Tools to Become A Writer of the 21st Century

Once again, The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) on its continuous effort to contribute to the social, economic, and cultural development of Dominican professionals in the homeland and abroad, presented the workshop titled “To Be a Writer 2.0: Tools to Become a Writer of the 21st Century,” on November 16th and 17th in collaboration with the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura in New York City.

The workshop ran for two days and was directed by Luis Reynaldo Perez, an award winning writer, editor, and cultural manager from the Dominican Republic and covered topics such as: What is a writer?, What are social
networks?, How do they work?, How to build an identity on social networks, what is a strategy on social networks, blogs, and other topics.

The audience consisted of a group of adults, some with basic, others with more advanced knowledge of the use social networks, but all with the same interest to learn. The purpose of the course was to provide the audience with information about how to effectively navigate social networks and succeed in this technology driven
society.

The workshop concluded with the introduction and comments of each of the attendees; they all expressed that they were very pleased with the instructor and the material covered during the two days and asked for more workshops like this.