Practicing safe text: Online strategies to reach adolescents

Friday, March 30, 2012: 3:40 PM-5:00 PM
Yerba Buena Salon 1-3 (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)
Speakers:
Brian O'Connor, MS, Futures Without Violence
Kate Reilly, MPH, Sojourner House


Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify at least three engagement tools (e.g., quiz, story, game) that can be adapted to promote violence prevention and healthy relationships online
  2. Recognize the major considerations in monitoring user-generated content online
  3. Identify how to integrate both user-generated and expert-advised content into social media platforms
Description:
This report provides an in-depth exploration of online interactive tools and social media that impact our ideas on relationships and violence and the opportunity they hold to transform negative social norms to positive ones.