BOSCOM SOUTH ASIA: AN UPDATE OF MILESTONES

BOSCOM South Asia organized a joint meeting of the BOSCOM Executive members and the Province Secretaries on 1st June, 2020. Fr. K. M. Joseph, the Provincial of Chennai enumerated the pillars of communication namely formation, information and production. Fr. Ernest Rosario SDB, Social Communication Delegate, South Asia spoke about the universality of our mission. Fr. P. T. Joseph SDB, SPCSA Webmaster, stated that he was happy to inform that the Don Bosco South Asia website framework is ready, and it will connect various Bosco Information Services and SPCSA flagship programmes in our region. He exposed the present status of the SPCSA website project and enumerated how we could collaborate to make it dynamic. He also invited all to participate and promote the Weekly News/Views podcasting from the South Asia region. To make the content on the website look dynamic, a team approach is necessary. There will be a shift from static webpages to dynamic webpages with relevant data incorporated from Department websites and databases.

Don Bosco South Asia App can be downloaded from Google Play store from 24th June, 2020. The APP will have all the menu of the SPCSA website, and the information loaded on clicks.

Boscom has started the Weekly News Podcast from this month, that summarizes the SA regional news and events that takes place in South Asian region. Anyone who is willing to record using their mobile phone and share their mp3 file with Boscom can take part in the upcoming shows in the Podcast.

Digital Asset Management (DAM) to manage digital assets such as videos, photos, documents, and other media will be started in the future. The DAM solution will store the contents centrally for all departments. With DAM, Salesians can secure, organize, and search digital assets easily.

The Salesian Congregation is generating so many headlines on a weekly basis. Boscom will combine the best of news headlines, photos and videos from the Salesian world and route it through the platform of Salesian Digital Noticeboard.

More than ever, today videos have become a main source of news and information consumption. Every year there are so many events, programs, seminars, conferences, and celebrations organized in South Asian region by Salesians. They will be documented and given more visibility and reach through a single official Boscom Media Network Channel.

With a plethora of online communication platforms that are free, there comes a lot of risks of security breaches, hacked email accounts, forgotten passwords, locked out email accounts, ransom blackmails etc. Domain Based Email Ids will add authenticity to our communications and also provide added safety and security with an option to recover the ID and content.

Fr. Babu Varghese SDB

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