Technology: A Tool for Advocacy Presented at AAISA Conference 2001 May 29, 2001.

Technology: A Tool for Advocacy

Presented at AAISA Conference 2001

May 29, 2001

05/29/01 Technology: A Tool for Advocacy by S. Sy

Internet Tools

• Email

• Mailing list / majordomo

• Discussion forum/conferencing

• Chat – ICQ… etc

• FTP – File transfer protocol

• Downloadable file - pdf, rtf, doc


Uses of the Internet for Advocacy

• increasing awareness

• delivering information /documents

• taking action

• coordinating campaign

• Organizing

• Consulting with constituencies

• Developing strong collective voices


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]


Delivering Documents

• Attachment to email

• ftp

• Posted on the web site– Word document– PDF (Acrobat Reader)– RTF (Word Processing Software)


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


Consulting with constituencies

• Polling

• on-line survey

• Email

• Conferencing/discussion forum

• Chat

Case Example

Custody, Access and Child Support Legislative Changes


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"


Barriers to using the Internet

• Funding for hardware, connectivity, training?

• Time?

• no perceived need?

• No relevant content?

• ???

Technology: A Tool for Advocacy Presented at AAISA Conference 2001 May 29, 2001.

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