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  • Essential tools to track your social media data

    This infographic by Infographic World identifies the key data to be measured and specific tools and applications for tracking different social media profiles.
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  • Research to action: Social media

    This site contains a great roundup of blog posts about using social media to encourage research uptake.
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  • Big data for development: challenges & opportunities

    This white paper by UN Global Pulse examines the use of Big Data in development contexts.
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  • Hierarchical card sorting: A tool for qualitative research

    This paper by Rick Davies from the Centre for Development Studies describes the use of hierarchical card sorting as a way to elicit the views of development sector staff to gain an understanding of their perceptions of the world around
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  • Social media news release webinar with step-by-step guide

    This one-hour webinar is an in-depth discussion of the 15 steps to creating a press release. Excerpt The following example is an excerpt from Falkow (2012)
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  • Open space

    Open Space Technology (OST) is a group facilitation approach for small and large gatherings in which a central purpose, issue, or task is addressed, but which begins with a purposeful lack of any formal initial agenda.
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  • World cafe

    The world café is a methodology for hosting group dialogue which emphasizes the power of simple conversation in considering relevant questions and themes.
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  • Hierarchical card sorting

    Hierarchical card sorting (HCS) is a participatory card sorting method designed to provide insight into how people categorise and rank different phenomena.
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  • 50 top tools for social media monitoring, analytics, and management

    This blog post by Pam Dyer lists 50 different tools for gathering, analysing and reporting data about social media.
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  • Focus groups

    A focus group is a type of group interview designed to explore peoples attitudes.
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