Expand Your Strategies: Restorative Justice and the Use, Relevance and

Impact of Social Media

Kris MinerOctober 21, 2009

12th World Conference of IIRP

SCVRJP www.scvrjp.org

St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice Program

501c3 Non-profit – since 2001 Variety of programs/training

Kris Miner

@krisminer (twitter) Kris Miner (Facebook) Circlespace (Wordpress) Kris Miner (Linked In) Kris Miner (Slide Share)

Social Media

Consumer to Contributor

Creates Connections

Connecting

Videos, Power-points, essays, photos, saying something to everyone

Communities of Practice Advice, Feedback, Encouragement

“Conversations that help” Shirky

Communication Tools

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Social Media – personal impacts

Speaking to everyone Documenting and distributing

information Connections, connections,

connections Transforms (warning, next slide is

graphic)

“What? Take my picture?”

“Ok, take it”

“When we change the way we communicate, we change society.”

Clay Shirky

Restorative Justice/Social Media

Embraces diversity/unlimited space & voice

Collaborative & Consensus Community - connections Structure/Freedom paradox Emotional connections A sense of justice is a personal

priority

Shifts

“Only Judges can sentance someone to jail and only doctors can perform surgery” Shirky

Gather, Share Share, Gather

Sharing

Cooperation

Collective Action

Sharing is Conversation

Conversation creates CHANGE!

Change changes

Restorative Justice

Social media, helps us share conversations.

Demonstrations

Circlespace23,000 views 335 postsSept’08 (the first month) 196September of ’09 3,497 TwitterSlideshare

Tips & Ideas

Pick a place to start Embrace trial and error Find a role model, example (keep

following) Penelope Trunk Commit to consistency Be Yourself Focus on Agency, Program or

Person

Closing

Questions or comments

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