I’ve attended a new media sharing dinner on how new media are used to engaged residents to participate in community events. By now, new media is not something new to you and me, but rather, what new media tools do you use to connect and be kept updated with your friends and neighbours.
Over the past 5 years, I’ve learnt that there is no one platform suitable for all and there is not one platform be successful in engaging resident. It is a collective effort and how each of them is able to complement each other. In Punggol, residents are engaged through 3 platforms, Forum, Facebook and Twitter. Through the process of setting up and maintaining these platforms, I’m glad that I’ve met fellow residents who have helped me along the way and provided guidance, suggestions and support to improve and keep these portals running.
I wouldn’t dare say that we’ve been successful in engaging residents, but, I thought we’ve made progress thus far, though the road ahead is a challenging and difficult one. I’ve always been asked, “What keeps you going?” I will always think that its the increase membership/ followers and the participation of the residents that keeps me going. I’m not too sure how long can I keep this going, but as long as there is the support, I guess, it will be the motivation to keep me going.
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