Blogs, Wikis, and Virtual Realities: New Media Tools for Conservationists

Presentation PowerPoint Slides (.PDF)
Survey
Your input is critical to shaping the content and dialogue of a number of ConEx sessions. Please take this survey. Even if you aren't attending this session, you will be directly contributing to the direction of this topic for the presenters and participants.

• Blogs, Wikis & Virtual Realities Survey

Synopsis: Are blogs, wikis and virtual realities just toys and mischief or can conservationists and conservation organizations adapt them to achieve conservation goals (not to mention cut their carbon footprint)? Experts in each of these fields discuss their experience with these techno tools and advise attendees on how they could deploy them to further their work and reach.

Learning objective: Understand what blogs, wikis and virtual realities are and how businesses and scientists are using them to do work and build expert communities. How can conservationists use blogs, wikis and virtual realities to make their work more efficient and achieve conservation goals?

Format: Interactive

Pre-Conference References Readings: Blogs, Wikis, and Virtual Realities


Christian Renaud 's Bio