Hi folks, FYI. Katim Warren Feek wrote: > Materials Supplement - The Drum Beat - 20 > > ***** > > As indicated in The Drum Beat - 20 - May 24th - this is a one-off > supplement. It summarises some recently produced materials that focus on > communication, development and change themes or have significant coverage > of communication strategies and programmes in relation to a specific > development issue. > > A. 'Edutainment - How to make Edutainment work for you'. > > Written by Garth Japhet and published by Soul City in South Africa. This > is a step-by-step guide to designing and managing an edutainment project > for social development. This practical material draws on both the Soul City > experience and a wide range of edutainment programming from around the > world. Sections include: Building a Supportive Environment through > Partnerships; Researching the topic and target audience; Choosing > edutainment media and formats; and Evaluating your edutainment project. > Designed in a work book format. Comes with a planning "poster". Contact > Garth Japhet [log in to unmask] > [Interest declaration - Warren Feek from The Communication Initiative wrote > the foreword] > > B. 'The First Mile of Connectivity - Advancing Telecommunications for > Rural Development through a Participatory Communication Appproach'. > > Edited by Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley. Published by FAO. This > series of essays addresses themes including: Communication as a meeting > ground for sustainable development; Radio and video; Wireless weaves; > Empowering communities in the information society; Public and private > interests; and, the Rural challenge from a global information > infrastructure. Contains many examples of action taking place on these > themes. Contact Loy van Crowder [log in to unmask] > > C. Under the Mupundu Tree - Volunteers in home care for people with > HIV/AIDS and TB in Zambia's Copperbelt. > > A new book and video in the Strategies for Hope Series, published by > ActionAid, describes how community volunteers play a front-line role in > tuberculosis control and home care for people with HIV/AIDS in some of > Zambia's poorest urban areas. The book and video demonstrate how TB > control and home care for people with HIV/AIDS can have a powerful and > mutually reinforcing impact. It is distributed by Teaching-aids at Low Cost > (TALC). http://www.stratshope.org Contact [log in to unmask] > > D. 'A Handbook on Radio and Television Audience Research' > > Published by UNICEF, UNESCO and BBC World Service Training. The aim of the > book is to show how audience research is done: not only to teach the > methods used, but also to show people how to use and interpret the results. > It looks not only at how research into radio and television is done in many > countries - both developed and less developed - but also at research into > advertising effectiveness and how the impact of messages via the media can > be tested and improved. Contact Graham Mytton [log in to unmask] > > E. 'Communications and Development - a practical guide' > > Written by Adam Burke, this has been published by the Social Development > Division of DFiD in the United Kingdom. It provides a background on > development communications; guide to implementing development communication > interventions; and guide to different media - drama, theatre and video, > broadcast and other media. There are a series of 'quick references' > providing the main points and case studies of the practical programming > examples on which the overall material is based. Contact Sarah Hovell > [log in to unmask] > > F. 'Communications Programming for HIV/AIDS: an annotated bibliography' > > Published by UNAIDS. This bibliography contains 667 references to > published and unpublished research, and examples from practice based on > communication strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Its aim is to > be a tool for researchers and practitioners to identify easily key books, > articles and reports. The citations are grouped into 4 categories: > theoretical concepts used in HIV/AIDS communication; HIV/AIDS communication > campaigns; community responses to HIV/AIDS; and culture and context. > Contact [log in to unmask] > > G. 'Information Management for Development Organisations' > > Written by Mike Powell, published by Oxfam UK as part of the Skills and > Practice Series. This book is written for managers of non-government and > community organisations. It aims to help them to think critically about > what kinds of information they, their organisations, their staff, and their > project partners need. It discusses how they can access such information, > manage it, and communicate it in the most effective and equitable way. Some > simple, practical tools are offered, to help managers to relate the ideas > to their own situations. Contact Julia Flynn [log in to unmask] > > H. 'International Institute for Communication and Development [IICD] - > Project Series' > > Brief descriptions of communication and development programmes supported by > the IICD. Examples of initiatives summarised include: Business > Intelligence Trade Points - Burkina Faso; Global teenagers - South Africa > and The Netherlands; Community tele-centers - Tanzania; 'Computer User' > television show - Jamaica; and, e-commerce for non-traditional exporters - > Ghana. Contact Loeki Schaeffers [log in to unmask] > > I. 'Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco > Control' > > A World Bank study on tobacco in developing countries. "Developing > countries can prevent millions of premature deaths and much disability if > they adopt measures to reduce the demand for tobacco" according to the > study. "To effectively reduce demand, governments can raise cigarette > taxes, ban the advertising and promotion of tobacco products, and provide > information on the health risks of smoking directly or through research.". > Contact Rose Mary Romano [log in to unmask] > > J. "Gender and Health: Curriculum Outlines" > > A publication of the Health Department of The Commonwealth Secretariat. It > is one outcome of a 3 year programme of work on Women and Health. A gender > approach is used to consider how social, cultural factors as power > relations between women and men affect inequalities in health. Gender > analysis of the topics encourages the identification of inequalities that > arise from belonging to a sex or from unequal power relations between > sexes. Contact Florence Harding [log in to unmask] > > K. 'Communication for Social Change - a position paper and conference > report' > > >From The Rockefeller Foundation, based on the work of the Rockefeller > facilitated Communication for Social Change network. This material is now > available in booklet form. It outlines the Communication for Social Change > philosophy and strategy. Sections include: An environment for new > thinking; The process of enquiry; Where is good work happening; and, > Capturing impact. There are also highlights of illustrative work in South > Africa, East Africa and Latin America. Contact Brian Byrd > [log in to unmask] > > L. 'How to Design and Produce Radio Serial Drama for Social Development: A > Program Manager's Guide.' > > Written by Esta de Fossard and published by The Johns Hopkins University's > Center for Communication Programs. This volume provides a step-by-step how > to guide for managers of health communication programs interested in using > Enter-Educate serial drama. Combining a popular entertainment format > effectively with educational messages is a "highly specialized activity, > calling for meticulous program design, balanced story writing, and precise > recording techniques". This publication guides people through that > process. Based on extensive JHU/CCP experience and that of the author. > Contact Hugh Rigby [log in to unmask] > > M. 'The Malawi AIDS Assessment Study' > > Completed by a team coordinated by The Government of Malawi and The World > Bank, has a considerable focus on the communication perspective on HIV/AIDS > through an emphasis on changing sexual behavior. Contact Wendy Roseberry > [log in to unmask] > > N. "The Intimate Enemy: Gender Violence and Reproductive Health" > > This briefing is published by Panos. 'Gender violence causes more death > and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria, traffic > accidents or even war....the indirect costs of gender violence to > development are extremely high' The material outlines and details > international gender violence, it's affects, and potential change through > communication and community action. Contact Heather Budge-Reid > [log in to unmask] > > O. "Facing the Challenges of HIV/AIDS/STDs: a gender-based response" > > This is a resource kit to help policy-makers, programme planners and > implementers and service providers develop a gender-based approach to their > work on HIV/AIDS and STDs. Includes tool cards and posters designed as > guides for practical activities to promote gender awareness as well as > attitude and behaviour change. Produced by the Royal Tropical Institute > and SAFAIDS (Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service). > Contact Royal Tropical Institute [log in to unmask] > > *** > > Invitation: These are recently produced materials. We are interested in > doing an issue of The Drum Beat that focuses on 'most useful' books and > other published resource materials. Please tell us your favorite books, > periodicals, training manuals, booklets, posters, etc. Which written > resources have had a significant positive impact on the way that you > approach your work and/or do you find most helpful in the course of your > daily communication, change and development activities? Email > [log in to unmask] Thank you. > > *** > > This was a Drum Beat supplement. > > THE COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE partnership - The Rockefeller Foundation, > UNICEF, USAID, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA, Johns Hopkins University > Center for Communication Programs, The European Union, Soul City, The Panos > Institute, UNAIDS. Information, ideas, linkages and dialogue on > communication, development and change. > > Web Site: http://www.comminit.com > Director: Warren Feek [log in to unmask] > The Drum Beat Editor: Deborah Heimann [log in to unmask]