratios did not decline over the 4 weeks of the study (p = .40). The effectiveness findings suggest that antismoking campaigns could use positive-content messages in order to recruit a larger smoker population. The proposed methodology can also be used to evaluate effectiveness of messages for "capturing" individuals with other health problems (e.g., alcohol abuse), thereby increasing its potential impact." (Abstract)
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"Die Medien haben sich gewandelt und wandeln sich weiter. Journalisten und Leser suchen heute in viel stärkerem Maße als in der Vergangenheit Geschichten. Die Grenzen zwischen Journalismus und Entertainment sind längst fließend. Storytelling ist ein grundlegend neuer Ansatz in der Pressearbeit.
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Storytelling versetzt die PR-Verantwortlichen in Unternehmen, Organisationen und Agenturen in die Lage, auf diese Veränderungen zu reagieren und den Informationsfluss in einem bisher nicht gekannten Maße zu steuern. Dieses praktische Lehrbuch vermittelt dazu das nötige Wissen." (Publisher description)
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"In the chapter, journalistic work ethics on the scene during school shootings and journalists’ psychological stress reactions after such work is studied. Approach: Findings are based on several qualitative studies carried out separately at different time periods, spanning over a decade. Included
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cases are one from the United States, Columbine (1999), and two from Finland, Jokela (2007) and Kauhajoki (2008). Similarities and differences between cases are pinpointed, and general conclusions are drawn. Findings: Results show that while technical equipment and publication platforms have developed between cases, journalists’ ethical issues, response to public criticism, and patterns of postcrisis reactions remain similar. Practical implications: As implications in the area of journalism ethics and stress reactions, the authors conclude that work in crises will be the rule rather than the exception during a journalist's career. Ethical considerations and individual response patterns to an event interact in complex ways. Personal preparation and knowledge in the area of ethics are of crucial importance for being able to function professionally during assignments. Social implications: Personal knowledge regarding journalism ethics and psychological stress are of importance, since individual mistakes when informing about a crisis can have long-lasting societal effects. Value of chapter: In the chapter, the authors underline the need to develop a personal understanding of typical crisis-related journalistic work strategies (autopilot/hyper mode), ethical boundaries, and possible stress reactions, for enabling an adequate work approach during assignments. Also, a number of possible predictors for emotional distress in journalists during crisis-related assignments are proposed." (Abstract)
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"This tool is used to assess the SBCC knowledge and competence of individuals and how successful a specific training has been for them. Individuals about to take an SBCC training fill in the pre-assessment provided in this document, then fill in the post-assessment right after completing the trainin
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g. The questions and items are the same for both assessments. Individuals completing a successful training and filling in the post-assessment will answer a higher number of questions correctly and rate their own SBCC competencies at increased levels. It is the comparison that matters. The difference between an individual’s scores and ratings in the two assessments allows the training to be monitored and measurably evaluated. The score indicates whether an individual increased his or her SBCC knowledge, skills, and competencies during the training, and the ratings can suggest whether further training or capacity strengthening is needed and in which specific SBCC competencies." (Introduction, page 4)
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"PR-Evaluation und Kommunikations-Controlling sind zwei Begriffe, die in der Branche oft vertauscht oder als Synonym genutzt werden. Es sind jedoch unterschiedliche Dinge, die sich gegenseitig ergänzen. Das Bild eines Schiffes veranschaulicht dies: Bevor der Kapitän den Hafen verlässt, wird er se
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in Schiff genau untersuchen: Ist genug Benzin im Tank, sind die Segel ordentlich verstaut, funktionieren die Armaturen? Nachdem er das Boot einer ersten Untersuchung unterzogen hat, kann der Kapitän in See stechen. Er wird das Schiff wohlüberlegt an anderen Booten und Hindernissen vorbei und wieder sicher in den Hafen steuern. Der Kapitän wird dabei auf sein Navigationsgerät achten und alle äußeren Einflüsse berücksichtigen, wie Wind und Wetter. Wenn der Kapitän das Schiff verändern, verschönern oder schneller machen möchte, bringt er es in die Werft zur Reparatur und Inspektion. Dort folgt eine genaue Untersuchung und das Schiff wird auf Vordermann gebracht.
Die Untersuchung des Schiffes stellt die Evaluation dar. Das Steuern auf hoher See hingegen ist das Controlling. Beides ist notwendig und geschieht im besten Fall Hand in Hand. Ein Schiff kann nur fahren, wenn es gesteuert wird – wobei die Professionalität vom einfachen Ruderboot bis hin zur vollautomatischen Navigation reicht. Regelmäßige Untersuchungen oder Inspektionen sind hingegen meist vom Hersteller empfohlen, aber sie sind nicht obligatorisch. In dem Spektrum von „spontan” bis „strategisch” findet auch die „organisierte Kommunikation” statt, die durch den Einsatz von Kommunikations-Controlling gesteuert werden kann und mit Hilfe von PR-Evaluation zu optimieren ist. Dieses Buch stellt beide Bereiche dar und zeigt, in welcher Reihenfolge sie Sinn machen: Zunächst untersuchen wir das Kommunikationsobjekt, um es anschließend zu steuern. Dabei ist der hier vorgestellte Ansatz sowohl praktikabel für einfache Ruderboote (kleine Pressestellen, Verbände, Kampagnen) als auch für hochmoderne Motoryachten (strategische Unternehmenskommunikation großer Unternehmen)."
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"This workbook provides an overview of the main points contained in the book 'Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press', as well as practical exercises for applying the book’s concepts and communication principles to your unique situation. The
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first three chapters review basic communication concepts, from analyzing your audience to building a storyline. Chapters 4 and 5 shift the focus from conceptual to practical by introducing guidelines for presenting data, as well as the Organize, Plan, Test, and Integrate (OPT-In) framework developed by the textbook’s authors to aid in planning and executing data-related communications. Chapters 6 and 7 focus on the application of concepts and the OPT-In framework to the real world in scenarios, such as crisis situations or advocacy. The ultimate goal of this workbook—and the book 'Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press'—is to help you select and communicate quantitative data in ways lay audiences can understand. You will gain the most from this workbook by reviewing its contents in concert with the book 'Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press', making note of the tips and guidelines it presents, and completing the practical exercises beginning in Chapter 3 to ensure your understanding of the concepts and ability to successfully apply them." (How to use this workbook)
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"Haupt- und Ehrenamtliche in den Gemeinden lernen, einladend aufzutreten: Mit einem guten Wort zur rechten Zeit sowie einer Mimik und Gestik, die Offenheit und Gesprächsbereitschaft signalisieren. Familie G. ist neu zugezogen. Sie sind kirchlich orientiert und besuchen regelmäßig den Gottesdienst
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der neuen Gemeinde zu sechst. Der Pastor gibt ihnen an der Kirchentür die Hand beim ersten- wie beim letzten Mal. Denn irgendwann gehen sie nicht mehr hin... Um solches Scheitern zu vermeiden, haben Gottfried Adam und Renate Rogall-Adam dieses Buch geschrieben: eine Einführung in die kleine Kunst des Small Talks. Auch wenn es scheinbar ums Wetter geht, werden hier in Wahrheit Beziehungen geknüpft und gepflegt, kann ein entspanntes und engagiertes Miteinander wachsen. Die Autoren klären in einem ersten Teil wichtige Fragen des Funktionierens von Kommunikation. Im zweiten Teil bieten sie praktische Beispiele: wie's geht, wie's gar nicht geht (s.o.), wie man es gut machen und was man verbessern kann." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Der Autor stellt Techniken vor, mit denen sich spannende Geschichten rund um Unternehmen, Produkte, Dienstleistungen und Personen entwickeln lassen, auch wenn diese auf den ersten Blick wenig hergeben. Er gibt Anregungen, wie man Meldungen über technische und komplizierte Fachthemen so formuliert,
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dass sie verständlich, bildhaft und pointiert ihren Weg in die Öffentlichkeit finden. Und er zeigt, wie man PR-Aktionen entwickelt, die einzigartig, aufmerksamkeitsstark und imagebildend sind. Die zweite Auflage des erfolgreichen Fachbuchs wurde komplett überarbeitet und aktualisiert. Hinzugekommen ist ein weiteres Kapitel über Innovations-PR, das aufzeigt, wie Unternehmen Kreativität strategisch einSetzen können." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Game stories have evolved from the simple kidnapped-girl plot of Donkey Kong to the complex novel-length tales of modern RPGs. In addition, the ability of the player to interact with and affect the story has created many new and different types of stories that are difficult if not impossible to por
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tray in other kinds of media. Although games are an excellent medium for many types of storytelling, their interactivity makes them far different from more traditional media such as books and film. Interactive stories themselves havemany unique and challenging issues that aren’t encountered when writing a more traditionally structured tale, which we’ll be discussing all throughout the rest of this book. Game writers also need to think about many other factors, such as the synthesis between the story and gameplay and how to maintain a proper pace when the story’s progression is, at least to a certain extent, controlled by the player." (Page 5)
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