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Tag Archives: Development
Apr 20 2012
How did Kony2012 Go Viral and Should We Copy It?
Leave a commentIn this short draft extract from a much longer paper I argue that what made #Kony2012 go viral was not the slick content or the Invisible Children brand – it was its focus on networking as an end in itself.
Posted by: April 20, 2012
Tagged with: campaigns, campaings, coverthenight, Development, humanitarian communications, Kony2012, NGO, public sphere
Apr 18 2012
Kony2012 and the digital challenge to the public sphere (new research paper)
1 CommentThis is a short early draft extract from a much longer paper I am writing for the International Broadcasting Trust on the future of the ‘public sphere’ in the digital age. In other words, how does our ability to communicate … Continue reading
Posted by: April 18, 2012
Tagged with: Development, humanitarian communications, IBT, internet, Kony2012, papers, politics, public sphere, Research
Jan 31 2012
Telling Stories About Global Health and Development: Polis at Gates in Seattle
Leave a commentThis is an article I wrote for the Gates Foundation blog, Impatient Optimists, in advance of their #storytelling conference where I chair one of the sessions. It asks how are we going to get the kind of journalism that can … Continue reading
Posted by: January 31, 2012
Tagged with: Development, Gates, health, Seattle
Nov 15 2011
Four steps to success in a humanitarian appeal
2 CommentsPeople are exhausted by messages they receive from humanitarian NGOs. They’ve become desensitized to images of distant suffering and repeated appeals for help. But, ultimately, people want to do good. So what can humanitarian NGOs do to better open the … Continue reading
Posted by: November 15, 2011
Tagged with: Development, events, guest blog, Guest bloggers, humanitarian comms, NGOs
Nov 4 2011
Connecting communities, connecting people: social media and humanitarian campaigns (guest blog)
1 CommentWhat difference does social media make to a global campaign on a vast issue like HIV/Aids? Polis intern Wanda O’Brien reports on the latest Polis Media Agenda Talk. “Every minute a child is born with HIV.” How does that statement … Continue reading
Posted by: November 4, 2011
Tagged with: Claudia Gonzales, Development, GLobal Fund, HIV, humanitarian comms, Media Agenda Talks
Nov 2 2011
Who Cares? Polis panel debate on public perceptions of humanitarian aid
1 CommentIn a world of disasters and suffering brought to your living room every night or to your laptop every second, who cares? When you see an advert by Action Aid or a leaflet from Oxfam what you do? How do … Continue reading
Posted by: November 2, 2011
Tagged with: Development, humanitarian comms, NGOs, Polis Events
Oct 7 2011
How To Get Sustainable Social Media For Social Change
1 CommentThe problem for development donors and activists who engage with social media may not be a lack of enthusiasm, innovation, skills or even resources. The issue for me is sustainability. We don’t want a social media philanthropy social media boom … Continue reading
Posted by: October 7, 2011
Tagged with: aid, Charities, Development, humanitarian, indigo trust, NGOs, philanthropy, social media
Sep 15 2011
The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and Development (conference notes)
2 CommentsYou don’t usually get this many smart suits at a development conference, but Indigo Trust‘s The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and Development at trendy Kings Place was seeking to bring together money, technology and the developing world. … Continue reading
Posted by: September 15, 2011
Tagged with: accountability, Africa, Development, Facebook, Indigo, mobiles, Omidyar, social media, transparency
Jun 16 2011
A Virtual Civil Society?
Leave a commentIf you walk down the corridors of most development organisations you will see the words ‘civil society’ on many of the name-plates screwed to the office doors. Comforting words engraved on nice solid plaques. But what does it mean? This … Continue reading
Posted by: June 16, 2011
Tagged with: Africa, Development, humanitarian comms, new media
May 16 2011
Social media and democratic governance: the next decade (Wilton Park paper)
1 CommentThese are the notes for a presentation I gave as part of the Wilton Park conference on ‘media, social media and democratic governance’. This has been an extraordinary period for news and also for the way that news is created … Continue reading
Posted by: May 16, 2011
Tagged with: Africa, Democracy, Development, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, media law, media literacy, Media Policy, Middle East, Polis research, Political Communications
