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6. Communication Tools for Peacebuilding

The communications work of organisations engaging in peacebuilding/conflict transformation can use different concrete tools to get their messages out. After a short introduction and a section on communication as a culture, two levels of communication shall be distinguished: organisational communication outputs (e.g. newsletters, statements, websites) and relations with the media (e.g. press releases, press conferences).

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1. Introduction 2. Communication as a Culture 3. Two levels of Communication a) Organisational communication outputs Organisational Communication Outputs. This is a short overview of possible organisational communication outputs. Using social media for organisational communication, 14/05/08, in: http://www.goodpractice.net/article-archive/using-social-media-for-organisational-communication.htm. This short web-article (on the website 'good practice - know more, do more, achieve more') provides an overview of what social media is and why using it is important. How to write a newsletter? For a short and to-the-point guide for writing a newsletter, check http://www.writingthatsells.com/class.html (last accessed 27/03/2009) Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, Lindblom/Nylund 2006: Advocacy and Lobbying Manual, in: http://www.africandecade.org/trainingmaterials/advocacy-manual (last accessed: 27/03/2009). This manual talks about steps in an advocacy campaign and describes the tool of information package. Ritu R. Sharma: An introduction to Advocacy. Training guide. (Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA), Health and Human Resources Analysis in Africa (HHRAA), USAID, Africa Bureau, Office of Sustainable Development), in: http://dat.acfid.asn.au/documents/an_introduction_to_advocacy_-_training_guide_(full_document).pdf (last accessed: 27/03/09). This guide is written primarily for use in training sessions, but it can also be used by potential advocates as a tool to help them start their own advocacy and design campaign material. [...] b) Relations with the media Relations with the Media. This is a brief introduction to forms that relations with the media can take, American Public Health Association (APHA): Media Advocacy Manual, in: http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/A5A9C4ED-1C0C-4D0C-A56C-C33DEC7F5A49/0/Media_Advocacy_Manual.pdf (last accessed: 27/03/2009). Illustrates how you can work with the media, i.e. how to contact and use the media. How to write a press release? A step-by-step guide can be found here: http://www.pressbox.co.uk/contpr1.htm (last accessed: 27/03/2009). [...]		First activity [...] Second activity [...] Third activity [...] ...

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1. Introduction
2. Communication as a Culture
3. Two levels of Communication
a) Organisational communication outputs

Organisational Communication Outputs. This is a short overview of possible organisational communication outputs.
Using social media for organisational communication, 14/05/08, in: http://www.goodpractice.net/article-archive/using-social-media-for-organisational-communication.htm. This short web-article (on the website 'good practice - know more, do more, achieve more') provides an overview of what social media is and why using it is important.
How to write a newsletter? For a short and to-the-point guide for writing a newsletter, check http://www.writingthatsells.com/class.html (last accessed 27/03/2009)
Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, Lindblom/Nylund 2006: Advocacy and Lobbying Manual, in: http://www.africandecade.org/trainingmaterials/advocacy-manual (last accessed: 27/03/2009). This manual talks about steps in an advocacy campaign and describes the tool of information package.
Ritu R. Sharma: An introduction to Advocacy. Training guide. (Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA), Health and Human Resources Analysis in Africa (HHRAA), USAID, Africa Bureau, Office of Sustainable Development), in: http://dat.acfid.asn.au/documents/an_introduction_to_advocacy_-_training_guide_(full_document).pdf (last accessed: 27/03/09). This guide is written primarily for use in training sessions, but it can also be used by potential advocates as a tool to help them start their own advocacy and design campaign material.
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b) Relations with the media

Relations with the Media. This is a brief introduction to forms that relations with the media can take,
American Public Health Association (APHA): Media Advocacy Manual, in: http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/A5A9C4ED-1C0C-4D0C-A56C-C33DEC7F5A49/0/Media_Advocacy_Manual.pdf (last accessed: 27/03/2009). Illustrates how you can work with the media, i.e. how to contact and use the media.
How to write a press release? A step-by-step guide can be found here: http://www.pressbox.co.uk/contpr1.htm (last accessed: 27/03/2009).
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