Highlights 2009 of TheWaterChannel

TheWaterChannel some numbers

On the site…
418 videos
24 categories
600 readers of the newsletter
300 registered members
19 special friends

Visitors stats 2009
Over 20,000 visits/month
Currently 350 unique visitors/day
Launch: March 16

Where do all those people come from?
From 185 countries all over the world!
This is the 2009 top 20, based on the number of visited pages.

How it all started…
We launched TheWaterChannel at World Water Forum in Istanbul, March 2009
We spread the word, met nice people and collected a lot of new video material
We even got taped ourselves:
Watch the whole interview made by Akvo on blip tv

Relaunch in June 2009
Improved features:
Improved uploading services
News subscription
Design improvements
The relaunch was announced in external news letters, on web pages and through our social media network
Source: Alumni ENews UNESCO-IHE

TheWaterChannel Promotion

TheWaterChannel in online media http:// www.water-simulation.com / wsp /2009/07/18/ the-water-channel-tv / http:// www.water-simulation.com / wsp /2009/07/18/ the-water-channel-tv / http:// waterwiki.net / index.php /The_Water_Channel http:// www.irc.nl /page/48127 http:// www.aquaknow.net / aggregator / sources /6 http://www.destormdefilm.nl/#/links

Promotional activities Promotion at UNESCO-IHE, October Video during World Water Week in Stockholm, March Watch the interview on blip tv Promotion in Bangkok, November

TheWaterChannel & Social Media
Facebook fanpage : 235 fans
Twitter : 850 followers, following 1,995
LinkedIn : 60 members

Global poster distribution

Monthly News updates, News flashes and weekly featured themes

Some of our promotional materials

TheWaterChannel Products

Theme sites
We launched 2 theme sites: www.thearabwaterchannel.tv in cooperation with the Arab Water Council and www.waterandclimatechannel.org in cooperation with CPWC and GWP.

DVD on Water Management and Water Use in Ethiopia for offline use in Nuffic program

In development: production of 3 videos by Erik Nissen Petersen in cooperation with RAIN
Introduction to water from roads
Introduction to water from rock outcrops
Introduction to water from dry riverbeds

TheWaterChannel in Cooperation with…

Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), developing workshops on water productions with broadcasters in 5 Asia Pacific countries
Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development

RIEC-IWFE (International Water and Film Events)
Discussion on support to water film festivals

CLIMATE 2010 ( www.climate2010.net )

Asia Pacific
WaterTech 2010 ( www.watertechme.com )

Willem Tijssen developed the character Drippy
With Drippy as global water goodwill ambassador awareness will be raised during an extravaganza world tour.
The project will be further developed in 2010
Drippy on World tour: Extravaganza

Replies to TheWaterChannel

“ I run a restaurant in bangalore. I also have a small stall-fed goat farm in katpadi,TN. This is on (short duration) leased land.I plan to buy my own farm land to shift my goats. I was very lucky to come across your web site, when i was searching for info on continuous contour trenches.
Sir, i am very particular to implement as many watershed practiceses on my farm land as possible.I need information & continuous updates. (i am a first time farmer). I am very excited bumping into your web site.”
A restaurant owner in Bangalore….

“ Also, your web site was a BIG help to me. When being in Kazakhstan, one women asked me to provide a lecture in the secondary school for young.
The most attractive tool that came to my mind was to show them some video that is placed at The Water Channel. And it was a big success. And easy for me to start with the discussion with these kids!!! So, thank to your web site, I was able to attract the attention of young people to IWRM (it would be extremely difficult to explain them what is IWRM). Also, teachers found this channel very useful.”
A trainer from Sweden in Russia

TheWaterChannel & partners also developed…

Over 100 respondents cooperated
Preferred topics are: IWRM, Water pollution and Quality and Wastewater
We received many positive reactions on this idea.
Results can be found on slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/Lenneke/survey-twc-offline
As a resulting of the survey 5 DVDs will be produced in the near future with Cap-net and other partners
A survey under Cap-Net members to explore potential need for offline materials

To be launched in March 2010
A Dutch interactive platform focusing on Dutch water related issues, mainly in the Dutch language
www.waterkanaal.nl
Other partners involved: Het Watermuseum and NWP
Dutch version of TheWaterChannel: WaterKanaal

TheWaterChannel & Partners

Join the Wave www.thewaterchannel.tv

Highlights 2009 of TheWaterChannel

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