¿Te estas preguntando que es lo que va hacer SCPOC este verano?

¿Sabes en lo que Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition va a trabajar en este verano? Para darte un idea, los líderes del grupo van a trabajar en la campaña "Vamos a Encontrar las Respuestas/ Let’s Find the Answers." Todos los anuncios en Facebook y en nuestros blogs serán en inglés y español. En nuestra página de Facebook, vamos a publicar recursos en la comunidad para adolescentes, preguntas, y hechos. Aparte de las reuniones mensuales, los líderes del grupo asistirán a entrenamientos para ampliar sus conocimientos sobre temas relacionados con la salud mental. Uno de los objetivos de la campaña "Vamos a Encontrar las Respuestas / Let’s Find the Answers" es el de promover el bienestar en adolescentes en el Condado de Sonoma usando sitios de medios sociales .La otra meta es de que 500 personas hagan un clic en el botón “like” de nuestra página de Facebook. Hasta ahora tenemos 360 personas a quienes les gustan nuestra página .Si no has echo un clic en el botón “like” de nuestra pagina yo te animo a que la hagas. Si eres lo suficientemente rápido y haces ese clic antes del 30 de junio tendrás la oportunidad de tomar nuestro examen y colocaremos tu nombre en una rifa para ganar tarjetas de regalo de varios lugares, incluyendo Forever 21, Juice Shack, Macy’s, y dinero para la gasolina.

Los líderes del grupo son de las edades de 16 a 24 y son de diferentes escuelas preparatorias incluyendo Elsie Allen, María Carrillo, Piner, y el Colegio de Santa Rosa. Para obtener más información acerca de todos y cada uno de ellos visite nuestro sitio web y has un clic en "about us”.

Los lideres de Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition están muy emocionados de ser voluntarios en eventos comunitarios y para proyectos relacionados con la sensibilización sobre la salud mental. Si estás planeando un evento y te gustaría que los líderes del grupo tengan una mesa con información, ellos estarían encantados de hacerlo. El 13 de agosto los líderes del grupo estarán en el Festival de Verano Día y Noche como voluntarios. Esperamos verte allí! Támbien ayuden a Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition a cumplir con su meta de 500 “likes” en Facebook!

Are you wondering what the SCPOC will be doing this summer?

Do you know what the Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition will be working on this summer? To give you a heads up the Peer Leaders will be working on the “Lets Find the Answers/Vamos a Encontrar las Respuestas” campaign. All of the postings on Facebook and our blogs will be in English and Spanish. On our Facebook page we will post resources in the community for teens to access, questions, and facts. Aside from the monthly meetings, the Peer Leaders attend trainings to expand their knowledge on issues related to mental health. One of the “Lets Find the Answers/Vamos a Encontrar las Respuestas” goal is to promote teen wellness in Sonoma County by using social media sites. Another goal is to obtain 500 likes on our Facebook page so far we have 360. If you haven’t liked our page I encourage you to do so. If you are quick enough and you "Like" our page beford June 30th you will have the opportunity to take our quiz and you will be entered to win gift cards from various places including Forever 21, Juice Shack, Macy’s, and even gas money.
The Peer Leaders range from the ages of 16-24 and they come from different high schools including Elsie Allen, Maria Carillo, Piner, and the Santa Rosa Junior College. To learn more about each and everyone one of them go onto our website and click on the “about us” tab.
The Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition is also very excited to table at community events and to volunteer in projects related to raising awareness on mental health. If you are planning an event and you would like the Peer Leaders to come and table they will be glad to do so. On August 13th the Peer Leaders will be at the Summer Day and Night Festival volunteering. We hope to see you there!!! Also help the Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition of Sonoma County meet their goal of 500 Facebook likes!

Una breve introducción de la Coordinadora de Medios de Comunicación Social

Hola a todos, mi nombre es Deisy Vargas y recientemente me gradué de la Escuela Preparatoria Elsie Allen. ¡Vamos Lobos! Antes de graduarme, me uní al personal de Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County, como Coordinadora de Medios de Comunicación Social para Sonoma County Peer Outreach Colaition. En el otoño asistiré a Santa Rosa Junior College. Mi objetivo final es el de transferirme a UC Berkeley. Yo estaré sacando una licenciatura en Periodismo, con una especialización en Educación. Yo tengo la esperanza de llegar a ser una periodista. Una de las cosas, de la cual yo disfruto es la de hacer una diferencia en mi comunidad. Yo he pertenecido a un grupo llamado DIG, desde que yo estuve en el séptimo grado. El objetivo de este grupo es el de crear conciencia de los problemas asociados con el consumo de alcohol entre las personas menores de edad.

Estoy muy emocionado de escribir blogs para el SCPOC y escuchar a la opinión de todos. Algunos de los temas que se discutirán incluyen la depresión, ansiedad, trastornos de la alimentación, la reducción del estigma, la prevención de las drogas, salud sexual, y muchos más temas interesantes. Nuestros blogs serán bilingües, así como puestos de nuestro Facebook. ¡Yo te animo a que conoscas todos los recursos que SCPOC pone en Facebook y tambien a que hagas comentarios en los blogs!

A brief introduction from the Social Media Coordinator

Hello everyone, my name is Deisy Vargas and I recently graduated from Elsie Allen High School. Go Lobos!!!! Prior to graduating, I joined the staff of Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County as the Social Media Coordinator for the Sonoma County Peer Outreach Coalition. In the fall I will be attending the Santa Rosa Junior College with my ultimate goal of transferring to UC Berkeley. I will major in Journalism (media) and minor in Education with hopes of one day becoming a broadcaster. One of the things I enjoy doing the most in making a difference in my community. I have been in a leadership group called DIG since the seventh grade. The focus of this group is to raise awareness of the problems associated with underage drinking.

I am very excited to be blogging for the SCPOC and listening to everyone’s opinions. Some topics that will be discussed include depression, anxiety, eating disorders, reducing stigma the prevention of drugs, sexual health, and many more exciting topics. Our blogs will be bilingual as well as our Facebook posts. I encourage you to check out all the resources the SCPOC posts on Facebook and to comment on our blogs!

AppWorks o2 Oslo- Summary of Mobile Tech Conference

App works olso location everywhere 05.2011 rf slideshare

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OSLO- Appworks is one of the leading mobile conferences in Scandinavia (organized by Mobilen.no, famous for their Telecruise conference that takes place on a cruise ship) and it was a real pleasure to speak about Location-Aware apps during the 1-day event at the end of May.



The conference attracted a great mix of mobile entrepreneurs, developers and 'big guns' like Samsung, LG, Blackberry, Nokia and HTC, with a conference format running in parallel to a workshop format (Klubbscenen).



Location-based services were one of the main items on the day's agenda, so it was perhaps provocative of me to kick off my keynote by stating that Location-Based Services were extinct today. The reasons for stating this is that location is no longer a service but a feature that is embedded everywhere. You can see my full slide deck above, by the way, and check out the other themes I presented.



Location on mobile is also firmly in the mainstream today -with Facebook in particular achieving what Foursquare couldn't.I'm a big believer in the fact that contextual search (with mobile apps knowing what I'm more likely to be interested in according to time of day, previous searches, ambient temperature etc) will unlock the full potential of location. It is still early days for this, but as Google (and others) invest in research in this area and processing power on mobile devices keeps increasing, we will see some real examples of this soon.



There were some great presentations at the event by other speakers - I particularly enjoyed the ones by John Valentine (from SCVNGR), Megan Miller (on usability of iPad apps) and Ola Larsen (from RIM). Ola showed a video that I thought was pretty cool, on Hyper-Augmented Reality. You can see the video below and get an insight into what one version of the future of AR could be like. Enjoy!





Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.