Author Archive for: Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

About Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

Marla Shaivitz is the Digital Communications Manager for the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs (CCP).

Marla is a seasoned front-end web developer, writer and digital marketing practitioner with a passion for innovations & innovators in technology and those working toward social good.

She was a founding member of a web strategy consulting firm that worked with trade and professional societies as well as government agencies in their use of Internet technologies. She spent nine years working for a strategic health philanthropy directing all online initiatives and working with grantees to build capacity and create efficiencies around technology.

As a contributing writer for a popular tech blog focused on technology companies and their founders, she’s interviewed entrepreneurs across the US and in Africa.

Entries by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

Femina Hip Uses HealthCOMpass to Develop Social Media Strategy to Reach Youth Throughout Tanzania

June 25, 2014 /0 Comments/in Health COMpass /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

by Catherine Tusajigwe and Lynn O’Rourke Femina Hip is a multimedia platform and a civil society initiative working with youth, communities and strategic partners across Tanzania. Since 1999, our aim […]

Experts Convene on the Topic of Blended Learning for Social and Behavior Change Communication

June 20, 2014 /0 Comments/in Capacity Strengthening /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

On June 17, the HC3 project convened an expert panel on blended learning to provide insight, advice, approaches, and suggestions on how to use blended learning to build the capacity […]

Health Communication Capacity Collaborative Cote d’Ivoire launches HIV testing campaign ahead of World Cup

June 16, 2014 /0 Comments/in Social & Behavior Change Communication /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) Cote d’Ivoire has launched two new TV spots ahead of the World Cup as part of its Prevention Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program. With financial support […]

AfriComNet Integrates Virtual Elements into Practicum on Monitoring and Evaluation in Accra

June 2, 2014 /0 Comments/in Springboard /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

Representatives from countries throughout Africa are convening this week in Accra, Ghana, for an interactive three-day practicum focused on health communication monitoring and evaluation. The practicum brings together communication program […]

Implementation Kits

February 26, 2014 /0 Comments/in Implementation Kits, SBCC Resources /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

Demand Generation I-Kit for Underutilized, Life Saving Commodities The Demand Generation Implementation Kit, the “I-Kit”, is a step-by-step guide to developing communication strategies to increase demand for nine priority commodities, […]

Innovation Webinars

February 26, 2014 /0 Comments/in Innovation Webinars, SBCC Resources /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

HC3’s Innovation Webinar series is designed to spotlight a broad range of health communication innovations while providing a meaningful mix of theory and practical examples. Strengthening developing country capacity to […]

#TBT: Lea Salonga and Menudo, the Ricky Martin Years

February 20, 2014 /0 Comments/in Social & Behavior Change Communication /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

#TBT = Throwback Thursday: The opportunity to share information via social media that is a ‘throwback’ to an earlier time. Dateline: The Philippines, 1987. Seventy-five percent of the population was […]

#TBT: Tatiana and Johnny – The Beginning of Social Messaging in Music Videos

February 13, 2014 /0 Comments/in Family Planning, Social & Behavior Change Communication /by Marla Shaivitz | Digital Communications Manager, HC3

#TBT = Throwback Thursday: The opportunity to share information via social media that is a ‘throwback’ to an earlier time. The 80s were the advent, and perhaps the golden age […]