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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Effect of Cause-Related Marketing on Attitudes and Purchase Intentions: The Moderating Role of Cause Involvement and Donation Size (pp. 93-110), Mahmood M. Hajjat.
- This research includes the role of cause related marketing and ordinary marketing on consumer attitudes and purchase intentions.

A Study on the Effect of Cause-Related Marketing (CRM) on the Attitude Towards the Brand: The Case of Pepsi in Spain (pp. 111-136), Iñaki García, Juan J. Gibaja, Alazne Mujika.
- This research aims to better understand the effect of CRM on attitudes towards the brand.

Cause-Related Marketing: Keys to Successful Relationships with Corporate Sponsors and Their Customers (pp. 137-150), Linda I. Nowak, T. K. Clarke.
- This article presents factors contributing to the potential success of a cause-related marketing campaign. For example, the sponsor's product quality, fair pricing, and customer traits and the nonprofit's and the sponsor's reputation.

Revisiting Business and the Arts (pp. 151-166), Derrick Chong.
- This paper examines the development of closer relationships between business and the arts. Marketers like corporate sponsors are the possessors and disseminators of a "new and powerful" language.

When Soloists Form a Choir: Communication Requirements of Sustainability Networks (pp. 167-193), Christiane E. Pfeiffer.
- A case study of a sustainability network provides results from which the requirements of intersectoral communication are determined. This forms the basis for a network communication design.

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