How to participate in New Tactics online dialogues

The first step in particpating in a dialogue, is to make sure that you are registered as a New Tactics community member and logged in to the website. If you are not logged in as a member, you will be able to read the comments of the dialogue, but you will not be able to add your own comments to the dialogue.

To register as a new member, click here.

To login as a member, cick here.

To participate in a dialogue, click on the title of the dialogue to view the conversation.. Participants can either add a new comment to the dialogue,

or reply to an existing comment.

Each comment consists of a subject title field, and a body field. Click the “Post comment” button to add your comment to the dialogue.

Participate by Email

Participants in the dialogues have the ability to participate in the conversation by email. Simply click the 'Participate by Email' button when you are in the dialogue.

If this option is selected, the participant will receive an email each time a comment is added to the dialogue. The email includes the full text of the comment. The participant receiving the email can participate in the dialogue by replying to the email. The text that is sent in the email reply will be automatically posted in dialogue on the website. This allows for users to participate in the dialogues without having to access newtactics.org. Click here for more information.

To stop email participation, click the ‘Stop participating by email’ button in the dialogue.

Viewing Options

Participants in the dialogues can choose how they would like to view the dialogue. Under “Comment Viewing Options” there are 4 choices: Flatlist expanded, Flatlist collapsed, Threadedlist expanded, Threadedlist collapsed.

Flatlist aligns all the comments flat against the left margin of the page. Threadedlist includes indentations of comments depending on whether the comment is a reply to a previous comment, or whether it is a new comment. Expanded displays the full text of the comment, whereas collapsed displays only the subject title of the comment. You can also modify the view by changing the number of comments displayed, and other options.

Note: if you are not logged in, you will not be able to change the 'comment viewing options' so make sure you are logged in first!

Share your idea for Featured Dialogues

New Tactics is very interested to know what tactic topics you are interested to see featured. Share your ideas or questions with us by sending an email to New Tactics at newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org

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Now it's time to get started! Find a dialogue you would like to participate in at newtactics.org/dialogues/home!

About New Tactics Online Dialogues

New Tactics encourages communication among our community members in order to share information and tactics with one another. We capture this communication in online dialogues. In addition to the many dialogues taking place among the community members, New Tactics promotes Featured Dialogues each month.

New Tactics Featured Dialogues are in-depth, online discussions on a particular tactic. These discussions are held once a month for one week. Participants in these dialogues include resource practitioners, members of the New Tactics human rights community, and YOU! The dialogue's resource practitioners are invited to lead the discussion because of their experience in the tactic being discussed.

The ongoing community dialogues allow New Tactics community members to start their own dialogues and/or pose a question to their peers. These dialogues have no end date. We hope that the information captured in these ongoing dialogues will be useful to human rights practitioners around the world searching for resources regarding new tactics.