[IGFmaglist] Workshop evaluations - Twitter is not remote participation

[Lynn St.Amour]

Thank you Ginger,

excellent comments.

I would appreciate any thoughts you have on how we can improve online participation in our upcoming Open Consultation and MAG meeting.  Is there anything I can do as Chair to improve/help?

Best,
Lynn

> On Jul 5, 2016, at 8:20 AM, Ginger Paque <VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu> wrote:
> 
> In addition to other excellent evaluation comments, I would like to point out that Twitter is social media. Hashtags are not remote participation. They are keywords for someone who is following a topic.
> 
> In general, our remote moderation is still in a learning phase, as we improve input from online participants. Adding social media conversations when we don't even include the WebEx participants properly is not an efficient way to incorporate online comments. A Twitter wall for those who want to follow Twitter is a possibility. But a remote participation moderator is not a social media reporter.
> 
> Having good remote participation means paying attention to the people in the WebEx platform (all of them) and allowing them to engage on equal footing with in situ attendees. We must first make sure to include online WebEx participants during the session. This also means allowing input from online participants throughout the meeting (or when audience participation is allowed in the room), not just at two points during the meeting, and without simply summarising or listing all of the input run together -- we would not do that with in situ participants.
> 
> Cheers, gp
> 
> 
> Virginia Paque
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