Press Release

Nokia and ABN run Blogging Roadshow

JAKARTA – Collaborating with Asia Blogging Network (ABN), Nokia has carried out a blogging roadshow to five cities. Designated as “Nokia N-Series Blogging Workshop,” this program is now running in some High Schools located in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya.

The activities were hosted in SMA 82 Jakarta (26 August), SMA 1 Bandung (3 September), SMA 1 Semarang (8 September), and SMA 3 Yogyakarta (17 September). The last mile of the roadshow will be held in SMAK St. Louis 1, Surabaya, next Saturday, 22.

Eka Anwar, Multimedia Marketing Manager of Nokia Indonesia, stated that the workshops aim to socialize blogging activities among students and young people. “They could start blogging with various free services, such as Blogspot, WordPress, or Cooldesak; as one of the new features of N-Series community site in Indonesia,” said Eka, who is also one of the speaker of the roadshow.

Eka also figures that the progress in telecommunications and information technology infrastructure will shore up blogging activities. “More sophisticated mobile terminals also make it easier to blog on cellphones,” he uttered.

The CEO of ABN, Budi Putra, who is another speaker of the roadshow, said that the students had shown great interest to the workshop. “The main question being asked were about how to start blogging, how to manage the contents, and how blogging could make money,” he told.

Some prominent Indonesian bloggers, such as Enda Nasution, Ikhlasul Amal, Fany Ariasari, and Thomas Arie Setiawan were also involved to tell their vision and experience in blogging.