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"This brief offers a simple one-page tool for thinking about the theories of change that underlie public policy advocacy strategies. It first presents the tool and then offers six questions that advocates, and funders working with advocates, can work through to better articulate their theories of ch ... more
"Haben Sie sich auch schon einmal gefragt, weshalb manche Websites erfolgreich sind und andere nicht? Entscheidend sind hier sehr viele unterschiedliche Faktoren. Mit diesem Buch erfahren Sie alles, was Sie für Ihren erfolgreichen Webauftritt benötigen, und es beantwortet Ihre Fragen: Wie nutze ic ... more
"Through a case study of Kiva.org, the world's first person-to-person microlending website, and other microfinance organizations, the book argues that international development efforts have an affective dimension. This is fostered through narrative and visual representations, through the performance ... more
"We provide practical, effective strategies for civil society organisations that seek to raise and maintain their visibility and impact both in the real and virtual worlds. The cornerstone of our in-country/in the field interventions is our publication Making the Media Work for You: A Guide for Civi ... more
"How effective are celebrities, not just in helping to draw attention to distant suffering, but in actually regulating spectators’ mediated experiences of the lives of distant strangers? What function does the perceived authenticity of a celebrity play in their role as mediator? This article seeks ... more
"Wie können Soziale Medien sinnvoll und gewinnbringend genutzt werden? Diese Frage stellt sich auch Non-Profit-Organisationen, insbesondere solchen, die weniger ressourcenstark sind. Das Grundprinzip Sozialer Medien, niedrigschwellig, schnell, direkt und partizipativ zu kommunizieren und sich zu ve ... more
"The planning steps included in this implementation kit provide guidance on how to develop a communication strategy for social and behavior change communication (SBCC). The steps and tools are designed to help program managers, communication specialists and relevant stakeholders prepare and plan for ... more
"Complex TV offers a sustained analysis of the poetics of television narrative, focusing on how storytelling has changed in recent years and how viewers make sense of these innovations. Through close analyses of key programs, including The Wire, Lost, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Veronica Mars, Curb ... more
"Online communication is widely used by NGOs, but the full potential of social media is not always realised. The most effective use of online communications requires an organisational culture that values social media as central to its overall strategy. However, there is frequently a lack of integrat ... more
"In July 2013, 13 think tanks in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda embarked on a mission to strengthen their Policy Engagement and Communications (PEC) capacity. Over the course of 15 months, the think tanks worked with a mentor to diagnose their capacity needs and develop a PEC ... more
"Policy briefs are useful influencing tools for think tanks and research institutions. Along with other short items, such as blogs and newspaper articles, they may be the only items from your organisation that busy policymakers will read. This quick guide is aimed at researchers and communications s ... more

Krisenkommunikation

Konstanz; München: UVK, 2., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2014), 255 pp.
"»Krisen meistert man am besten, indem man ihnen zuvorkommt«. Nach diesem Motto vermitteln Peter Höbel und Thorsten Hofmann wichtiges Grundlagenwissen über Krisen, beschreiben, wie man sich auf schwierige Situationen vorbereitet (Prävention) und zeigen angemessene Reaktion im Krisenfall (Interv ... more

Video for Change

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 453-470
"This chapter argues that in order to understand contemporary forms of video activism, we need to extend our analytical scope beyond the confinements of the strategic work of social movement actors. It offers a schematic map of the various fields and disciplines in which video for social change has ... more