1st Arab Social Media Forum Concludes with Astounding Success

Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, December 29th 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

The 1st Arab Social Media Forum discussed the importance of social media vehicles and their direct effect on various aspects of life nowadays discussing their impact on communications & marketing, business development for SMEs, and NGOs in addition to individual applications by community members.


The forum was inaugurated by Founder and General Manager Mr. Malik Shishtawi under the patronage of H.E. Mr. Marwan Juma, Minister of ICT in Jordan, who gave a keynote speech on the social media revolution. A number of key international figures and specialists in social media participated in the event such as Mark Comerford from Sweden, Patrick Atallah from France, Silvia Cambie from the UK, and Samir Issa from Jordan. More than 300 social media-oriented enthusiasts attended the forum.


Facebook, Twitter, and My Space were the main highlights of discussions that covered appropriate approaches to dealing with social media in addition to building a successful social media strategy for public relations. Content rights and design standards for social media vehicles were thoroughly discussed through two workshops that concluded the event.


The 1st Arab Social Media Forum was sponsored by Regency Amman Palace (Official Hotel); National Net Ventures (Platinum Sponsor); Yahoo Maktoob and Aqar-Estate (Gold Sponsors); Wunderman, SocialMyMedia, Communities Tech, The Online Project & knockbook (Silver Sponsors); Me NewsWire (Official News Distributor); Royal Jordanian (Official Carrier); bangaia (Community Partner); and Spot ON (Official PR Partner). The forum was officially supported by aramex.


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Malik Shishtawi

Founder & General Manager

1st Arab Social Media Forum

Tel: +962 799 408 700
Email: info@arabsocialmediaforum.com