Conferencing for Advocacy Programs

Conferencing Options for Advocacy Programs during COVID-19 Pandemic

Technology Safety and Responsibility

The following is a list of tools that programs could consider for communicating with survivors remotely, that meet current best practice standards.

Two key factors to consider in any tool are:

1. Encryption options where the tech company itself cannot see the content of the files because they do not hold the encryption key – only you do

2. User access options that allow you to control user-by-user access to the content.

While we do not endorse these tools, they are well-suited to protect privacy as they are currently set up

1. Resource Connect: instant messaging for staff and volunteers

2. Gruveo: Video calling

3. Cyph: Video calling, instant messaging, group chatting

4. Tresorit, SpiderOak’s Semaphor, Mega, Sync, and pCloud: File Sharing

5. Zoom: video conferencing, conference calls, and screen sharing

6. Recommends to use a password for meeting access for sensitive meetings.

Sources:

https://nnedv.org/latest_update/resources-response-coronavirus-covid-19/

https://www.techsafety.org/remote-work-public-health-crisis