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Technology: A Tool for Advocacy
Presented at AAISA Conference 2001
May 29, 2001
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Internet Tools
• Email
• Mailing list / majordomo
• Discussion forum/conferencing
• Chat – ICQ… etc
• FTP – File transfer protocol
• Downloadable file - pdf, rtf, doc
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Uses of the Internet for Advocacy
• increasing awareness
• delivering information /documents
• taking action
• coordinating campaign
• Organizing
• Consulting with constituencies
• Developing strong collective voices
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Increasing Awareness
• Action Alert– http://alerts.web.ca/show.cfm?app=WNC&id=2800
• Press Releases– http://www.charityvillage.com/charityvillage/cover.asp
• Mailing List– example posting on [email protected]
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Delivering Documents
• Attachment to email
• ftp
• Posted on the web site– Word document– PDF (Acrobat Reader)– RTF (Word Processing Software)
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Taking Action
• Fax on-line– community.web.net/action/actionfax/index.html
• Petition on-line– www.moveon.org/stopcheney/index.html
• Sending email messages
• fund raising
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Consulting with constituencies
• Polling
• on-line survey
• Email
• Conferencing/discussion forum
• Chat
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Case Example
Custody, Access and Child Support Legislative Changes
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From: "Fatima Jaffer" <[email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 4:45 PMSubject: [adhocCAC] alert!
> Please post & forward the attached bulletin to women's groups/individual> women> fatima jaffer> for VCASAA> Vancouver Custody & Access Support & Advocacy Association>>>>
Attachment Converted: "c:\attach\VCASAA-BWSS bulletin.doc"
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Barriers to using the Internet
• Funding for hardware, connectivity, training?
• Time?
• no perceived need?
• No relevant content?
• ???