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Sivin Communications and Emerging Ag

09 Jul 2017, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

The upcoming months, Sivin Communications will collaborate with the digital communications of Emerging Ag. Emerging Ag is a boutique international consulting firm providing communications and public affairs services to clients in the agri-food, health and sustainability sectors. A dynamic group of multicultural individuals with a passion…

Participatory Video and Design Thinking meet in Nariño, Colombia

09 Jul 2017, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

By Manon Koningstein & Chris Lunch / – Watch the project video here Based on the article on the website of Insightshare ‘In this workshop, we were not only facilitators but also participants, and at the same time the community were not only participants, but also facilitators’ (Juan Jurado, Centre for Social Innovation…

Webinar on Participatory Video in Research for Development

11 May 2017, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

On the 9th of May, Sivin Communications´ Manon presented at the GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) webinar on Participatory Video. “Participatory Video” is a form of participatory media-generation in which a group or a community creates their own video. The idea behind this is…

Sivin´s 1st anniversary: a summary and the way forward

02 Mar 2017, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

Of course, in the dynamic life of an entrepreneur and a communications agency for a social change, every day marks a difference. But still, passing the first year makes for a good moment to sit down and reflect. A little summary of last year As…

Systematization of Participatory Video as a tool for Rural Women’s Empowerment

01 Nov 2016, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

Women have a very important role in Nicaragua’s agriculture and livestock production. Nevertheless, their contributions to achieving food security and sustainable development for their families and communities have been undervalued. To ensure we include a well-rounded gender perspective in our research, it is important to…

A weekend dedicated to Rural Women

19 Oct 2016, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

This weekend was a weekend fully devoted to celebrating the role of Rural Women and acknowledge their contributions to feeding the world. Even more than acknowledging, this weekend had two International Days to celebrate them: October 15th is the International Day for Rural Women and…

Starting up a company and travelling. A daydream or a nightmare?

16 Aug 2016, Posted by manonkoningstein@hotmail.com in News

Even though I had always very much enjoyed my job as Communications Specialist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and love my life in Cali (Colombia) I felt it was time for a change, and follow my dream: start up my own communications agency…