Andreas Sandre: Diplomacy 3.0

In this, the third episode of The #DigitalDiplomacy Podcast, we have talked to Andreas Sandre, Press and Public Affairs Officer at the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC., and the author of “Digital Diplomacy: Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy” (2015) and “Twitter for Diplomats” (2013). Andreas has contributed articles to the Huffington Post, the Global Policy Journal, and other publications, and has spoken at numerous international events, including TEDxStockholm and Mashable Digital Beltway, with a focus on digital diplomacy, digital communications strategies, and technology policy. In the interview, Andreas Sandre talks about how diplomacy is evolving to become "3.0" and how diplomats can use social media to understand and use technology to shape better foreign policies and better understand the world around us. He talks about implementing a culture of innovation in the diplomatic community, about how he himself uses social media in his work, and how selfies and emojis can help “make foreign policy a little bit less foreign and a little bit more sexy”. You can follow Andreas Sandre on Twitter and Medium as @andreas212nyc. You can find his book "Digital Diplomacy: Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy" here: http://ow.ly/ujOV30hSpgl . And you can download “Twitter for Diplomats” as an e-book here: http://ow.ly/eywi30hSpiu . Thank you for listening to this episode! If you liked it, please share it with others that you think could be interested. And please give us a (nice) review on iTunes or Soundcloud, so that we can start getting traction and reach many more people around the world who are interested in the world of diplomacy and international relations in the 21st Century. We’ll be back soon with more interviews with interesting perspectives on the way diplomacy is changing, evolving, and adapting to the disruptive changes our societies and the relationship between them are undergoing these years. The #DigitalDiplomacy Podcast is produced by the Embassy of Denmark in Spain. It is edited and hosted by Communications and Policy Officer Mikkel Larsen. Music by Bebeto, “Ambient Loop” ((CC) / https://freesound.org/people/bebeto/sounds/554/ ).