We are pleased to participate in Social Media Week 2013, scheduled February 17-22 in Washington to showcase our use of digital space for development. USAID will host several events during the week to contribute to the conversation and highlight how we rely on technology for a multitude of reasons, including program management and reporting, and general educational purposes for a range of projects, funded by USAID.
Making All Voices Count (MAVC) supports innovative solutions and harness new technologies to help grow the global movement for open government, transparency and accountability. Photo credit: USAID
As our development partners, we’d like to invite you to showcase your work in using social media for development through video at our #Popcorn + International Development event on February 22. This is a special opportunity for you to amplify a program you are proud of, or one which you feel deserves a louder voice in the public.
Submission Regulations:
1. Only one submission per organization is allowed.
2. Videos must be two minutes in length or less.
3. You must email the YouTube link to socialmedia@usaid.gov by February 13 at 23:59 EST, including your organization’s name and point of contact.
4. Your video must highlight a project/s, that uses social media to further our collective development goals.
5. All videos must be 508 compliant and include captions (in English) for our participants with disabilities.
6. Videos, of course, should be child-friendly.
Non-selected videos may be compiled to a video stream and made available to the public through USAID’s YouTube channel, to encourage ongoing dialogue about social media and its role in international development.
Please note that USAID reserves the right to use and reuse, in whole or in part, all video submissions for purposes outside of this event. Your submission serves as a “silent” agreement between your organization and USAID of the aforementioned.
Learn More:
To learn more about Social Media Week, please visit their website.
For questions regarding video submissions, please email socialmedia@usaid.gov or Tweet to us using #smwUSAID.
RSVP:
Reserve your space at “#Popcorn + International Development”!
Hello, I wonder if it’s just for USAID funded projects, because we have much experience in social media for development and we would like to present our project PICA. La Paz, Bolivia.
Hi Ivan, we welcome all videos that include social media being used/having a part in development. It does not need to be about USAID funded projects.
Will winning submissions be captioned so that deaf people (like me) will be able to watch them too? This should be NOT just a transcript of what is said in the video but ALSO a description of any important sounds in the video (eg, if people are laughing, the captions should say this, etc.)
Winning submissions also should include audio description so that blind people can access them as well.
I know USAID has policies on disability inclusiveness: ensuring that the videos you share with the public are fully accessible would be in keeping with this.
Great question! Yes, we will be making sure our videos are accessible to all of our participants, and will include transcripts and descriptions for all selected videos.