ASMS2014 ABOUT

October 19-21, 2014 Kabul, Afghanistan

AFGHAN NETIZENS HAVE... !

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A HUNGER TO BE HEARD A STRONG VOICE and LOTS TO SAY

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Brought together 262 Afghan social media users through a two-day national summit that provided training, tools, and support to accelerate Afghan social media use for positive social change.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR, ASMS2013 (AKA #PAIWAND)




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#PAIWAND PAIWAND BY THE NUMBERS

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provinces of Afghanistan represented

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Participants selected to attend the social media summit

speakers joining by videoconference

262total participants, including VIPs,

speakers, and journalists

Afghanistan’s First Social Media Summit

22 + 23 SEPTEMBER 2013

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HELP US BUILD ON LAST YEAR’S MOMENTUM…




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BIGGER Expanded to 3 days 500 participants per day

BETTER More speakers + topics Refined content

STRONGER More partners and stakeholders New elements including innovative technology, interactive social media labs, and more!




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THE BASICS !Dates: Oct 19-21, 2014 Location: Kabul, Afghanistan Audience: 500+ social media users per day from all 34 provinces Goals:

•Highlight innovative case studies of social media use in Afghanistan •Increase social media skills for participants •Create a strong community of Afghan social media users

Follow-up: After the summit, we will hold 1-day workshops on digital literacy in 10 provinces

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!• Building Social Movements: Development and Civil

Society o #HashtagActivism o Social Media for Citizen Advocacy o The Role of Humor in Movement Building o Crowd-funding Afghanistan: “Badakshan Needs You”

• New Media, Old Media: Journalism in the Digital Age o Press Event: Relaunch of Paiwandgah Citizen

Journalism platform o How News Spreads in the Digital Economy o Panel Discussion: Mobile News o Digital Media and the Freedom of the Press o Social media, journalism, and ethics

• Innovation, Mobile, and Emerging Technologies o Innovations in Wifi Technology: Mesh Networks,

Drones, and Other Ways to Provide Internet Coverage

o Look Around You: The Power of Maps on the Social Web

o Open Data o Unveiling The Secrets of Social Media: Photos and

Geolocation • Governance and Politics

o Social media and Afghan Elections o SadRoz.af: Tracking the First 100 Days of the New

President o Digital Governance: A Case Study from India o Free speech, censorship, and the future of the

Internet in Afghanistan

• Society, Culture, and Rights o Pashto Landays, Online and Off o The Role of Social Media in Contemporary Art o Towards an Afghan Digital Bill of Rights o Afghan Women Online: Rights, Safety, and Ways

Forward • Marketing and Communications

o Understanding Platforms o Defining Success: Social Media Metrics o Online Media Buying o Everything You Need to Know About Facebook

Advertising o Lessons from the @EUinAfghanistan: Managing

Engagement via Online Competitions • Global Case Studies and Best Practices

o “We the People”: The White House’s Digital Engagement Platform

o #OccupyGezi: Case Study of a Social Media-Fueled Protest

o HarassMap: Geolocating Sexual Harassment in Egypt

o #Kony2012: Lessons Learned on Viral Marketing • Skills-Building Practicums

o Visual Storytelling Workshop o Wikimedia o Collaborative Mapping with OpenStreetMap o Online Privacy and Digital Security o Follow-up workshop: Geolocation o Follow-up workshop: Open Data and Innovation

ASMS 2014 TENTATIVE AGENDA




BROUGHT TO YOU BY…

THE ASMS TEAM IS MADE UP OF AFGHAN AND INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS | CHANGE-MAKERS | SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERTS | MEDIA PROS | AND TECHNOLOGISTS COMMITTED TO EFFECTING POSITIVE CHANGE IN AFGHANISTAN.

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WE REPRESENT A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN...

IMPASSION AFGHANISTAN !A proud Afghan social enterprise, Impassion Afghanistan is Afghanistan’s first social media agency. We combine experience in media, communications, and technology with local and cultural expertise to create innovative, technology-based communications campaigns and data collection plans to help government, business, and communities engage in a networked world.

U.S. Embassy Kabul - Public Affairs Section !The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section will provide limited grant funding to implement the Summit and follow-on provincial trainings. This partnership aims to provide the Afghan Social Media Summit with the foundation upon which it can become a fully self-funded and self-sustaining Afghan-led initiative.

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If you are as impassioned as we are about meeting

the needs of a rising generation of Afghan

leaders, let’s talk about how we can bring

to life.

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