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Curated stories on digital diplomacy, tools, platforms, best practices and examples drawn from across the web. Primarily for FCO digital communicators around the world but useful for anyone with slightest interest in digital and diplomacy. Views are all personal and links not endorsements
Diplomacy in the digital ageAt first glance, there seems to be little in common between the digital and diplomatic worlds. Digital industries dot Silicon Valley. Dip...
How to Get More Likes, Shares on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]4 hours ago ... If you're looking to get better engagement out of your Facebook posts, add more ... is to create a lot of interesti...
10 Tools for Managing Twitter EngagementEffectively managing a Twitter account can sometimes be a chore. It's difficult to keep up with followers, steer clear of spam, or know i...Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits
UPDATED 2/26/12: Please note that the best practices listed below are a work in progress and are updated regularly. To be alerted of when...
TRADITIONAL DIGITAL: What comms teams should look like in 2012All the best films have a challenge at their heart. In Dunkirk, its Johnny Mills as a British corporal steering his men to safety. In Pul...- With privacy becoming an important issue and concerns around FB growing everyday, there are many who have decided to leave Facebook. Are you one of them?
Why I'm Leaving FacebookI established a Facebook account in 2008. My motivation was ignoble: I wanted to distribute my journalism more widely. I have acquired si...- This article though focused on US State Department's approach in digital diplomacy, quotes James Barbour (and Moscow before that), our head of communications in Washington, extensively!
- Diplomacy in the digital ageAt first glance, there seems to be little in common between the digital and diplomatic worlds. Digital industries dot Silicon Valley. Dip...
- Some digital help for non-profits using Meta-Activism Project
Digital Activism 101: How Nonprofits Can Encourage Digital Innovation | The Meta-Activism Projectby Mary C Joyce on 29 March 2012 in Digital Activism 101 Digital Activism 101: How Nonprofits Can Encourage Digital Innovation Note: This...
Tactical Technology CollectiveOur digital security handbook for activists, produced with Frontline Human Rights Defenders, translated into Arabic. This toolkit gives y...
The Top 100 Twitter Tools of 2012 (Categorized) | DailyTekkEditor's note: This post is part of our popular top 100 tech tools series which is published every Monday. Don't miss a week! Follow @Dai...
10 Ways News Reporting Can Flourish in the Digital AgeWhat is the future of news? It's a question that perplexed - and terrified - traditional news outlets a decade ago. Now, it's a query tha...
How The United Nations Is Using Social Media To Spot Crises [Video] - PSFKIn this talk from PSFK CONFERENCE NYC, Robert Kirkpatrick talks about how the social media revolution has opened up a significant amount ...
Should Ambassadors Tweet? U.S. Embassies and Social MediaBy Daniel Schuman, Cassandra LaRussa, and Ryan Sibley with Daniel Cloud, Kevin Koehler, Andrew Pendleton, Matt Rumsey, and Bridget Todd. ...
Facebook to Brands: You're Posting Stuff Wrong | Digital - Advertising AgeAmong the weirdness Facebook's existence has loosed upon the world is the idea that it's OK, and perhaps even good business, for brands t...
12 Most Definitive Ways to Master Twitter | 12 MostWith more than 140 million active users (and growing), Twitter remains one of the go-to social media platforms for individuals and brands...- Nice discussion and lots of examples on getting people activated digitally during crisis. Look at the comment from our own Shane Dillon on what he thinks about the digital crisis management:
The Social Simulator - Could your brand call on a million volunteers in a crisis?http://www.socialsimulator.com/could-your-brand-call-on-a-million-volunteers-in-a-crisis/- Interesting and very relevant infographic on press freedom in 2012 from Reporters Sans Frontiers!
- Be consistent across all your platforms when you are creating a social media brand is what the article below says:
Craft A Consistent Social Media Brand | 7 Tips and Examples - The Daily EggWhile each social media platform has different features, layouts, and functionality, one thing can always remain the same - your branding...- UK is second only to USA according to this ranking!
