NATO Social Media Analysis and Presentation.

During the NATO Warsaw summit on the 8th and 9th a team of PhD Students and industry partner Info Ops HQ and Ben analysed the social media impact, conversation, sentiment and more from around the world in relationship to the NATO event. A week later Ben flew to Brussels to deliver a presentation and report from the findings of this analysis to the public diplomacy division, consisting of representatives from the twenty-eight nation states.

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The report was received well, with notable figures in the audience, and question time bringing the presentation to a full two hours before we reached the maximum time limit for the presentation room booked. With many coming up to us afterwards asking questions regarding how to best implement these ideas for their country's online presence. The results and recommendations in the report were taken on board and are on track to be implemented into NATO's following summit in 2017. 

News and media:

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4034571/launceston-mans-presentation-to-nato/?cs=5312

Read more on my blog here.
For more information on the teams findings email me here.
 

Steven A. Mehringer, Head of Communications Services at NATO – December 6, 2016.

"I was fortunate to work with Ben on a unique experience for NATO’s digital outreach led by Communications Services. The objective was testing multiple points for social media data capture and analysis during the NATO Summit 2016 in Warsaw. Ben played a key role in collaborating across time zones with Info Ops HQ, RMIT University and The University of Toronto, turning the data into observations and insights. He was then selected to present the findings and recommendations on behalf of the joint team, alongside Danielle Ridiout from the University of Toronto. Ben proved himself to be a mature, polished professional with notable experience and industry insight. After the feedback Ben collaborated on producing the final evaluation report, which was shared across the Public Diplomacy Division of NATO as well as with the Delegations of the 28 NATO Nations. I would be proud to have opportunities to work with Ben in the future and I give him my strongest recommendation."