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Hillel staff training, Toronto
I presented an extended training session to Hillel staff in Toronto. The session covered online antisemitism as well as positive initiatives to combat it. We also discussed other positive campaigns and campaign strategies.
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Video Activism, CIE Social Media Workshop
In October I organized a social media workshop which was run (in slightly different formats) in Sydney and Melbourne. In addition to my own presentation on online distribution and seeding, the workshop in Melbourne included presentations from David Olesker, Ariel Blumenthal, and Danielle Lauren. In Sydney Ariel Blumenthal and I each gave an extended presentation. […]
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Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions, BDS Working Group
I ran two full day workshops on the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions movement ahead of the first national BDS conference in Melbourne. The working groups took place in both Melbourne and Sydney and provided an understanding of global BDS, details on speakers attending the Melbourne conference and brain storming on possible responses to BDS within […]
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Art, Satire and the Internet: Contemporary Responses to Current Events, ROI 5
In addition to the amazing experience of attending ROI 5, I was also asked to present as part of a panel on Art, Satire and the Internet. Other members of the panel were Eli Valley, Shai Haddad, and Chari Pere. My presentation focused on the use of the internet for public diplomacy campaigns. In particular […]
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Antisemitism 2.0, WUJS 3G – Unlocking our Future, Congress of the World Union of Jewish Students
I assisted the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) with their 2009 congress, “WUJS 3G”. The Congress, based in Jerusalem, was themes on emerging technology. I moderated the track online antisemitism which included a presentation from myself as well as presentations from Amos Hermon (head of the Jewish Agency’s task force to combat antisemitism), Aryeh […]
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Online in 2009: Emerging threats and opportunities, Legacy Heritage Foundation
This presentation was conducted via a webinar to the Legacy Heritage Fellows of 2008-2009. The presentation was very well received by both the fellows and Legacy Heritage. It aimed to give the fellows an insight into the changing ways online technologies were effecting advocacy and daily work of Jewish organizations.
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The DurbanReview.org Project, Kehilat Nitzan
This was a mini-presentation on the DurbanReview.org project as part of a larger talk presented to Kehilat Nitzan. The talk discussed the content, audience, and impact of the Durban Review site as well as the concept in the context of online public diplomacy.
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Online Engagement, Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland
This presentation was delivered to the mission to Israel of the Zionist Federation of the UK. The presentation was preceded by an address from the British Ambassador to Israel who stayed for part of this presentation.
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Online Engagement, Israel Connect
This presentation took place as part of the Israel Connect trip to Israel in 2008. Israel connect is a Europe wide network of 20 and 30 year old Zionists and is supported by the Zionist Federation of the UK.