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Communicating Climate Change: A Practitioner’s Guide

Climate & Development Knowledge Network’s (CDKN) guide to communicating climate change offers tips for practitioners to effectively communicate climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on convincing people of the need for immediate action.  The guide’s geographic focus is on climate communications in the Global South and draws from CDKN’s …

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How to Use Social Media to Better Engage People Affected by Crises

Online communication platforms have become a lifeline for millions of people affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts: social media and messaging apps help maintain contact with family and friends, and provide access to information, such as where to find food, shelter or medical assistance. This information can directly influence how people prepare for, respond …

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Social Media E-Learning Course: Sharing the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Social Media

  Social Media E-Learning Course: Sharing the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Social Media The use of social media is becoming an integral part of communication and community engagement for humanitarian work. Recognizing the potential of social media communication to support vulnerable people before, during and after a disaster, national societies throughout the …

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Catalogue of Social Media Analysis Tools (SMAT)

The catalogue has been extracted from report (2015) ‘Social Media Analysis Tools for Preparedness’. The tools included in this cataloge refer to a mapping done in July 2015 with a specific focus on disaster preparedness and risk reduction work of humanitarian actors.   

State Of Social Media Technologies For Disaster Preparedness In Asia-Pacific Region

This report summarizes the results of a study on teh implications of social media analysis tools for disaster preparedness focusing on the Asia Pacific region. Two methodological approaches were performed, including an online survey and in-depth interviews with humanitarian organizations in the Asia-Pacific region. The findings from both interview and survey data revealed the state of humanitarian …

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The role of information and communication technologies in post conflict reconstruction

This report is concerned with the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and postconflict reconstruction, especially with ways in which ICTs can be used by governments and donors to support the transition from violence to stability. © 2014 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank

Social Media in the Disaster Cycle- Useful Tools or Mass Distraction?

Social media presents new vehicles for interactive communication and user-generated content using an array of Web- and mobile-based tools. As a result, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are widely used around the world for entertainment but there is growing interest in using them during and  following natural or man-made disasters. Due to their ease of use …

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National Violence Outbreak Early Warning System in Kenya

Google Tech Talk (more below)March 2, 2011 Presented by Zab Vilayil. ABSTRACT Effective early warning systems have been recognized as prudent investments, and when coupled with early preparedness for early response; they help in mitigating conflict and increasing stability. Kenya’s post election violence of 2007/2008 cast a dark shadow in the country as response options …

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