Lisa Retief

I am cautiously optimistic about the First Tuesday event coming up on 8 May 2007. The First Tuesday site itself does not have much detail, but the announcement on bizcommunity.com says it will cover Web 2.0 marketing and what it means for South Africa. The blurb is ‘Vinny Lingham, founder and chief strategy officer of incuBeta, will provide an insightful view on the offline and online marketing markets and the paradigm shift in spending that is going on around the world’.

First Tuesday also met early April to discuss “Web 2.0″, though I only heard about that event after the fact, via bloggers who had attended. The First Tuesday site itself does not even seem to mention it – the last ‘past event’ mentioned is way back in 2005.

I have never been to a First Tuesday event, but I will give this upcoming one a try. If the ‘business think tank’ is having a comeback, I will welcome it. And maybe volunteer to get their web presence a little more dynamic.

Let me know if any of you have First Tuesday experience. Hope to see you there.