Communications for Development

• Suggested Resource List (110K pdf)

Definitions

• Communication, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Public Relations, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Non-Governmental Organization, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Associations and Societies

• Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS)
• Center for Communications and Community (C3)
• Center for Development Communication (CDC)
• Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management
• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
• Plain Language Association International (PLAIN)
• Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
• World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)

E-Books

• The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr., (1999).
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant, by Chuck Guilford, (2005).
• Sharpening Your Writing Skills, by Duncan Kent & Associates Ltd., (2002).

Internet and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): Integrating digital tools into your projects, Peace Corps, (2003). (4.3 Mb pdf)
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers: Computer and Internet Use for Development, Peace Corps, (2002).
  • Facilitator guide (869K pdf)
  • Participant handbook (869K pdf)
• ICT for Development Network
• Radio for Peacebuilding Africa

PhotoVoice

• Photovoice resources provided by the International Visual Methodologies for Social Change Project.
• Palibroda, B., et al. (2009). A practical guide to photovoice: Sharing pictures, telling stories and changing communities. Winnipeg, MN: The Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence. (1.47 Mb pdf)
• PhotoVoice.org builds skills within disadvantaged and marginalized communities using photography and digital storytelling methods so that they develop tools for advocacy and communications to achieve positive social change.

Web Writing

• Applying Writing Guidelines to Web Pages, by John Morkes & Jakob Nielsen, (1998).
• How Users Read on the Web, Jakob Nielsen, (1997).
  

Recommended Resources

• Communicating the impact of communication for development: Recent trends in empirical research, N. Inagaki (2007). (World Bank Working Paper No. 120) (713K pdf)
  
• Dissemination vs. dialogue: A false dichotomy, by Arvind Singhal.
• Effective Information, Education and Communication in Vietnam G. Laverack & T. Anh Tuan, (2002).
• HIV/AIDS Among Zimbabwean Adolescents: Can Improving their Ability to Use Communication Methods Really Make a Difference? And, What is the Communication for Social Change Stuff?, D. G. Felder, (2001). An address to the VIII International Communication for Development Roundtable, Managua, Nicaragua.
• Mchombu, K. (2002). Sharing knowledge for community development and transformation: A handbook. Ottawa: Oxfam Canada. (395K pdf)
• McIntyre, P. (2000). Streams of knowledge: The role of water and sanitation resource centres in closing the gap on unmet needs. Delft, The Netherlands: IRC, International Water and Sanitation Centre. (848K pdf)
• Media Development Journal, Issue No. 4, 2004
• Media Development Journal, Issue No. 3, 2006
• O'Sullivan, S., & Dutton, S. (2000). Resource centre manual: How to set up and manage a resource centre. London: Healthlink Worldwide.
• Uploading dissonance: YouTube and the US occupation of Iraq, C. Christensen (2008). Article published in Media, War & Conflict, 1(2), 155-175. Access available on campus only.
• Wireless technology for social change: Trends in mobile use by NGOs, S. Kinkade & K. Verclas, UN Foundation - Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership, (2008). (1.1 Mb pdf)

Websites:

• All About Public Relations contains a large amount of resources including publications, articles, toolboxes and glossary.
• Alternative Media: A guide, presents a summary of traditional methods of communicating and their use to communicate messages related to development.
• Changemakers Library Index, various resources available including Communications, Journalism and Technology.
• CITIZENShift: Online media for social change, a platform where users explore social issues through films, photography, articles, blogs and podcasts.
• CIVICUS Toolkits cover topics such as civil society, communication and the media, fundraising, conflict resolution, research, human rights, and gender.
• Communication for Development contains a wealth of information related to communication in the developing world.
• Communication Initiative (CI) Network, a space for the people and organisations supporting communication as a strategy for economic and social development and change.
• Constitute! Forum on Women's Activism, a project of the International Women's Rights Project serving as a multimedia educational resource on citizen engagement and women's constitutional activism.
• Darfur is Dying, an online video game designed to increase both awareness of and activism around the situation in Darfur. The game players represent Darfurian refugees and requires players to keep their refugee camp functioning in the face of possible attack by Janjaweed militias.
• Effect Communications, specializes in public relations for nonprofit organizations, foundations and activist groups. Free resources topics include media, communication, community organizing and fundraising.
• Eyes on Darfur, an Amnesty International project that uses satellite imagery to provide evidence of the destruction in Darfur as well as enabling people worldwide to watch over twelve intact villages using this technology.
• Fifty Crows is a site that features the use of photo essays to highlight social issues.
• Free Management Library for For-Profit and Nonprofit Organizations, virtual library for a wealth of subjects.
• Glocal Times, a web magazine published three times a year by Malmö University's Master in Communication for Development, based in Sweden.
• Green Media Toolshed, contains tip sheets, reference guides, planning tools, and templates for improving communications skills.
• Media Toolbox: Dealing with the Media, a toolbox of resources on the do's and dont's of working with the media.
• Media Trust: Helping Charities Communicate contains online guides for media and communications issues.
• MobileActive.org, a resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide.
• One Laptop per Child (OLPC), strives to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.
• OneLook Reverse Dictionary, lets you describe a concept and retrieve a list of words and phrases related to that concept.
• Panos London promotes dialogue, debate and change.
• A Plain English Handbook, Office of Investor Education and Assistance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (1998). (1.06 Mb pdf)
• PlainTrain, Plain Language Online Training, contains tips and techniques for improving your communication skills with the use of plain language.
• Purdue University's Online Writing Lab, The OWL Family of Sites offers online handouts covering writing, research, grammar, and MLA and APA style.
• The SPIN Project, assists nonprofit social justice organizations to communicate for themselves. Tutorials, publications, case studies and links are available.
• Successful Communication Online Toolkit, ODI. This set of tools assists the user with the steps of a communication process, and to find links to further information, guidelines and resources.
• UNICEF - Rwanda, Rwandan and Liberian youths capture images of their lives at 'Eye See III' workshop.
• The UVic Writer's Guide, from the University of Victoria, British Columbia. The guide is an introduction to the process of writing and to the study of literature.
• Witness: See it. Film it. Change it: empowering people to transform personal stories of abuse into tools for justice, public engagement and policy change.
• Working With the Media: A Guide for Researchers, Panos London, (2006).
• Development Communication resources from the World Bank.