This blog first appeared on the Huffington Post Canada. By Shelley Garnham, RESULTS Canada I have a particular affinity for Isaac Newton’s famous quote, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” I’ve always been short — except for a brief time in grade four when I hit average height, and then apparently stopped growing altogether. So I’ve spent most of my life getting quite good at strategizing how best to amplify my view. I have, on occasion, been known to climb atop furniture/counters/shoulders when needed. I know how valuable a boost up can be. Whether literal or metaphorical, gaining a little … Read more
Lessons Learned
We Need To Stand On The Shoulders Of The HIV/AIDS Community
ICAD is happy to announce the launch of three new case studies on its Digital Liaisons microsite . Three HIV and sexual health organizations from around the world share the lessons they have learned from using social media in their work: APCOM (Thailand) turns to the community and its influencers to encourage men to Suck. F*#ck. Test. Repeat.; Health GAP (United States) adds Whatsapp and Twitter to its activist toolkit; Youth Engage (Zimbabwe) turns to social media to mobilize young people, and politicians.
Packed with practical recommendations, examples and tools, Digital Liaisons is a showcase for innovative and strategic uses of social media and ICT in HIV work. In the … Read more
ICAD Webinar Digital Liaisons: Lessons learned from using social media and ICT in HIV work Thursday, March 23 at 1pm EDT How are social media and ICT being used to promote sexual health and to engage individuals and communities in the response to HIV?
This one-hour webinar features a presentation of key lessons learned from the development of ICAD’s Digital Liaisons website and an interactive discussion with representatives of two of our featured case studies. Learn from the experiences of others by hearing how community-based organizations are using social media and ICT in interesting and innovative ways. Check out ICAD’s Digital Liaisons website here: http://digital-liaisons.icad-cisd.com .
In conversation with:
Robin … Read more
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