Managing Director for Demerara Waves Media Inc. Denis Chabrol recently participated in a US-Embassy sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) exchange on promoting civil society through new media.
Chabrol recently met with US Ambassador Brent Hardt and highlighted key components of the program, the Embassy said in a statement yesterday.
The IVLP exchange, titled “Media Literacy: Promoting Civil Society through New Media,” ran from March 24 to April 11, 2014.
According to the Embassy, during his meeting with the ambassador Chabrol underscored the ways government and civil society organisations utilise social media in the delivery of information and to promote interaction with the various publics and interests they serve and promote. It said Chabrol planned to share his IVLP experience