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- Name (Do NOT forget to upload a picture; that helps being admitted to KM4Dev)
- Melvin
- Occupation/Title
- Information and Communications Officer
- Organization
- FAO of the UN
- Organization Type
- UN/Multilateral
- Organization URL
- http://www.foodsec.org
- Areas of KM Expertise
- Online Facilitation, Social Web/Web 2.0, Collaborative Technologies, Communities of Practice, Information Management, Other
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- denise
- Languages Spoken
- English, Italian, French, Spanish, Tagalog
Denise Melvin's Blog
Food Security Communications Toolkit from FAO - now in English, French and Spanish!
Food security and other development professionals increasingly realize that they must use communications strategically for their work to have maximum impact. While most organizations have invested heavily in analysis and research, many still need to enhance their communications to ensure their findings reach their intended users and action is taken.
This practical toolkit helps food security professionals develop a communication strategy and communicate more effectively with their…
ContinuePosted on November 5, 2012 at 6:33am
Knowledge management within IFAD: Training the trainers
In April 2010, IFAD and FAO launched a joint programme to provide people working on poverty reduction projects, with the skills and tools required to gather and share knowledge gleaned from their projects. Different workshops in knowledge sharing techniques, writing effectively for different audiences, and systematisation were held in 2011.
The last workshop was a "training of trainers" session, which specifically aimed to upscale the whole process. Participants of…
ContinuePosted on March 24, 2012 at 3:02am
One Page Practical Guides on Knowledge Sharing Techniques
Short and sweet - please feel free to reuse or distribute them in your training events
> Communities of Practice
> After Action Reviews and Retrospects…
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 6:40am — 7 Comments
Communicating for Food Security - free e-learning course from FAO
This complete course is available for free at www.foodsec.org/dl
It is aimed at development professionals - especially those working on fields related to food security. The course includes sections on:
- writing a communication strategy
- communicating with policy makers
- working with the media
- writing news articles, policy briefs, reports, case studies and more
Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:13am
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 7:33am on September 1, 2011, Patrick Cardiff said…
Denise,
Can you believe it? I still cannot download the one-pagers from the fao website. It just times out. I suppose I'm specifically interested in the way information for learning is condensed such that the most important aspects of the information transfer are preferred, and the process remains efficient, but at the same time the words condensed act as a springboard for interests, discussion, etc.
Pat
- At 7:01am on August 1, 2011,
Dilipsing Bayas said… - Thank you Denise for accepting request...
