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Presented by Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) at the Africa RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Bamako, Mali, 3-4 February 2014
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Africa RISING Communications
Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
Africa RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Bamako, Mali, 3-4 February 2014
Capture, publish, disseminate Engage with wide audiences Enrich learning, interaction and exchange Translate outputs into outcomes Help improve internal communication
(connecting teams)
What we do…
WA: Agathe Diama (Mali) / Faith Afolabi (Ghana) ESA: Faith Afolabi (Malawi, Tanzania), Catherine
Njuguna (Tanzania & program level) ET : Simret Yasabu, Ewen Le Borgne Program level: Simret Yasabu, Peter Ballantyne,
Ewen Le Borgne, Catherine Njuguna, Faith AfolabiCome to us for advice, stories, templates, photos,
presentations, travel plans, activity updates, outputs!
Who we are
Our website to publish stories and results Our wiki to cooperate internally Our Yammer to converse and share information Our CG Space collection to curate our outputs Slideshare and FlickR for presentations, posters
photos Our Google calendar to display most important
events (wiki list of events for the full overview)
What we use
Our website
Where we share news, updates and announcements for the wider public
Our wiki
Where we collaborate, plan, share documents in their early stage, organize events, report activities etc.
Our Yammer
Where we share information and converse…
Our collection of outputs on CG Space
Where we harvest and curate final outputs / products
Our presentations and posters on Slideshare
Where we share presentations and posters
Our pictures on FlickR
Where we share – and find – photos and images
Our Google calendar
Where you can see upcoming events
Align comms with research (plans and actions) But we have comms plans
Develop strong offline comms activities too Collect content / stories to let USAID and others
know what is going on Follow our branding guidelines (one identity!) Get all of us to share information (Yammer,
phone) to learn from and improve this program together!
Our challenges…
The program framework All events (wiki / calendar) documented All templates (presentations, documents etc.) The history of the project Key contacts (and what they do) Overview of the regions (work in progress) Communication plans Branding guidelines And more to come… with your help?
Some gems you can find…
Share stories – for us to help write? (website) Document your work (wiki) Share your information (Yammer / f2f) Inform us about events, travel plans etc. (calendar) Pass on presentations, posters, articles etc. Seek engagement Bring us along on missions and trips! Ask us for information, support, templates, joint work!
What you can do
• List of all the tools: http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/comms_tools• Our website: http://www.africa-rising.net• Our wiki: http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/• Our Yammer: https://www.yammer.com/africa-rising • 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 calendar: http://goo.gl/2m56L or
http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/Calendar• Our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCLZXIdq9v2SQOoOfCr0_w9ZdkovX5zqv
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Useful links
Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation
africa-rising.net
