Social Norms
Social norms action with informed and engaged societies
Social Norms
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.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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PANTOTO Communities - Global

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PANTOTO is an online community-builder that can be used by, and tailored to, any individual or community to create and manage an online presence and an information repository for capacity building, the development of collective knowledge, or the establishment of new networks and relationships.
Communication Strategies
PANTOTO's central strategy is using the Internet (please consult the Pantoto site) to enable communities worldwide to exchange community-specific information. Any community can customise the PANTOTO model to suit its particular needs. For example, individuals may contribute to and access a repository of community information for a cooking group that enables the sharing of recipes with other members of the community. Information may be organised according to various templates provided to members accessing the site. Individuals can also manage a sub-community of a larger community. Existing communities may use the information architecture tools in PANTOTO to develop a repository of information that can be used by the community in a purposeful manner. Pantoto also enables the creation of new communities, providing organisers with tools.

Special features of the site include a tutorial for building an online community (available for download), details about workshops for NGOs (focussed on baseline surveys), information about monitoring and evaluating communities, and content management data for an interactive site.
Development Issues
Community-building, Technology.
Key Points
Organisers support online communities for the following reasons:
  • Support Structure: An existing community that works offline can be strengthened by taking some of its activities online.
  • Networking: Existing relationships within a community can also be managed online. Using an Online community will also provide an opportunity to build new relationships. A structured community can help an individual manage different types of relationships within the same community.
  • Presence, Visibility and Reach: A larger number of people will have access to the community, to the resources that are at the disposal of the community, and to the collective skills of the community.
  • Cost effective: An online presence can be managed at a low cost and, if well structured, the onus of nurturing the community can be spread across different people and groups within a community.
  • Information: Communities can become powerful repositories of information that enables purposeful interaction.
  • Time: Online communities allow members to keep each other updated, continuously, in real-time. This translates into quicker decisions and better interventions.
Source
PANTOTO site.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/30/1999 - 00:00 Permalink

PANTOTO --very disappointing...hardly any content....entries are year old or more...confusing lay-out and commands.