Community Media - Interactive World

    If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, there would be 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere , both north and south 8 Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be non-white 30 would be white 70 would be non-Christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States . 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth 1   would have a college education 1 would own a computer So much for the march of technology, science, globalization and progress.

A Still from Naata / The Bond 2003 How do we move from a state of secrecy to publicity, openness and celebration? The aim of this blog is simply to outline how you can achieve your aims by asking (and answering) a set of questions about your identity now, and thinking about where you want to get to. Building better communications may initially encounter resistance within a group or an organisation. So it’s a good idea to start with some basic questions such as Where are we now? Is our group or service a well-guarded secret? How do we promote our services? Why do we want people to be more aware of what we do? What is unique about what we do? Here are some questions to consider  … Does your community group, charity, or service communicate a clear ‘emotional charge’ or a unique identity? maintain its relevance over time by evolving in response to changing perceptions? make people want to get involved? get demanded by service users because it represents ex...