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Jargon and DevelopmentSpeak

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Jargon and DevelopmentSpeak

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    1. 1 Jargon and DevelopmentSpeak

    2. 2 What is jargon? Special language used in business, science, government, and development work Tries to make the message and its sender seem important Uses long, impressive-sounding words Uses several words instead of one Makes the message harder to understand

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    4. 4 Jargon On average, among adults, total food intake is higher for males than for females Men generally eat more than women The shift in farm production technology that takes the form of substituting machines for labour connotes the presence of prior changes in the traditional production mode Before farmers start using machinery, they usually make other changes in how they grow crops

    5. 5 Jargon We used a production function to capture the stochastic character of dryland climate affecting yields. Wheat yields and pasture yields were predicted on somewhat similar nitrogen-based quadratic models, using daily weather data for the simulation of moisture stress. Both models were developed for dryland conditions, while calibration and validation were done with data collected in Israel. No-till wheat and pasture yield values were then fitted to a gamma probability distribution function, while input and output prices were fitted to a normal distribution.

    6. 6 DevelopmentSpeak A special type of jargon used by development organizations

    7. 7 DevelopmentSpeak

    8. 8 DevelopmentSpeak

    9. 9 DevelopmentSpeak

    10. 10 DevelopmentSpeak Does your audience understand it? Probably not Policy makers (eg, parliament members) may be non-specialists Policy makers have to deal with many subjects, not just yours Avoid DevelopmentSpeak if you can! Find another way of saying it more simply

    11. 11 Translate these into English Gender mainstreaming Making sure that men and women are treated equally in all aspects of the project Agroecosystems analysis Studying the soil, crops and pests Enabling measures Ways to make things happen Pro-poor economic growth Economic growth that benefits the poor Income generating activities Ways to make money

    12. 12 DevelopmentSpeak The Horn of Africa Region is characterized by arid lowlands and humid highlands. In Ethiopia, the lowlands are dry, while the highlands have more rain.

    13. 13 DevelopmentSpeak Systematic validation has shown that in some countries, strong cultural barriers exist towards handling and reusing of human waste. People in many countries do not like handling or using faeces.

    14. 14 DevelopmentSpeak To adapt to climate change, agro-pastoralists implement various activities. Farmers and herders adapt to a changing climate in various ways.

    15. 15 DevelopmentSpeak Going forward, the development and implementation of a robust framework for targeting the delivery of consistent excellence organization-wide is key. We will do our best.

    16. 16 Abbreviations Make the reader work to understand what you are saying Hide what you really want to say

    17. 17 What do they mean?

    18. 18 Three rules for abbreviations Kill! KILL! KILL! If you absolutely HAVE to use them Use them VERY sparingly Explain them first

    19. 19 Play DevelopmentSpeak bingo Make a list of 12 development jargon words and abbreviations Photocopy the list and distribute it to your friends before a meeting Listen to the presentations and discussion When you hear a word on the list, cross it out First person to cross out all the words shouts Bingo!

    20. 20 More on jargon The Communications Network. Jargon finder. http://tinyurl.com/bv3kml Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Foundation jargon. http://tinyurl.com/ylyz6e6 BBC World Service. Guide to development speak http://tinyurl.com/yhjczjd 250 words the public sector shouldn't use http://tinyurl.com/yj8uvuc 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7457287.stm The business award for talking 'guff' goes to... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12596528 Trina Wallace. Here's to a jargon-free voluntary sector in 2011 http://tinyurl.com/66c7upq 10 things every charity writer should know http://tinyurl.com/3cfsn22

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