Make blog, not war 18 March 2016 beeblog.network
Make blog, not war 2 What does the BLOG mean for countries & people characterized by: Conflicts Alienation Transition Low level of human rights
Make blog, not war 3 exyu region: 6 smaller countries
Make blog, not war 4 Many people (unfortunately) know Serbia & the Balcan region for its association to bad stories: War War Crimes Refugees Corruption Poverty Flawed Democracies One of the worst inflations the World has ever known...
But we are also known for some good stories
Make blog, not war 6 Nikola Tesla The greatest geek who ever lived The Oatmeal Scientist scientist responsible for: Alternating Current (AC) Radio Radar Wireless power transmition Tesla Oscilator X-Rays First Hydroelectric plant (on Niagara Falls) Transistor Resonant Frequency Neon Lightning Remote control Electric motor
Make blog, not war 7 Novak Djokovic Current ATP World No. 1 surpassed John McEnroe for fifth place on the all-time list of players who have spent most weeks at No.1 in the ATP Rankings (174) the first player to claim 30 match wins against Top 10 opponents in a single season 11 Grand Slam titles 2012 & 2015 Laureus Sportsman of the Year UNICEF global ambassador and the founder of the Novak Djokovic Foundation
Make blog, not war 8 Vlade Divac NBA Hall of Fame first player born and trained outside the US to play in over 1,000 games in the NBA One of only seven players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots Won 2 Olympic medals, 3 FIBA World Cup medals and 5 FIBA EuroBasket medals with national team A humanitarian worker, focusing on aid to children worldwide and refugees in his home country.
Make blog, not war 9 Ivo Andrić Writer Won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country" over competitors J.R.R. Tolkien and John Steinbeck Best known for the novel The Bridge on the Drina His works have been translated into more than 150 languages
Make blog, not war 10 Mother Teresa Born in Skopje, capital of Macedonia Missionary and humanitarian worker Ran orphanages, soup kitchens, hospices and clinics, for people with AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, all over the World 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Make blog, not war 11 Dušan Popov Serbian triple spy during World War II - MI6, Abwehr and Yugoslav military intelligence agency Codename: Tricycle Ladies man and inspiration for Ian Fleming s James Bond His apartment s phone number was 26-007
There are many stories in between There are many shades of gray
Make blog, not war 13 exyu #context: Population & Internet penetration Ex Yu total population ~22 million Internet users per 100 people 63.93 #RegionalAverage (International Telecommunication Union, 2014)
Make blog, not war 14 exyu #context: Freedom of the press Slovenia 35th / 180 Croatia 58th / 180 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66th / 180 Serbia 67th / 180 Montenegro 114th / 180 Macedonia 117th / 180 35 58 66 67 114 117 (Reporters Without Borders, 2015)
Make blog, not war 15 exyu #context: Index of economic freedom Macedonia 47th / 178 Montenegro 65th / 178 Serbia 77th / 178 Slovenia 90th / 178 Croatia 103rd / 178 Bosnia and Herzegovina 108th / 178 90 103 108 77 65 47 (The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal)
Make blog, not war 16 exyu #context: Corruption perception index Slovenia 35th / 167 Croatia 50th / 167 Montenegro 61st / 167 Macedonia 66th / 167 Serbia 71st / 167 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76th / 167 35 50 76 71 61 66 (Transparency International)
Make blog, not war 17 exyu #context: Democracy index Slovenia 36th / 167 - flawed democracy Croatia 52nd / 167 - flawed democracy Serbia 58th / 167 - flawed democracy Macedonia 78th / 167 - flawed democracy Montenegro 79th / 167 - flawed democracy Bosnia and Herzegovina 104th / 167 hybrid regime 36 52 104 58 79 78 (The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015)
BLOG increases social dialogue
Make blog, not war 19 Power of the individual
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Make blog, not war 21 400.000 blogs within just one platform #BeeBlogNetwork
Make blog, not war 22 What is it like to be a blogger in the SEE Bloggers, how are you? Blogometar15 Online research for bloggers from exyu region We wanted to know: WHY they write HOW they feel about writing WHAT they stand for WHICH consequences they suffer from
Make blog, not war 23 Who are they meet our bloggers Age Gender Education
Make blog, not war 24 Who are they meet our bloggers Why did you start blogging?
Make blog, not war 25 Who are they meet our bloggers What does blog mean to a blogger?
Who are they Blogging has also brought :( Enemies/opponents, problems at work Anonymous threats Different types of pressure from: online community families, friends and those closest to them different companies coworkers superiors at work state and government institutions
How do they feel they are not free to speak out write Half of the bloggers believe that freedom of expression is endangered online. They also believe bloggers tend to face this particular type of pressure more often. 1 in 5 bloggers don t feel free to write or contribute to their own blogs.
How do they feel they suffer from repercussions Nearly 4 out of 5 bloggers, with 4 or more years of blogging experience, claim to have suffered some type of negative consequence because of their writing. The longer they blog, the more often they become victims of intellectual property theft.
Make blog, not war 29 What do they fight for? #transparency government, spendings #freedom press #humanitarian help #cause floods #protection customers, endangered ones #healthier lifestyle
Make blog, not war 30 Which consequences do they suffer from? Fear of being fired Robbed Arrested Censored Threatened
Make blog, not war 31 What can we do to help them?
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Make blog, not war 33 HELP US STAND FOR THEM! Rock the blog DID! :)