Strive Notes

TT Festival 2009 is in full swing here in the Isle of Man, but next week it will be back to work and normal life.  So hopefully everyone will have time to turn up at Paparazzi for the Social Media Club‘s Third Thursday get together.

Each month, the Island’s bloggers, Twitterers, Facebookers and anyone who is interested in the social web get together to talk about what’s new and cool in the online world.

The idea behind the club is to bring together journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, teachers, students, tool makers and people curious about online social interaction. We want to share our learning, spread media literacy, encourage the adoption of industry standards and promote ethical behaviour online.

There is not much involved in joining.  There are no fees, no forms to fill in, no commitments to be made.  Just show up on the third Thursday of each month. We all buy our own lunch and have a great discussion .

Once in a while we have hold a more structured event, Super ThirdThursday where we invite an expert speaker.  Last month, eDemocracy expert Simon Collister gave a fascinating talk on how the Internet and the new transparency are transforming modern democracy.  We hope to have a similar event in September.

In the meantime, please come out this Thursday to Paparazzi, 12.30 – 14.00.  Blogging Supremo Owen Cutajar is chairing.

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