effective communication of research for development: experiences from nbdc and other horizons
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Presented by Ewen Le Borgne at a Volta Basin Development Challenge communication workshop, Burkina Faso, 27 March 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Effective communication of research for development
Ewen Le Borgne
“Experiences from NBDC and other horizons”Communication for research workshop, Ouagadougou, 27-28 March
2012
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Presentation outline
1. Typical functions (and areas) of communication
2. Powering ‘R4D’ & comms with ‘KM’
3. One example: NBDC
4. Implications: lessons, challenges and opportunities
5. …So what now?
6. References
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1. T
ypic
al a
reas
of c
omm
unic
atio
n
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What do you think?
1. T
ypic
al fu
nctio
ns o
f com
mun
icat
ion
Connecting
Collecting
Converting
Conversing
Correcting
Converging
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Where are we at?
1. Typical functions (and areas) of communication
2. Powering ‘R4D’ & comms with ‘KM’
3. One example: NBDC
4. Implications: lessons, challenges and opportunities
5. …So what now?
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Three powerful aspects
Strong knowledge sharing… to get a bigger picture and a wider network and more impact
Strong information management… to feed our discussions, track and re-use crucial information to remember the past to inform the future
Strong critical thinking and sense-making… to make sense of it all and adapt constantly
2. P
ower
ing
R4D
& ‘c
omm
s’ w
ith ‘K
M’
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Strong knowledge sharing
Strong meetings that get your job done
Internally, around organisations, for multi-stakeholder processes2.
Pow
erin
g R
4D &
‘com
ms’
with
‘KM
’
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Strong information management
Storing / archiving / databasing…
…Strong codification mechanisms: consistent file naming, spelling etc.2.
Pow
erin
g R
4D &
‘com
ms’
with
‘KM
’
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Strong critical thinking and sense-making
Learning individually…
…Learning as a team, an organization, project etc. …For stronger questions, ideas, synthesis, ownership,
content, engagement, survival and embedding2. P
ower
ing
R4D
& ‘c
omm
s’ w
ith ‘K
M’
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Where are we at?
1. Typical functions (and areas) of communication
2. Powering ‘R4D’ & comms with ‘KM’
3. One example: NBDC
4. Implications: lessons, challenges and opportunities
5. …So what now?
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NBDC…
1.Some of the ways we share, learn, communicate
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Meetings
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Meetings
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Presentations
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Presentations
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Field visits
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Training
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Documenting
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Documenting
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Documenting
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Documenting
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Documenting
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Disseminating
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Collaborating
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Collaborating
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Sharing
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Sharing
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The NBDC approach – the set up
Comms is housed by N5 And provided by ILRI Explicit objective: make the Challenge more effective Coordination through:
Cross-disciplinary effort / sharing Linking across projects and partners Supporting national platform engagement Supporting N-projects to reach their OLM
E.g. N4: “using project management tools and implementing projects in timely manner and interact[ing] more effectively for higher Nile BDC outcomes
and goals.” N5: “one single project team, delivering promised and emerging outputs as
required and using technical, institutional and advocacy strategies to bring about
change in the way research, development and policy actors work in the basin”4. E
xam
ples
from
NB
DC
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The 10 commandments of NBDC comms
1. Knowledge generated by the Project will be open and public
2. We value the knowledge of our clients and partners
3. Multi‐purpose knowledge
4. Knowledge management: Collect, connect, converse
5. Face‐to‐face communication
6. Advocacy is everyone’s responsibility
7. Communication inextricably linked to outcomes
8. Internal communication and M&E are part of our communication strategy
9. Partnerships are the key to impact
10. Innovation and ICTs
4. E
xam
ples
from
NB
DC
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The NBDC approach – new horizons
No formal communication strategy… yet Strong focus on internal communication Progressive shift towards external communication (to
‘deliver science’) – F2F / publishing Increasing opportunities…
Policy engagement Community engagement
Caveats One country, one language One institute hosting all parties But linking all partners and fighting ‘comms laziness’
4. E
xam
ples
from
NB
DC
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Where are we at?
1. Typical functions (and areas) of communication
2. Powering ‘R4D’ & comms with ‘KM’
3. One example: NBDC
4. Implications: lessons, challenges and opportunities
5. …So what now?
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Perhaps we got it wrong…
It’s not just about unilateral messages reaching the right audience…
It’s about multi-directional engagement with various partners4.
Impl
icat
ions
: les
sons
, cha
lleng
es a
nd
oppo
rtun
ities
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Perhaps we got it wrong…
It’s not just about communicators doing all the ‘communication work’
It’s everybody’s business!4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
Communicating for research for development goes through various phases
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
It’s about sustained interest and efforts, of different kinds…
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
It’s about various channels and platforms
And targeting the right ones for our key audiences4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
It’s sometimes about organizing a solid engagement process…
…to build trust and ownership4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
It’s increasingly about internal and external networks…
…and less and less about navel-gazing organizations
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
It’s about communicating the WHY and the HOW also…
…Not just the WHAT
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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So let’s get it right!
It’s about informal learning…
…Not just formal sharing and management
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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What if the engagement is not so solid?
Build a trust network consciously around events And get your hands dirty between events
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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English – français… problems?
Develop simple guidelines… Summaries in the other language (also for the website?)
4. Im
plic
atio
ns: l
esso
ns, c
halle
nges
and
op
port
uniti
es
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Keeping the knowledge tap open?
Identify good content and share it Coordinate content feeds… Keep conversing / enrich the content4.
Impl
icat
ions
: les
sons
, cha
lleng
es a
nd
oppo
rtun
ities
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Behaviour changes???
They take time anyway Learn and monitor… expand on good practices Aiming at everyone learning and sharing… 4.
Impl
icat
ions
: les
sons
, cha
lleng
es a
nd
oppo
rtun
ities
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Not finding time and guidance for comms?
Prioritise crucial content Re-use content smartly (comms / M&E / coordination) Comms is and should be part of our standards!4.
Impl
icat
ions
: les
sons
, cha
lleng
es a
nd
oppo
rtun
ities
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Monitoring communication & knowledge?
In line with outcome logic model (OLM) Focus on uptake and use of outputs – how do we know our
outputs are useful? Review your theory of change for intermediate outcomes4.
Impl
icat
ions
: les
sons
, cha
lleng
es a
nd
oppo
rtun
ities
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Where are we at?
1. Typical functions (and areas) of communication
2. Powering ‘R4D’ & comms with ‘KM’
3. One example: NBDC
4. Implications: lessons, challenges and opportunities
5. …So what now?
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So what now?6.
…S
o w
hat n
ow?
How does this workshop tie in with all of this?
What can you hope out of it?
What will you do to make it work?
What do you expect from others?
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Links and references (1)
1. NBDC wiki
2. NBDC comms tools
3. CPWF communication presentation (May 2011)
4. CPWF Yammer network
5. CPWF ‘comms 4 uptake’ Yammer network
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Links and references (2)
1. Devising and sustaining agri-water research communication efforts over time
2. Distributed research needs collaborative researchers
3. Getting In On the Act: How Arts Groups are Creating Opportunities for Active Participation
4. Double loop learning in leadership development