Digital Policy Council Profiles Heads of State Applying Good Governance on the Net

Real Leaders Tweet, a new report from The Digital Policy Council, examines how Web 2.0 and social media strategies are helping heads of state transform the way in which governments in the 21st Century govern and communicate

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2010 - Real Leaders Tweet is a new report that examines how heads of state
around the world use the power of Twitter, Facebook and other social media to
engage their citizens. The report was created by The Digital Policy Council
(DPC), an international, non-partisan advocacy group that promotes good
governance through open and inclusive communication.

The global ranking report reveals leaders who are slowly beginning to
understand and leverage what everyday people already know: that social media
has tremendous political value as a tool of engagement and influence…both
within a country's borders and beyond.

Research shows that leaders who are confident in their leadership role
and assured of their political legitimacy are most comfortable with social
media regardless of the form of government whether they serve in democracies
or monarchies.

From Jordan's Queen Rania to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Michael Rudd
and American President Barack Obama, more and more political figures use
Twitter to speak in a personal way to their citizens and bring discourse and
debate directly to the global public.

The Digital Policy Council's research shows that it is not only Western
nations that prevail in the global ranking, the top 10 includes in the United
Arab Emirates, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President,
Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai with over 330,000 followers. Exemplifying
modern leadership he used social media to call for national unity when his
country was under assault by the international mainstream media over debt
challenges. "Abu Dhabi Dubai and other emirates are strong and united in
UAE," he Tweeted. "We're one tribe. One family."

The DPC reports that new approaches to governance are being implemented
to cater to a "Society 2.0," a generation raised on immediacy of debate and
interactions brought about Web 2.0 and the hundreds of millions of people
connected on social networks.

Governments with no platforms or policy to engage their citizenry and the
global community on the Net will find themselves vulnerable for 21st Century
politics.

The DPC is the research and policy arm of Digital Daya, a management
consultancy firm whose mission is to empower governments with new digital
platforms to advance national agendas and progressive public image.

Download the report at
www.digitaldaya.com/epetition.php?id_petition=59

About The Digital Policy Council(TM)

The Digital Policy Council (DPC) is an international, non-partisan 'think
tank' that promotes good governance and policy-making. The research and
policy arm of the management consultancy firm Digital Daya(TM), DPC's mission
is the advancement of open discourse on issues of inclusive governance
through the use of the Internet and Web 2.0.

www.digitaldaya.com/

The Digital Policy Council, Raana Hasnat, U.S., +1-202-379-4787, UAE, +971-4-313-2086, Malaysia, +60-3-2168-4201, public_relations at digitaldaya.com