SocialMediaWeek

Tweeting Haiti: Understanding Issues in Real-Time

If you can't make it to the Social Media Week - Toronto live panel discussion at the Centre for Social Innovation, join us on Wednesday 03 February 2010 (3:00pm-5:00pm ET) for a live-blogging event here:

About

As the world tried to understand and help Haiti in the aftermath of its 7.0 earthquake, social media became a tool of mobilization and misinformation. A plane of medical supplies diverted from Port-au-Prince was allowed to land after the US Air Force was inundated by complaints via Twitter. Yet retweets of a hoax that American Airlines had offered to fly doctors down to Haiti for free took days to be discounted. How can we, from NGOs to people concerned, navigate such a fast-moving stream of information?

Panelists

• Daphnée Nostrome, Ontario Arts Council, Communications Coordinator (online) & fundraiser with #HaiHaiTO
• Jennifer Mayville, Canadian Red Cross, Communications Co-ordinator, Ontario Zone
• Ken Tong, Médecins Sans Frontières, Manager, Web Development
• Piali Roy, freelance writer
• The moderator is Naheed Mustafa, a freelance writer/broadcaster. Her latest article on Afghanistan is in The Walrus

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