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Introduction to the communication tools used in Africa RISING Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012
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Introduction to the communication tools used in Africa RISING

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Presented by Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) at the Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012
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Page 1: Introduction to the communication tools used in Africa RISING

Introduction to the communication tools used

in Africa RISINGEwen Le Borgne (ILRI)

Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Research Review and Planning Meeting,

Arusha, Tanzania, 1-5 October 2012

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They help us to:* Inform, engage with and influence wide audiences* Translate outputs into outcomes, getting knowledge into use* Improve our effectiveness by enriching learning, interaction and exchange* Capture, publish and disseminate our products and outputs* Improve internal communication, by linking and connecting teams

Our Comms / knowledge sharing tools

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Our wiki

Collaboration space to support planning, sharing early documents, reporting and organizing events.

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Our calendar

Where you can see upcoming events

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Our collection of outputs on CG Space

Repository of documents and other final products

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Our website

Where to share news, updates and announcements

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Our presentations on Slideshare

Where to share presentations and posters

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Our pictures on FlickR

Where to share – and find – photos and images

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Soon…?

YouTube?

Yammer?

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Now!

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Who is part of the Comms / KS team?

• A team at program level (Peter Ballantyne, Ewen Le Borgne)

• For each of the mega sites:• Catherine Njuguna & Jeffrey Oliver for respectively East &

Southern Africa• Katherine Lopez for the Guinea Savannah• Tsehay Gashaw (someone to be recruited soon) for the

Ethiopian Highlands

• But everyone is part of the efforts of the Comms team!

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Some useful links

• List of all the tools: http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/comms_tools• Our wiki: http://africa-rising.wikispaces.com/• Our calendar: http://goo.gl/2m56L or http://africa-

rising.wikispaces.com/Calendar• 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 website: http://www.africa-rising.net• Soon, YouTube, Yammer

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Thank you!