Indeed, the global celebration starts in Cebu. Last May 2, 2011, we celebrated World Bloggers' Day 2011 here in Cebu at the Bryant George Hall of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center.
Founded and organized by the Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc., the event was one of the biggest challenge that the organization has took so far. An event that was first conceived last May 2010 is now one of the dates that every blogger and a citizen to remember.
May 2 of every year will commemorate the importance of bloggers around the world and how bloggers are changing the public discourse.
It was also my first event as the newly-elected CBSi President. Thanks to Agnes Jimenez, CBSi Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Bjornson Bernales, CBSi Vice President for Content Management in spearheading to make this global event possible.
Speakers during the event were Wilson Ng, President and CEO of Ng Khai Development Corporation and one of the successful businessmen here in Cebu, talked about building a brand name and being different. His talk gave me insights on how important trust is and how being different makes someone successful, for as long as you don't overdo it.
Sam Jacoba, Yahoo! Philippines Head of Audience, was also there to share about the latest statistics in the Philippine Internet landscape which was still to be released. We were lucky enough to have seen such statistics. But as what Mr. Jacoba said, it's still a private thing until it would be released officially.
Then came Marlon Guzman of SolidHosting.Ph who talked about how to protect our blogs and the use of a self-hosting software instead of a free-hosting service. Hmmmm... That made me think.
Lastly, I was up on the podium to discuss to the participants about Political Blogging, Libel and Social Media. I shared the situation of countries where bloggers have become Government Enemy No. 1, the implications of libel on blog posts and the social media statistics in the Philippines.
Overall, even if the event started late, it was very successful. I also asked Dr. Buboy Tapia, CBSi Head of Audit to gather data through an evaluation form to measure the success of the event and gather insights from the participants on what to improve for the next year's celebration.
I would also like to the the event sponsors namely Bo's Coffee, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., SolidHosting.Ph and RLComm International. With your support, the event was made possible.
Founded and organized by the Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc., the event was one of the biggest challenge that the organization has took so far. An event that was first conceived last May 2010 is now one of the dates that every blogger and a citizen to remember.
May 2 of every year will commemorate the importance of bloggers around the world and how bloggers are changing the public discourse.
It was also my first event as the newly-elected CBSi President. Thanks to Agnes Jimenez, CBSi Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Bjornson Bernales, CBSi Vice President for Content Management in spearheading to make this global event possible.
Speakers during the event were Wilson Ng, President and CEO of Ng Khai Development Corporation and one of the successful businessmen here in Cebu, talked about building a brand name and being different. His talk gave me insights on how important trust is and how being different makes someone successful, for as long as you don't overdo it.
Sam Jacoba, Yahoo! Philippines Head of Audience, was also there to share about the latest statistics in the Philippine Internet landscape which was still to be released. We were lucky enough to have seen such statistics. But as what Mr. Jacoba said, it's still a private thing until it would be released officially.
Then came Marlon Guzman of SolidHosting.Ph who talked about how to protect our blogs and the use of a self-hosting software instead of a free-hosting service. Hmmmm... That made me think.
Lastly, I was up on the podium to discuss to the participants about Political Blogging, Libel and Social Media. I shared the situation of countries where bloggers have become Government Enemy No. 1, the implications of libel on blog posts and the social media statistics in the Philippines.
Overall, even if the event started late, it was very successful. I also asked Dr. Buboy Tapia, CBSi Head of Audit to gather data through an evaluation form to measure the success of the event and gather insights from the participants on what to improve for the next year's celebration.
I would also like to the the event sponsors namely Bo's Coffee, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., SolidHosting.Ph and RLComm International. With your support, the event was made possible.
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| The participants, in a group picture, of the successful World Bloggers Day 2011 Celebration here in Cebu organized by the Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc. and participated also by the Manila Bloggers Network, Iligan Bloggers Society, bloggers in South Africa, Lebanon, USA, UAE, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Pakistan in their respective areas. AIM HIGH CBSi! Photo courtesy of the Photoblogger Evanjohnn Mendoza for this picture! :D |
big kudos to Bjorn! and the brains behind WBD.
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