Multimedia for Development

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At CommsConsult, we know that different forms of media can play a crucial role in delivering key messages on development issues. We have observed that many development organisations are reluctant to harness the true potential of media. The birth of new media tools like blogs, twitter, facebook, you-tube and ning have brought new opportunities for our clients to engage with their audiences in new and interesting ways. However, with all this ‘noise’ around it is more important than ever to communicate effectively.

CommsConsult has a formidable team with knowledge and expertise of working with ‘old’ and ‘new’ media. We understand fully that in this ‘new age’, the quality of content is still of fundamental importance, and should always provide the central hub for any media campaign. There is also the need to recognise the full potential of these new tools, and ensure that opportunities to engage with audiences is not lost through poor management and lack of understanding. Media can help you pinpoint key issues and knowledge central to your work, help you build your brand and bolster your public image and profile, inform the target audiences about your work, as well as providing you with a platform to influence the development agenda. Our media services cover: - Video production and editing - Social reporting - Social media and network management - Website and blog design and management - e-newsletter design and management

Examples of Our Work:

Research to Action (R2A) is a platform we have recently developed to provide guidance and inspiration on how to bring development research into focus and into use.
In March 2011, part of the CommsConsult Team were asked to travel to Antalya in Turkey to work alongside GDNet and Euforic Services as social reporters for the Economic Research Forum’s 17th Annual...
At CommsConsult we believe that Twitter is a powerful and ever-growing communications and knowledge sharing device that, if used correctly, can be hugely beneficial to development organisations.
In January early this year, CommsConsult was invited back for the second year running by the Global Development Network (GDN) to provide the communications support at the 12th Annual Global...
In January 2011, the CommsConsult team were again invited by the Global Development Network (GDN) to provide communications support for their 12th Annual Conference held in Bogota, Colombia.
CommsConsult was awarded the contract by DFID to market its research portal Research4Development (R4D). R4D contains over 5000 research projects from the mid 1990s onwards and over 30,000 documents.
CommsConsult was invited by the Global Development Network (GDN) to provide communications support at the 11th Annual Global Development Conference, Prague.

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