Development action with informed and engaged societies

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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Developing and Implementing an Effective Knowledge Management Strategy

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Event/Training Summary

The purpose of this one-week course is to build the capacity of non-profit organizations in knowledge management by equipping participants with the knowledge, information, and skills to develop and carry out an effective knowledge management strategies. According to CAFS, an effective knowledge management strategy will enable an organization to generate, codify, store, use, reuse, share, and disseminate knowledge inside and outside of the organization. This will lead to improved performance, time, and resource management. Carrying out a knowledge management strategy will also enable staff to share best practices and lessons learned resulting in improved programs and services. Main content areas include:

  • The Concept and Principles of Knowledge Management
  • Conducting a Knowledge Audit
  • Identifying Knowledge Gaps and Barriers
  • Improving Research and Knowledge Generation
  • Systems for Capturing Tacit Knowledge for Documentation
  • Systems for Codifying, Storing, and Retrieving Knowledge
  • Using Communities of Practice
  • Documenting and Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned
  • Information Dissemination in a Global Environment
  • Defining Knowledge Management Roles and Responsibilities
  • Aligning Knowledge Management to a Strategic Plan
  • Measuring the Impact of Knowledge Management Activities


Please click here for more information about this program.

Location

Center for African Family Studies (CAFS), Nairobi, Kenya