In our first ever vlog post, I review “Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century” by Kathryn Sikkink. Follow us on YouTube! [youtube]https://youtu.be/2oBqezBE2Y4[/youtube] My post on Human Rights fatigue and communications for development.
“Echo chamber” must be one of hottest expressions right now. Even a superficial look into recent studies around it identifies some serious concerns for development communicators. The echo chamber is having a real impact on democracy, social change and all the goal development communications work towards. In the meantime, we …
While writing a speech for my manager last week, I found myself really questioning the effects of the examples I was using. They’re figures I use all the time. Things like “over 800 children die from preventable diseases caused by unsafe water, and a lack of sanitation and hygiene”, or “In …
Every Friday the Quartet chooses from media we’ve consumed this week. Alex How to use brown people to illustrate a story about overpopulation An older post that only came to my attention yesterday on Twitter. Eye opener on the small things we do as communicators – journalists, marketeers, advocates – that …
Infographics as the perfect way to capture the complexities of information related to international development and aid.
Welcome to Quartet4Development! Why are we here? People are working hard across the globe to make the world a better place. But without savvy digital communications to advocate opportunities for progress, this hard work may not advance international development goals. Social change can also be driven from within communities, but …
