U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: Twitter Crucial to Her Mission

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How do you responsibly conduct foreign policy with a haiku?

That’s what Susan Rice felt was the challenge when first introduced to Twitter. The United States Ambassador to the United Nations was a self-proclaimed “skeptic” of the power of social media.

“I thought it might cheapen the coin,” Rice said at this year’s Social Good Summit while speaking with _Mashable_ CEO Pete Cashmore.

But Rice said she quickly changed her tune, realizing that Twitter and other social media outlets provide the tools and machinery to make everyone more aware of global issues, to bring great visibility to important issues in places that can’t be seen and engage people that are often overlooked in co…
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