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The Joy of Tech:

The Joy of Tech: IRMA as a Model for Maximizing Electronic Communications to Build and Nurture an Advocacy Network. May 24, 2010 Microbicides 2010 - Pittsburgh Jim Pickett, IRMA & AIDS Foundation of Chicago Marc-André LeBlanc, IRMA. This P resentation. Who is IRMA? Advocacy goals

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The Joy of Tech:

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  1. The Joy of Tech: IRMA as a Model for Maximizing Electronic Communications to Build and Nurture an Advocacy Network • May 24, 2010 • Microbicides 2010 - Pittsburgh • Jim Pickett, IRMA & AIDS Foundation of Chicago • Marc-André LeBlanc, IRMA

  2. ThisPresentation • Who is IRMA? • Advocacy goals • Challenges of international organizing on a shoestring • Communications • The Joy of Tech

  3. IRMA, b.2005 4 people, 3 agencies, 2 countries

  4. Today M2010

  5. Advocacy Goals/Objectives

  6. Advocacy Goals • Increase and diversify funding • Increase research activities • Increase knowledge - For instance Heterosexual anal sex Anal sex behaviors and practices

  7. Advocacy Goals • Develop Global Rectal Microbicide Development Plan • Every R&D dollar needs to be spent smartly and strategically • Find consensus on research priorities among stakeholders • Coordinate research activities, from discovery through Phase III • Monitor

  8. Advocacy Goals • Recruit researchers, advocates • Recognize anal intercourse as an important driver in the HIV epidemic among gay men, MSM, and between women and men • Address burden of HIV among gay men and MSM – particularly in the developing world • Promote anal health • Determine safety of lubricants for rectal use

  9. Communication Challenges

  10. NeedsandChallenges • Engage huge membership on 6 continents • Central forum for exchange, debate, and networking among variety of stakeholders • Dynamic, engaging, and informative • Recruit, recruit, recruit • IRMA-ALC • IRMA Nigeria

  11. Challenges and Needs • Small budget • Huge membership on 6 continents • Multiple audiences to connect • IRMA-ALC, IRMA Nigeria • Connect researchers, advocates, policy makers, funders, other stakeholders across disciplines • Many time zones • Varied access to communication technologies • Varied tech savvy-ness

  12. Maximizing Communications

  13. Making it Work 2009 6,906 visits 2009 14,244 visits May 2010 832 followers May 2010880 members 15 calls ’08-’09, 500 ppl May 2010 365 pals

  14. Teleconference Topics • Implications of anal intercourse and rectal use of products in vaginal microbicide trials • The anal canal: An important transition zone for rectal microbicide development • Epidemiology of HIV among MSM in Africa: Implications for rectal microbicides • Efficacy and effectiveness—What is good enough? Who decides? • We’re Taking Sexy Back – Sex Can Feel Good, and Be Safe Too! • Find the Joy in Stats Call materials and MP3 recordings are made available on the website

  15. Special Thanks to IRMA Funders • AIDS Foundation of Chicago • amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research • Broadway CARES /Equity Fights AIDS • Elton John AIDS Foundation

  16. And that’s it

  17. Jim Pickett jpickett@aidschicago.org

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