#MosquitoClaps I started community managing as a teenager by helping Mama

Muriel

with The

Call of Esther Ministries

’ Christmas parties for youth in our Alexandria, Virginia community; packaging hundreds of Christmas gifts through the season, annually

I went on to preside over numerous and diverse organizations in college; eventually becoming Campus Involvement Director for our over 50,000 community members at the

University of Florida

: Go Gators

In my professional & volunteer life, I have always brought my community engagement passions to the fore.

Firstly, laying the professional blueprint for

Y 107.9 FM Ghana

’s online fan base #YArmy in creating a viable business case for ongoing success, then

Google

’s

YouTube

Content Creator’s Huddles at

ISpace

,

Impact Hub Accra

’s

Apprentice Network Program

and, capping my joyous 7-year curation with our

Global Shapers

community from Accra to Abuja to Port Louis to Addis Ababa to Geneva to Johannesburg to the world #WorldWeShape

It is an honor to help

Facebook

in shaping the Facebook Certified Community Manager Program along with other phenomenal community leaders.

Facebook Community Summit - Sub-Saharan Africa, Speaker: Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor, The Future of Communities #FCS2020

I'm glad to see the ‘Book’s platform creating more opportunities for its users. This certification recognizes and measures comprehension and strategic application of best practices and standards for online community management.

Facebook Certified Community Managers Program

I’m doubly excited that our founding cohort, a little over a hundred amazing community managers across the world, are officially Facebook Certified Community Managers. #GamorLegacy

To learn more about Facebook Blueprint certification check it out here.

I generally enjoy Science Fiction movies and though I'm not a fanatic, it was an honor to meet and interview NASA Astronaut Bobby Satcher last weekend!

Friends who are Star Trek die-hards or Star Wars fans, this one is for you!

Surgical Oncologist and Nasa Astronaut Robert "Bobby" Satcher (@astro_bones) was in Accra as a guest speaker at Ashesi University's Engineering Program Launch. Gratefully eTV with J.O.T. Agyeman and +Y1079FM with E. A. Gamor, we had the exclusive interview for the +Mpwr Show

J.O.T. Agyeman Astronaut Satcher & Emmanuel Gamor

Prepping for the eTV interview Astronaut Bobby Satcher & eTV JOT Agyeman

Showing Astronaut Satcher my signature Selfie strategy - E. A. Gamor #Selfie

E. A. Gamor, Astronaut Bobby Satcher & Prof John Ofori

Recorded interview for Mpwr show with Astronaut Satcher & E. A. Gamor

So thanks to YFM you can listen to the interview full interview below, as usual #MosquitoClaps:

All pictures taken with my iPhone 5c mobile device.

It is "Crazy Charley..." how time flies. I tried figuring out the first E.L. track I heard 3 years ago and One Ghana [For Your Pocket] sticks out vividly for two reasons: the catchy tune/witty lyrics and the Taxi -painted Bentley! I remember asking myself who IS this young rapper and why does he sound so familiar?

Elorm Adablah or EL was one of my seniors at Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, go figure! Not only that, he and my Clerk House (2) mate Francis Kuma aka Foxy aka Jinx/Frank P were part of another  Ɔdadeɛ Jayso's Skillion rap group. Fast forward almost a decade later and E. L. is headlining his 2nd concert in tandem with his freshly released mixtape. B.A.R. II.

Working at +Y1079FM I got a complimentary copy of the new mixtape a few weeks back and it has been on rotation on my phone and in my car. My current two favorites:

Work 2: is a song is for all of us who can't/won't/don't know how to stop working, and when we do work that we are truly passionate about, we swear we haven't worked a day in our lives!

There is something melodic about "We No Dey Hear" and I'm impressed with Lil' Shaker's growth and appreciate getting introduced to Jo Cue on this mixtape. There is also a youthful irreverence and persistence that "We No Dey Hear" captures EL - "...dem talk wanna matter but we no dey hear." #CoolDudesUnite.

How many times have we (you and I) rep-ed New York on Alicia Keys/Jay-Z album, rep-ed Miami because Khaled & Pitbull or Chi-Town because of Common? Nope we aren't from there and this "get crunk" track sets me up nicely for any occasion. Riding with the boys? Wossop; I'm gonna kill this presentation and make these Cedis turn into Dollars real quick Wossop; fresh to death and ready to stunt on these girl(s) charley Wossop! EL mentions the neighborhoods I've lived in from North Kaneshie to Airport Residential. #MyGuy

To be fair, there are hard-hitting songs from hip-hop heads with versatile, lyrical tracks for all. These three resonated with my-everyday-life without me even trying hard.

Pictures at the Tigo Music #Bar2Concert below:

Trigmatic from #YFMGhana family

The B.A.R. himself: EL

Jayso before the crowd: #PioneerStatus

And now my personal fav videos taken with my iPhone 5c:

Samsung out-doored the Note 4 in a grand fashion with a week of activities at the Accra mall. I got to host & engage with developers on day 4!

#SelfieCompetition

Participants from MEST, other developers

The homeboy//thorn-in-the-flesh Donald Ward put on the activation

Co-MC YFM family/team member Caroline Sampson

The Note 4 is the first Android device after my first iPhone (5c) that I've actually coveted...besides the Amoled display, the S-Pen was actually a joy to play with. Finally note taking on an electronic device was fun and productive. The price point for the Note 4 though...let's just hope the good folks at YFM give that early Christmas bonus.

On day 6 I stopped by to support with the Selfie Competition and ended up winning a Vodafone Mp3 Player. At least I'm getting a head start on the Christmas spirit. #GamorLegacy

I get to positively surf the internet, especially YouTube for work and the daily. My new Chrome-cast device, a gift from a fellow Googler + Surfline (Ghana's 1st 4G LTE internet), also enables me watch videos on a large screen at my leisure.

I'm biased towards impressive Ghanaian music videos and lately, Sarkodie doesn't disappoint.

His track "Special Someone" produced by fellow Ɔdadeɛ Jayso & features one of my favorite Nigerian artist Burna Boy (see post about why Burna's my homeboy, here), and South Africa's latest hip-hop phenom Aka.

While watching the video though, I noticed prolific Ghanaian musician and hiplife artists Castro's cameo which led me to believe that this video was shot much earlier this year, or conspiracy theorists remarks that Castro isn't dead *side eye* . As much as I'd want him alive too, what would he have been doing all this while then? So many questions, so few answers.

For all things YouTube though (see what I did there), check out the HuddleGH YouTube online community I curate, here. If you are able to come through to the YouTube Huddles at iSpace on Thursdays, let us know huddlegh@ispacegh.com

Whistling to Sark's "Special Someone" as I exist stage left.

Last Saturday was a good day for football/soccer and D-Black's Live Wire events hosted Celebrity Soccer Weekend with stars such as Davido, Samini, R2bees, Tinny, Castro, D-Black as captains of their respective teams.

Supporting Y FM, despite being down with the flu, +Ameyaw Debrah  captured YFM's social media guru +KumiCumz Nkansah & I at the Lizzy Sports stadium. #MoreVim

photo credit: Ameyaw Debrah

There were many members of Y FM staff and friends at the event.

Mary Anna - Head of Marketing

Esse - Red FM

Asantewaa Asante - Y Sports Presenter

HTW's Fred Deegbe

Sefa: Y Marketing; Eddie Micuh Jr: Y Sports; Quarps: Ryze & Shyne & Y Sports Producer; Flexxy: Afropolitan Mix

Blogger Extraordinaire: Ameyaw Debrah

DeLong - Events Y FM & Happy FM

Eddie Blay Jr - Steppin' to the AM

J.O.E.L Orleans - Y Campus Xpress

Foster, Eddie Micuh Jr & the new bossu: Giovanni - Caleb Adjomah

So I pulled out my iPhone just in time to catch Samini & goal celebration in front of D-Black and BAM.

If you've been following my blog and antics, you probably read or seen my numerous posts about Mpwrshow (my labor of love), then you'd realize we finished another set of episodes on Y 107.9 FM. Season 2 was about Collaborative Success, leveraging our individual strengths to promote a collective goal.

It was an amazing to start to 2014 resolution: Building Collaborative Success in finding partnerships that help us ALL get a WIN. The show is on break indefinitely, we'll do well to let you know when we're back on air. #MorePoWeR

Podcasts from previous guests on the show:

Pictures from the networking Soiree at iSpace, Osu Accra:

Maria Tolsa, journalist from Finnish TV YLE flew into Accra to cover a story on young entrepreneurs making strides in their home country. My Y FM homie, J. O. E. L. and I were captured on camera.

The segment we're featured starts at 11:05: http://areena.yle.fi/tv/2197046