Case studies

(work in progress)

We are currently re-writing our project portfolio into case studies. We want to give you the hard and meaningful facts about the communication, design and technology problems we have solved for our clients, and the ways our ideas successfully worked for them.

Here's what we're working at:

How well is your Web site doing?
Evaluating Web site quality by technical performance and communication effectiveness criteria
>> FAO - Fisheries & Aquaculture Online Global Research

Building a Web site with zero HTML knowledge
Empowering a group of biodiversity experts worldwide to set up professionally-designed Web sites in multiple languages
>> CHM Toolkit

Lightweight publishing: 500 kilos of paper in a 20-gram disc
Using Adobe Acrobat PDF to distribute print-quality publications
>> PGRFA - Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture CD-ROM / Web site

Sharing on-the-field knowledge through the Internet
Building an online global information system in multiple languages for novice users worldwide
>> DAD-IS - Domestic Animal Diversity Information System

More coming!

Why our case studies can be useful to you

For 15 years, we have worked for international organisations in the fields of education, research and development. We have experienced the non-profit sector's profound shift from a heavily-subsidised system to a demand-based, competitive system where organisations had to demonstrate how effectively funding was spent.

New media technologies have proved to fit particularly well the mission of disseminating knowledge, information and training that these organisations pursue. However, the cost of adopting new technologies as they hit the market, as well as funding or training expert staff to deploy them effectively is still beyond their forces. Moreover, many technologies have been developed for businesses and might not be adequate to large organisations, working on multiple media and multiple languages, on a much wider variety of computers than that of typical consumers' markets.

If you recognise these conditions also occur in your organisation, we suggest you read our case studies based on real-life projects, to see how we have developed communication and technological strategies that improved our clients' effectiveness in using new media, while being respectful of technical and budget constraints.

We serve the complex communication needs of international organisations by integrating traditional and advanced technologies to communicate their ideas, values and assets. Design, communication strategy, technology and training are the areas where we contribute our skills to challenging online and offline projects.

As the competition for scarce funding intensifies, the strategic importance of effective public awareness increases exponentially for organisations that rely on external financial support and sponsorship. Increased visibility becomes paramount to long-term viability.

In large organisations where departments usually run their projects divided by invisible walls or geographical distance, we can be the connecting link between internal communication divisions, library and distribution, information-based units, public relations, and organisation affiliates worldwide.

We work side-by-side with international organisations and institutions to maximize their capability of distributing valued information, expanding an existing audience, and interacting on a global level. 

Professionals, managers and staff who can benefit from our case studies include:

• Public Relations:
  • information and communication specialists;
  • fundraisers;
  • media strategists;
  • presenters;
  • marketers
  
  
  
• Research:
  • library managers;
  • research, survey and statistics specialists
  
  
  
• Publications:
  • inventory and distribution officials;
  • publications officers
  
  
  
• Education:
  • training consultants and educators
  
  
  
• Technology:
  • New Media, Web and CD-ROM producers;
  • project managers;
  • technology and IT officers