Archives for needs

Approaches for knowledge transfer and development

Advisory services on a distance Mobile technologies and social networking applications offer new possibilities for people to communicate. To many, social interaction through these applications has become integrated into their everyday communication, for instance Facebook, and many recent social media platforms, such as for example Instagram and Snapchat, have been specifically developed as mobile phone applications. As use of these mobile social applications is increasingly common and part of our social lives, the distinction between being online and offline is becoming more and more vague. Smartphones are by their nature communication devices that simplify interaction between people in a number of
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Coordination

Coordination Work together to create greater impact – many stakeholders saying the same thing, being trustworthy and role models. Collective change and innovation is best supported through the facilitation of joint learning and coordinated action among a variety of stakeholders in and around a more or less permanent platform. Coordinated “adoption” of innovation All innovations require, and are constituted by, changing patterns of coordination between independent actors. It follows from this that “adoption too” involves simultaneous and coordinated changes by a variety of actors (male beekeepers, women beekeepers, traders, beekeeping equipment- and  transport companies etc.) , with different actors adopting
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Understanding change

Analysing the target group In any form of communications the key to success is to know your target group. In order to make the most effective use of your limited communications resources you need to develop a clear understanding of exactly why they think or act in the ways that they do: Exactly who is part of the problem (causing, increasing, managing, solving, etc.)? How are they affecting the problem? What do they currently think about the issue or problem? (from not aware to frustration over the lack of practical tools to be used) What costs and benefits do they
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