introduction to the communication tools used in africa rising
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Presented by Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) at the Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012TRANSCRIPT
Introduction to the communication tools used
in Africa RISINGEwen Le Borgne (ILRI)
Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting,
Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012
They help us to:* Inform, engage with and influence wide audiences* Translate outputs into outcomes, getting knowledge into use* Improve our effectiveness by enriching learning, interaction and exchange* Capture, publish and disseminate our products and outputs* Improve internal communication, by linking and connecting teams
Our Comms / knowledge sharing tools
Our wiki
Collaboration space to support planning, sharing early documents, reporting and organizing events.
Our calendar
Where you can see upcoming events
Our collection of outputs on CG Space
Repository of documents and other final products
Our website
Where to share news, updates and announcements
Our presentations on Slideshare
Where to share presentations and posters
Our pictures on FlickR
Where to share – and find – photos and images
Soon…?
YouTube?
Yammer?
Now!
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Who is part of the Comms / KS team?
• A team at program level (Peter Ballantyne, Ewen Le Borgne)
• For each of the mega sites:• Catherine Njuguna & Jeffrey Oliver for respectively East &
Southern Africa• Katherine Lopez for the Guinea Savannah• Tsehay Gashaw (someone to be recruited soon) for the
Ethiopian Highlands
• But everyone is part of the efforts of the Comms team!
Some useful links
• List of all the tools: http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/comms_tools• Our wiki: http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/• Our calendar: http://goo.gl/2m56L or http://africa-
rising.wikispaces.com/Calendar• Our outputs on CG Space:
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/16498• Our presentations on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/africa-
rising• Our pictures on FlickR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/africa-rising• Our website: http://www.africa-rising.net• Soon, YouTube, Yammer
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Thank you!