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DB Classifieds - Training, Materials, Conferences, 
July 4, 2001


from The Communication Initiative partnership
...global forces...local choices...critical voices...telling stories...
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TRAINING 
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1. Working with the Media - A strategic communications workshop for NGOs (July 11-13 2001) - Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria

Media Resource and Advocacy Centre (MRAC), announces it's three-day strategic communications training workshop aimed at providing insight into strategies in health promotion, advocacy and general publicity for development programs and projects. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/282-event.html
                                     

2. Field Diplomacy & Peacebuilding Training (Aug 29 - Sep 2 2001) - Leuven, Belgium

Issues covered include: What are the tools and strategies available for the 'field diplomat'? How to assess the impact of an intervention? What are the specific mechanisms at work in reconciliation? What is the difference between a problem solving and a solution focused approach? How to deal with stress in the field?
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/284-event.html


3. Culture, Communication & Health (December 8-10 2001) - London, UK

The aim of this course is to improve communication skills and understanding of local cultures while working overseas.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/225-event.html


4. Social Marketing Course (Jul 30 - Aug 3 2001) - Locarno, Switzerland

...a one-week introductory course on social marketing in the Health Administration Department at the Summer University in Switzerland.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/180-event.html


5. Information & Communication Technologies for Developing Countries - Virtual Course

Key concepts and specific examples of activities in this emerging field will be explored through lectures, assigned readings, an electronic forum with invited guests and/or moderators...
http://www.comminit.com/Training/sld-1516.html


To place your training events in DB Classifieds please contact Warren Feek wfeek@comminit.com


See other training events listed at 
http://www.comminit.com/training.html  with a page of information on each event  


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BOOKS and other MATERIALS
http://www.comminit.com/materials.html
 

6.  Debating Development: NGOs & the Future - by Deborah Eade and Ernst Ligteringen

While NGOs have enjoyed a high profile in recent years, there are signs that their heyday is over... 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2081.html


7. The Pacific Journalist: A Practical Guide - edited by David Robie

"The Pacific is littered with instances of publishers and journalists being chastised and chased.” 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2082.html



8. Making Policy, Making Change: How Communities are Taking Law into Their Own Hands - by Makani N. Themba

...[uses] case studies... to provide a practical guidebook for activists... 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2086.html


9.  A Future for the Excluded - Edited by Carmen Raff and Miguel Sobrado
 

Job creation and Income Generation by the Poor
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1913.html


10. Fissures in the Mediascape. An International Study of Citizens’ Media - by Clemencia Rodriguez

...a comparative study of four cases of electronic media in the hands of citizens (Nicaragua, Catalonia, Colombia, Latino/as in the US). Each case study is based on fieldwork...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1809.html


11. Communicating Through Story Characters by Pam Brooke

>From Aesop's fables to Christ's parables to the Grimm Brother's fairytales, storytelling has been a valuable teaching tool throughout history...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1912.html


12. The Daily Globe : Environmental Change, the Public & the Media - Edited by Joe Smith

...about media treatment and public understanding of key environmental issues around the world...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1896.html


13. The Pengiun Atlas of Human Sexual Behavior: Sexuality and Sexual Practice around the World by Dr. Judith Mackay et al

Chapters on Sexuality, Mating, Reproduction, Sexual Health, The Business of Sex, Sexual Rites, Sex Crimes, and Evolution...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-552.html  


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Visit - http://www.comminit.com/materials.html - for introductory information on over 200 books and other materials. Do a key word search of the Materials section of the web site to identify materials that meet your interests. For example: 


14. South Asian Atlas of Children & Women
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2136.html

15.Telecentres: Case Studies & Key Issues
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2137.html

16. Audio for Distance Education and Open Learning: A Practical Guide for Planners and Producers
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2138.html

17. Case Studies of Non-Formal Education by Distance and Open Learning
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2139.html

18. Lessons from MSH: Strategic Planning: Reflections on Process & Practice
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2140.html

19. HIV/AIDS in China and its Implications for Tibetans and other Minorities
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2142.html

20. Reproductive Health Sample Curricula
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2080.html


VACANCIES
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CONFERENCES and other EVENTS 
http://www.comminit.com/2001-events.html


23. 10th World Congress on Health & Medical Informatics Towards Global Health: the Informatics Route to Knowledge (Sep 2-5 2001) - London, UK

A Programme of scientific papers, posters, scientific demonstrations, panels and workshops will be delivered by world experts...through 10 parallel streams...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/294-event.html


24. International Global Knowledge Russia Conference (Sep 28-29 2001) - Moscow, Russia

Objectives: to raise awareness of Russian decision makers; to involve the Russian Federation; to demonstrate and to discuss GK related Russian and overseas programs and projects
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/297-event.html


25. 2nd International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (Oct 10-14 2001) - Minneapolis-St.Paul, USA

...will bring together scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students from many disciplines and fields for a program of keynote addresses, paper presentations, formal discussions, and informal exchanges. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/298-event.html


26. Sustainability in the Information Society - 15th International Symposium Informatics for Environmental Protection (Oct 10-12 2001) - Zürich, Switzerland

...bringing together people from the scientific, public administration and business communities who develop or use informatics applications in the environmental field...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/299-event.html


27. 12th International Conference on AIDS & STDs in Africa (Dec 9-13 2001) - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

Conference aims include: [a] Review major advances in understanding the HIV/AIDS/STD epidemic from a community, socio-economic, cultural, political, epidemiological, clinical and basic science standpoint. [b] Provide a forum for a critical analysis [c] discuss the extent to which these responses have impacted on the course and status of the epidemic.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/281-event.html


28. International Union of Health Education & Promotion Conference (Jul 15-20 2001) - Paris, France

Three major goals: [a] Advocate for health [b] Improve effectiveness [c] Build capacity - to contribute to the development of capacity in countries to undertake health promotion and health education activities 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/283-event.html


29. 2001 CIVICUS World Assembly Aug 19-23 2001 - Vancouver, Canada

Thematic Streams: Citizen Action and Volunteering: Building a Movement for Social and Economic Change Cross Sectoral Collaboration to Promote Sustainable Change 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/245-event.html


Summaries of over 250 upcoming conferences and meetings. Organised by Month. Searchable by key word. Check it out!
http://www.comminit.com/2001-events.html    


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CONSULTANTS
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30. You will find details on 250 plus consultants at http://www.comminit.com/exchange.html Do a key word search of the Consultants section of the web site to identify people with the qualities you need.   
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