Episode 52: Chick Clicks
Listen (21 min, 17 seconds)For this week's Digital Edge we follow up our episode in 2009 where we looked at black entrepreneurs in the social media space. This week we take a look at women in the digital space in South Africa. We speak to women in the marketing and business side of digital to try find out if they're intimidated by men in the industry, whether they have to work harder to succeed and why they think there is a lack of female digital entrepreneurs in South Africa.
Guests:
Alex Van Tonder:
Alex van Tonder is the creative group head at King James Agency in Cape Town
Tertia Albertyn:
Tertia is a businesswoman, author, blogger and mother of three
Georgina Michelmore:
Georgina is the head of Social Media for retailer Woolworths
Diane Charton:
Diane is the managing director of Acceleration Media and oversees the growth of South Africa's leading digital media strategy, planning and buying company, and helps clients to maximise their use of the Internet
Links:
Alex Van Tonder: http://mybrandedlife.wordpress.com/
Acceleration Media: http://www.accelerationmedia.co.za/
Woolworths: http://www.woolworths.co.za
Tertia Albertyn: http://www.tertia.org
Cape Town Daily Photo: http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/
Jarred Cinman: http://jarredcinman.com
Saul Kropman: http://saulk.co.za
Comments:
All charming, competent and articulate women, and very positive about the relationship between women and the digital medium. They all expressed a very affirming attitude towards the support they receive from the men in this medium. The digital . .more
by janis on January 18 2010, 18:53
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