Our Services

MDC is a problem-solving organisation

We provide customized training based on the needs of the participants and the organization. Our collaborative programs enable your teams to collaborate in novel ways and produce meaningful results.

What our clients have to say

Working with Media Development Collective means your challenges will be converted into practical impactful solutions and getting access to a global network of excellent training experts and media partners with practical experience in the international development sector.

Erik van Weert

Deputy Director – Europe | Oxford HR

I highly recommend Media Development Collective, and I am confident that they will continue to advance their long history of helping journalists, NGOs, and beyond to excel in the face of 21st century challenges.

Michael J. Oghia

Director of Communications & External Relations, SDIA | ICT Sustainability Advocate

TechSoup’s community building events such as ‘Megaphone’ are crucial to us in our efforts to support civil society and prevent shrinking civic space, with Brandon’s support we have jointly delivered training events to produce alternative narratives that can counter disinformation, participant scoring rates of these sessions were excellent.

Magdalena Huszcza

Director of Grant Program Operations | TechSoup Europe

If we have learned anything in the past year, it’s that NGOs need to master digital media/engagement to serve their beneficiaries and meet donor agreements. The Media Development Collective can help your org build the digital media muscle you need to deliver impact. Whether it’s information campaigns, online advocacy or digital service delivery, the MDC is your one-stop shop.

Michele Ernsting

Director Partnerships, Community and Scaling | THNK School of Creative Leadership

SPARK and MDC collaborate on the Networks of Change project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. NoC aims to prevent Kurdish youth from radicalisation. MDC is responsible for the core of the training programme which focuses on campaigning, persuasive storytelling, social media and providing alternative narratives for youth. MDC’s approach is creative, result-based and solution driven – and therefore highly recommendable.

Simon van Melick

Head of Communications Programme Manager | Spark

It is essential for key stakeholders in media development to integrate innovative approaches that will greatly assist in making informed, evidence-based decisions on strategies, advocacy for media development, and overall journalism support.

Mira Milosevic

Executive Director Global Forum for Media Development

The MDC team were so wonderful to work with. We had quite a few obstacles to setting up the Storytelling and Advocacy training in Indonesia and Fiji. MDC were patient and flexible throughout the process and helped us figure out a solution that worked for everyone. Both trainings were a resounding success, and the participants came away with new tools and knowledge of how to create informative and engaging advocacy campaigns.

Ariel Magid

Project Manager at Internews

MDC Services

Training Design

At MDC, we provide tailor-made training programmes designed to enhance teamwork and problem-solving skills through effective collaboration. Each programme is uniquely crafted to suit the specific needs of our clients, ensuring that participants receive training interventions that perfectly align with their objectives. Our interactive and hands-on training, both online and in-person, fosters a learn-by-doing approach, addressing knowledge, skills, and attitudes. With consistently high approval rates, our engaging curricula empower participants to succeed.

Training and Coaching

We offer capacity development, coaching, and facilitation to help our partners effectively communicate their complex issues to their audiences and drive measurable change. Online or in-person, our training and coaching have high success rates. Our trainings for journalists and media professionals focus on providing the latest knowledge, skills, and insights needed to get stories to their audiences and make an impact.

Output Creation

We provide expertise in co-creating impactful campaigns and how to ignite social change on complex issues like climate change, women’s and minority rights, radicalisation, and food security. Through hands-on training and coaching, we guide individuals and teams through a learn-by-doing journey, seamlessly integrating it with real-world implementation. Furthermore, we empower individuals and teams to develop compelling content for digital or traditional media platforms, ensuring tangible outcomes that resonate with audiences.

Trainer Development

We develop subject matter experts into trainers, capable of transfering their skills to others increasing the reach and impact of program activities. All of our trainings are practical and actionable, designed to introduce the tools, methodologies, and mindset needed to succeed.

Consulting Services

MDC offers comprehensive consulting services tailored to the needs of your organisation. Our focus is on helping our partners through media development issues in order to maximise the impact of their work. We work closely with our partners to understand their unique needs and challenges, and design practical strategy, advice, training, coaching, and support services to meet those needs.

In our extensive portfolio of past consultancies, we’ve successfully tackled a diverse range of challenges, including digital media utilisation, digitalisation strategies, combating polarisation and hate speech, campaign and counter-campaign development, crafting counter-radicalisation narratives, curriculum design, training design, online training development, moderation techniques, commercial strategy formulation, media strategy planning, crisis communications management, content development, and broadcast management.

PROJECTS WE ARE PROUD OF

MDC has created toolkits for journalists and human rights defenders on digital safety and security including online learning modules as part of the Totem platform. Totem is an online platform that helps journalists and activists use digital security and privacy tools and tactics more effectively in their work. We have also worked on building their learning strategy to improve their courses and training methodology.

Totem Project

MDC collaborated with Voice of America, KTN, and Standard Media Group (Kenya’s leading broadcasters and news outlets) ahead of the 2022 Kenyan national elections to provide content training to journalists to combat disinformation that fuelled violence in prior elections. The teams were also given training in video creation for Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, allowing them to better equip their newsrooms to produce more targeted material in more innovative ways to help distribute good information.

Voice of America

EOOH is a project supported by the European Commission’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme Call: REC-AG-2020 awarded by DG Justice. MDC offers expertise to the EOOH including their focal point for civil society organisations working in Online Hate.

The European Observatory of Online Hate (EOOH)

On the Human Rights Call of the Dutch Embassy in Hungary in 2022 and 2023, MDC collaborated with the NIOK foundation to train and create media campaigns with seven Hungarian NGOs tackling problems including women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, trans rights, Roma community inclusion, and shrinking civic space.

NIOK Foundation

In the Kurdish region of Iraq, MDC has collaborated with Spark and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Networks of Change programme, a multi-year capacity development initiative that gives young people training and support to create campaigns that address the causes of radicalisation and youth apathy.

Networks of Change

MDC provides consultancy services to Radio Dabanga in developing their commercial and external content strategy to ensure Dabanga builds sustainable ways of financing its operations.