Pooja Kishnani
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LinkedIn User
I worked with Pooja on one facilitation projects and she is an incredible facilitator. The international project and workshop she worked to deliver was sensitive, complicated and very time restricted however I believe it was Pooja's strong capacity as a facilitator that helped deliver such a strong final video/result. The workshop Pooja led on didn't really fit the mould of typical participatory feedback and analysis however Pooja and her colleague worked very closely with us to tailor and accommodate the needs of our project and the participants in such a short time. Pooja took a concept that was very abstract and helped to translate this in a creative relatable way to our group. Participants and myself were very impressed by Pooja's ability to listen to an individuals story and turn this into a visual representation. She worked very closely with our group and participants to make them feel at ease and I believe it was through her confidence, skill and methods that Pooja was able to make our participants feel so comfortable and to share such personal experiences.
Charlotte Fraser
I worked with Pooja on a ten day workshop in Rwanda with ActionAid, where she facilitated a participatory video workshop with ten rural women. Pooja lept right in, build fantastic rapport with the women, and built on this throughout the workshop. She had a great talent for conveying technical knowledge into easy, bite size lessons that the women who had never picked up a camera before could understand. The results spoke for themselves. Every time the women did an exercise they learned something, Pooja held their attention all the time on long days, and the videos they created were great. The entire process was led by the women, as per the participatory approach, which resulted in two impactful films that really resonated with the local community at a final screening event. All the participants mentioned how great a teacher Pooja was, and how much they had learned because of her. Thank you Pooja!
LinkedIn User
I worked with Pooja on one facilitation projects and she is an incredible facilitator. The international project and workshop she worked to deliver was sensitive, complicated and very time restricted however I believe it was Pooja's strong capacity as a facilitator that helped deliver such a strong final video/result. The workshop Pooja led on didn't really fit the mould of typical participatory feedback and analysis however Pooja and her colleague worked very closely with us to tailor and accommodate the needs of our project and the participants in such a short time. Pooja took a concept that was very abstract and helped to translate this in a creative relatable way to our group. Participants and myself were very impressed by Pooja's ability to listen to an individuals story and turn this into a visual representation. She worked very closely with our group and participants to make them feel at ease and I believe it was through her confidence, skill and methods that Pooja was able to make our participants feel so comfortable and to share such personal experiences.
Charlotte Fraser
I worked with Pooja on a ten day workshop in Rwanda with ActionAid, where she facilitated a participatory video workshop with ten rural women. Pooja lept right in, build fantastic rapport with the women, and built on this throughout the workshop. She had a great talent for conveying technical knowledge into easy, bite size lessons that the women who had never picked up a camera before could understand. The results spoke for themselves. Every time the women did an exercise they learned something, Pooja held their attention all the time on long days, and the videos they created were great. The entire process was led by the women, as per the participatory approach, which resulted in two impactful films that really resonated with the local community at a final screening event. All the participants mentioned how great a teacher Pooja was, and how much they had learned because of her. Thank you Pooja!
LinkedIn User
I worked with Pooja on one facilitation projects and she is an incredible facilitator. The international project and workshop she worked to deliver was sensitive, complicated and very time restricted however I believe it was Pooja's strong capacity as a facilitator that helped deliver such a strong final video/result. The workshop Pooja led on didn't really fit the mould of typical participatory feedback and analysis however Pooja and her colleague worked very closely with us to tailor and accommodate the needs of our project and the participants in such a short time. Pooja took a concept that was very abstract and helped to translate this in a creative relatable way to our group. Participants and myself were very impressed by Pooja's ability to listen to an individuals story and turn this into a visual representation. She worked very closely with our group and participants to make them feel at ease and I believe it was through her confidence, skill and methods that Pooja was able to make our participants feel so comfortable and to share such personal experiences.
Charlotte Fraser
I worked with Pooja on a ten day workshop in Rwanda with ActionAid, where she facilitated a participatory video workshop with ten rural women. Pooja lept right in, build fantastic rapport with the women, and built on this throughout the workshop. She had a great talent for conveying technical knowledge into easy, bite size lessons that the women who had never picked up a camera before could understand. The results spoke for themselves. Every time the women did an exercise they learned something, Pooja held their attention all the time on long days, and the videos they created were great. The entire process was led by the women, as per the participatory approach, which resulted in two impactful films that really resonated with the local community at a final screening event. All the participants mentioned how great a teacher Pooja was, and how much they had learned because of her. Thank you Pooja!
LinkedIn User
I worked with Pooja on one facilitation projects and she is an incredible facilitator. The international project and workshop she worked to deliver was sensitive, complicated and very time restricted however I believe it was Pooja's strong capacity as a facilitator that helped deliver such a strong final video/result. The workshop Pooja led on didn't really fit the mould of typical participatory feedback and analysis however Pooja and her colleague worked very closely with us to tailor and accommodate the needs of our project and the participants in such a short time. Pooja took a concept that was very abstract and helped to translate this in a creative relatable way to our group. Participants and myself were very impressed by Pooja's ability to listen to an individuals story and turn this into a visual representation. She worked very closely with our group and participants to make them feel at ease and I believe it was through her confidence, skill and methods that Pooja was able to make our participants feel so comfortable and to share such personal experiences.
Charlotte Fraser
I worked with Pooja on a ten day workshop in Rwanda with ActionAid, where she facilitated a participatory video workshop with ten rural women. Pooja lept right in, build fantastic rapport with the women, and built on this throughout the workshop. She had a great talent for conveying technical knowledge into easy, bite size lessons that the women who had never picked up a camera before could understand. The results spoke for themselves. Every time the women did an exercise they learned something, Pooja held their attention all the time on long days, and the videos they created were great. The entire process was led by the women, as per the participatory approach, which resulted in two impactful films that really resonated with the local community at a final screening event. All the participants mentioned how great a teacher Pooja was, and how much they had learned because of her. Thank you Pooja!
Experience
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InsightShare
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United Kingdom
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate
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Jun 2018 - Present
I specialize in participatory communication with particular skill and experience in deploying participatory video in international development. I have over 12 years of experience working in communications and 7 years’ experience planning and implementing numerous participatory video projects, with a strong understanding of the application and potential of the tool in a range of contexts. I have worked in projects in Africa and Asia in a range of issues including gender equality, women and adolescent girls, fundamentalism, peace and conflict, youth and humanitarian context. I have extensive experience setting up participatory media programmes, capacity building, community development and monitoring & evaluation. If you are interested in my area of work and would like to collaborate or have a chat, please do get in touch! InsightShare: We are leaders in the use of Participatory Video as a tool for individuals and groups to grow in self-confidence and trust, and to build skills to act for change. Our Participatory Video methods value local knowledge, build bridges between communities and decision-makers, and enable people to develop greater control over the decisions affecting their lives. www.insightshare.org Show less
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FAO
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France
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Online Participatory Video Facilitator
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Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Training participants from the MEV-CAM project on behalf of InsightShare. MEV-CAM is working alongside the GEF-6 Resilient Food Systems (RFS) to highlight the best practices achieved under the project, as they are defined and experienced by communities themselves. The countries involved in this training program are: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Malawi, Niger, Tanzania and Uganda. Moreover, MEV-CAM contributes to the implementation of the GEF-7 Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme (DSL-IP) by training project participants on using participatory video approaches to upscale the work achieved in GEF-6. In this model, participatory video enables horizontal and vertical knowledge sharing by facilitating accessible community-to-community exchanges across distance and time while also delivering community-based knowledge, innovations and needs directly to decision makers. Show less
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Right To Play
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Canada
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Non-profit Organization Management
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500 - 600 Employee
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Lead Facilitator
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Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
Delivered a 5-day workshop as an InsightShare facilitator that includes the production and post-production of two participatory videos by the participants and a screening event. Young participants shared stories about how being part of Right to Play created change in their lives. Delivered a 5-day workshop as an InsightShare facilitator that includes the production and post-production of two participatory videos by the participants and a screening event. Young participants shared stories about how being part of Right to Play created change in their lives.
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Sisters For Change
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co Facilitator
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Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Co-facilitated a Participatory Video Most Significant Change process during a CEDAW State Reporting workshop Co-facilitated a Participatory Video Most Significant Change process during a CEDAW State Reporting workshop
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ActionAid
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Facilitator
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Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
Delivered a 10-day workshop as an InsightShare facilitator that includes the production and post-production of two participatory videos by the participants and a screening event. The two videos were on the link between economic empowerment and violence against women and girls and how ActionAid is supporting local women to advocate for one stop crisis centres in local communities Delivered a 10-day workshop as an InsightShare facilitator that includes the production and post-production of two participatory videos by the participants and a screening event. The two videos were on the link between economic empowerment and violence against women and girls and how ActionAid is supporting local women to advocate for one stop crisis centres in local communities
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Storytelling Facilitator/Technical Lead
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Apr 2018 - May 2018
Supported and led the technical design of a week long workshop with Deakin University that aimed to strengthen social cohesion and resilience to violent extremism among young people through the creative production of online counter-narratives. Supported and led the technical design of a week long workshop with Deakin University that aimed to strengthen social cohesion and resilience to violent extremism among young people through the creative production of online counter-narratives.
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Oxfam Canada
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Canada
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International Trade and Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Digital Storytelling Facilitator/ Training of Trainers
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Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Designed and facilitated a learning workshop on digital storytelling, incorporating Most Significant Change stories for monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) purposes for Creating Spaces, a flagship project that takes action to reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG), including child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) in 6 countries - Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Nepal. Transferred the knowledge and skills necessary to participants to incorporate digital storytelling processes into MEL and into programme design, including: • Principles of digital storytelling and its use in different contexts and in multiple languages • Understanding of informed consent processes and the ethical considerations relating to all aspects of story production and story sharing online • Elements of a “good” digital story • Production elements, from listening to a story, to script, to visual elements, to assembly and sharing • Device and software options Show less
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Oxfam
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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ICT in Programme Producer
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Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
I am a Producer with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Programme team. My role involves supporting and advising country teams globally on the best practice applications of ICTs. I specialize in the applications of participatory media within humanitarian response, campaigning and long term development work. I also specialize on building capacity of activists on how to stay safe online and to understand policies within their contexts.
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International Digital Vision Producer
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Jan 2010 - Mar 2014
Part of a team that successfully piloted Oxfam’s Digital Vision which is now a global programme in Oxfam - Story gathering in Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Kenya and Nepal on the impact of Digital Vision’s work within Oxfam. These photos and stories have been used for Oxfam’s Annual Report, newsletters and donor reports.- Conducted research with technology partners on how technology can be used to enhance Oxfam’s humanitarian, campaigns and long term development work. - Created videos, animations and presentations to influence senior managers and other colleagues in their understanding and appreciation of using technology within Oxfam’s work- Provided training and support in countries, regions and other Oxfam affiliates who were interested in using technology within their programme work. Show less
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Social Media and Communications Lead - Typhoon Haiyan Emergency
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Nov 2013 - Dec 2013
Typhoon Haiyan Response• Project managed production of stories and social media during the response.• Work on key messages with the Advocacy and Communication Typhoon Haiyan team• Coordinate sign-off on photography for Words and Picures with Oxfam House (Oxford, UK) • Communicate publicly via social media on Oxfam’s response for Typhoon Haiyan • Oversee and coordinate social media messages across the 14 Oxfam Affiliates• Produce graphics, materials, and videos for the Gender Team on women-friendly spaces in Oxfam’s response to Typhoon Haiyan Show less
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