This document discusses how social media can be used to curate information for small island states. It provides an agenda for a session that will present on digital competencies and e-diplomacy, with a focus on prioritizing resilience, social media monitoring, engaging influencers, and having the capability to reach mass audiences. Foundational competencies for digital diplomacy include passive skills like reading, listening, and maintaining a low online profile, while core competencies involve active engagement, developing an online presence, and collaboratively curating interconnected content.

1. social media
for
curating information
Much relevant information for small
island states can be found on the
Internet. This session discusses how
Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other
media can be used for curating
information for small island states.

2. Agenda
10.30 What is your social graph? Introductions
10.35 Waking up to eDiplomacy Presentation
10.45 Pause for reflection Discussion
10.50 Digital competencies Presentation
12.10 Questions? Discussion

5. • Prioritise resilience
• Social media monitoring
• Engagement with influencers
• Capability to reach and engage mass audiences

7. St Kitts & Nevis & e-Diplomacy
 On a scale of 1 – 10
– Where is K&N e-diplomacy?
– How much of a priority is e-diplomacy for
K&N?

8.  Foundational competencies
– largely passive in
nature (reading, looking
and listening)
– maintaining a low
profile
– keeping in touch with
what is going on and
who is active
8
• Comprehend
• Connect
• Check Context
• Collaborate
• Create
• Critique
• Curate
• Communicate
• Core competencies
– active engagement in
digital media and
platforms
– developing a profile
– working with others to
build inter-connected
collections of content
Digital competencies

9. Digital Competencies
 Foundational competencies
– largely passive in
nature (reading, looking
and listening)
– maintaining a low
profile
– keeping in touch with
what is going on and
who is active
9
• Comprehend
• Connect
• Check Context
• Collaborate
• Create
• Critique
• Curate
• Communicate
• Core competencies
– active engagement in
digital media and
platforms
– developing a profile
– working with others to
build inter-connected
collections of content

10. curate

11. Curate
 Find - Internet search, Wikipedia,
Google scholar, e-resources,
image textbook, etc
 Filter - RSS feeds,
 Collate/collect: social and
personal bookmarking, mind-
mapping, online storage
 Public curation

12. Validating online content
 Monitor online media
 Assess the validity/authenticity of
sites/information
– Get closer to the source
– Corroborate the content
 Erroneous material about K&N - rebut or
ignore?
– The digital world is global & very, very fast…
– … although often ‘meme’ based

13. collaborate

14. collaborate
 Wikis, Google tools
 Blogs
 Online social networks
– Twitter & Yammer
 Integrated portals (mobile
accessible websites)

15. Open Space
 Questions and comments

16. social media
for
curating information
Much relevant information for small
island states can be found on the
Internet. This session discusses how
Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other
media can be used for curating
information for small island states.