COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

AF83 develops community platforms for its clients who operate them :

-    It is thus a proof of its capabilities brought by the market

-    It addresses both company and clients needs

-    It deals with many various subjects

To foster the development of communities, the intervention of af83 consists in :

-    Giving new tools to existing communities

-    Discovering communities which did not know that they existed

-    Creating new communities

SERENDIPITY, EMERGENCE AT AF83

Serendipity is the effect of discovering something fortunate, especially while looking for something else. By giving technical tools to communities, AF83 fosters new behaviours and usage patterns. Then, from those same communities comes the creation of new solutions and technical platforms.

SFR JEUNES TALENTS

The development and management of the community platform SFR Jeunes Talents stress the creativity of artists and the curiosity of the public.

Four universes are animated and moderated by af83

-    Music for the music-lovers

-    Photo & Graphic for those passionate about design and photography

-    Text for those interested in literature

-    VidCast for video amateurs

af83 thus proposes more than 60.000 profiles, for the public as well as artists.

KITESQUAD

KiteSquad.com, is the first community site about kitesurfing. It is based around three main axes:

-    Spots: with a base of 600 spots and weather forecasts, each user has the possibility to create and control its own spots base!

-    Kiters: they are the reason for KiteSquad.com, they participate through their knowledge and experiences in order to enrich and qualify the information for everyone.

-    Communication and interactivity: KiteSquad members are able to keep in touch in different ways and share real time info about kiting.

NOUMBA

Noumba allows real time communication with friends on the Internet and by SMS.

The principle of this microblogging service is to answer the question « What are you doing now? » with short phrases (125 characters max)

When used by artists such as Vitaa, James Deano, Ophélie Winter, Max Boublil, Dida…it is a very strong promotion tool, allowing artists to keep their fans informed on their actions in real time. Most notably by offering information feeds by SMS.