Communication

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  • Keywords:
  • Elections
  • Hate speech
  • Communication
  • Media monitoring
  • Languages:
  • polski
  • English
Global Voices is an international, multilingual community of writers, translators and human rights activists. Together, it leverages the power of the Internet to tell stories that build understanding across borders. How is this done? Report: Its multilingual newsroom team reports on people whose voices and experiences rarely appear in mainstream media. Translate: Its Lingua volunteers make stories available in dozens of languages to ensure that language is not a barrier to understanding. Defend: The Advox team advocates for free speech online, paying special attention to legal, technical and physical threats to people using the Internet to speak out in the public interest. Empower: Rising Voices provides training and mentorship to local underrepresented communities who want to tell their own stories using participatory media tools.
  • Keywords:
  • Media Literacy
  • Digital well-being
  • Resilience
  • Open Data
  • Communication
  • Languages:
  • English
WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organisation based in Brooklyn, New York. Its mission is to partner with on-the-ground organisations to support the documentation of human rights violations and their consequences to further public engagement, policy change and justice.
  • Keywords:
  • Online Campaigning
  • Communication
  • Communication strategy
  • Project management
  • Languages:
  • English
A tool for building creative and transformative advocacy campaigns that engage people in meaningful ways. The Campaign Accelerator offers a collaborative planning process that blends tried and true strategy tools with the best in design thinking, lean start-up principles, and participatory approaches to problem-solving. Your organisation can attend private or public training sessions and receive step-by-step instructions, facilitation tips and printable templates for each module of the Campaign Accelerator planning process.

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Political Capital | 13 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Social media monitoring tools in NGO practice

What can we learn about our organization using social media monitoring tools?

Political Capital | 14 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Traditional media disappearing - what does this mean for NGOs?

We are inundated with information, but we still know nothing about important things. In addition to the exhausting traditional platforms, we find our way through newer and newer channels, but we usually receive filtered information and endless impulses. Division is growing, trust is in ruins. Instead of running away, it's worth understanding the situation, and we also have room for maneuver as an NGO.

NIOK | 5 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Dare to BE (scared)! Tips for organisational crisis communication

Why is it important for an NGO to proactively address the issue, how can crisis communication help and what are the most important steps?

NIOK | 9 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Using AI in tenders - pros and cons

When and how much work can be saved by using ChatGPT for tenders?

NIOK | 8 min read | Oct 2, 2024

I want video material - who should I work with?

There comes a time in the life of many NGOs when they commission a professional crew to produce a video - but what does it look like in practice? What to prepare for and what to avoid?

NIOK | 6 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Messages in Video Format: It Is Not What You Say That Comes Across to the Viewer, But What You Believe in

The biggest manipulators, including, for example, Arthur Finkelstein, who developed the Soros campaign, realized important things about the workings of the public, which we need to understand if we want video campaigns aimed at social change.

NIOK | 9 min read | Oct 2, 2024

I Will Tell You in a Video. What Hungarian Civilians Should Learn from Mohammed and Omar

How did the vlog of two Palestinian boys reach more people on Instagram than the UN Food Programme?

NIOK | 5 min read | Oct 2, 2024

NIOK | 6 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Increasing Your Reach on Social Media

To find out what influences social media reach and how we can put the algorithm to work for you, read on!

NIOK | 6 min read | Oct 2, 2024

Bridging Values with Action: Hope-based Communications feat. Thomas Coombes

We live in multilayered, complicated, and complex times. The ambivalence and ambiguity of the world have never been so visible on a daily basis. Alongside growth, development, and positive societal changes, we also observe rising inequalities, human rights violations, and social problems.

Hive Mind | 3 min read | Sep 18, 2024

Navigating Disinformation Trends and Civil Society Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe: Regional Mapping Reports 2023-2024

In an era where disinformation is a persistent threat to democratic societies, understanding its complex and evolving nature is crucial for the resilience of civil society organizations (CSOs) and the wider society.

Hive Mind | 4 min read | Aug 30, 2024

How to do activist work in hostile environment? 5 elements of resilience - Resiliency Kit Q&A Series with Mariam Kvaratskhelia

There are parts of the world where civil society organizations are facing growing challenges, from government crackdowns to opposition threats. The struggle is real, but there’s hope. If you have ever wondered if anyone could share their best lessons learned, you're in the right place!

Hive Mind | 2 min read | Aug 30, 2024

Media Literacy: An Essential Tool in the Fight Against Disinformation

In today's information society, where digital technologies and the internet are increasingly important, media literacy is becoming an indispensable skill area. This includes the ability to analyze information, understand its sources, and to understand how the media shape our perception of the world.

Civic Resilience Initiative | 4 min read | Aug 26, 2024

Strengthen Your Media Literacy Skills and Navigate with Confidence

We live in an era where the flow of information is constant, coming from countless sources: friends, social media, YouTube shows, and news platforms. But with so much content at our fingertips, a crucial question arises: how can we distinguish truth from falsehood?

MAKAIA | 2 min read | Aug 16, 2024

Crisis Communication II: Crisis Communication Plan

A crisis communication plan is a pre-prepared strategy for how an organisation will communicate during unexpected or challenging situations that may negatively impact the organization's reputation.

VIA Association | 10 min read | Aug 1, 2024

Artemisszió Alapítvány | 8 min read | Jul 24, 2024

Crisis Communication I: Better Safe than Sorry

In this day and age of fast and easy information sharing, it is highly unlikely that any crisis involving your organization will not reach the public or at least your staff. Crisis communications should therefore be one of the core disciplines that every communications team should seriously address.

VIA Association | 6 min read | Jul 23, 2024

How Can You Boost the Traffic with Good Search Terms?

Tips and tools for SEO and website analysis.

NIOK | 14 min read | Jun 21, 2024

How to Develop Safety Recommendations in a Non-Profit Organization

The environment of non-profit organizations tends to be dynamic. Combinations of full-time and part-time workers, volunteers, collaborating freelancers or students on internships are more common here than in corporate settings. Along with the lower budgets that nonprofits typically work with, this vibrancy often translates into some team members using their own equipment or software to do their work. However, this makes it impossible to have a central administration that can, for example, ensure a deadline for mandatory password changes or enforce updates. This makes it all the more necessary to rely on the personal responsibility of team members and to encourage them to follow at least basic security rules.

Petra Kudrna Sobková | 5 min read | Jun 10, 2024

Reshaping Communication: Expert Tips to Connect with Your Audience

In a world filled with disinformation, building meaningful connections with your audience is more important than ever. This article introduces a series of three short video tutorials by our expert and master trainer, Hubert Sobecki, from the Love Does Not Exclude Association in Poland. Focusing on emotional messages, shared values, and a hopeful future, these videos offer essential communication tips for building a strong and engaged community.

Hive Mind | 3 min read | Jun 5, 2024

NIOK | 4 min read | Jun 4, 2024

Countering Disinformation: Your Essential Digital Tools Guide

Disinformation can spread like fire in today's digital age. To mitigate the threat, the TechSoup Guide on Digital Tools for Countering Disinformation equips activists and CSOs with a range of digital tools to identify, analyze, and counter disinformation effectively.

Hive Mind | 1 min read | Jun 4, 2024

MailerLite Experience - MailChimp Alternative for the Rainbow Mission Foundation

Most people know the Foundation for the Budapest Pride Festival and Parade, but their day-to-day work is also about social acceptance of LGBTQ people. They believe in a society in which they recognize the importance of self-awareness and actively work to improve their immediate environment and society.

NIOK | 3 min read | Jun 3, 2024

Using MailChimp at MU Theatre Association in Hungary

For 31 years MU Theatre has been promoting the performing arts culture in Hungary. Through its programmes, it empowers young and old, civic and grassroots initiatives, and empowers active participation through the arts. They work with community groups and educational institutions to give participants the opportunity to develop their creativity, self-awareness and communication, while becoming members of a vibrant cultural community.

NIOK | 5 min read | Jun 3, 2024

How To Prepare For A Crisis? And How To Communicate About It?

Crises come in various forms, often unpredictable, and the organization's ability to ensure operational continuity, adaptability, and prevent reputational risks is directly tied to its preparedness. Staff members must be able to make quick decisions and implement crisis management strategies effectively. The readiness to adapt and respond promptly is crucial. In this article, we will outline steps for your organization to swiftly respond to a crisis and ensure that you are equipped with the knowledge to handle a crisis in a confident and professional manner.

Baltic Centre for Media Excellence | 10 min read | May 27, 2024

The Secret to Successful Communication: Dare to Measure and Change!

Here are some tips on how to start measuring the effectiveness of your own organizational communication.

NIOK | 11 min read | May 9, 2024

Digital Streams of Radicalization, Part I: How Radicalization and Disinformation Interact in the Online World

When we hear about radicalization, we often picture an Islamist, a football hooligan , or a person with extreme views who often commits acts of violence. The behavior of such people is blatant, it is easy to be outraged by them, but it is also easy to distance ourselves from them. In our minds, a radical is a person from another world, from another bubble, someone completely different from us.

Hive Mind | 8 min read | Feb 28, 2024

NIOK | 4 min read | Feb 5, 2024