The year 2024, with all events and activities, comes to an end. It was a dynamic, digital and unforgettable period, and we thank every member of the community for your active participation.
Best of Wishes in the Holiday Season, and see you in 2025
Your EDDE team
👀46 participants from 21 countries and 9 international experts joined us in February 2024 at Bled, Slovenia, to comprehensively understand the critical intersection between government affairs and digital engagement. Over 4 billion individuals, representing half the planet's population, did and will exercise their right to vote this year📥. Hence, the power of strategic (digital) communication holds and will hold unprecedented significance for democracy💪.
Check the video and get a snap of our week at Bled🔽!
Centre for European Perspective - CEP
U.S. Department of State U.S. Embassy Ljubljana
💡Yesterday, we held our 5th virtual session. This time on #threads with Matthias Lüfkens from DigiTips.
This relatively new text-based app, launched in 2023 by Meta to rival X, is simultaneously very similar and very different from X☯️. While most features are alike, the atmosphere is not. Threads is much friendlier and prides itself on meaningful and moderated discussion🫂, while X is all about free speech with minimal moderation🗣.
Since Threads is still quite a niche app, we can see more playful content from unexpected users (international organisations, governments, etc.). Threads will likely not replace X, but investing your time and efforts in this app is still valuable. Are you asking why👀? Have a look at yesterday's afternoon session⬇️.
U.S. Embassy Ljubljana Centre for European Perspective - CEP U.S. Department of State
💡Yesterday, we held our 5th virtual session. This time on #threads with Matthias Lüfkens from DigiTips.
This relatively new text-based app, launched in 2023 by Meta to rival X, is simultaneously very similar and very different from X☯️. While most features are alike, the atmosphere is not. Threads is much friendlier and prides itself on meaningful and moderated discussion🫂, while X is all about free speech with minimal moderation🗣.
Since Threads is still quite a niche app, we can see more playful content from unexpected users (international organisations, governments, etc.). Threads will likely not replace X, but investing your time and efforts in this app is still valuable. Are you asking why👀? Have a look at yesterday's afternoon session⬇️.
U.S. Embassy Ljubljana Centre for European Perspective - CEP U.S. Department of State
All You Need to Know About Threads with Matthias Lüfkens
The European Digital Diplomacy Exchange (EDDE) invites you to join us virtually on Thursday, March 21 from 16:00 – 17:00 CET for the virtual lecture All You Need to Know About Threads with Matthias Lüfkens.
X has become the most popular and effective social media platform for political figures, governments, and international organisations in recent years🏆. However, the chaotic situation at X since Elon Musk took over caused a significant drop in the number of users, creating space for a new platform💡. Meta took the opportunity and created Threads, a new text-based app to rival X.
Threads, like every platform, has its perks and flaws. We will dedicate our next virtual session to learn about it👀. Our guest will be social media savvy and an author of Twiplomacy Study, Matthias Lüfkens, founder and CEO of DigiTips, with over 35 years of experience in communication working with big international organisations like WHO, UNICEF, WWF and WEF.
EDDE Online Lecture Do´s and Don´t´s of Governmental Voice in Social Media by Matt Navarra
Watch the EDDE virtual lecture with Matt Navara, the go-to social media expert standing behind many success stories previously working with BBC, UN, International Red Cross, Mozilla and others.
Matt Navarra has broad experiences in both the public and private sectors, from the time when the world was starting to discover social media to today when the digital world is our everyday life. Our discussion will touch upon the latest social media trends, tips, tricks and tactics. Matt will share his opinion on some controversial topics.
Matt Navarra will also speak about his latest project, another social media success story. 'Geekout' is a community and suite of resources for social media professionals. It has a Facebook community with 35,000+ members and a weekly Newsletter with 30,000+ subscribers. If you want to be up to date about the world of social media, subscribe here: https://geekout.mattnavarra.com/ and if you want a little bit of extra, Geekout Pro is the place for you. Platform with breaking social media news, the world’s top social media pros and beta social media apps. Check it out: https://nas.io/geekout?discountCode=GEEKY10.
EDDE Online Lecture Follow to be Followed: How Digital Becomes Diplomacy by Ilan Manor
EDDE Online Lecture Follow to be Followed: How Digital Becomes Diplomacy by Ilan Manor
Watch the third EDDE virtual lecture with Ilan Manor, the digital diplomacy scholar and the author of »The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy« (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and »Are we there yet? Have MFAs Realized the Potential of Digital Diplomacy?« (Brill Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, 2016).
He is going to talk about digital reciprocity as the most important factor of MFA's centrality, about the major features of digital society and explore the latter's manifestation in the field of diplomacy and about the correlation between digital diplomacy and the normative behaviour of digital society.
Happy New Year from EDDE
🌐✨ Happy New Year from European Digital Diplomacy Exchange! ✨🌐
As we bid farewell to the year gone by, we embark on a new journey filled with promise, collaboration, and digital diplomacy excellence. 🚀🌍
Thank you for being a part of our vibrant community 🙌 Wishing you a spectacular New Year filled with success, joy, and memorable digital diplomacy adventures! 🎉🥂
New Trends in Digital Diplomacy: TikTok-ification of Digital Diplomacy with Andreas Sandre
TikTok isn't just a place for the light-hearted stuff, nor is it solely viral dance crazes, day-to-day routines and lip-syncing videos. Increasingly, it's where people worldwide – primarily younger generations, say they're getting news. Many organisations, including the UN and the WHO, have followed and acted on that trend. Ultimately, the most important is that our public is informed, not through which channel or platform they get information🤓.
Andreas Sandre, the digital communication expert and author, delved into the phenomenon of TikTok-ification of digital diplomacy, shedding light on its role, case studies, challenges, and future trends.
Do you want to know more about it🙋? Get a new perspective🙋♀️? Check the live below👇.
New Trends in Digital Diplomacy: TikTok-ification of Digital Diplomacy with Andreas Sandre
