Wikipedia Meetup is coming to Chennai…

Date: : Sunday, 14-Novemeber-2010 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM IST

Venue:
ThoughtWorks Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd. view map
RR Tower 5
Level 2, Rishabh Info Park
33 A Developed Plots
Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate
Ekkatuthangal, Guindy
Chennai – 600 032, India

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http://etwow.in/blog/win-5-free-invites-to-etwow-chennai-show.html

The Wikipedia/Wikimedia Mumbai meetup is a get-together of wikipedians /wikimedians (contributors and users) to meet up, discuss, share experiences, reach out and advocate for wikipedia and wikimedia. Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia will be attending and is eager to hear from the local community.

There will be a Community meetup at 6 PM IST today evening in Mumbai followed by a Public talk from 6:30 PM IST. Business Blogging CEO Kiruba Shankar will also be present at the venue.

Date and Time
31-October-2010
The community meetup with Jimmy Wales – 6:00-6:30 PM IST
Public talk by Jimmy Wales – From 6:30 PM IST

Venue
Sophia Bhabha Hall (800-seater),
Sophia College Campus,
Bhulabhai Desai Road,
Breach Candy,
Mumbai-400 026.

Help Line
98694 78444 (Kundan Amitabh)

The sponsorship document for LOCATE 2011, India’s first location conference is ready. Please share them. If you know of any company who would like to parter with the conference, please let us know.

more info about the event can be found at http://www.locate.org.in

Shrinidhi lists some of the advantages why an event should be live blogged….

• # Traditional media may not be able to cover an event live and delivers event news to public after a delay of few hours to a day. Live blogging, on the other hand can bring in instant updates and happenings of the event, both for the people attending the event as well as to those who are not able to. Conventional media (print & TV) only gives a high level reporting of the event (due to time and space constraints) while bloggers can report each activity in detail and let readers chose what they want to read
• # Live blogging ensures extended reach for an event, reaching out to those who may not be physically present but are keen to follow the developments (like what did a particular speaker say etc) Live blogging lets them follow the updates from the comfort of their office/homes.
  # Live blogging effectively documents the keynotes shared by the speaker. A journalist composing his report at the end of the day will have much less to recall vis-à-vis a blogger who blogs soon after the speaker finishes speaking
• # At most of the conferences, end of the day all discussions are forgotten and people get busy with their day to day work. Live blogging can well document the day’s proceedings and facilitate further discussion on the topic among interested individuals, even after the event.

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