Workshop on Strategic Social Media Communications in Myanmar

Sanjana Hattotuwa, Special Advisor at the ICT4Peace Foundation, was tasked with the design and leading the delivery of a bootcamp workshop for seventeen individuals, comprising of six different teams, from across Myanmar, as part of a social media fellowship programme supported by Phandeeyar, an award winning innovation lab that is spearheading the development of Myanmar’s tech ecosystem.

The social media fellowship programme, which will last five months, saw the selection of six teams from over thirty that had applied, interested in working around issues related to countering violent extremism, social justice, the freedom of expression, youth advocacy, as well as tackling fake news and the spread of hate speech. The teams will be supported by Phandeeyar's strategic partnerships, including with Facebook, and by weekly sessions around social media communications in general, and effective campaign strategies on Facebook in particular.

Photos from the Workshop on Strategic Social Media Communications in Myanmar

For more info, visit:- http://ict4peace.org/workshop-on-strategic-social-media-communications-in-myanmar/