[Imc-africa] [Fwd: [MRN] The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook: A Guide to Sustainable Radio]

[ange at riseup.net]

cool!



> hi all, i found this on another email list i am on.  it might be a good
> thing to
> start reading before we all meet in january.  there is a link in this
> email to
> download the book in pdf format.  it is about 4 megabytes.
>
> (i am not endorsing the document, as i haven't read it yet, but sometimes
> amarc
> puts out good materials!)
>
> take care all,
> -a
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [MRN] The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook: A Guide to
> Sustainable Radio
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:14:48 -0700
> From: George Lessard <media at web.net>
> Reply-To: microradio at lists.riseup.net
> To: Creative Radio List <creative-radio at yahoogroups.com>
> CC: L8 Media Mentor <mediamentor at yahoogroups.com>
>
> [Having read this, I know it will be of assistance to any Community
> Radio station management]
>
> The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook: A Guide to Sustainable
> Radio
>
> This handbook, published by AMARC Africa, aims to be a guide on how
> to manage a community radio station in a sustainable manner. It
> offers information on the relationships that need to be built with
> stakeholders and gives ideas on how to make these relationship work
> better for the station.
>
> http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials/ma2006/materials-3110.html
> Contact amarc at amarc.org
>
>
> The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook
> A Guide to Sustainable Radio
> by AMARC Africa
>
> This handbook, targeted at station managers and anyone involved in
> community radio, aims to be a guide on how to manage a community
> radio station in a sustainable manner.
>
> The handbook does not aim to be prescriptive, but aims to offer
> guidelines on issues that need to be considered when setting up and
> operating a community radio station and at what stage of the process
> they need to be considered. It offers information on the
> relationships that need to be built with stakeholders and gives ideas
> on how to make these relationship work better for the station.
>
> The handbook covers guidelines on the following issues:
> How to get the Government to support you
> How to identify what you want to do for the community, then doing
> that in your radio station
> What is a volunteer
> How to work with volunteer
> How to get the community involved and how to keep them involved
> How to market the station
> What is an audience survey?
> How to make money for your station
> How to keep your station independent
> How to manage conflict
> How to manage change
> How to help a community radio station to grow
> How to make a training plan for the station
> How to solve common problems you may face.
>
>
> Click here for this resource in PDF format.
> http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://africa.amarc.org/files/AfricanCRHandbook.pdf
>
> Publisher: AMARC Africa
> Cost: Free download
> Date of publication: 2000
> Number of pages: 185
> Language(s): English
> Contact:
> AMARC International
> 705 Bourget Street
> Suite 100
> Montreal
> Quebec
> Canada
> H4C 2M6
> Tel : +1-514-982-0351
> Fax : +1-514 849-7129
> amarc at amarc.org
> AMARC website
>
> Source: The African Community Radio Manager's Handbook
> http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://africa.amarc.org/files/AfricanCRHandbook.pdf
>
>
> --
>
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> | Andy Gunn - Technical and Training Organizer - Prometheus Radio Project
> |
> |   SBE Certified Broadcast Radio Engineer and Networking Technologist
> |
> | andy at prometheusradio.org   215-727-9620   prometheusradio.org   KB3NSE
> |
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