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O swaldo Leon traveled to Nicaragua as a communication specialist to prepare an official communication plan for Junior Achievement (JA). The aim of the plan is to bolster JA as the leading organization helping young Nicaraguans develop vital entrepreneurial and leadership skills.  During his workshops, Oswaldo and participants had conversations about social media and various ways to communicate ideas through words and photos.  At first, Oswaldo found it challenging to figure out how to relate intricate communication techniques into practical concepts and engaging activities. He was effective though and people dived right into the activities as seen in the photos posted below! He discovered that Whatsapp can be used as a social network, which is an app already widely  used by young people throughout Latin America. In some rural areas, Oswaldo discovered that it is used more frequently than the internet websites like Facebook and Twitter. Intrigued by this, Oswaldo encourag...

Old Naval Hospital, Eastern Market, Washington DC Last week, a few representatives from the Partners of the Americas attended the Nonprofit Essentials of M&E aand Communications at the Old Naval Hospital in Eastern Market, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill.  Key points from the morning M&E session included discussions of cost benefit analysis and the inclusion of discount rate, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), evaluation of the team’s culture, impact valuation measurements, and difference indifference curves.During the time, we learned extensively about cost-benefit equation. They highlighted creating an analysis where the discount rate is taken into consideration. Dan Tsin from the Urban Alliance really pressed the point of how important it was to formalize monitoring and evaluation, even for small nonprofits. Down below is a great example of a cost-benefit analysis illustrated for a constituency of online readers to get engaged in the mission. #ThisIsAustra...