Responding to Suicide & Digital Abuse

Event Description:

Social media has afforded us with many opportunities to do good because it fosters large networks, real-time response, a wealth of information and ongoing conversations. To be a socially responsible on the internet we will all need to learn, as an industry and as people, how to answer calls for help because the right answer and action could save a life. We will tackle liabilities, responses from the social media and mental health communities, how to engage youth around emotional health and how you can respond.

Speakers:

• Amanda Lehner, Ad Council
   
• Nicky Yates, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
   
• Courtney Knowles, Jed Foundation  
                                                          
• Noopur Agarwal, MTV
   
• Scott Zumwalt, Manager, It Gets Better Project