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Summits - SBCC and C4D

After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Digital Media Competition: EE5 Entertainment Education (EE) Conference

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The 5th International Entertainment Education Conference (EE5) to be held in New Delhi on November 17-20 2011, invites submissions of innovative and entertaining short-form digital productions on: "Motivating behavior change around any health topic." The maximum length of any submission in any medium is 3 minutes. Entry is open to any individual, group, or company (profit or non-profit) in any country, except for staff of the EE5 Conference.

 

Awards will be given as follows:

  • Judge’s awards: There will be five (5) winners selected by the panel of judges. All media will be judged and selected for these awards.
  • Under 25 award: Judges will award one (1) special award to an entry submitted by someone under 25 years old.
  • People’s Picks: Five (5) winners will be selected by simple vote tally of public votes submitted to the EE5 digital contest committee through the EE5 Facebook page.
  • Honourable mentions: There will be five (5) honourable mentions.
Application Info

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The submission process includes the following steps:

  • Upload your digital media file onto YouTube.
  • Send an email to plee@jhsph.edu with "EE5 digital media contest entry" in the subject line. Include the following:
    1. the YouTube link to your video;
    2. an introductory paragraph explaining the behaviour the submission is attempting to change (50 word limit);
    3. the primary person responsible for the submission and contact information (including age, sex, and country);
    4. the client (if any) for whom the entry was created; the source of funding for the production; and
    5. the project or campaign of which it was/is part (if applicable).

 

The submission needs to have been produced after January 1 2000. The copyright should be with the individual or group that submits the product. There should be no other claims of ownership or authorship on the product. Submissions may be made in any of the following digital media:

  • Audio (radio, recorded voice, music)
  • Video
  • Digital games
  • Other audio/visual (slide presentations, etc.)

 

Formats accepted include: Windows Media Video (.AVI), .3GP (mobile phones), .WMV (windows), .MOV (mac), .MP4 (iPod/PSP), .MPEG, .FLV (Adobe Flash), and .MKV (h.264).

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Email from Peggy Lee to The Communication Initiative on August 29 2011:  and email from Peggy Lee to The Communication Initiative on September 1 2011 .