While browsing through Facebook this morning, I found out that the 1st Baguio Blog Conference will be held within a couple weeks’ time. Inspired by the success of the other blogging summits I’ve mentioned earlier, several local bloggers decided to organize the Baguio Blog Conference.

WHEN: May 19, 2012 Saturday @ 8:00 AM
WHERE: University of Baguio Square Hall
ADMISSION IS FREE

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Below are the objectives of the Baguio Blog Conference:

• Formally convene the members of the Cordillera and North Luzon Blogging Community.
• Share knowledge in Blogging as an aide in education, tourism and business.
• Educate the Baguio and North Luzon business community with regards to the power of blogging as an advertising medium.
• Learn from the Blogging experts on how to write an effective online article or blog post, as well as how to effectively promote the blogs and gain readers and followers.
• Inspire Baguio and Cordillera people to promote their localities through blogging.

LIST OF SPEAKERS

• Janette Toral – digitalfilipino.com
• Antonio Magno Caranzza Jr. – pusangkalye.net
• Chyng Reyes – chyngreyes.com
• Azrael Coladilla – azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com
• Florencio Jusay Jr. – manualtolyf.info
• Avelmar Manansala – gensantos.com

REGISTER HERE for the 1st Baguio Blog Conference

The local bloggers who are organizing the event are working with their own finances. To help make the event successful, they are looking for some financial assistance to help cover the expenses such as conference kits and food for participants and transportation for guest speakers. If you or your company would like to help, you can choose from one of the sponsorship packages listed below:

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES

• Co-Presentor: Php. 25,000.00
  (Major Billing in Event Posters and Banners, Sponsors’ Time, Press Releases and Radio Announcements, Video Commercials to be played during the event, blog posts from Cordillera Bloggers’ Network, Company Logo Post and Link from the Cordillera Bloggers Sites)
• Major Sponsor: Php.15,000.00
  (Billing in Posters and Banners, Video Commercials to be played during the event, Blog Posts from Cordillera Bloggers, Company Logo Post and Link at the Cordillera Bloggers Site)
• Minor Sponsor: Php. 10,000.00
  (Billing in Posters and Banners, Company Logo Post at the Cordillera Bloggers Site, )
• Donor: Php. 5,000.00
  (Billing During the Event, Company Logo Post at the Cordillera Bloggers Site)

Wish I could attend but unfortunately, all I can do is help spread the word about the event. All the best to the event organizers, speakers and participants of the upcoming 1st Baguio Blog Conference.

Anyone here attending the Baguio Blog Conference? Do you know of any other upcoming local or regional blogging summit/conference in your area? Please share it with us.

One of the blogging events that I religiously blog about every year is iBlog: The Philippine Blogging Summit. For those who aren’t familiar with it, iBlog is an annual 2-day event that aims to help bloggers, marketeers, businesses and entrepreneurs to have a better understanding on how to use blogs or blogging as a medium to generate income or promote their products/services.

iBlog8: The 8th Philippine Blogging Summit is scheduled for May 25 and 26, 2012 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, Quezon City from 8 AM to 5 PM. Below is the complete schedule and lineup of speakers/talks for the 2-day event.

Day 1 (May 25) Advanced Topics on Blogging

8:45 – Introductions of bloggers in the audience, National Anthem
9:00 – 9:20 Unboxing the true potential of your blog (Carlo Ople)
9:30 – 9:50 Creating a Blog Activation Campaign (Mark Joseph Delgado)

10:00 – 10:15 BREAK

10:15 – 11:00 SEO and Social Media Marketing Panel – On Site Optimization 101 (Sean Patrick Si); Inbound Marketing – Merging SEO, Social, Content Marketing, Conversion Optimization and Online Branding (Jason Acidre); Utilizing Blog Networks for SEO and Social Media Traffic (Kim Tyrone Agapito)
11:20 Keynote Talk: UNILAB

LUNCH

1:00 – 1:20 Blogging, social media and journalism: The use, misuse and abuse of freedom of expression (Danilo Arao)
1:30 – 1:50 Social Media and Social Change (Tonyo Cruz)
2:00 – 2:20 Unwritten Blogging Etiquettes (Gellie Anne Abogado)
2:30 – 3:00 Youth and Blogging: The Next Generation Bloggers Are Here (Lloyd Salac)

3:00 – 3:15 BREAK

3:15 – 3:35 Grow Your Blog, Keep Your Voice: Maintain Quality While Expanding Your Blog’s Reach and Brand (Martine de Luna)
3:45 – 4:05 Bloggers the new PR community (Boris Joaquin)
4:15 – 4:35 Financial Planning for Bloggers (Garry Zaldy De Castro)

Day 2 (May 26) General Topics on Blogging

8:45 – Introductions of bloggers in the audience, National Anthem
9:00 – 9:20 The Soul of Blogging (Rem Tanauan)
9:30 – 9:50 How NOT to blog (Jay Jaboneta)

10:00 – 10:15 BREAK

10:15 – 11:00 Blog Writing Panel – Making your blog post work: Inspiring Quotes and Posts (Wendell Glenn Cagape); Using Public Narrative In Blogging (Bien Eli Nillos); Blog comedy writing for the not-naturally-funny (Marcelle Fabie)
11:20 Keynote Talk: McDonald’s Philippines

LUNCH

1:00 – 1:20 Teaching and Learning through EduBlogging (Noel Feria)
1:30 – 1:50 How to make your blog stand out from the crowd (Victorino Q. Abrugar)
2:00 – 3:00 Social Media Panel – Social Media Marketing Shiznit (Carlo Angelo Gonzales); Optimizing your Blog thru Social Media. Using Hashtags, tags, and keywords (Jeoffrey Solas); Twitter as an ally in learning (Arvin Antonio V. Ortiz); Social Media in Business and Advocacy (Grace Bondad Nicolas)

3:15 – 3:30 BREAK

3:30 – 3:50 Leveraging Video for More Traffic and Conversions (Glen S. Dimaandal)
4:00 – 4:20 Increasing Health Information Access through Blogging (Alvin Cloyd Dakis)

DAY 1 & 2 EMCEES / Co-Host are: Flow Galindez and Rod Magaru.

REGISTER NOW for iBlog8: The 8th Philippine Blogging Summit

Like the previous events, iBlog8 has a great lineup of speakers and topics so make sure you get to attend the 2-day event or even at least one of them. The iBlog organizers are still looking for businesses or individuals who would like to sponsor the event. Interested parties can check the different sponsorship packages on this post. I’m not sure if they did it last year but I do hope they would do a livestream of the event for people who can’t make it to the event. Anyways, all the best to the organizers, speakers and participants of iBlog8: the 8th Philippine Blogging Summit.

So who’s going to iBlog8: The 8th Philipping Blogging Summit? Anyone here who’s already registered or still planning to do so? Which particular speaker/s or topic/s are you most interested to listen to?

Here’s an upcoming event that web and game developers in the Philippines wouldn’t want to miss. The second leg of the Adobe FlashCamp series is coming to Manila on July 19, 2011. Here’s your chance to listen to the most influential movers and shakers in the game development industry as they talk about their craft and show us how Adobe Flash made it all happen.

Event Details:

• When: July 19, 2011 from 10AM – 5:30PM
• Where: De La Salle University Manila
• Tickets: P200 – Professionals, P100 – Students (present your valid school ID upon registration).

FlashCamp Speakers:

• Paul Gadi – Keynote Presentation
• Mike Jones – “1UP: Developing games with the Flash Platform”
• Rico Zuñiga and Gino Tria –”Getting Started with Flex, Flash Catalyst and Facebook Game Development”
• Richard Grimaldo – “Taking Interactive Digital and Mobile Books to the Next Level”
• Anthony Santos and Marc San Diego – “A Richer Media Experience using Augmented Reality”

FlashCamp Topics:

• 10:10 AM – Paul Gadi: Keynote presentation
• 10:25 AM – Rico Ziñuga and Gino Tria: “Getting Started with Flex, Flash Catalyst and Facebook Game Development”
• 1:00 PM – Richard Grimaldo: “Taking Interactive Digital and Mobile Books to the Next Level”
• 2:00 PM – Anthony Santos and Marc San Diego: “ALMOST REAL: A Richer Media Experience using Augmented Reality”
• 3:15 PM – Mike Jones: “1UP – Developing games with the Flash Platform”

Program:

• Registration: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
• Opening: 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM – John Imbong, Adobe User Group Manager
• Keynote: 10:10 AM – 10:25 AM – Paul Gadi, IGDA Manila Chairman
• Speaker 1: 10:25 AM – 11:55 PM – Rico Ziñuga and Gino Tria, Inkstone Inc.
• Questions – 11:55 PM – 12:00
• Lunch Break: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
• Speaker 2: 1:00 PM – 1:55 PM – Richard Grimaldo, Vibal Publishing
• Questions – 1:55 PM – 2:00 PM
• Speaker 3: 2:00 PM – 2:55 PM – Anthony Santos and Marc San Diego, GMA NMI
• Questions – 2:55 PM – 3:00 PM
• Recess: 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
• Speaker 4: 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Mike Jones, Adobe Gaming Evangelist
• Q & A: 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Your online and event questions will be asked to the speakers
• Closing and Raffle: 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM – Rey Mendoza, Jr., Adobe User Group Philippines

Adobe FlashCamp Manila is an online registration conference only. Interested parties can register here. For more information regarding this event and other FlashCamps, check out the official AdobeCamps website.

Anyone planning on attending Adobe FlashCamp Manila on July 19th?

This event was organized to further promote green technology, showcase the talent and skills of our youth and at the same time, bring pride and honor to our country in an international competition.

Event organizers have selected 8 schools to participate in this event.

• University of Mindanao
• Colegio de San Juan de Letran
• Don Bosco Technical College
• Technological Institute of the Philippines
• University of the Philippines
• Mapua Institute of Technology
• Rizal Technological University
• University of San Carolos

These schools listed above have been selected with the following considerations: School must have a competent technical and/or engineering curriculum and a department that can support their team in constructing the go-karts that will be used for the race.

All participating schools/teams will be provided funding for the materials and construction of the go-karts. All schools are also required to be represented by a cheer dance group that will compete in one of the activities during the day of the event – an inter-school cheer dance competition.

The winning school team will represent the Philippines and compete against other teams from China, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand in Beijing, China on September 2011.

The “Driving Innovation — Bosch Power Tools Asia Cordless Race 2011” will be held on May 15, 2011 at the Boomland Kart Circuit in Pasay City from 9 AM til 10 PM. Aside from the race and the cheer dance competition, there will also be a concert featuring Amber, General Luna and Parokya ni Edgar. The event will be hosted by Drew Arellano and Karen Ostrea.

For more inquiries you can contact these numbers: 703-42-39 and 09272050284 or you can visit the Bosch Power Tools Philippines website at http://www.bosch-pt.com.ph/

Everyone is invited to attend the event. You can go there and cheer for your school/alma mater’s team or go there and just cheer for all participants and have fun at the same time.

If you’re a blogger based in the Philippines, then you’ll probably want to mark your calendars and make sure you don’t have any appointments this coming April 1 and 2. Why? So you can attend iBlog7: The 7th Philippine Blogging Summit. Like last year, iBlog7 will be held at the Malcolm Theater, Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

iBlog7 is a two-day event. The first day, April 1st will be for entrepreneurs and businesses who want to learn how to tap blogs as a medium for promoting their products and services. The second day, April 2nd will be for everyone who are interesting about blogging. Just to make sure you got it right, below are the complete details of the upcoming event:

WHAT: iBlog:The 7th Philippine Blogging Summit
WHERE: Malcolm Theater, Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, Quezon City
WHEN: April 1-2, 2011

iBlog7 Schedule of Activities:

Day 1 (April 1, 2011)

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 9:35 Sponsor Talk
9:45 – 10:05 Blogger Etiquette: How to be a Blogger with Integrity (Earth Rullan)

BREAK

10:45 – 11:05 Public Relations Success through Effective Social Media Management (Ruben Licera Jr.)
11:15 – 11:35 Be the Blogging and Social Media Champion in your Company (Regnard Raquedan)

BREAK

1:00 – 1:20 Blog Traffic 102 (Melvin Dichoso)
1:30 – 2:00 Organizing Online Contest (Jayson Biadog and another resource person)
2:15 – 2:35 Offline Marketing for your Blog (Ginger Arboleda)
2:45 – 3:05 Ten Power Blogging Advance Tips (Carlo Ople)

BREAK

3:45 – 4:05 Earning from Blogging (EJ Arboleda)
4:15 – 4:25 Are we ready for a National Bloggers Association or Professional Bloggers Association? (Janette Toral)

Raffle, Group Picture

Day 2 (April 2, 2011)

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 9:35 Sponsor Talk
9:45 – 10:15 Blogging 101 (Jonel Uy & Jinkee Umali)

BREAK

11:00 – 11:20 Podcasting 101 (Adrian Jeric Peña)
11:30 – 11:50 Dealing with Writer’s Block (Roy Dela Cruz)

BREAK

1:00 – 2:00 Blogging for Advocacy (Sonnie Santos, Grace Nicolas, Gus Cosio, Ivan Henares)
2:15 – 2:35 Blog Traffic without SEO (Fitz Villafuerte)

BREAK

3:15 – 3:35 Your Blog and Facebook (Mon Macutay)
3:45 – 4:05 Building a Discussion Community (Michael Rubio)
4:15 – 4:35 Blogging, Social Networks, Online Relationships as Support System (Ria Tirazona)

Raffle, Group Picture

REGISTER NOW for iBlog7: The 7th Philipping Blogging Summit.

iBlog7 has a great lineup of topics and speakers, so you wouldn’t want to miss it. I wonder if they’ll be doing a livestream of the event? I’m sure those bloggers who couldn’t attend would like that. Btw, anyone notice the brand new logo iBlog logo? It’s looks livelier and definitely much better than the old logo.

Blogging events such as these depend on the help of generous sponsors so if you or your company is interested in sponsoring this event, check out the iBlog7 Sponsorship Packages.

NOTE: The first 250 persons who register will be given food stubs and event kits so if you decide to attend iBlog7, make it a point to register early. Btw, the remaining food stubs and kits will be handed out to early walk-ins.

Anyone already registered or planning on attending iBlog7: The 7th Philippine Blogging Summit? Which particular topics and/or speakers are you interested to hear the most?