The effects and problems of workshop utilizing Facebook

A case study of Ikaga region, Kyotango City

Abstract

In this article, we introduced a new way of workshop utilizing Facebook. We hosted a seminar called “Business Creater Developing Seminar” with the NPO group “Kyotomura” in Ikaga region, Kyotango city on September 12-13, 2012 and had 3 workshops in the seminar utilizing Facebook both to make interactive communication with various kinds of distant people with specialties in rural planning and to keep the connection created in this workshop. We analyzed the effects and problems of the workshops utilizing Facebook and discussed the possibilities and rooms to be improved in this way of workshop in the future.