Michael Dickson (Educator)
| Michael Dickson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 11, 1977 London |
| Residence | Israel |
| Citizenship | Israeli, British |
| Education | Bachelor's degree, diplomas in Management and Project Management. |
| Organization | StandWithUs |
| Home town | London, UK |
| Title | Executive director, Israel office |
| Children | 5 |
| Honours | 14th most influential people on ‘Jewish Twitter’. |
| Website | http://michaeldicksonblog.blogspot.co.il |
Michael Dickson (born on the 11th of October) is Executive Director of the StandWithUs Israel office. From the StandWithUs education center in Jerusalem.
Michael is a writer[1] and public speaker and addresses audiences and broadcasts on issues pertaining to Israel and public diplomacy and was listed as the 14th most influential Jew on twitter.
He is a senior Fellow at the Center for International Communication (CIC) of Bar Ilan University.[2] and an Honorary member of Alpha Epsilon Pi. And was appointed to the Spectrum Forum of leading Executive Directors in Israel under the age of 40.[3]
StandWithUs
Michael has been involved in establishing the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship,[4] which has become the go-to public diplomacy program on Israeli campuses and has graduated over 1,500 of the country's future diplomats and leaders. These Israeli young adults have gone on to staff major corporations, political parties in the Knesset, government ministries and embassies and NGOs worldwide.
Israel Advocacy
Michael has led diplomatic, academic and journalist missions to Israel and has advocated for Israel in different forums, including at the UN “Durban II” conference, in the Knesset, in Europe, the US and in the Far East. Michael has helped pioneer the StandWithUs social media activity, He has been behind in setting up “social media situation rooms” as far back as in 2009 during Operation Cast Lead, which he referred to as “the first social media war”[5][6][1]
JFS School
Michael was very active in the UK Jewish community and was twice appointed to British-Jewish youth movement Bnei Akiva UK’s executive. Following this, he was appointed as Director of Informal Education at JFS school in London, the largest Jewish school in europe.
In the five years he was there, Michael formed a department that pioneered innovative programming for 2,000 Jewish students on a daily basis, dealing with all aspects of Jewish life and Israel. He worked with senior representatives from the Christian and Muslim communities to formulate effective and original Multi-faith programs that met Government guidelines. He made Israel educational initiatives a central focus of school life and also launched the groundbreaking “Ambassador” program, a reality-TV show format educational format based on the Israeli TV series of the same name, teaching students skills in advocating for Israel, which was rolled-out in UK schools nationwide.[7]
Education
Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree from University College London (UCL) and diplomas in Management and Project Management.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Michael Dickson's Blog".
- ↑ "Mr. Dickson Michael | School of Communication | Bar-Ilan University". communication.biu.ac.il. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "Max Steinberg Israel Leaders | Michael Dickson Exec. Dir. of the StandWithUs IsraelRead Bio". maxsteinbergisraelleaders.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "עמוד הבית". StandWithUs Fellowship (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "Israel gains in media blitz, but for how long?". Reuters UK. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ Hodge, Nathan. "YouTube, Twitter: Weapons in Israel’s Info War". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "Welcoming a Jewish student 'ambassador' from the UK". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.