“Matshidiso is one of the best Africa advocates and consultants with whom I have worked. She is in that rare league of great consultants who are both effective and efficient.” – Francois Baird (Co-Founder & Co-Chairman, Baird’s CMC) Matshidiso Masire recently joined Baird’s CMC as a full associate. Along with her deep expertise in programme […]
Archives for April 2014
The Ripple Effect of Good Health
We’ve recently gotten to know a great group of people at an organisation called Global Health Strategies (GHS), which has one of its bases in New Delhi. GHS does communications, advocacy, research and strategy work in a number of important health and development areas such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Polio Eradication, Sexual and Reproductive Health, […]
Ask CMC: Project Management Tools
Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I hear many people talking about how project management can make the difference between a project’s success and failure. My question is, how exactly? What are the tools one uses in the field of project management? How do these tools help in […]
Ask CMC: Making the Most of Remote Meetings
Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I am part of a virtual team and find that our frequent meetings are a bit of an ordeal. Some people are shy and awkward; others ramble on and on. We also seem to vacillate between long pauses and everyone trying to […]
Ask CMC: Company Twitter Account Management
Tips, tricks, advice, and answers for the 21st century global workspace. Dear Baird’s CMC, I’m a communications manager, and am soon going to take over the additional responsibility of managing my company’s Twitter account. Since I’ll be doing this for the first time, would you have any tips for effectiveness? – Twitter Trepidation Dear Twitter […]