{"id":215,"date":"2014-11-19T02:16:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T02:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/iucn-2014-congress-cltl\/?p=215"},"modified":"2014-11-19T02:17:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T02:17:01","slug":"our-relationship-status-with-the-wpc-its-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/iucn-2014-congress-cltl\/2014\/11\/19\/our-relationship-status-with-the-wpc-its-complicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Relationship Status with the WPC: It\u2019s Complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s an apparent focus at the World Parks Congress (WPC) to inspire the new generation, and perhaps this is why they decided to post information across so many social media platforms. So, is it working? Well, their YouTube channel only has 120 subscribers, and LinkedIn has a mere 500 followers. Facebook has achieved 12,500 likes, but there is little interaction (by way of likes, comments, and shares). Despite opportunities to comment and the WPC\u2019s encouragement to \u201cjoin the conversation\u201d, this doesn\u2019t appear to be happening.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maybe it\u2019s us.<\/strong> Perhaps people see that no one has commented on a post, so they are afraid to be the first\/maybe only comment? Or maybe we\u2019re just not a socially savvy bunch. I think if there was a survey done at campus, environmental majors would be shown as less \u201cconnected\u201d in the social media world. Maybe we just want to be outside more!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maybe it\u2019s them. <\/strong>Maybe people just don\u2019t talk about this kind of event. For comparison, I looked at the Facebook page containing info on the G20 Summit (which also occurred in Australia November 15<sup>th<\/sup>-16<sup>th<\/sup>). This page has 22,500 likes (almost double), <em>and<\/em> people are interacting. Their last post was liked by 840 people and has numerous comments. But in all fairness, the WPC is fairly academic in nature, and likely to mainly attract academic folks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Or maybe it\u2019s the presentation.<\/strong> Some of the photos posted on Facebook are underwhelming, as mentioned in an earlier post. The \u201cDaily Highlights\u201d videos are nice, but most of the content seems to be about the benefits people actually attending are gaining (rub it in, why don\u2019t you!). And finally, most of the video posts of actual dialogues and speeches are over an hour long, and the audio quality is a bit painful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The WPC can hardly be blamed for failing to put out revolutionary or even catchy clips in such a short time period, especially with so many things going on at a time. The crucial parts will happen after the WPC, when the IUCN has had time to sort through the immense amount of information and draw out the key points. It can then be presented in an engaging and useful format\u2026in a way that will inspire the next generation!<\/p>\n<p>(This entry\u00a0posted on behalf of Anna Kellogg.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s an apparent focus at the World Parks Congress (WPC) to inspire the new generation, and perhaps this is why they decided to post information across so many social media platforms. So, is it working? 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