One of the significant roles I will play here in Nepal is supporting a coalition of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and INGOs (international non-governmental organizations) in coordinating their advocacy work.  So, the result has been an endless slog through oodles and oodles of donor agency reports, position papers, data summaries and government documents on education in Nepal.

Now, they all contain exceptionally important information that is central to any advocacy effort that is to be made.  However, my complaint lies in the readability of the documents – it seems as though the target outcome for the reader is blurred vision and loss of purpose…

BUT, there is so much potential…so I did some research and have come up with this great great free downloadable booklet on information design by a clever group at Tactical Technology Collective…highly recommended to anyone who is interested in ways to make information more appealing, particulary to audiences who may not be familiar with the details, when concepts are too complex to be explained in words, or to increase the accessibility of your information.

A new way to approach to advocacy…I hope so…because what we currently doing is just not working.