This is something I’m involved with which I think should be of interest to some of the charities based int the Custard Factory. As part of Blog Action Day a number of bloggers will be holding a Free Social Media Surgery in Digbeth on Wednesday 15th.

As our part in Blog Action Day 2008 the Birmingham Bloggers group with the support of BVSC is offering free advice to voluntary and community groups in Birmingham. It doesn’t matter what size you are, you could be a huge charity or a one person campaigning machine, you are welcome to some fiendly, hopefully jargon free one-to-one to help.

We’ll show you round the social web, talk to you about you want to achieve and give all the help and advice you could want. You can go away and think about what you’ve learnt or we could even help you set up some useful tools at this surgery.

Tools like blogs, podcasts, video and social networks can give a real boost to campaigning organisations, so this team of experts is offering you approachable one to one help and support. No boring speeches, just a group of people with the knowledge, ideas and a passion to help you make best use of the internet for your organisation.

If you could register your interest here that’d be great or just feel free to drop in on the 15th from 5.30 - 7.30pm. More background can be found on the blogs of the organisers Jon Bounds and Nick Booth along with a roundup of those planning to attend.

Hope to see you there!