The Panos Information Portal & Online Database Holiday Inn Resort & Spa, Montego Bay, Jamaica June 19, 2014 – June 20, 2014 Presenter: Dr. Maurice McNaughton – Mona School of Business & Management, UWI

 Background ◦ As a regional media and communications organization that works to empower the most marginalized and vulnerable persons in the region, Panos Caribbean helps journalists to cover sustainable development issues that are overlooked and misunderstood. ◦ The Internet and new Social media such as twitter, facebook and youtube are key components of Panos’ media and communications portfolio. ◦ Panos is seeking to upgrade and enhance it’s web presence and develop information management platforms in order to provide more effective mechanisms for online database repositories, web-based information dissemination and training, and a variety of audiovisual and data visualization capabilities.

 Online database management system to represent various categories of individuals and institutions: ◦ Research institutions, local expertise ◦ Media, journalists and journalistic networks (CEPF, IDRC) ◦ CSOs and CBOs ◦ Researchers, Policymakers  Indexed, searchable, catalog of electronic resource materials ◦ Upload electronic documents, and other multimedia content ◦ Provide meta-information for indexed search functionality  Contact/Constituency Management System ◦ Targeted Mailings based on categories, groups or interests, ◦ Event Management - Mailings, Online Registration, Participant confirmations

 Deliver a high-quality, virtual learning experience to remote students/participants ◦ Support sharing of slides (PDF and PPT), video, chat, audio-conference during a webinar session ◦ Record webinar sessions (slides + audio + chat), as well as video streams for later playback on demand  Ad Hoc Video Conferencing ◦ Staff meetings, virtual office

Event Management Contact Management Document Library Resource Databases

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CategoryDescriptionDatabase InstitutionsResearch Institutions, Local Expertise Networks, CSOs and CBOs 44 institutions, 10 countries MediaMedia Houses, Journalists and Journalistic Networks 100 contacts, 14 countries PeopleResearchers and Policy makers, communicators, general contacts 690 contacts, 20 countries Electronic Catalogue Newsletters, Reports, Publications and other Multimedia content 13 documents  Flexible Search categories: ◦ Institutional Type: NGO, CBO, CSO, Media, FUNDER, Research Institution, Government, ◦ Contact Type: Researchers, Policymaker, Consultant, Communicator ◦ Media Contacts: Media-houses, Journalists, Journalistic networks ◦ Expertise: Agriculture, Artiste, Biodiversity, Child Rights, Climate Change, Communication, Data journalism, Environment, Education, Fisheries, Gender, HIV/AIDS, Insurance, Public Health

 Custom mailing templates, mailing lists  Targeted Mailings based on categories, groups or interests  Scheduled Subscription Mailings

 Event Management ◦ Scheduling ◦ Mailings – Notification & Diseminate information to participants ◦ Online Registration, Participant confirmations  Online Web Conferencing / Webinars  Sharing through Social Media

 Expanding library of electronic resource materials including documents, and other multimedia content: Reports, Research papers, White papers, Best Practice, etc.

 The Panos Information Portal will enable..  Not just Contact management, but Community Engagement  Wisdom of the Crowd… ◦ Self-service updates ◦ Crowdsourcing ◦ On-line surveys ◦ Peer-to-peer sharing, interaction & exchange