New Social Media Forum on Shale Gas Development in Quebec Allows Public and Industry to Debate Key Issues

New Social Media Forum on Shale Gas Development in Quebec Allows Public and Industry to Debate Key Issues.

PARTA DIALOGUE INC. (“Parta”) (TSX-V: PAD) is pleased to announce the launch of “Forumschiste.com”, a social media platform that allows the public and industry to trade questions and points of view on shale gas exploration in Quebec (French only).

Since the forum recently went live, it has attracted interest from a wide range of stakeholders and initiated a transparent dialogue about shale gas development in Quebec. Its Facebook page has already drawn a following of more than 550 members.

This project is funded by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. It creates an easily accessible forum where the public can voice concerns about shale gas exploration and receive concrete answers from shale gas industry representatives, academics and environmentalists.

“We hope this forum will be a valuable source for people seeking information about shale gas,” said Dave Collyer, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. “It is reasonable for people to have questions and concerns, especially in jurisdictions without a history of upstream natural gas activity. This forum will allow people to exchange and access a variety of information so they can form their own opinions.”

Using the latest approaches in social media strategy, including integration of a Facebook page, Youtube channel, Twitter feeds and a Dynamic Archive Platform, Forumschiste.com aims to make it as easy as possible for people to ask questions and contribute text, video and image content to the dialogue from wherever they spend their time online.

“Social Media opens the door to citizen involvement in public dialogue like never before,” said Paul Allard, CEO of Parta Dialogue Inc. “On an issue as important and complex as shale gas development, this is a unique opportunity for industry and the public to reach a common understanding through an ongoing exchange of views, however heated the exchanges may get.”

Forumschiste allows for anyone to publish questions or viewpoints online as long as they are in accordance with a transparent Content Policy (available here: www.forumschiste.com/guide-participation.html(french only)). Site moderators must adhere to a commitment to neutrality in accordance with their Moderation Charter, published here: www.forumschiste.com/static/chart(french only).

All viewpoints on shale gas must be given equal time and importance on the site.

About PARTA

Parta Dialogue offers Social Media and Social Learning solutions to its clients from offices in Montreal, Paris and Mexico. Many visionary businesses already employ PARTA’s solutions for internal and external online engagement. Among these are Renault, Orange, Hydro-Québec, Iusacell (Mexico), the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Nestlé Waters, and Fondaction.

PARTA is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PAD. PARTA has a subsidiary that specializes in Social E-Learning, Edu-Performance Canada Inc (www.eduperformance.com), and also owns and operates the following social networks :
www.alternativechannel.com, www.ecomobility.tv, www.eauzone.tv, www.energy2point0.com and www.greenpod.fr.

For more information, please visit www.partadialogue.com.

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