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To all of of you fantastic #High5 people who read this:
- ONLINE – Sharing comments, retweets, pushing a like button, asking a question etc in channels such as  Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and other places, we feel connected with you even if you are far, far away.
- FANS – who encourage and send virtual and real hugs when needed the most and spread the #High5:s
- CLIENTS – who trust us and engage with us on a continual basis.
- PEOPLE – we meet in real life at events, meetings and networks. You rock our world and make it happen.
- FOLLOWERS – we look forward to more interaction with you in 2012.

2012 will be a honest, straight forward year with many #High5 projects to manage and enable. We look forward to it.

For all the joy we have experienced this past year, I (+every co-worker that have been apart of the Awoque-team in Göteborg) want to say thank you and lots of big hugs.

Have a fabulous end of 2011. We will take a pause here on the blog and see you again on January 9 2012!

MERRY CHRISTMAS  & A HAPPY NEW YEAR !

2011 we hope to help our clients to build their brands through social media AND also do social good. Over the Christmas holidays, we got inspired by the many charity events taking place around the globe. We wanted to push our thoughts on passion even further. Paul did some research and found these two great examples on companies:

- Pepsi with the Refresh project. Anyone can submit an idea that has a positive impact they want sponsored. Each month the fans around the globe vote for their favourite.

- Dove´s campaign for real beauty. This is global campaign to strengthen the selm-esteem amongst women through workshops.

Yesterday, I celebrated my birthday and decided to challenge all my friends to give to charity on their birthdays. What got me the ideas was Charity water as you see in the video below.

What do you want to do? Get in touch!

In the midst of the seasonal rush hour, we want to wish all our clients, fans, friends, co-workers and future acquaintances around the world a Merry Christmas, GOD JUL (in Swedish).

We all deserve a break, a time to pause and reflect. These past few months, since we started awoque in August, have been amazing. What a crazy fun last few months meeting all of you in various forums, feeds, meetings online and IRL (in real life). We, Paul and I,  set out to build a company based on our passion for social media with a focus on great people and fun projects. So far, I am thankful for the result and feel even more confident that when you follow your heart, your dreams can come true. I look forward to follow the ring action we started in various channels. I know that the passion we just began to tap into, will keep the rings spreading. If you want to know more, keep and eye here on the blog or get in touch!

This year (and next), we choose to sponsor a fantastic event, the World Transplant Games 2011 in Göteborg. Please follow us  next year, when we promise to “Make Life Happen”. If you live in Sweden, make your choice, enable life at Donationsregistret>>

From both of us to all of you – Merry Christmas! Lots of love!

When I lived in the States, I tried to explain to my friends the Swedish Christmas tradition Lucia. I started to explain by saying a choir with a white gowns, candles singing seasonal tunes like “Sankta Lucia”on December 13. Quickly some got the wrong picture (read KKK), and I had a hard time getting passed it. This morning, when I had the opportunity to enjoy Lucia a few days early, I took the opportunity to record the occation.

The conference room was packed with people and most of us whiped a tear from our eyes when the choir from Kulturskolan in Borås finished. Another great example of passion for music that I wanted to share with you and also spread the Christmas spirit online ; ).

I hope you had a great weekend ! We did. On Saturday, I enjoyed “Christmas Tales” with Java Gospel at a Betlehemskyrkan here in Göteborg. Wow! The songs went straight into  my heart and the tunes will stay with me for a long time. Of course, I want to invite you to enjoy a song.

What are your favourite tunes for Christmas? Any great concert visits planned? Visit Java Gospel online. They promote there concerts on Facebook as well. How do you spread the news about your events and keep the interaction going in social media before, during and after the event?