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Effective data visualization (graphs, maps, video, etc.). Use of social networks for gathering and disseminating information. Building communities around specific issues.
Open Data. Optimal use of crowdsourcing platforms for communication (Ushahidi, Saksey). Use of Interactive Voice Response for gathering and distributing information. Development of online strategies for campaigns and organizations.
On the topic of data security, the camp will include sessions showing how cloud computing can be used to store information safely, ensuring that all the administrative and program data gathered and stored by an organization can be kept safe from lose or unauthorized access. Topics are addressed to non-IT managers and program staff who are in the habit of using computers for their work. The goal is to be able to understand and manage what their own technical team should do to protect their organization them from different types of threats: How cloud computing helps store data in a way that it will never be lost and can be recovered in case of disaster. Advantages and disadvantages. Free versus corporate services. Types of threats that your IT staff should protect your organization from, including unauthorized access, viruses. Protecting computers that have access to your data from being physically used by others. Developing an IT policy for your CSO that ensures data security.
Other security sessions will cover topics related to protection from others listening-to or reading your private electronic communications: Is it possible to ensure privacy on voice and SMS communications when using the mobile network? How can others intercept your communications? How can privacy be ensured when navigating in the Internet? How can privacy be ensured when communicating through e-mail (webmail and clientbased mail)? Is it safe use of voice and chat application in the Internet? Development of a secure communication policy for CSOs.
By the end of the camp participants will be expected to have acquired or improved a framework for advocacy campaigns that can be used in their organizations, understanding the key elements that should be taken into account. They will also understand how different information and communication tools can be integrated into campaigns, helping to reach to their target with the right information in formats that can appeal to them. Finally, they will understand who to increase the security of their organization regarding storage and communication of information.