Bantuan sosial dan pendidikan kesehatan bagi masyarakat pesisir yang terdampak sosial-ekonomi selama patogenesis Covid-19 di Manggarai

[Bahasa]: Pandemik Covid-19 telah berdampak pada masyarakat pesisir di wilayah utara dan selatan Manggarai. Mereka mengalami keterpurukan sosial ekonomi selama patogenesis Covid-19. Daya tawar hasil panen di laut dan di ladang mengalami penurunan drastis. Situasi ini membuat masyarakat pesisir mengalami kesulitan dalam menjalani hidup. Persoalan ini menarik untuk dikaji dan menjadi dasar dalam melakukan pengabdian masyarakat dalam bentuk bantuan sosial dan pendidikan kesehatan. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberi bantuan sosial dan pendidikan kesehatan kepada masyarakat pesisir Kegiatan bantuan sosial dan pendidikan kesehatan dilakukan agar masyarakat pesisir bisa terbantu secara sosial ekonomi pada masa pandemi dan kesadaran kritisnya tumbuh terkait bahaya Covid-19. Kegiatan ini juga bertujuan menumbuhkan kesadaran masyarakat akan pentingnya perilaku hidup sehat dan bersih. Dengan menambah asupan makanan yang cukup, tubuh mereka memiliki imunitas yang baik sehingga bisa bertahan dari serangan virus. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat pesisir ini dilakukan dengan mengadaptasi dan memodifikasi pendekatan IPOAI (Identifying, Planning, Organizing, Acting, Impact). Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan adanya peningkatan kesadaran masyarakat pesisir akan pentingnya memelihara kesehatan. Bantuan sosial yang diberikan juga membantu meningkatkan asupan gizi sehingga menjaga imunitas tubuh di masa pandemik Covid-19. Kata Kunci: bantuan sosial, pendidikan kesehatan, dampak sosial ekonomi, Covid-19 [English]: The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted coastal communities in the northern and southern regions of Manggarai. They experienced a socio-economic downturn during the pathogenesis of Covid-19. The bargaining power of harvest in the sea and the fields has decreased dramatically. This situation makes it difficult for coastal communities to live their daily life. This issue is interesting to study and become the basis for this community service program which aims to provide social assistance and health education to coastal communities. The programs were carried out to support economic condition of coastal communities in the pandemic, educate the danger of Covid-19, and raise public awareness of the importance of healthy and clean-living behaviors. For example, adequate food intake will help their bodies have good immunity to survive the virus. This community service program refers the adaptation and modification of the IPOAI approach (Identifying, Planning, Organizing, Acting, Impact). The results show the increase in awareness of coastal communities of the importance of maintaining health. The social assistance also helps to increase nutritional intake and thus helps maintain body immunity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Keywords: social assistance, health education, social economic impact, Covid-19

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Memaksimalkan Potensi Literasi Bahasa dan Budaya Jawa di Kecamatan Galur, Kabupaten Kulon Progo

Bakti Budaya ◽

10.22146/bb.41080 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 175

Author(s):

Daru Winarti

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Training Program ◽

Community Service ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

The Other ◽

Literature Study ◽

Service Program ◽

Counseling Education ◽

Real Action

Galur Subdistrict is an area that has abundant art and tradition potential and is in great demandby its people. Unfortunately, the art performances and traditions that are carried out only aim merelyto continue what have been done through generations. On the other hand, the inﬂux of modernarts has become a threat to preserving traditional culture, especially among young people who aresupposed to be the guardians of the traditions. Tis encourages Javanese Literature Study Programto carry out a community service program consisting of a series of training program as the StudyProgram’s concern and real action for cultural preservation.The training program is carried out through mentoring in motivating, counseling, education,discussion, and consultation. By using such mentoring techniques, it is expected that the result of theprogram will be optimum, namely raising public awareness to increase language literacy, knowledgeof literature, and the knowledge of the art performances they have. In turn, they will be able tomanage the performances as a professional art performance organizer in the region.The outcomes of the community service program comprise the increasing ability of participants inreading and writing simple texts using Javanese alphabet, participants’ ability to compose macapatsongs and sing them, the participants’ ability to write Javanese poems with the rinengga language,the participants’ ability create a series of dances and nursery rhymes to be performed, and theparticipants’ ability to become masters of ceremonies. In addition, three versions of Folklore aboutK.R.T Kertinegara are also collected

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Peningkatan Kesadaran Masyarakat RT 22 Kelurahan Pahlawan Palembang Tentang Pencegahan Covid-19 Berbasis Keluarga dengan Menerapkan 5M

JURNAL KREATIVITAS PENGABDIAN KEPADA MASYARAKAT (PKM) ◽

10.33024/jkpm.v1i1.5217 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 08-13

Author(s):

Dewi Rury Arindari ◽

Dessy Suswitha ◽

Shinta Maharani ◽

Lela Aini

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Community Service ◽

Respiratory System ◽

Public Awareness ◽

The Public ◽

Community Awareness ◽

Service Activities ◽

The Government ◽

Family Based

ABSTRAKCovid-19 merupakan penyakit yang penyebabnya adalah virus corona yang menyerang sistem pernapasan. Pemerintah sudah menghimbau masyarakatnya dengan memberikan protokol kesehatan untuk menghindari penularan wabah COVID-19, untuk dapat menerapkannya dibutuhkan kesadaran masyarakat. Salah satu hal yang bisa dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat adalah dengan memberikan penyuluhan tentang Pencegahan COVID-19 berbasis Keluarga dengan Menerapkan 5M. Tujuan Pengabdian adalah untuk Meningkatkan Kesadaran Masyarakat RT 22 Kelurahan Pahlawan Palembang tentang Pencegahan COVID-19 berbasis Keluarga dengan Menerapkan 5M dapat terlaksana dengan baik. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat adalah berbentuk pendidikan kesehatan dengan metode ceramah dan demontrasi. Kesimpulan adanya peningkatan kesadaran masyarakat berbasis keluarga di RT 22 kelurahan Pahlawan Palembang dalam menerapkan protokol Kesehatan 5M. Disarankan bagi peneliti selanjutnya agar dapat mengimplementasikan dan memberikan informasi terbaru tentang pencegahan virus Covid 19 selain penerapan 5M pada masyarakat yang lebih luas. Kata Kunci: Peningkatan Kesadaran Masyarakat, Menerapkan 5M, Pencegahan Covid 19 ABSTRACTCovid-19 is a disease caused by a coronavirus that attacks the respiratory system. The government has appealed to the public by providing health protocols to avoid the transmission of the COVID-19 outbreak, to be able to implement it, public awareness is needed. One of the things that can be done to increase public awareness is to provide counseling about Family-based COVID-19 Prevention by Implementing 5M. The purpose of this service is to increase public awareness of RT 22 Pahlawan Palembang Village regarding Family-based COVID-19 Prevention by Implementing 5M can be carried out properly. The method used in community service activities is in the form of health education with lecture and demonstration methods. The conclusion is that there is an increase in family-based community awareness in RT 22, Pahlawan Palembang village in implementing the 5M Health protocol. It is recommended for further researchers to be able to implement and provide the latest information about the prevention of the Covid 19 virus in addition to the application of 5M to the wider community. Keywords: Increasing Public Awareness, Implementing 5M, Prevention of Covid 19

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Korona dalam Ruang Politik dan Poetik Sastra: Arena Diskursif Karya-karya Fiksi Komunitas Jejak Imaji Yogyakarta Di Era Pandemi

Bakti Budaya ◽

10.22146/bakti.v4i1.1277 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sudibyo Sudibyo ◽

Cahyaningrum Dewojati ◽

Novi Siti Kussuji Indrastuti ◽

Rina Zuliana

Keyword(s):

Community Service ◽

Social Problems ◽

Historical Data ◽

Discourse Theory ◽

Service Program ◽

Literary Works ◽

Literary Community ◽

Social Facts ◽

The Social ◽

Practice Methods

This article departs from the findings of the implementation of the community service program of Literary Studies, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada in the form of providing workshop and assistance in writing fiction works for the Komunitas Jejak Imaji (KJI). KJI is a space of community for writers, poets, and students who carry out the routine of gathering, discussing, and producing literary works. This community is located in Yogyakarta — which culturally has a social climate that supports the existence of literary development and the literary community. In the midst of a pandemic, the demands for innovation on the formation of new habits and new knowledge provide a new field for communities to continue to exist in producing literary works. This service was initiated to spark community awareness to revive its literary space amid the pandemic. The implementation of the service program uses lecture, discussion, and practice methods to produce works about Covid-19 that are ready to be published through the application of research and processing of historical data, as well as social facts in literary works. Even though the story ideas from the 14 works of fiction they wrote were a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the tendency of their works is not far from the social problems surrounding them. The conceptual framework used to see the tendency of KJI's fiction is Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory which is to answer the question of how the corona is received and responded to in a political space as well as a literary poetic space. The results of these activities show that the entire works of fiction written by the Imaji Literature Community, tend to put the discourse of globality clashed with various social problems experienced by the Indonesian people in general and local communities in particular during the pandemic. ===== Tulisan ini berangkat dari temuan pelaksanaan program pengabdian kepada masyarakat Magister Sastra, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Gadjah Mada berupa pemberian pelatihan (workshop) dan pendampingan penulisan karya fiksi untuk Komunitas Jejak Imaji (KJI). KJI merupakan salah satu ruang sastrawan, penyair, dan mahasiswa yang ‘menggemari sastra’ melaksanakan rutinitas berkumpul, berdiskusi, dan memproduksi karya sastra. Komunitas ini berlokasi di Yogyakarta—yang secara kultural memiliki iklim pergaulan yang mendukung eksistensi perkembangan sastra dan komunitas sastra di dalamnya. Di tengah pandemi, tuntutan inovasi atas terbentuknya kebiasaan baru dan pengetahuan baru memberikan medan baru bagi komunitas untuk tetap eksis dalam memproduksi karya sastra. Pengabdian ini diinisiasi untuk memantik kesadaran komunitas untuk menghidupi ruang sastranya kembali di tengah pandemi. Pelaksanaan program pengabdian menggunakan metode ceramah, diskusi, dan praktik hingga menghasilkan karya tentang covid-19 yang siap publis melalui penerapan riset dan pengolahan data sejarah, serta fakta sosial dalam karya sastra. Meskipun ide cerita dari 14 karya fiksi yang mereka tulis merupakan respon atas pandemi covid-19, kecenderungan karya-karya mereka tidak jauh dari persoalan sosial di sekitarnya. Kerangka konseptual yang digunakan untuk melihat kecenderungan karya fiksi KJI adalah konsepsi wacana Laclau dan Mouffe yang untuk menjawab pertanyaan bagaimana korona diterima dan direspon dalam ruang politik sekaligus ruang poetik sastra. Dari hasil kegiatan tersebut menunjukkan bahwa keseluruhan karya fiksi yang ditulis oleh Komunitas Sastra Jejak Imaji cenderung meletakkan wacana global yang dibenturkan dengan berbagai persoalan sosial yang dialami masyarakat Indonesia pada umumnya dan masyarakat lokal pada khususnya selama pandemi.

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The Socio-Economic and Cultural Condition of Fisherman in Coastal Area of Sialang Buah, Teluk Mengkudu, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatera

Sumatra Journal of Disaster Geography and Geography Education ◽

10.24036/sjdgge.v1i2.97 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 124

Author(s):

Mona Adria Wirda ◽

Nurmala Berutu ◽

Riki Rahmad

Keyword(s):

Coastal Area ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Economic Condition ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

The Social ◽

Beach Tourism ◽

The Government ◽

Role Of The Government

This research aims to identify of coastal communities chartered economic potency, explore the human resources potency of coastal communities, investigate the role of coastal communities chartered economic institution, and knowing both of the socio-economic condition and infrastructure support for the economic development of coastal areas in Serdang Bedagai Regency. This research was done in Pantai Sialang Buah Desa Teluk Mengkudu, Serdang Bedagai Regency. respondents took by random sampling method. Data analysis method of this research was applied descriptive analysis. The result of this research shows that communities economics potency at coastal area quite prospective. The social economic condition of communities at coastal area relatively still very lag, although the economic sector is very potential to be developed like fishery sector, cultivation of seagrass, beach tourism, field crop and breeding sector. The role of the government and the private sector in developing the potential of coastal communities is not sufficient, especially in the field of infrastructure.

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PENGEMBANGAN KAPASITAS USAHA MIKRO DESA TANJUNGSARI KECAMATAN TANJUNGSARI KABUPATEN SUMEDANG

Prosiding Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ◽

10.24198/jppm.v7i2.29055 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 309

Author(s):

Eva Nuriyah Hidayat

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

Community Service ◽

Local Community ◽

Local Economic Development ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Capacity Development ◽

Service Program ◽

Target Groups ◽

The Social

ABSTRAKPengembangan Kapasitas Usaha Mikro Desa Tanjungsari merupakan upaya untuk memberikan pemahaman dan meningkatkan kemampuan pelaku usaha mikro yang ada di Desa Tanjungsari Kecamatan Tanjungsari Kabupaten Sumedang. Termasuk juga membuka akses pemasaraan melalui pemanfaatan kemajuan teknologi informasi. Program pengabdian pada masyarakat ini merupakan bagian dari tanggung jawab perguruan tinggi dalam hal ini Universitas Padjadjaran kepada masyarakat sekitar yang diharapkan memberi kontribusi pada pengembangan perspektif kesejahteraan sosial dalam pengembangan ekonomi lokal. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analisis dengan melibatkan 12 pelaku usaha mikro yang menjadi kelompok sasaran pengembangan. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara dan data sekunder yang dikumpulkan dilakukan pelatihan pembukuan sederhana dan packaging serta pengenalan awal pemasaran melalui berbagai media disambut antusias pelaku usaha dalam rangka meningkiatkan usaha mereka. Pengembangan kapasitas usaha mikro perlu tersu ditingkatkan dan dipertahankan kesinambungannya usaha yang ada di Desa Tanjungsari Kecamatan Tanjungsari Kabupaten Sumedang. Kemajuan dan kesinambungan banyak usaha mikro diharapkan dapat menjadi sumber lapangan pekerjaan dan penghidupan sehingga meningkatkan kesejahteraan sosial masyarakat setempat dan sekitarnyaKata kunci: pengembangan kapasitas, usaha mikro, pelatihan labelling, pelatihan packaging ABSTRACTTanjungsari Village Micro Business Capacity Development is an effort to provide understanding and increase the capacity of micro business actors in Tanjungsari Village, Tanjungsari District, Sumedang Regency. This includes opening access to marketing through the use of advances in information technology. This community service program is part of the university's responsibility, in this case Padjadjaran University, to the surrounding community which is expected to contribute to the development of a social welfare perspective in local economic development. The method used is descriptive analysis by involving 12 micro-entrepreneurs who are the target groups for development. Based on the results of interviews and secondary data collected, simple bookkeeping and packaging training were carried out and the initial introduction of marketing through various media was greeted enthusiastically by business actors in order to increase their business. The development of the capacity of micro enterprises needs to be improved and maintained for the sustainability of existing businesses in Tanjungsari Village, Tanjungsari District, Sumedang Regency. It is hoped that the progress and sustainability of many micro businesses can become a source of employment and livelihoods so as to improve the social welfare of the local community and its surroundingsKeywords: capacity development, microbusiness, labeling training, packaging trainingKey words: capacity building, micro business, labeling training, packaging training

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Penguatan Program Pengabdian Masyarakat Melalui Kegiatan KKL Posdaya Masjid

FENOMENA ◽

10.21093/fj.v11i1.1380 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 47-68

Author(s):

Mustamin Fattah ◽

Sayuri Sayuri

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Community Service ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Field Work ◽

Household Waste ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Processing Waste ◽

The Social ◽

The Government ◽

Active Communication

This research is based on the phenomenon that community service activities carried out by Perguruan Tinggi Agama Islam (PTAI) from more or less the same year have not been linked to the results of research in the social religious field. As a result, the relevance, benefits, and contribution of PTAI to the community become less visible. This research is a field work research. Partisipatory Action Reseacrh analysis was used in this study. The results of this study are 1) Strategy to build public awareness about clean living in the environment is done by inviting them to work together to clean the environment starting from cleaning the mosque, TPA, Mushalla, and educational institutions around. 2) Strategies to develop a community mindset can realize the potential of nature and the surrounding human resources to be processed through socialization on the use of the natural environment, including household waste, training in making paving blocks from plastic waste, and processing waste into compost. 3) Strategy to build active communication between citizens and the government with assistance to citizens, and 4) Strategy to build a spirit of diversity in the community.

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SOSIALISASI DAN PELATIHAN TEKNOLOGI TEPAT GUNA PEMBUATAN EKSTRAK KULIT KACANG METE UNTUK ANTIVIRAL NABATI PADA TANAMAN KEDELAI

Jurnal Terapan Abdimas ◽

10.25273/jta.v6i1.7370 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Wuye Ria Andayanie ◽

Netty Ermawati

Keyword(s):

Community Service ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Economic Value ◽

Mottle Virus ◽

Training Methods ◽

Service Program ◽

Service Programs ◽

Cashew Nut ◽

Shell Waste ◽

Cashew Nut Shell

Abstract. Cashew plants is one of the plantation commodities in Indonesia that has high economic value. Cashew nut shell waste can be used as a botanical antiviral for Cowpea mild mottle virus. This activity aims for soybean farmers to be able to provide their own insecticidal at low prices and easily obtained. The method used viz. : 1) an interview and observation, 2) the method of socialization with lectures and discussions or questions and answers; 3) training methods with lecture, demonstrations and direct practice with demoplot. Based on the analysis of community service programs, the following conclusions are obtained: 1) in terms of achievements based on the objectives, substance and efforts of this community service program, it is considered to be very effective in building community independence based on local potential, namely waste originating from cashew nut shells and soybean planting in forest shade area; 2) in terms of the results, benefits and impacts resulting from this community service program are numerous, namely: increasing public awareness to utilize waste originating from cashew nut shell waste for antiviral, increasing community knowledge and skills in the field of processing waste cashew nut shell for botanical antiviral. Abstrak. Tanaman jambu mete merupakan salah satu komoditas perkebunan di Indonesia yang memiliki nilai ekonomi tinggi. Limbah kulit kacang mete dapat digunakan sebagai antiviral nabati untuk Cowpea mild mottle virus. Kegiatan ini bertujuan agar petani kedelai dapat menyediakan antiviral sendiri dengan harga murah dan mudah didapat. Metode yang digunakan : 1) wawancara dan observasi, 2) metode sosialisasi dengan ceramah dan diskusi atau tanya jawab; 3) metode pelatihan dengan ceramah dan demonstrasi serta praktek langsung dengan demoplot. Berdasarkan analisis program pengabdian kepada masyarakat, diperoleh kesimpulan sebagai berikut: 1) dari segi capaian sesuai tujuan, substansi dan upaya program pengabdian masyarakat ini dinilai sangat efektif dalam membangun kemandirian masyarakat berbasis potensi lokal, yaitu limbah yang berasal dari kulit kacang mete dan penanaman kedelai di kawasan hutan lindung; 2) Dari segi hasil, manfaat dan dampak yang dihasilkan dari program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini sangat banyak, yaitu: meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat untuk memanfaatkan limbah yang berasal dari limbah kulit kacang mete sebagai antiviral, meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan masyarakat di bidang pengolahan limbah kacang mete untuk antiviral nabati.

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SOCIAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF COASTAL OMMUNITIES IN BATUI DISTRICT, BANGGAI DISTRICT, CENTRAL SULAWESI PROVINCE

Coastal and Ocean Journal (COJ) ◽

10.29244/coj.4.1.1-14 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

M. Nur Arkham ◽

Yudi Wahyudin ◽

Novit Rikardi ◽

Agus Ramli ◽

Arif Trihandoyo

Keyword(s):

Economic Condition ◽

Social Economic ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Small Scale ◽

Dense Population ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

The People ◽

The Social ◽

Central Sulawesi

Most of the people who live in coastal villages are fishermen and are very dependent on marine resources and coastal ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-economic conditions of coastal communities that exploit the potential of the coast in Batui District, Banggai District. This research was conducted in the coastal area of Batui District, Central Sulawesi Province. Data were collected by means of surveys and interviews. The data analysis was done qualitatively and descriptively. The social conditions of the coastal communities in Batui District mostly live on the coast with less dense population density. The aspect of education shows that the average coastal community with a Bachelor degree is 40% with the human development index (HDI) in the medium category. It is seen from the economic condition that the livelihoods of the coastal communities in Batui District are dependent on the fishery sector, namely partly as fishermen. The fishing gear and fishing fleet used for fisheries in the research location are small-scale fisheries. Keywords coastal communities, small-cale fisherie, capture fisheries and Batui District

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Teknologi Penangkapan Rajungan (Portunus pelagicus spp.) Ramah Lingkungan dengan Bubu Kubah di Kabupaten Aceh Barat Provinsi Aceh

Jurnal Marine Kreatif ◽

10.35308/jmk.v1i1.2242 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hafinuddin Hafinuddin ◽

Edwarsyah Edwarsyah

Keyword(s):

Community Service ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Economic Situation ◽

Fishing Gear ◽

Swimming Crab ◽

Service Program ◽

Portunus Pelagicus ◽

Education Practice ◽

Fish Resources ◽

Main Activity

Fishermen of West Aceh District is still using a tool of unfriendly for environment namely mini trawl for blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus spp) fishing, so that it will impact the ecosytem of the sea and the damage to the fish resources such as blue swimming crab. For that reason, there needs to be an alternative of eco-friendly fishing technology to catching blue swimming crab and replace fishing gear unfriendly for environment i.e. mini trawl and exposing the blue swimming crab fishing is as main activity in West Aceh District where Ujong Baroh Village as pilot projetc location for this activity. The community service program has carried out with IbM activity (Ipteks bagi Masyarakat). The activity was done on February – Agustus 2017, where education, practice and accomponiment was used as methods. IbM program is expected to increase skill and business managerial as well as improving the economic situation of the coastal communities.

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Pelatihan “Lingkungan Media Sosial Kontemporer: Tantangan Dan Peluangnya” Bagi Perempuan Wirausaha Di Wilayah Jabodetabek

Prosiding Konferensi Nasional Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat dan Corporate Social Responsibility (PKM-CSR) ◽

10.37695/pkmcsr.v2i0.568 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 138-143

Author(s):

Ezmieralda Melissa ◽

Muninggar Sri Saraswati ◽

Fajrie Samahita

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Community Service ◽

Service Program ◽

Media Environment ◽

Communication Plan ◽

The Social ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Other Woman

One group that has the potential to boost entrepreneurship, but is often undervalued is women. Although they consist of approximately sixty per cent of all entrepreneurs in Indonesia, they often face more challenges in comparison to male entrepreneurs in conducting their business ventures. These challenges include limited access to funding, multiple roles and responsibilities in the family and society, limited knowledge of information and communication technologies, and inadequate support system. Many women turn to social media to enable them opening a business that they can manage from home. While generally social media bring positive consequences to these woman entrepreneurs, the dynamic of the social media environment means that these women have to face obstacles to keep up with the technological developments and the changes of interactions that they bring to the business conducts and sellers-consumer interactions. This community service program aimed to provide capacity building training which focuses on women who own online micro businesses. Through this community service program, we introduced participants to the potential challenges that are brought by the changes in the social media environment. At the same time, we also assisted them in planning an effective social media communication plan that can help them to overcome these challenges. This workshop also allowed participants to network with other woman entrepreneurs that can potentially increase their social capital.

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