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If you work in communications & development, you can help tackle the #COVID19 crisis.

Based on our work at #OECDDevCom, here are 3 urgent priorities for #Covid19Comms.

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[2/8] First, we need to provide accurate information & guidance. This means fighting #fakenews & promoting behaviours that keep us safe, like #handwashing

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[3/8] Second, we need to build trust in public institutions. These means reassuring our audiences that our institutions have a solid plan and are doing everything they can to put it into action.
(PS: your organisation does have a plan, right??)

[4/8] Third, we need to secure strong support for international development work.

Our shared future depends on global solidarity & #multilateralism. No amount of nationalist rhetoric can hide that fact!

[5/8] We’ve gathered loads of #COVID19Comms advice on our page. Check out: https://sdg-communicator.org/resources/coronavirus">https://sdg-communicator.org/resources...

Communicating in Times of Coronavirus

The world faces an unprecedented crisis. People’s livelihoods and health are under threat. Citizens are worried about the future. Many fear that the institutions created to help them are not up to …

https://sdg-communicator.org/resources/coronavirus

[6/8] Alongside that page, here are my Top

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Keycap digit three" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit three"> must-reads on #Covid19Comms.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Keycap digit one" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit one">This briefing by @Ginge_Olivia and #SSHAP has excellent analysis & advice on #FakeNews & #Covid19. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SSHAP-Brief.Online-Information.COVID-19.pdf">https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/wp-conten...

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Keycap digit two" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit two">This post by @pete_harrington tells us how to promote behavioural change during a crisis https://buildingstatecapability.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-and-behaviour-why-leaders-need-better-risk-communication/">https://buildingstatecapability.com/2020/03/2...

Coronavirus and behaviour: Why leaders need better ‘risk communication’

Guest blog written by Peter Harrington Last week I wrote a post on how the Coronavirus pandemic, like Ebola, needs to be understood as a complex adaptive problem which requires mass learning to sol…

https://buildingstatecapability.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-and-behaviour-why-leaders-need-better-risk-communication/

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Keycap digit three" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit three"> Here are 12 really important rules for communicating during COVID-19, from @kirstyjmcneill of @SaveChildrenUK https://www.globaldashboard.org/2020/03/30/12-rulesforthinkinggloballyduringcovd19/

https://www.globaldashboard.org/2020/03/3... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/WorldHealthDay"> #WorldHealthDay

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This is a Love Story: thinking globally during COVID-19

12 rules for internationalists wanting to do resonant strategic communications and narrative work during COVID19.

https://www.globaldashboard.org/2020/03/30/12-rulesforthinkinggloballyduringcovd19/

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