The Role of Social Media in building democracy in Egypt after the Revolution. SI Oct 2011

1. The Role of Social Media
Tarek Amr
@gr33ndata

2. Right After the Revolution!
Online Offline
Referendum Results
22.7
Yes
No
77.2

3. What Should Be Done!?
Social
Media
Educate Propagate

4. Educate
• WASLAproject
– Travel to Rural Areas
– Teach (Blog, Podcast, etc)
– Listen
• Qabila
– Videos (66.4% can read)
– Introduction to Politics
• Oreed
– Videos, Illustrations, etc

5. Propagate
• #Tweetshare3
– Tweet + Street
• El-Journal
– Grassroot unlicensed
newspaper
– Youth
– Distribution
• Freedom Bus
• Graffiti
• Ultras

6. Propagate (Intl.)
• Global Voices
• The Lede Blog
– NYTimes
• Bloggers Networks

7. Political Initiatives
• Emsek Flol (Catch Remnants)
– Why wait for laws!?
– http://www.emsekflol.com/
• Dostorna (Our Constitution)
– What people want!?
– Web2.0 vs Paper/Pen
– http://dostorna.net/
• Election Monitoring Tools
– http://carte.isie.tn/ar/?l=ar_EG

8. Economical Solutions
• TweetBack
– Tweeps
• 20 with 250k+ Followers
– Corporates
• Coca Cola, etc
– Charity Organization
• (Peace and Plenty)

9. Thank You!
Egypt After #Jan25