David Mathison invited back to United Nations to address executives at Senior Management Retreat (Jan 29, 2010)

David Mathison has been invited back to the United Nations to speak at a Department of Public Information (DPI) Senior Management Retreat. 

In December 2009, Mathison opened his previous visit to the UN with a presentation titled, "Social Media and the UN - Engaging the Public."

This time, Mathison's opening speech suggests that citizen media may fulfill the promise of Article 19 of the Declaration of Human Rights:

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

Attendees included Mr. Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, as well as Chiefs and Directors from the following divisions:

• Office of the Under-Secretary-General
  
• Strategic Communications Division
• News and Media Division
• Outreach Division

Session One:

• The Changing Media Landscape David Mathison: Be The Media
  
• Social Media in the Developed World Alan Levy: Blog Talk Radio
• Implementing Social Media and Creating Buzz by Soraya Darabi: Product Lead, Drop.io; oversees PressLift (former Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media Marketing for the New York Times)
  

Session Two:

• Social Media in the Developing World by Merrick Schaefer: Technical Project Manager, UNICEF Innovation Unit
• Measuring the Impact of Social Media by Johna Burke: Senior Vice President, BurrellesLuce
• Economics, Security, and Brand Integrity by Johnny Mone, Senior Vice president, Vamosa, Inc.
  
• Strategic Integration of Social Media by Professor Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Academic Affairs at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

      

Afterwards, the speakers were treated to a VIP tour of the UN.

Comments

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[David Mathison]

Hi Soraya,

Corrected! Everyone be sure to follow Soraya: http://Twitter.com/SorayaD

Best,
David

[Soraya]

Hi David,

It was so nice to meet you yesterday. One small correction - I attended the event on behalf of drop.io, where I work now.

Thanks,

Soraya