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What’s the buzz? The #sango09 twitter tag is busy on Day One
Participants at the kickoff SANGONet 2009 Social Media for NGOs conference made great use of the hashtag #sango09. The channel remained active throughout the day with over 200 tweets. Perhaps the biggest buzz was around the launch of the Betavine Social Exchange which was introduced by Steve Wollak from Vodaphone. According to the
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Facebook Groups Hijacked – CYI
Activists claim to have seized control of nearly 300 Facebook community groups in a self-proclaimed effort to expose how vulnerable online reputations are to tampering.
A contingent that identified itself as Control Your Info (CYI) claimed credit for commandeering 289 Facebook Groups, saying it was simple to get into poorly protected administrative settings at the website.
Source:<br /> IOL TechnologyBehind the Scenes at the Social Media for NGOs Conference
When I received an email from our editor asking me to write an article about what happened behind the scenes in planning and preparing for the 2009 SANGONeT "Social Media for NGOs" Conference, I thought, ‘what exactly is there to write?’. Well, here’s my take on how our events unfolded…
Author(s):Nonhlanhla KuneneNon-profits Take to Social Media Like Ducks to Water
By the time the 2009 SANGONeT "ICTs for Civil Society" Conference, held in Johannesburg and Cape Town, ended at the River Club in Observatory on 21 October 2009, there were more non-profits excited about the potential uses of social media in their work than when we began. While the scepticism which many began the conference with remained, organisations had begun the important discussion about what strategic use of social media means for them and their beneficiaries.
Author(s):Adam MukendiSocial Media and the NGO Sector in South Africa
The relevance of social media for South African NGOs was the focus of the 5th Annual SANGONeT “ICTs for Civil Society” Conference. Held for the first time in two parts - from 15-16 October in Johannesburg and 20-21 October 2009 in Cape Town - the conference attracted more than 250 participants.
Author(s):David Barnard
