Largest tagged Jersey photo at Jersey Live

Charities, companies and organisations have been upping their social media use recently and finding more and more interesting ways of making use of the technology.

Jersey Telecom are a headline sponsor of the Jersey Live music festival and this weekend, at 6pm on Saturday a photographer for the company will go on stage at Jersey Live and take a photo of the crowd.

That photo will then be put on the companies Facebook page where people in the crowd - expected to be in the thousands - will be able to 'tag' themselves.

If it works this will be the islands largest ever tagged photo.

Tim Ringsdore, MD of the CI Division of Jersey Telecom, said: "We wanted to mark the occasion with a photo that captures the essence of the festival and brings people together via social networking to reinforce the shared community values of the island, Jersey Telecom and Jersey Live."

The photo will be uploaded to www.facebook.com/JerseyTelecom on Monday 6 September.

But this isn't the social media use around the festival.

Organisers have been making announcements and sharing photos of the build, bands have been posting on Twitter that they're looking forward to playing and people have been sharing their preparation stories.

@canDeeanne posted on Twitter that she's pleased the weather looks good for the weekend as she "won't be needing my wellies!"

And Jersey favourites @The_Valentines said they "Will be returning to jersey live this weekend!! See you at the lesinrocks."

@jerseybungeeltd hint at something interesting around the festival.

They tweeted: "Gearing up for Jersey Live! We've got both bungees, BIG Bouncy Castles & ..... Sumo Wrestling suits!! Here's to a fun w/end."

And @steveolawrence is "getting psyched for Jersey Live with some old school Biffy. Hope they'll play some of these tunes! Questions and Answers."

Dance arena act @RicoTubbs commented on the photo used on the Jersey Live website: "Jersey Live Saturday! (They still got the pic with dreads for some reason.. :-)..."

I will be at the festival all weekend taking pictures, speaking to people and asking for your thoughts on the event.

See you at the Showground.