The Drum Beat 97 - E-magazines and Discussion Forums

The C.I. strategy includes provision of real-time information on communication and development experiences and thinking, facilitating horizontal linkages between people engaged in communication action, peer commentary on programmes and strategies, and taking opportunities to promote strategic thinking on communication and development issues and problems. We offer a web site, an E-magasine and several Discussion Forums in support of this.

To further our support of your work, we are adding to The C. I. site two NEW sections: 
 

• E-MAGASINES - a listing of newsletters.
  
   
• DISCUSSION FORUMS - a listing of active discussion groups focusing on issues of development for social change. We may also list some inactive discussions which had archives that may be of interest to you.
  
   

Below is a sampling of these new sections.

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E-MAGASINES

1. ARTPAD Project Newsletter - a resource for theatre, participation, & development. Contact: Julie McCarthy julie.mccarthy@man.ac.uk

2. Creative Exchange - a network of practitioners & organisations working with arts & culture for the relief of need worldwide. 

3. e-prodder-mail - weekly e-mail development information service to inform the Southern African development community of events and initiatives in the development field. Contact: yzettet@hsrc.ac.za

4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications) News - monthly e-newsletter, featuring news & activities from across the globe. Available in English or Spanish. 

5. PLANetWIRE - twice-monthly media analysis; writing on trends in coverage on international family planning, population, development, & reproductive health issues. 

6. ehproject.org - online action on extreme poverty worldwide. This website is no longer active. 
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The Drum Beat, issued once a week, focuses on disseminating information on selected programmes, data, materials, people, and media sources from communication, development and change organisations.

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7. eXchange - published quarterly in print & electronic format. Covers information technology for development topics & is mainly addressed to the development community. This magazine is no longer published.

8. Bytes for all - development stories, programmes & information for & from South Asia. 

9. Immunization Focus - published quarterly from the Global Alliance for Vaccines & Immunization. Contact: gavi@unicef.org

10. Environmental Health Project - in english & spanish, a monthly e-newsletter about improving environmental conditions & reducing exposure to health risks. 

11. Adapting to Change Newsletter - a learning programme on population, reproductive health & health sector reform. 

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Check out other NEW Developments from The Communication Initiative:

Click here for AWARDS

Click here for TRAINING

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12. BATIK - Bulletin d'Analyse sur les Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication. Lettre d'information électronique mensuelle publiée par OSIRIS l'Observatoire sur les Systèmes d'Information, les Réseaux et les Inforoutes au Sénégal. Contact: osagna@osiris.sn

13. Half The World - focuses on news, issues, books and web sites of interest to women, most of which aren't heavily publicised in the mainstream media. This newsletter is no longer published.

14. AVIVA - monthly international webzine, publishing news & listings about, & of interest to women, worldwide. 

15. Balancing Act News Update - a weekly e-letter covering African internet content & infrastructure development. 

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DB Classifieds

Contact us (wfeek@comminit.com) to publicise:
Vacancies - Training Events - Books - Consultants

Twice Monthly

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DISCUSSION FORUMS

16. Changemakers - an initiative of Ashoka that focuses on the rapidly growing world of social entrepreneurship, focusing on providing inspiration, resources, & opportunities for those interested in social change throughout the world. 

17. Media Friends Association - on issues such as gender, environmental awareness, health education, human rights, peace, media education & profession. Contact Dr. Mughees Sh. mughees@pics.edu.pk

18. SAGE Sustainability Action Group Exchange - committed to discourse surrounding environmental & sustainable development issues. 

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"drumbeatchat" is a discussion of information disseminated through The Drum Beat e-magasine and The C.I. Home Page news items.

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19. Social Enterpreneurship - discussion topic is on the synergy between the business & social sectors. 

20. Reproductive Rights, Human Rights was a guided 6 week discussion forum focusing on the relationship between reproductive rights & human rights worldwide, discussion outcomes can be viewed online. 

21. Children Affected by AIDS (CABA) facilitating vital discussion & information exchange on efforts to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on children, families, & the communities in which they live. 

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"MakingWaves" is a C.I. discussion of the publication "Making Waves: Stories of Participatory Communication for Social Change," published by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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22. PrevGES Prevention of Social Violence - to share knowledge, research results & new ideas that may arise from quite distant perspectives.

23. Health Communication Materials Network - a network of professionals specializing in all aspects of health communication materials development & dissemination. Enabling health communication specialists around the world to share ideas, information, & samples of materials with colleagues. 

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The Drum Beat seeks to cover the full range of communication for development activities. Inclusion of an item does not imply endorsement or support by The Partners. 
Please send material for The Drum Beat to the Editor - Deborah Heimann dheimann@comminit.com

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