ANC vs DA: Who are the social media winners in this election?
By Tara Turkington // May 16, 2011
Flow’s CEO, Tara Turkington, writes columns for popular media and marketing website, BizCommunity. In her column she shares with us the social media winners in the upcoming elections on May 18, 2011
While politicians have been stomping back and forth across the country, arguing about toilets and attempting to upstage one another while putting up election posters, another battle has been playing out in the social media terrain. It’s a tricky landscape, with fewer - but arguably more connected and more influential - potential voters than those who aren’t hooked up to the likes of Twitter just yet. Read more…
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Job shadowing my aunt Zintle at Flow Communications
By Khanya Nyimbana // May 13, 2011
From the moment I experienced the hectic traffic faced by my aunt, Flowstar Zintle Mtyeku, on her way to work each morning I knew I was going to have an interesting day. Like anybody should, I had some expectations – some realistic and some not – but in the end my job shadowing experience turned out better than I’d hoped.
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Help underprivileged schoolchildren become “Barefoot No More”
By Roy Barford // May 11, 2011
A South African footwear company is calling on big corporates to join their campaign to supply school shoes to underprivileged schoolchildren, by buying locally made flip flops (also known as slops and plakkies) in time for spring (October 1, 2011). Read more…
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Flowstars head to INDABA
By Matt van Onselen // May 06, 2011
–On Friday, May 6, Flowstars Kate Rau and Miliswa Sitshwele left for INDABA 2011, one of the largest tourism marketing events on the African continent. It’s being held in Durban at the Albert Luthuli Convention Centre. The Flowstars are helping the Gauteng Tourism Authority with the Cradle of Humankind exhibition and My Gauteng campaign. Read more…
Flow helps Hollard with “OH” intranet launch
May 04, 2011
Flow Communications recently partnered with Hollard Insurance to help them launch their new intranet, known as OH.
“In the six weeks leading up to the launch we helped them with internal communication planning and content, creating hype around the new system and making sure that all ‘Hollardites’ (as their team member are affectionately known within the company) were kept up to date on the ins and outs of OH ahead of its official launch on May 3,” says Flow journalist Stuart Dickinson, who formed part of the project communications team. Read more…
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Candle vigil for detained journalist – World Media Freedom Day
May 03, 2011
On World Media Freedom Day, Tuesday May 3, Anton Hammerl’s wife Penny Sukhraj, his mother Freda Hammerl and brother Alex Hammerl will light candles for him at a vigil in London to mark the 29th day of his captivity in Libya.
Simultaneously in Johannesburg his father Ludwig Hammerl will join Anton’s friends, former colleagues and journalists based in South Africa, to light candles and call for his release.
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Flow trains frontline staff
By Miliswa Sitshwele // May 03, 2011
In an effort to improve interaction with our clients, instil confidence in our staff and give them lifelong skills, we recently took our frontline staff to a half-day seminar on effective telephone handling. Read more…
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Flow gives Maropeng online a new look
By Bianca Bothma // April 20, 2011
One of Flow’s oldest clients, the Maropeng Visitor Centre at the Cradle of Humankind, recently received a makeover implemented by talented programmers and designers at Flow Communications.
The new redesign features improved visual navigation with three tabs at the top of the home page directing visitors to different sections of the website. In addition to the visitors section, which has the main Maropeng content, new tabs have been added for the online shop, where visitors can book online for special events, as well as a media page, which has the latest press releases for downloading. Read more…
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Flow goes with the flow at TEDxCapeTown 2011: Be water my friend
By Ingrid Sinclair // April 18, 2011
On Saturday, April 16, Flow Cape Town General Manager Bronwen D’Oliveira and I were privileged to attend the first-ever TEDxCapeTown event. The event was attended by the Mother City’s most curious and deep-thinking people who possess an innate love for technology, design and entertainment, the three words that make up the acronym TED. Read more…
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Flow creates an online home for the KwaZulu-Natal music industry
By Christine Marot // April 15, 2011
Flow’s latest website development project, www.kumisa.com, has given the talented musicians of KwaZulu-Natal a collective voice.
The first project of its kind in South Africa, Kumisa.com was launched on Friday 25 March 2011. It is the official online home of the KwaZulu-Natal United Music Industry Association (KUMISA), an organisation formed to promote, protect and invest in the growth and diversity of the province’s music industry.
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