Lomé, May 21, 2021,
With the aim of strengthening ties between members and continuing the training courses initiated in Lomé, FOMECAF is organizing two online meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 25 and 26, 2021.
On the agenda:
Tuesday, May 25, 2:00 p.m. GMT:
The principles of effective communication
Freely inspired by Valérie Geller's bestseller "Puissance radio" (Radio Power). Some of the points that will be covered:
- Tell the truth (fact-checking)
- Give the listener good reasons to listen to you.
- Never be boring
- Use vivid language so that the listener can visualize
- Start with your best topic
- Speak as if you were addressing a single listener
- Make engaging transitions
- Highlight your colleagues' successes
- Be yourself on air
- Take risks
Speaker: Denis Stephen, Director of Stephanas Conseils in Lyon
Denis entered the world of radio as co-founder of Radio Certitude in 1982 (now Phare FM Grenoble), so it's fair to say he's no novice.
After two years of audiovisual training at the University of Grenoble, he moved to Paris and was elected secretary and then president of the FRTC (Federation of Christian Radio and Television Stations). He was also a member of the board of directors of the CNRA (National Confederation of Community Radio Stations). Denis Stephen currently advises radio stations on their applications to the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel, the French broadcasting authority) and is developing a training course entitled "Create and manage a Christian radio station," the first two lessons of which are available online.
The link to the training session will be shared in the FOMECAF WhatsApp group on Tuesday morning, May 25. If you are not a member of FOMECAF but would still like to participate in this training session, please leave your contact details here https://medias.africa/contact/ A valid email address + a phone number = a guaranteed response.
Wednesday, May 26, 2:00 p.m. GMT:
Full radio coverage: it's your turn to speak!
In January 2019, around 100 radio stations and media outlets in Lomé 1 realized their desire to work together http://bit.ly/lome-1 without competing with each other. On this occasion, they signed the Lomé Declaration http://bit.ly/DeclarationLome arguing in particular that "Christian radio programs in French-speaking Africa should be more concerned with the concrete needs of the population. The Gospel should be proclaimed in a holistic manner, in the image of Jesus Christ, who touched his contemporaries by responding to the needs of the body, soul, and spirit." That same year, these actors came together around the concept of "holistic radio" http://bit.ly/lome-deux . It is now May 2021, so what's new? During this online seminar, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with "integral radio."
Host: Etienne Kiemdé, CEO of Radio Évangile et Développement in Ouagadougou
The debate was moderated by Pastor Etienne Kiemdé, CEO of Radio Évangile et Développement, which has eight stations based in Burkina Faso. http://red-burkina.org . He is a key figure in the Lomé seminars, a member of the FOMECAF working group, and probably, more than 20 years ago, the inventor of the concept of development adapted to radio broadcasting. At 58, this father is also a pastor, trained in Denmark, France, and England. Upon his return to the African continent, he embraced the radio ministry as a matter of urgency. Before FOMECAF, he was behind several attempts to network French-speaking Christian radio stations in Africa.
For more information: https://radio-reveil.org
The link to the training session will be shared in the FOMECAF WhatsApp group on Tuesday morning, May 25. If you are not a member of FOMECAF but would still like to participate in this training session, please leave your contact details here https://medias.africa/contact/ A valid email address + a phone number = a guaranteed response.
Tribute to Alain Normand, 1939–2021
Ebène MediaRadio personality, pastor, evangelist, film producer, musician, writer...AlainNormandpassed away on June 29, 2021, at the age of 82.
Alainwas born on May 21, 1939, in the French city of Cannes, four years after his brother Guy and four months before the start of World War II. His father was called up for military service. A prisoner of war, he returned ill from a German camp and died a few months after the end of the war.
Alainregularly accompanied his mother to an evangelical church and, at the age of twelve, he decided to become a disciple of Jesus Christ. A year later, he moved to Geneva because his mother remarried a Swiss man.
In Geneva,Alaindiscovers a new evangelical church. He obtains a Federal Certificate of Competence (FCC) in administration, discovers the guitar, and wins a championship in a junior team at Servette Football Club.
In 1958,Alainbegan theological training in England at the International Bible Training Institute. At the end of his training, he was summoned to the French Consulate in London to perform his military service in the French army. Because he was a conscientious objector, he was recruited as a paratrooper-nurse, without weapons. Trained in parachuting and nursing, he went to Algeria, which was at war, and mainly cared for soldiers. This period gave him the opportunity to experience many human and spiritual adventures. He meditated particularly on these words of Jesus: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Matthew 5:9).
After being demobilized,Alainleft for Frankfurt. He wanted to learn German, but also to learn to love Germans in the name of Christ. There, he worked in an American bank, attended an evangelical church, and continued to study the guitar. Upon returning to Geneva, he decided to commit himself more radically to the service of God. A friend from his church said to him, "Radio Réveil in Lugano is looking for an employee. You're really cut out for it!"
Read his full biography written by Claude-Alain Baehler and published on July 4, 2021, on lafree.info.
Listen to these four short stories produced by Alain Normand, taken from the archives of the Cassette Service.
FOMECAF two online meetings in May
French-speaking AfricaLomé, May 21, 2021,
With the aim of strengthening ties between members and continuing the training courses initiated in Lomé, FOMECAF is organizing two online meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 25 and 26, 2021.
On the agenda:
Tuesday, May 25, 2:00 p.m. GMT:
The principles of effective communication
Freely inspired by Valérie Geller's bestseller "Puissance radio" (Radio Power). Some of the points that will be covered:
Speaker: Denis Stephen, Director of Stephanas Conseils in Lyon
Denis entered the world of radio as co-founder of Radio Certitude in 1982 (now Phare FM Grenoble), so it's fair to say he's no novice.
After two years of audiovisual training at the University of Grenoble, he moved to Paris and was elected secretary and then president of the FRTC (Federation of Christian Radio and Television Stations). He was also a member of the board of directors of the CNRA (National Confederation of Community Radio Stations). Denis Stephen currently advises radio stations on their applications to the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel, the French broadcasting authority) and is developing a training course entitled "Create and manage a Christian radio station," the first two lessons of which are available online.
The link to the training session will be shared in the FOMECAF WhatsApp group on Tuesday morning, May 25. If you are not a member of FOMECAF but would still like to participate in this training session, please leave your contact details here https://medias.africa/contact/ A valid email address + a phone number = a guaranteed response.
Wednesday, May 26, 2:00 p.m. GMT:
Full radio coverage: it's your turn to speak!
In January 2019, around 100 radio stations and media outlets in Lomé 1 realized their desire to work together http://bit.ly/lome-1 without competing with each other. On this occasion, they signed the Lomé Declaration http://bit.ly/DeclarationLome arguing in particular that "Christian radio programs in French-speaking Africa should be more concerned with the concrete needs of the population. The Gospel should be proclaimed in a holistic manner, in the image of Jesus Christ, who touched his contemporaries by responding to the needs of the body, soul, and spirit." That same year, these actors came together around the concept of "holistic radio" http://bit.ly/lome-deux . It is now May 2021, so what's new? During this online seminar, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with "integral radio."
Host: Etienne Kiemdé, CEO of Radio Évangile et Développement in Ouagadougou
The debate was moderated by Pastor Etienne Kiemdé, CEO of Radio Évangile et Développement, which has eight stations based in Burkina Faso. http://red-burkina.org . He is a key figure in the Lomé seminars, a member of the FOMECAF working group, and probably, more than 20 years ago, the inventor of the concept of development adapted to radio broadcasting. At 58, this father is also a pastor, trained in Denmark, France, and England. Upon his return to the African continent, he embraced the radio ministry as a matter of urgency. Before FOMECAF, he was behind several attempts to network French-speaking Christian radio stations in Africa.
For more information: https://radio-reveil.org
The link to the training session will be shared in the FOMECAF WhatsApp group on Tuesday morning, May 25. If you are not a member of FOMECAF but would still like to participate in this training session, please leave your contact details here https://medias.africa/contact/ A valid email address + a phone number = a guaranteed response.
FREE COLLEGE and Radio R on August 21: "Developing your skills to preach on the radio"
Christian media in French-speaking AfricaRadio R and FREE COLLEGE are offering a day of training in radio preaching with radio professionals on Saturday, August 21. Since the start of semi-lockdown in Switzerland in March 2020, Radio R, which broadcasts on DAB+, has opened its airwaves on Sundays to preachers, pastors, and church members so that they can deliver their sermons. This experiment has continued since then and has found its audience.
Think about a radio communication style
To reflect on how to speak on the radio and improve speakers' performances, Radio R and FREE COLLEGE are offering a one-day training course to explore a style of communication suited to radio, improve the quality of speakers' expression, and provide a supportive space for listening to one's own or others' presentations in order to improve.
A day hosted by radio professionals
This day, which will feature radio professionals such as Christine Reymond, Daniele Zagara, and Serge Carrel, is open to anyone interested in preaching on Radio R or who simply wants to improve their preaching skills. (c)
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The day's program (Coming soon)
"Developing your skills for preaching on the radio," a day of reflection co-organized by Radio R in Yverdon-les-Bains and the FREE COLLEGE on Saturday, August 21, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Radio R, Galilée 15, Y-Parc, 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains. Price: voluntary donation. Registration required: freecollege@lafree.ch or on the web. lafree.ch/free-college/journees
Religious extremism in Africa: Augustin Ahoga believes that "Africans must be re-evangelized."
French-speaking AfricaThe issue of religious extremism is a hot topic in Africa, which is under serious threat from jihadism. This raises questions about the role of Christians in such a context. For Augustin Ahoga, a pastor and teacher in Benin, the rise of religious extremism is linked to Christians abandoning African cultural values. Christians are developing a fear that prevents them from approaching jihadists with a different perspective. In order to reach these people, whose lives are generally stigmatized, Christians need training and to enter into authentic discipleship following Jesus of Nazareth.
Augustin Ahoga was one of the speakers at Lomé 3, a gathering of media professionals from French-speaking Africa organized by FOMECAF and Radio Réveil last November.
Read the rest of the interview on the website lafree.info
Lomé 3: Jean-Luc Simbilyabo from the DRC receives the François Sergy Prize
French-speaking AfricaThe training seminar for Christian media professionals in French-speaking Africa ended on Friday, November 27, with the awarding of the François Sergy Prize to a deserving media initiative. Jean-Luc Simbilyabo from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo won the prize for an original "integral radio" project.
On Friday, November 27, during the closing ceremony of the training week of the Forum of Christian Media in French-speaking Africa (FOMECAF), Congolese pastor Jean-Luc Simbilyabo received the François Sergy Award. "In the province of Ituri, a region deeply marked by intertribal unrest, this radio director took up the challenge of 'integral radio' and contributed through the airwaves to bringing a message of peace and reconciliation," noted Emmanuel Ziehli, director of Radio Réveil and the driving force behind the Lomé 3 organization.
Read the rest of the interview on the website lafree.info
DRC: "Since Lomé 2, they've been calling me 'Papa Météo'"
French-speaking AfricaFrom November 23 to 27, around sixty media professionals traveled to Lomé, Togo, for a week of training. During this third edition, some participants testified to the changes brought about by this new dynamic initiated by Radio Réveil (Bevaix). Here is the testimony of a radio station president from Congo Kinshasa. This written contribution is accompanied by a radio program produced byDodji Juliette Kpessou (Radio Hosanna, Porto-Novo, Benin) and Benjamin Holl (Radio Vie nouvelle, Douala, Cameroon).
His name is Johnson Kipesse. He is the president of Radio and Television Evangelical and Development Hermon in Rutshuru (RTEDH), a town in North Kivu some 70 kilometers north of Goma. This citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo participated in Lomé 2 in November 2019, a meeting organized by the Forum of Christian Media in French-speaking Africa, which addressed the theme: "Let's invent integral radio!"
Listen to the interview
Read the rest of the interview on the website lafree.info
Ivory Coast: Lomé seminars give rise to a corporation of Christian audiovisual professionals
French-speaking AfricaAfter Lomé 1 and 2, organized by Radio Réveil and its partners, Christian media actors in Côte d'Ivoire understood the urgency of coming together and ceasing to operate in scattered ranks. With this in mind, two presenters created the Union of Christian Journalists and Presenters of Côte d'Ivoire (UJACCI) in August 2020.
Christian media outlets in Côte d'Ivoire have long suffered from a climate of competition and a lack of collaboration between the various people working within them. The Lomé 1 and 2 seminars, organized by Radio Réveil in Lomé, Togo, in 2019, helped these media professionals understand the similarities in their challenges: radio station funding, precarious staff salaries, lack of effective evangelism strategies, etc. In light of this, Christian journalists, presenters, and broadcasters decided to set up an association that will address the various problems they face.
Read the rest of the interview on the website lafree.info
Zenabou Ndocki (Radio Bonne Nouvelle, Douala, Cameroon)
#Lomé3: Minister of Communication calls on Christian radio journalists to strive for excellence
French-speaking AfricaOn Monday, November 23, 2020, FOMECAF launched the third edition of the Francophone African Christian Media Forum (FOMECAF) training program. In his speech at the opening ceremony, the Minister of Communication encouraged religious radio media actors to strive for excellence in communication.
"Information is a valuable asset and a weapon," said Akodah Ayewouadan, Minister of Communication, in his speech at the opening ceremony of Lomé 3. The minister, who also serves as government spokesperson, said he was "impressed by the theme of media convergence addressed during the training week of the Forum of Christian Media in Francophone Africa (FOMECAF), because it promotes excellence in communication."
Read the rest of the interview on the website lafree.info
3rd Lomé Radio Seminar – Press review
French-speaking AfricaThe president of the Christian Council of Togo will participate in the opening ceremony of Lomé3
French-speaking AfricaThe Christian Council of Togo, in conjunction with the third edition of the training seminar for Christian media professionals in French-speaking Africa.
With the third week of training for media professionals from French-speaking Africa set to begin in a few days, the President of the Christian Council of Togo, Rev. Djakouti Mitré, received a delegation from the Lomé3 Organizing Committee led by Emmanuel Ziehli, Director of Radio Réveil Suisse. At the end of the meeting, the clergyman promised to attend the opening ceremony and to accompany it with a prayer of blessing.
Read the rest of the article on the FOMECAF website