At the Technology for Good Forum conducted last April 2016, Cenvisnet, a network of NGOs in Central Visayas, encouraged the greater use of social media among their fellow organizations. “Having presence in social media will enable you to communicate to a large group of people, which could be your potential supporters and funders. Social media optimizes visibility,” said Jed Adao of TechSoup Asia in the same conference. “Since a lot of Filipinos have access to social media in one way or another, it’s a viable tool to reach out to them,” said Senator-elect Risa Hontiveros, a social activist on women’s rights and poverty. While users will happily like, share, comment, or retweet these posts, their participation usually ends there. Issues remain conversation topics instead of points for action. However, recent events prove that social media talk can turn into actual walk: in the last elections, a historic turnout of 40 [...]
