UAE loves to socialize

Posted by Bhavishya Kanjhan on Jul 1, 2010 in Default | 2 comments

It finally happened, the first Social Media Day was celebrated all across the world including the UAE and it was a huge success. UAE’s version of it was held at The Shelter in Al Quoz, Dubai. The event was spearheaded by @mita56 , but in a true social manner, it was crowd-sourced with helping coming in from various means. The evening saw a turn out of over 200 people which included both individuals and businesses.

The main area had a bazaar style layout with businesses on either ends – everything from Home made toffees like @toffeeprincess to training companies like @Loomni – who got the platform to connect to a community they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten. . The event even had an iPad 360 give away by @me360 and the lucky winner for that was @Dorksterdave. Local student darlings @campusradiome was present broadcasting live from the venue and despite my requests, they did not let me read the news. The inside room featured talks. The event also featured community talks which were on topics ranging from Nutrition among Emirati Society to Educating for Road Safety.

The atmosphere, as is always at such an event, was very jovial. People formed new relationships and strengthened existing ones.

Pictures from the event can be seen here (by @mich1mich) and here (by @faisalkhatib)

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