All Blog Posts Tagged 'social' (5)

Impact Investing: Big investment, little financial benefits, more social impact... “What, Why & How?”

Impact Investing is a growing developmental tool. It can play a good role in the development of any country especially in developing countries. For example, the Impact Investor can invest their money for food production, preservation and food processing. In our world, there are many countries where sometimes food productions cross their needs and it is easy for develop…

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Added by Suman Chowdhury Mony on February 17, 2014 at 8:04am — No Comments

Social media for activism – Driver for societal change or overhyped myth?

For a while now I am following what seems to be a trench battle between the so-called “cyber-utopians”, who see social media as the guarantor of a new age of equality, democracy and civil rights, and the critical skeptics who point out that they’ve seen it all before and who see social media as an overstretched hype with no real impact on the real world.

The Arab Spring and the related media coverage regarding the role of social media have surely added a new quality to the…

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Added by Johannes Schunter on October 20, 2011 at 9:36pm — No Comments

Updated Results from KM Survey, as of 2nd June 2010

Hello,

We want to thank everyone who has taken the survey so far, we have received over 140 reponses and hope we can reach the 200 mark by the end of this month. If you haven't taken the survey yet, please do so at:

http://www.ark-group.com/Surveys/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=4MK8p53Imn93G and receive in pdf format for free:

Implementing a successful KM programme

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Added by Steven Oesterreich on June 2, 2010 at 4:18am — No Comments

Utilizing Social Media for International Development

(This post was originally published on Engaging Development)

As emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) diffuse throughout the world, the transference of knowledge, ideas and

perspectives has become more seamless, instant and affordable. On the

same token, however, the ability to reach the right audiences amidst all

the noise is becoming more… Continue

Added by Chris Rottler on May 4, 2010 at 3:44pm — No Comments

Disseminating Knowledge for Health on a Micro-Targeted Level

As emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) diffuse throughout the world, the transference of knowledge, ideas and perspectives has become more seamless, instant and affordable. On the same token, however, the ability to reach the right audiences amidst all the noise is becoming more difficult.

ICTs have democratized publishing, allowing organizations, large and small, to sidestep traditional media outlets and step onto their own digital soapboxes and broadcast… Continue

Added by Chris Rottler on December 9, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments