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MIGS’ DIGITAL MASS ATROCITYPREVENTION LAB

31 JANUARY 2014

Twitter Bootcamp forHuman Rights

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Why people Tweet

Twitter acts like « a pulse of the planet »

Share thoughts, information and get heard

Get and spread the news in real timeNetwork: connect with people, businesses andorganizations

Access experts and get answersConnect with governments, hold them into account

#eDiplomacy

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What is a Tweet?

Twitter answers the question: « What ishappening? »Short update, question, news, comment, or link in140 characters or fewer

“T weets” are posted to your account and sent to yourfollowers You can interract with tweets in several ways

- Read them- Post them yourself- Follow- Direct message (DM – private message)- Retweet (RT)

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Setting up an account

Click « Sign Up Now »Pick a Username and fill out basic info.Create your account

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Tweeting to a person: @replies

An @replies is a public Tweet sent from one user toanother@ symbol is placed directly in front of a username.Then type your tweet@replies can also help you find new people to addto your networkClicking the arrow under a Tweet let’s you reply to

that person When someone addresses you, they’ll use @ + yourusername. This called Mention

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# Hashtags

Way to collect series of tweets about the sametopic under a consistent heading Allows you to follow discussions and topics thatinterest youFormed by adding the # sign about something

#CARcrisis #GivingTuesday#R2P #genprev#tech4peace http://www.hashtags.org/

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Retweets

See a Tweet worth sharing and spreading? UseRetweet (RT)!

There are two versions of RTs

- Twitter Retweet button- Manual: RT in front of the Tweet

MT (modified Tweet) if you modify the message

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Who and how to follow?

Define your interests and goals ex Human Rights Follow those that will inspire you: public figures,

policymakers, activists, organizations, brands,

associates etc. Hashtags Trending topics Twitter recommendations Searching for Tweeters and stories: Twitter

search Twitter lists and Twitter Directories

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CHANGING THE WORLDONE TWEET AT A TIME?

Twitter for Human Rights

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Platform for immediate news delivery and instantcommunication.Real-time system for sensing and signalling event

Effective catalyst for social change on local andglobal level.- Outreach - Share/get news- Raise awareness or funds - Publicize events- Mobilize grassroots efforts - Citizen journalism- Mobilize political will

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Twitter during crises: Report, Locate,Communicate, Facilitate

Data-gathering: Tracking service and crisisreportingData-sharing for professional across borders:linking local and global in real timeMapping a crisis: geolocation and geotaggingTweets – Ushahidi, CrisisMapper etc

Disaster response/coordination: who is doing what where?Tools: hashtags, Twitter alerts etc

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Tweeting Genocide What if Rwanda had had Twitter?

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“ Now, in a matter of seconds, a person halfway acrossthe globe can upload a picture documenting a mass

atrocity crime and send it like a missile throughcyberspace via Twitter directly to the White House, the

Prime Minister’s Office or to CNN or the BBC.”

Kyle Matthews in Rapid Response

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#iranelections - 2009Elections

Hashtag used by Iranian citizens to keep the lines ofcommunication open while officials tried to silenceprotests

Tweeting addresses of proxy servers, locations ofcaptive citizens, areas of unrest and violenceKeeping people safe and shine light on repretion.

What about the Arab Spring? What role did socialmedia such as Twitter play?

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Syria Tracker

First civil war on social media Crisis mapping system - form live map of Syrian crisisand human rights violationsEyewitness reports: official news, social media and blogs

Women Under Siege

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#CARcrisis

Documenting atrocities and displacementsPictures, real-time reportingFollow:@bouckap@jgmariner@Drovera@marcusbleasdale

#Bangui#CARcrisis

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Twitterati: The Tweet Elite

Foreign Policy Magazine produces an annual list of the 100people you should be following to make sense of globalevents.The DMAPLab: Global Humanitarian and Human RightsTwitterati listFirst list of highly influential and significanttweeters/advocates for mass atrocity prevention worldwide.

- Politicians - Opinion shapers- Diplomats - Journalists- Organizations - Academics &civil society leaders- #Hashtags

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Crisis situation simulation exercices

Craft a communications and outreach strategy

Examples:

- What kind of team do you need?- Whom do you get the information from locally ?- Who do you Tweet? Who is your focal point?

- What do you Tweet? What do you need?- Choose a Hashtag

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