Expand Your Strategies: Restorative Justice and the Use, Relevance and Impact of Social Media Kris Miner October 21, 2009 12 th World Conference of IIRP

SCVRJP www.scvrjp.org St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program 501c3 Non-profit – since 2001 Variety of programs/training

St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program

501c3 Non-profit – since 2001

Variety of programs/training

Kris Miner @krisminer (twitter) Kris Miner (Facebook) Circlespace (Wordpress) Kris Miner (Linked In) Kris Miner (Slide Share)

@krisminer (twitter)

Kris Miner (Facebook)

Circlespace (Wordpress)

Kris Miner (Linked In)

Kris Miner (Slide Share)

Social Media Consumer to Contributor Creates Connections

Consumer to Contributor

Connecting Videos, Power-points, essays, photos, saying something to everyone Communities of Practice Advice, Feedback, Encouragement “ Conversations that help” Shirky

Videos, Power-points, essays, photos, saying something to everyone

Communities of Practice

Advice, Feedback, Encouragement

“ Conversations that help” Shirky

Communication Tools (warning-next slide)

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Social Media – personal impacts Speaking to everyone Documenting and distributing information Connections, connections, connections Transforms (warning, next slide is graphic)

Speaking to everyone

Documenting and distributing information

Connections, connections, connections

Transforms (warning, next slide is graphic)

“ What? Take my picture?”

“ Ok, take it”

“ When we change the way we communicate, we change society.” Clay Shirky

“ When we change the way we communicate, we change society.”

Clay Shirky

Restorative Justice/Social Media Embraces diversity/unlimited space & voice Collaborative & Consensus Community - connections Structure/Freedom paradox Emotional connections A sense of justice is a personal priority

Embraces diversity/unlimited space & voice

Collaborative & Consensus

Community - connections

Structure/Freedom paradox

Emotional connections

A sense of justice is a personal priority

Shifts “ Only Judges can sentance someone to jail and only doctors can perform surgery” Shirky Gather, Share Share , Gather

“ Only Judges can sentance someone to jail and only doctors can perform surgery” Shirky

Sharing Cooperation Collective Action

Sharing

Cooperation

Collective Action

Sharing is Conversation Conversation creates CHANGE! Change changes

Sharing is Conversation

Conversation creates CHANGE!

Change changes

Restorative Justice Social media, helps us share conversations.

Social media, helps us share conversations.

Demonstrations Circlespace 23,000 views 335 posts Sept’08 (the first month) 196 September of ’09 3,497 Twitter Slideshare

Circlespace

23,000 views 335 posts

Sept’08 (the first month) 196

September of ’09 3,497

Twitter

Slideshare

Tips & Ideas Pick a place to start Embrace trial and error Find a role model, example (keep following) Penelope Trunk Commit to consistency Be Yourself Focus on Agency, Program or Person

Pick a place to start

Embrace trial and error

Find a role model, example (keep following) Penelope Trunk

Commit to consistency

Be Yourself

Focus on Agency, Program or Person

Closing Questions or comments Facebook | Home

Questions or comments

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