NPC, AMNETT new media confab holds

All in now set for a two-day workshop on optimizing new media opportunities and managing electronic vandalism.

The workshop, which is a collaboration between the African Media Network and the Nigerian Press Council, is scheduled to hold July 25 and 26, 2017 in Lagos.

A statement by the President/CEO AMNETT, Aniekan Umanah, said: “The workshop will provide insights into new media  opportunities, advantages and exploration for the benefit of government, corporate bodies and individuals.”

Umanah said the social media being the “most popular haunts on the internet” has revolutionized the way people communicate and socialize, on the one hand, even as the conspicuous and uncontrolled effects of the new media have left government policies, programmes, organizations and officials, including children and women, falling prey to electronic vandalism, which often creates falsehood, image erosion, tension and distress.

Umanah further stressed that the workshop, targeted at information and corporate communication managers, shall ventilate the need for key officials saddled with new media management responsibilities to be equipped with requisite knowledge and skills needed to confront the negative effect of new media and position their organisations for improved productivity and acceptability.

The workshop is billed to attract wide range of professionals and resource persons who would speak on the various sub themes, which include New Media Resources, Exploration, Exploitation and Development, to be handled by Dr. Pius Onobhayedo of the Pan African University, Lagos; Cyber Hounding, Online Crisis and Reputation Management, Emeka Onyekonwu, who is an online reputation and crisis management strategist; and The Power of Content by Tayo Olosunde, who is the Lead Facilitator of Google sponsored Digital Skills for Africa.

Other sub-themes include Online Media Tracking and Intelligence by Babajide Ogunsanwo, a foremost Nigerian Expert Data Analyst; Cyber Crime and the Law by Basil Udotai, a Technology Attorney and Digital Marketing; and Online Advertising Strategies, to be taken by Okemini Otum, a Digital Business Strategist, Blogger, Google Ad-words professional and social media consultant.