Digital Communication Network 2016-2017
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Digital Communication Network (DCN) is a cross-border network that links thousands of young professionals from different sectors, including journalists, public servants, NGO leaders and software developers. The network aims to generate tools, ideas and products for internet users by allowing members to share and exchange knowledge and experiences. DCN organizes various events and programs throughout the year, such as conferences, hackathons, fellowships and training programs, focused on topics like digital skills, entrepreneurship, data visualization and strategic communication. The network is run by a board and provides small grants and opportunities to its members to collaborate on innovative projects within the digital space.
Digital Communication Network 2016-2017
- 2. Cross-border and cross-professions network that links thousands of young professionals, from the private and public sectors – investigative journalists, public servants, NGO leaders and software developers – who could share and exchange their knowledge and experiences to generate new tools, ideas and products for millions of Internet users.
- 3. BOARD Nino Macharashvili DCN President Triin Mahlakõiv Vice President of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Olga Chyzhova Vice President of Communications Artur Gurau Vice President of Development Anna Tadevosyan Vice President for Membership
- 4. DIGICOMNET ACTIVITIES 2016 • Empowering Ideas: Startups and Development Global Forum, December, Yerevan, Armenia • Rockit Digital Summit, February, Chisinau, Moldova • Language of disruptors, A digital talk, March, Tallinn, Estonia • Forum on Fact Checking for Political Journalism, August, Vilnius, Lithuania 2017 • Tech Camp Warsaw #TechCampWAW, February, Warsaw, Poland • Rockit Digital Summit #RockitWAW, February, Warsaw, Poland • Digital Disruption Forum #DigiForumKyiv, April, Kyiv, Ukraine • Rockit Digital Conference ’17 #RockitMoldova, May, Chisinau, Moldova • Regional Fellowships, May • United States Exchange Programs, June, October, USA • Training for Trainers Camp, July • Small grant projects for network members, August • Hackathon on Online Education in Digital Communication, September • DataFest, November, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 5. Empowering Ideas: Startups and Development Global Forum Yerevan, Armenia 2016 Brainstorming on how to better make Armenian start-ups and digital technologies the engine of our economic growth. Find out more at: www.fb.com/empoweringideasforum
- 7. Rockit Digital Summit #RockitWAW Warwas, Poland 2017 Annual international conference bringing innovation, entrepreneurial mindset and technology to digital communication and media Find out more at: www.rockit.digital
- 8. WHO WAS THERE? At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory. #ROCKITWAW I WARSAW, POLAND I FEBRUARY, 2017
- 9. At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory.
- 10. MOLDOVA GOVERNMENT PROJECT Establish a short course that will develop the skills, professionalism, and effectiveness of front-line communicators working in various ministries and state institutions in Moldova. At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory. At the end of the project, the communicators should be able to effectively use their new skills for planning and managing their respective institutional communication, including updates on progress and benefits of Moldova's chosen European trajectory. O B J E C T I V E R E S U LT • Strategic Communication • Internal Communication • Crisis Communication • PR & Media Relations T O P I C S • Protocol • Strategic Message Writing • Social Media • Digital Tools for Communication • Data Visualization • Video Communication • Mail Marketing PROJECT LENGTH 6 months TRAINERS 8 experts (5 international, 3 local) ATTNEDIES 30 from ministries & state institutions
- 11. REGIONAL FELLOWSHIPS Share skill-sets and knowledge among the network members and deepen regional collaboration through personal and organizational connections. O B J E C T I V E • Animation • Data Visualization 5 L E A D I N G O R G A N I Z AT I O N S S P E C I A L I Z E D I N : • Long-Form Storytelling • Video-Blogging • Social Media Campaigns PROJECT LENGTH 2 weeks PROFESSIONALS 10 SELECTION Through Competition
- 12. TRAINING OF TRAINERS (ToT) Camp The trained trainers will conduct trainings in their countries and, based on the results, they will be employed by DigiComNet in the upcoming projects and service work. O U T C O M E S E S S I O N T Y P E Workshops Study program PA R T I C I PA N T S 2 0 P R O J E C T L E N G H T 5 d a y s
- 13. HACKATHON ON ONLINE EDUCATION IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION • Participants will design innovative and attractive methods of teaching various modules of Digital Communication online. • The winning team will get initial funds (up to $10,000) from DigiComNet. • The winning team will implement its project SMALL GRANT PROJECTS FOR NETWORK MEMBERS • Knowledge and skill sharing study programs • Deepen the collaboration in the region • 3 Best Projects • $5,000 mini-grant for each
- 14. DataFest Tbilisi WHAT, WHEN, WHERE & WHO Data Festival 3 days about data and communication Location Tbilisi, Georgia Date November 2017 Participants Journalists, CSO activists, data analysts, marketing specialists, business professionals, government officials, developers and designers working with data or willing to explore the data opportunities.