<p class="Default" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Apply to participate in the Focuss.info Bangladesh
workshop on</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <br>
“Social Media and Social Bookmarking”<br style="">
</span></b><a href="http://www.focuss.info/shahjahan-siraj"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">http://www.focuss.info/shahjahan-siraj</span></a><b style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br style="">
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Considering your development and
research activities through online intervention, we cordially invite you to
submit application for participating in the <b style="">Social Media and Social Bookmarking Workshop</b>. The main objective of
the workshop is the sharing to improve the effective use of online information
sharing and social bookmarking with social networking applications. This is important
for advocacy, campaign and promotion of your organization and activities
worldwide with ease through web traffic and organizing the content online.<br>
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The workshop will emphasis online media technique and presentation for webmaster,
media & communication officer, researcher, activists, journalist, students
of media studies, ICT and development practitioners who are active in online
media are target participants. <br>
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The workshop will be held with combination of two F2F (face to face) workshop followed
by the 7 days extended learning (e-learning) over net and ICT tools. The brief
schedule as follows:<br style="">
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">1st F2F workshop</span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">29-30 July, 2011</span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">05 August 2011</span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Life-long volunteers support
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The workshop is extended initiative of “Bangladesh Conference on improving
research infrastructures with social media” which was held on February 2011 at
BRAC. As partner University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (</span><a href="ulab.edu.bd"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">ulab.edu.bd</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;">) and Machizo Multimedia (</span><a href="http://www.machizo.com/"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">machizo.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;">) is playing important role as local partners. <br>
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I will be the facilitator of the workshop. Along with social media and social
book marking I will give solution and guide for easy and effective use of
online media in the open discussion forum. However all the process and
presentation will be with participatory and innovative way that learning and
knowledge sharing could be active and useful. To make easy understandable a
number of learning video will be presented.<br>
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The workshop will take place in the well equipped computer lab of the <b style="">“University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
(Campus A. Computer Lab, Room -302) </b>with WiFi internet connection. All 20
participants will get one computer with internet connection. We will provide launch
and refreshment for the participants. <br>
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We believe by joining the workshop your organization will be benefited by
grasping the social media techniques and spirit of sharing. <span style=""> </span>The participants of the last Bangladesh
Focuss.info conference (</span><a href="http://www.focuss.info/bangladesh"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">focuss.info/bangladesh</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> ) are not illegible to join. <br>
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To join in the workshop, there is a selection process as we have limited 20
sits.<span style=""> </span><br>
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Please submit your application in online at the URL <a href="http://www.focuss.info/shahjahan-siraj/">http://www.focuss.info/shahjahan-siraj/</a><br>
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Sincerely, <br>
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Shahjahan Siraj<br>
Facilitator, Focuss.Info Workshop </span></p>
<br><br><br><br><div>------------------------<br><b>Shahjahan </b><b>Siraj</b><br><font size="1">Director</font><font size="1">, Machizo Multimedia Communication<br></font><font size="1">Multimedia Local Content Producer and Publisher</font><br>
<font size="1"><br>House- 35, Flat-D5, Road-12 A ( new ), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka - 1209, Bangladesh <br>E: </font><a href="mailto:siraj@machizo.com" target="_blank"><font size="1">siraj@machizo.com</font></a><font size="1"> , M: + 88-01715212204 P:+88-02-9119846<br>
Skype: sirajtps | Social Network: sirajdhaka | </font><a href="http://www.machizo.com/" target="_blank"><font size="1">http://www.machizo.com</font></a> <br><br><font size="1">Web Design | Audio Visuals | ICT4D | Social Media | Journalism</font><br>
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