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Take a quick look at my previous post and you will see one of my responsibilities for 2010 is to head up the Social Media Surgery, but it came sooner as I expected. Rlabs has a heart for our  communities, so we decided to launched  Africa’s first Social Media Surgery in Vangate Mall (Bridgetown) this past weekend. The idea was to bring  social media to public where the community  could sign up gmail, facebook,twitter,youtube and flickr accounts free of charge. I was very excited and nervous  at the same time I did not know what to expect and what the right way was to do the surgery,but at the end of the day it was a job well done. The team  made it look so easy and as if we doing this for years well done Rlabs team.

What is Social Media Surgery:

The promotion of Social Media use to support the community and volunteering groups in an area. The surgeons are the facilitators that want to empower the community with the Tools available on the World Wide Web.

Who is the Surgeons:

ex drug addicts and ex gangsters that have completed the course: Social Media for Social Change and various other training at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). These trainers and facilitators are under the supervision of an IT lecturer currently completing his Doctorate at CPUT Marlon Parker.

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