Media and Telecoms Landscape Guides

Generic Message Library

Database of messages covering alerts, risk mitigation & service provision for crisis-affected populations:

  • 399 messages, covering
  • 73 threats
 

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Topics covered:

  • Why communication matters 
  • Knowing your target audience 
  • Crafting and adapting messages 
  • Communication: A two way process

 
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What's New

December 20, 2012
infoasaid project has come to an end

As some of you may know, the infoasaid project has now ended and the team has disbanded. The website will remain active at least until June 2013 and the tools and resource developed during the project may be transferred to other websites and sustained by other organisations thereafter.

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December 19, 2012
Embedding communication with crisis-affected communities in aid agencies: a surmountable challenge

Communication
with crisis-affected communities is more complex than one may expect. It
requires specialised skills, systems and resources to make it happen. Integrating communication systematically, predictably and consistently in the
emergency programmes of aid agencies, requires institutional change.

 

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December 14, 2012
Giving a voice to crisis-affected communities

The achievements of the infoasaid project, which
set out to improve communication between humanitarian organisations and crisis-affected
communities, have been praised during a closing event held at the Department
for International Development (DFID) offices in London.

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November 26, 2012
Indonesia loves TV and Twitter, but radio works in a crisis

Indonesians are in love with television and mobile phones. They are addicted to text messaging and millions of Indonesians use smart phones to surf the internet and keep in touch with their pals. Jakarta generates more Twitter traffic than any other city in the world. Radio has been losing ground to these newer media for several years. Nowadays only 23% of Indonesians listen to the radio regularly.

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October 22, 2012
What will be different when the next disaster hits Haiti?

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti gave rise to several
communications initiatives that helped the local population to deal with the
catastrophe and seek assistance from aid agencies.

To find out how effective two-way communication could
mitigate the impact of future disasters in this earthquake and hurricane-prone
country, see infoasaid’s new Haiti Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide.

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