Israel at #140Conf
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During the coming week, New York City will be host to the largest gathering yet devoted to Twitter, the 140 Characters Conference (#140Conf for all you on Twitter), the brainchild of Jeff Pulver. Among the featured presenters is Consul David Saranga (@DavidSaranga), who will discuss how the microblogging service has changed the face of public diplomacy. He’ll talk about how we at the Consulate have embraced new media and social media technologies over the past few years, culminating (thus far) in our presence on Twitter (@IsraelConsulate).
For those of you who can’t make it to New World Stages at 340 W. 50th Street on Tuesday morning at 10, you can keep abreast of these and other developments on Twitter. We’ll also be sure to post a video of Consul Saranga’s speech as soon as we can make it available.
You can also read about the reasons behind the 140 conference in this online interview with Jeff Pulver from the New York Observer.
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I’m looking forward to meeting David next week at the #140Conf – The question is whether greater access to each other as individuals will help or detract from the usual diplomatic process? Microblogging and greater access may well be a valuable diplomatic tool to foster greater understanding among individuals while working toward formal relationships among government entities.
It’s a wonderful, yet to be written chapter of the story of humankind.
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I want to leave in my will a few thousand dollars to support Israel’s survival. Please send me a list of viable organizations and if they support the US’s position regarding Israel and Palestine.
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microblogging is nice but it also limits how much you can say about your daily activities”;.
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internet phones these days have very powerful and nice features, i bet they would add some more value added features in the fut ~
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