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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Everbridge H1N1 Communication Kit

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This H1N1 communication kit poses the question: "How will your organization meet the communication challenges created by multiple waves of infection and the accompanying lulls during a multi-month flu pandemic?" Private incident notification system provider Everbridge Aware published this communication kit to pose questions to organisations and point to organisational needs during a pandemic on the premise that a pandemic will require sustained communication across an organisation among staff, management, external stakeholders, and the surrounding community.

 

The document outlines organisational needs and strategies on the following topics: Pandemic Response and Management; Continuity of Operations; Prevention and Protection; and Community Support. Components include:

  • H1N1 Sample Messages - Includes daily briefing, incident command team conference call, response team activation and management, remote roll-calling and absenteeism management, and volunteer coordination.
  • Pandemic Communication Readiness Self-Audit Tool - An Ms Excel-based self-audit tool to assess organisational pandemic readiness and pinpoint communication gaps. 
  • Everbridge Aware for H1N1 Overview - Details practical applications of an incident notification system for an H1N1 flu pandemic.

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Everbridge website, accessed on February 2 2010.