Social reporting

FIDAfrique-IFADAfrica knowledge networkStart-up workshop

20-24 April 2009Roxanna Samii, IFAD

Presentation based on work by Bev Trayner and David Wilcox: http://socialreporter.com/?cat978

What is social reporting?

• Social reporting is an emerging :- role- set of skills- philosophy which mixes journalism, facilitation and social media

• Social reporting:- helps people develop conversations- allows those “not in the room” to follow the event - fosters collaboration because stories are developed

TOGETHER- uses a variety of techniques such as story-telling, interviews,

videos, photography to tell the STORY- provides a record of the event

• Social reporter is a social artist

Social reporting basics

• Who: participants in the room and those who are not in the room

• Why: context• What: content • When: before, during and after the event• Where: video streaming, blog, twitter, slideshare • How: the style

Social reporting tools

• Blog: IFAD social reporting blog: http://ifad-un.blogspot.com• Slideshare: IFAD slideshare space:

http://www.slideshare.net/ifad and http://www.slideshare.net/event/fidafriqueifadafrica-startup

• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com • Blip.tv: http://ifad.blip.tv

FIDAfrique-IFADAfrica09

IFAD social reporting blog reports on FIDAfrique-IFADAfrica start-up workshop

http://ifad-un.blogspot.com/search/label/FIDAfrique-IFADAfrica09

Slideshare space for FIDAfrique-IFADAfrica start-up workshop

http://www.slideshare.net/event/fidafriqueifadafrica-startup