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Social Media in the Work Place

Rabia — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:04:03 +0000

“Who’s your Social Media Valentine?”

RLabs, with the Social Media Factory is kicking off the year 2012 with a Valentines day of Social Media training for businesses. Find the perfect Social media Valentine tool for your business, a kind of love that will transform your business on the 14th February 2012.

The “new web” has transformed the way people connect and social media platforms have become an essential part of the organizational and business strategies. These technologies can be useful for businesses as strategic tools for engagement, relationship building with stakeholders and communities, networking and fundraising. With millions of users on social media in South Africa alone and over a billion worldwide across various platforms (PCs, Mobile phones etc.) this is an opportunity for businesses to share with the masses using FREE tools available to support the vision of such businesses.

Content:
This one day training “hands-on” workshop will cover the following areas:
1. Background to Social Media and tools such as blogs, micro-blogs, and multimedia file-sharing sites
2. Provide guidelines to how your business can utilise and reap the benefits of social media
3. Practical opportunities for participants to engage with some of the Social Media tools

Objectives:
• Understanding of Social Media and its context
• Identified tools that could be integrated into the business sector to support its vision and objectives
• Introductory level of hands-on experience using social media tools
• Understand the importance of Social media for Businesses

Workshop info:
All required equipment will be provided for the workshop and this includes all refreshments for the day. The price of the workshop is R1000.00 for the day R.S.V.P your seat craig@rlabs.org with the code RLABS SMTraining before 10 February 2012.

Workshop Details:

Price: R1000.00
Date: 14 February 2012
Time: 8:30am – 16:00
Address: RLabs , 66 Tarentaal Road, Bridgetown,Athlone, Cape Town, 7764

Contact persons: Rabia Adamson, Nathaniel Wagner and Craig Ross

Contact Number: 021 6991453

Email: info@rlabs.org

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RLabs at PICNIC

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:42:17 +0000

The past week was another exciting opportunity for RLabs to share with the world how we are using technology to empower and equip communities. Our managing director, Rene Parker, shared the journey of the social revolution at one of the largest creative events in the Netherlands, PICNIC.

This annual event brings together over a thousand creatives from all over Europe and was a wonderful opportunity to learn and share with other like-minded individuals. The talk by RLabs share the history as well as the following key points for Living Labs:

1) RLabs as a community-driven Living Lab provides a space for citizens to participate and grow innovative ideas and solutions.

2) Living Labs without people is meaningless therefore the community being the greatest asset to RLabs

3) RLabs is the world’s first global Living Lab with activities in 13 countries and showing the possibility of international co-creation.

4) Technology is secondary to people in the Living Lab process and understanding the problem is more important than the solution for it.

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Grow Academy Launches Boot Camp

Monique — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:53:29 +0000

On June 27, 2011, the GROW Academy will launch its first attack with an initial pilot ‘Boot Camp’ in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

The purpose of the Boot Camp is to provide the team with an idea of the content and competencies required to see the development of the ‘recruits’ and the respective curriculum for the expanded edition of the program for the future launch of a fully-fledged digital academy due to launch in 2012.

Grow goal is to create a space where young individuals can be trained in the art of managing digital platforms. Participants will learn to use the tools that are available through social media platforms to serve the needs of non-profit organisations.

The founding partners in this project are WooThemes, RLabs (Reconstructed Living Lab), Silulo, Webgrowth and the GivenGain Foundation South Africa. We have a common vision and objective to make a difference in our city and our nation by providing a stepping-stone for school leavers and the digitally passionate unemployed to get back into the job market.

Boot Camp Details:

- 27 June – 1 July 2011

- 12 – 20 Pre-Selected ‘Recruits’

- Silulo Training Centre, Makhaza Mall, Lansdowne Road, Khayelitsha

- Mornings: Theory; Afternoons: Practical with Evaluation

- Cost: FREE to pilot group

The courses delivered will include lecture-based sessions, coupled with assisted and tutored practical application of the various tools and skills presented. These classroom sessions will be followed by real-world internships at selected non-profit and commercial organisations that are willing to accommodate digital apprenticeships. All students will be provided with personal, online, email and telephonic support, relative to their stage of skill and application, by the academy and its appointed partners. It is our intention to see apprentices become artisans, from job seekers to job takers, urgently!

We need to go beyond the digital divide. We need to strengthen digital minds.

We need to GROW!

CONTACT PERSONS:

Adii Pienaar & Mark Forrester

WooThemes

www.woothemes.com

Colin Habberton

GivenGain Foundation South Africa

+27 21 882 9070

+27 71 401 2434

colin@givengain.com

www.givengain.com

Rene Parker

RLabs

+27 21 699 1453

+27 79 811 8536

rene@rlabs.org

www.rlabs.org

Luvuyo Rani

Silulo

+27 72 261 2472

luvuyo@silulo.co.za

www.silulo.co.za

Neil Pursey

Webgrowth

+27 84 627 0619

neil@webgrowth.co.za

www.webgrowth.biz

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Social Media Boot Camp

Monique — Tue, 24 May 2011 09:29:03 +0000

Wondering how your company can embrace social media for better performance online? Struggling with reaching your target audience? Sign up for the RLabs Social Media Boot Camp on June 6 in Athlone, Cape Town and let the professionals of RLabs’ Social Media Factory guide you into the world of a Social Business.

During the morning, professionals from different countries will share their experience within the social media and social business industry. Some of the topics to be presented are process innovation in businesses, social media and mobile phones, semantic web, fund-raising campaigns and much more.

After a coffee break, there are hands-on consulting sessions with the presenters. So you have an opportunity to discuss how your company can improve its performance and business by embracing social media, you visit the “Business and Innovation” hub. The “Fund-raising” hub is there to advise and help you with fund raising money via social media platforms. Finally there is also a “Social Networking” hub that is specialized in creating you a company weblog and get you active on various social platforms (E.g. Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.).

Date and time: June 6, 09.00 till 16.00

Location: RLabs, 66 Tarentaal Road, Bridgetown, Cape Town

Price: R1000 per person, including coffee breaks and a good lunch

Bookings and info: info@rlabs.org or call 021 699 1453 and ask for Craig Ross. Please note that booking is only possible before the 30^th of May and that there is a limited amount of seats available.

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Social Media Surgery: My Mountain, My Vote

Monique — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:42:44 +0000

Yesterday Cape Town was under a dark winter cloud and Table mountain was almost not in sight,but strong winds did not put a stop to the collaboration of Rlabs, Vote for Table mountain and GivenGain Foundation

: RLabs Team showing school kids how to become activists on the GivenGain Website

We were embarking on our journey to get people signed up as activists for the Vote for Table Mountain Campaign. Fiona Furey who managers the campaign had us all amazed as she presented to us the the riches and splendor of our beloved mountain. She quote that An independent impact report has predicted a R1.4-billion annual tourism bonanza for South Africa if Table Mountain is named one of the New7Wonders of Nature.Then the press had their share in the moment raising random questions about how the rest of South Africa can play their part in the campaign. Collin Habberton from GivenGain and Fiona handled that well.

The Rlabs team was there in full force signing people on the the GivenGain activist platform, and was proud to have The Legacy Program students Genevieve Davids, Megan Trican, Nadien
Bean, Rabia Adamson working with us. They were hands on and got the swing of social media surgery… and not forgetting entertaining the crowd with their vibrant personality’s.

We were disappointed that we could not go up the cable car, but still all went well and with much hope we all planing to get the masses to vote for Table Mountain!

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LLiSA Conference hosted at Rlabs

kingross — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:11:15 +0000

The event was a great success with all the Living Labs sharing their information freely for everyone to grow together.It was really hot here so we were a bit worried about our international speakers from Finland and Amsterdam, but everything went down fine and lots of information were shared.

Day 1 was more about the different Labs and how they were established and the kind of challenges

they are facing as a Lab. It became clear that all the Labs were facing some challenges but that is what the conference was about, to see how the different Labs can help and assist each other on the way forward. It was hard work but we at the Rlabs are up for any challenge, the truth is we never see a challenge but we see an opportunity and I think that is what makes us as Rlabs so successful.

Day 2 the facilitators at Rlabs got to share about Social Media and the importance of the way forward as the LLiSA Network to get maximum publicity using the Social Media Tools. The guys were great and had lots of fun explaining the pros and cons of using Social Media and how they deal with these kind of issues. Everything is drawing to a close now and lots of information has been shared and everyone has a better idea of how we will go forward as LLiSA (Living Labs in South Africa).

Rlabs has put together a great and successful event and we are really proud and appreciative of everyone that participated in making this event so successful.

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The Social Revolution has begun…

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:41:32 +0000

It was with so much excitement that we launched the new home of the RLabs Social Revolution last week Thursday and Friday. It has been 50 days since we moved into the empty run-down space and started the reconstruction journey. The launch was all about the celebration of people who want to make a difference in the lives of others. With the guests arriving for both events there was a buzz of excitement in the air and a firm expectation that it was not only the launch of a new social creative space but the start of a movement, a Social Revolution that will bring change locally and globally.

Marlon Parker, founder of RLabs, shared the story and journey of the Social Revolution and also described RLabs as:

- A Community of Change
- A Movement of People, for people by people
- A Movement of Hope, bring hope to the hopeless
- A Movement of Change, having a positive social change
- A Movement of Innovation and Creativity, having a local impact but a global vision
- A Social Revolution that will present wherever there are a Community of People who will bring hope to the hopeless and making a positive change through Innovation and Creativity.

It was also an opportunity to share some of the stories of our community and was very encouraging hearing Monique Ross and Brent Williams how their lives has been reconstructed and how they’ve become champions in this Social Revolution. We then shared a video (will upload it soon) with the audience to see how the new RLabs Global Innovation Space have been transformed in 50 days.

At the end of the launch we officially declared the RLabs Space open and the beginning of the Social Revolution.

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RLabs Covering Social Media Coverage at Sahara Park Newlands

kingross — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:10:55 +0000

Today the RLabs team was out at Sahara Park Newlands doing the Social Media Coverage for a cricket match between Wynberg Boys High and Grey High School. This event was in collaboration with Standard Bank Pro 20 School Cricket . The Rlabs team covered ball by ball and wicked by wicked action with live commentary through various Social Networking tools. In the picture we have Brent capturing content. The content that was captured included interviews with the crowd and players taking photos and uploading them to Standard Bank Facebook Page.

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Your invite to the RLabs Grand Opening

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:44:32 +0000

RLabs have moved into a new space and we are excited to share the space and our vision with you. We are hosting a Grand Opening event on 17 February and would like to invite you to join us for this exciting occasion as we unveil the new RLabs in Cape Town. The event details are as follows:

Date: 17 February 2011
Time: 18h00 – 20h00
Venue: RLabs, 66 Tarentaal Road, Bridgetown

We would like to give you the RLabs community the opportunity to be part of this Grand Opening. All you have to do is leave a comment below indicating that you will attend and we look forward hosting you at one of the most exciting Social Innovation Spaces in Africa.

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The Dream Team

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:55:36 +0000

When RLabs was started early 2008 (we were called Athlone Living Lab at the time see first post below) no one knew where this journey will take us and the amazing group of people that will be part of this movement. Fast forward to now and what you see and experience is nothing short of amazing.

Earlier this week RLabs celebrated its 3rd annual graduation (see graduation 2009, 2008) and what a wonderful occasion. It was the largest graduation by far with over 30 graduates in both our groups and over 100 guests at the ceremony (Read more about graduation) The experience seeing the graduates was so rewarding but nothing could have prepared all of us for the RLabs Dream Team (see image above. They not only arranged the entire graduation in style but also managed the entire year of training and development as true champions. We really proud of our Dream Team and Champions for being the heartbeat of RLabs and without them this movement of hope and innovation would not have been possible. Congratulations to the graduates and thank you to the amazing team who keep breaking new grounds and barriers.