C4MEL: Course on designing Communication for M&E results and Innovation uptake

This course will be given in English and consists of four modules, taking place on March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, 9-11 am (GMT)

Registration link here.

Once registration is closed, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. This course will be given by Roger Reuver, owner at RCO.design and Senior consultant in Communication Design

This course will help you to:

• Outline an effective communication strategy for your DeSIRA project.
• Practice with gathering visual information in a structured way.
• Identify effective user-centered communication products.

Why should you choose this course?

Do you feel sometimes frustrated because the results of your research or innovation are not being considered by policy makers, peers or other stakeholders you feel would benefit from them? Do you struggle with presenting your M&E results in an attractive way? This online course will help you formulate your communication strategy and provides opportunities to practice with tools and techniques that support the communication of your M&E results.

Learning objectives

At the end of the online course, participants have:

• Outlined an effective communication strategy for their DeSIRA project.
• Practiced with gathering visual information in a structured way.
• Identified effective communication products, based on their communication strategy.

Course delivery methods

• A series of four 2h online live training sessions, facilitated by an expert on programme communication.
• Individual assignments to be done prior to the live training sessions.
• Possibility of individual/group mentoring sessions over a two months period as follow-up of the implementation of the course content.

Overview of content

Session 1: Setting up communication for M&E

• Why? Goals in communicating M&E results.
• For whom? Internal and external audiences.
• Inventory of challenges & needs.
• Homework.

Session 2: Data & visual communication

• What data is available in different phases of your project?
• Data > Information: developing formats.
• Introduction to visual communication.
• Homework.

Session 3: Communication design

• Information design.
• Using video & animation.
• Practical tools & design resources.
• AEIOU framework.
• Homework.

Session 4: Evaluating M&E communication

• Means & budgets.
• M&E of communication
• Conclusions

Related courses and service offering

This course will build further on the course on theory of change and feed the course on structuring your monitoring, evaluation and learning.

FAQ

• Who to contact about this course? Roger Reuver at: service@desiralift.org
• Where can I find more information on the support services for proving impact? Please visit here
• Where can I find information on the overall DeSIRA-LIFT service offering to Pillar 1 projects? Please visit this link
• Where can I send general questions, comments and suggestions about the DeSIRA-LIFT service offer to Pillar 1 DeSIRA projects? Please send them to service@desiralift.org

For more info, please see this course description