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Date Published
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Myrsini Koukiasa
Word count
255
Language
English
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None

Summary

In our effort to support developer communities around the world, we’re excited to announce ways in which we are helping groups host events and engage with their community members online:` This announcement highlights Vonage's initiative to support online community engagement. `Social Cafe, an open-source demo for communities to build their own online environment, is being hosted by Vonage.` The Social Cafe Demo provides a platform for communities to create meaningful conversations between attendees, moving beyond traditional broadcasting methods. `The demo allows users to freely move between video call "tables" to chat with different community members,` enabling more interactive and engaging events. `Vonage's support includes hosting an instance of the demo at no cost, as well as providing tutorials and resources for communities to host their own version in five minutes.` This initiative aims to bridge the gap between online and offline community activities during challenging times, such as isolation.