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Twitter as a tool for conservation education and outreach: what scientific conferences can do to promote live-tweeting

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If more conservation-minded citizens were aware of certain environmental threats and how to resolve them, these issues could be resolved more effectively. Scientific conferences focusing on conservation bring together countless experts on environmental problems and solutions, but are not an effective means of reaching the interested public on a large scale. This paper discusses the use of twitter to share important conservation information from scientific conferences with the interested public. The basic usage of twitter is explained, and strategies to promote live-tweeting of scientific conferences are introduced. A case study (the 2011 International Congress for Conservation Biology) is discussed. If used properly, twitter and other social media technology can be a powerful tool for conservation education and outreach from scientific conferences. Copyright AESS 2012

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  • D. Shiffman, 2012. "Twitter as a tool for conservation education and outreach: what scientific conferences can do to promote live-tweeting," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 2(3), pages 257-262, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:2:y:2012:i:3:p:257-262
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-012-0080-1
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    1. E. Parsons, 2015. "So you think you want to run an environmental conservation meeting? Advice on the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that accompany academic conference planning," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 5(4), pages 735-744, December.
    2. João Carlos Nabout & Fabrício Barreto Teresa & Karine Borges Machado & Vitor Hugo Mendonça Prado & Luis Mauricio Bini & José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, 2018. "Do traditional scientometric indicators predict social media activity on scientific knowledge? An analysis of the ecological literature," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 115(2), pages 1007-1015, May.
    3. Heather A. Fischer & Miranda L. Bernard & Krista Kemppinen & Leah R. Gerber, 2023. "Conservation awareness through social media," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 13(1), pages 23-30, March.
    4. Annika Miller & Stefan Heiland, 2021. "#ProtectNature—How Characteristics of Nature Conservation Posts Impact User Engagement on Facebook and Twitter," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-13, November.

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