iBlog: The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit

In collaboration with Summit Media, we will be having an iBlogMini@CEL this November 15, 2009 Sunday from 1 to 5 pm during the Consumer Electronics Live (CEL) trade show happening at World Trade Center, Gil Puyat Avenue, Pasay City.

Targeted at blogging newbies, the following are the topics and speakers for the upcoming event:

1:00 – 1:15 Welcome Remarks (JJ Disini – http://disini.i.ph)
1:20 – 1:40 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez – http://www.micamyx.com)
1:50 – 2:10 Photo/Video Blogging 101 (Aileen Apolo – http://aileenapolo.blogspot.com)
2:20 – 2:40 Mobile Blogging 101 (Janette Toral – http://www.bloggingfromhome.com)
2:50 – 3:10: Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Noemi Lardizabal Dado – http://www.aboutmyrecovery.com)
3:20 – 3:40 Blogging to the Next Level (Anton Diaz – http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com)
3:40 – onwards Raffle and group picture

Host / Moderator: Janette Toral – http://www.bloggingfromhome.com

As always, this event is for free and we hope to meet blogging newbies there!

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Registration starts at 8:00 am. Freebies await those who arrive early. The first 150 registered participants who will arrive will get the freebies.

There will be internet access in the venue, and for those who will be using plurk and/or twitter during the event, please using the hash tag #iblog5.

Also, we would like to ask everyone  to keep their phones in silent mode during the entire event.

After the iBlog5, there will be an after-event. Details will be announced during the event so free up your saturday night as well.

We’re looking for more content for iBlog5, preferrably relating to more advanced issues in blogging or the Philippine blogosphere. We’re planning to open up 2 hours of sessions in another room at the Malcolm Hall for this purpose.  If you have an interesting topic you’d like to share with other bloggers, feel free to send us an email at newtopics [at] iblogph [dot] org.  Kindly indicate your preferred speaking time (we’re looking at 10-11 AM and 2-3PM).   The organizers will sit down on April 15, 2009 at 10:00AM (GMT +8) to discuss your proposals and will contact you directly. Thanks!

UPDATE

We have discussed your many suggestions in our meeting today and we have decided that we will not be holding parallel sessions this year for the iBlog5. Despite the interesting and varied topics that were suggested, we decided that it would be best to have everyone attend the plenary.  Our experience in the one of the previous iBlog was that having simultaneous sessions tended to distract the bloggers from the plenary session or distract those in the separate discussions rooms.

Again, we thank all those who emailed their suggestions and shared their ideas with us. We hope that next year you will still be available for possible parallel sessions. We assure you that next year, we will consider having simultaneous sessions and include it in the early planning of the event. We hope you will still share your great ideas with us. Thanks!

The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit is expecting more than 150 participants from different companies and affiliations. Avail of the opportunity to increase your visibility in this highly-anticipated event. BE AN iBLOG5 SPONSOR! Special low-cost sponsorship packages are available. For further inquiries and/or copies of the sponsorship packages, do not hesitate to send an email to Ms. Hermie Nas at hermie(dot)nas(at)gmail(dot)com or call the UP ISP for details, look for Ms. Elen Arzadon at 927-0368. Do not let this once in a year event pass!

Hello everyone.

The iBlog5 site is now up and runnning. For starters, the iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit will be on 09 May 2009 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration will still be FREE. Register NOW!

Also, help us spread the word about iBlog5 by linking to us in your blog or website.

This is final schedule for iBlog5.

Morning session: (some can be sponsored talk)

• 9:00 – 9:20 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez & AJ Matela)
• 9:30 – 9:50 Photo Blogging 101 (Faith Salazar and Fritz Tentativa)
• 10:00 – 10:15 Break
• 10:15 to 10:35 Video Blogging 101 (Azrael Coladilla and Kring Elenzano)
• 10:45 – 11:05 Mobile Blogging 101 (Edwin “Ka Edong” Soriano)
• 11:15 – 11:35 Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging 101 (Benj Espina and Juned Sonido)
• 11:45 – 12:05 Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Winston Almendras and Coy Caballes)
• 12:05 – 1:00 Lunch break

Afternoon session:

• 1:00 – 1:20 Legal issues in Blogging
• 1:30 – 2:30 Preparing Bloggers for the 2010 Elections
  - COMELEC on Blogging & Bloggers (Dir. James Jimenez, COMELEC-EID Director)
  - Citizen Journalism for the 2010 Elections (Oliver Robillo, NAMFREL Chairman – Davao City)
  - The Bloggers Election Handbook project release (Janette Toral)
• 2:40 – 3:30 Blog Advertising Situation in the Philippines (Mannix Pabalan – AyosDito, Laszlo Lim, Business Development Head – Yehey, Jayvee Fernandez and Eric Ramirez)
• 3:30 – 3:45 Break
• 3:45 – 4:45 Blogging to the Next Level (Fitz Villafuerte
  and Anton Diaz)
• 4:45 – 5:00 Raffle & Group picture taking

7:00 pm onwards After-Event Party (sponsored)

See you all on May 9 for iBlog5! Spread the word.

This year, iBlog will be hosted by the U.P. College of Law. The venue will be the College of Law’s central auditorium, also known as Malcolm Theater.

U.P. College of Law

Here’s a map of the U.P. Campus (The College of Law is Number 12 in the guide)

If you’re going to drop in from orbit  – here’s where we are from space.

Registration via the iBlog Website will be closed by 5 P.M. (Manila Time) today. The registration will give us a rough idea on how many people will attend and how we should allocate resources: seats, food, freebies, and nametags. Although registration is not a guarantee that you’ll have all these, we do try to prioritize registered bloggers – up to a certain point.

If you will be unable to attend the event, please email Janette through: digitalfilipino[that-well-known-at-sign]gmail.com.

Check in will start at 8 o clock A.M. on April 26. Those who registered through the website would still need to sign-in to get their name badges.

Some other things to remember:

Please keep your mobile phones/wireless gadgets SILENT during the event.

Casual wear is encouraged (unless it’s not, you know, your thing

Those who may wish to volunteer as support staff may do so. Details over at http://ituloy–angsulong.blogspot.com/2008/04/call-for-volunteers-iblog4-4th.html

iBlog4: the 4th Philippine Blogging Summit will be held at Malcolm Theater, College of Law, in UP Diliman, Quezon City this April 26, 2008. This event is organized by the University of the Philippines – Internet Society Program.

We would like to thank Alfox Computer Center for being our name badge sponsor and Yehey.com for being our official online media partner. Much appreciation to Wikipilipinas as well, one of our minor sponsors. Hosting for this site is also provided by the great folks at Ploghost. Parties interested to support this event can e-mail john_fajardo79[the-usual-at-sign]yahoo.com

Registration, which will reserve your seats, stuff and schwag, and get you into our announcements mailing list, will soon be open. Please watch this space every now and then.

Of course iBlog 4 is still FREE in the beer sense, as long as we can help it, free in the speech sense.

The program is as follows:

9:00 – 9:20 Flag Ceremony, Welcome Remarks, Keynote

9:20 – 9:45 How to Blog (from a non-problogger point-of-view) – Charo Nuguid

You want to start a blog. You ask your problogger friend for help. The problem is he starts talking about keywords, SEO, and a few other things that you have totally no clue about. Google Ad-what? “I just want to start a blog!” If you’re just looking for a way to post your thoughts on the web for posterity (and give your readers a few kicks every now and then) without the business talk, click here! (Or just walk through the door, sit down and listen!)

9:45 – 10:00 Blogging Lessons Learned – Brian Gorell

10:00 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:00 From Student Blogger to ProBlogger – Juan Karlo Licudine
A lot of beginner bloggers today are students. Some contemplating if this is a possible full time career opportunity after college. Karlo is currently going through this transition and will share his personal experience that includes advantages and disadvantages of problogging..

11:00 – 11: 30 Photoblogging – Juned Sonido
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. And there have been instances that it really has. A couple kissing. Soldiers hoisting a flag in a battlefield. A child fleeing a village bombed with Napalm. Or even a man skipping a puddle. All are powerful images. As humans we have this drive to show pictures whether it be a holiday, a dinner, friends and family. And as such it comes to no surprise that a lot of people have been posting things on line from Facebook to Flickr. And then there are the photoblogs. What are photoblogs? Are they the same photo galleries? Do you really need a digital camera to set up a photoblog? How does one set-up a photoblog? Will it cost much? What are the basics? Well this discussion will try to answer that and more.

11:30 – 12:00 Blog to Print – Jonas Diego
Bringing your blog content to the printed page. Updates on what happened so far with Jonas initiative on blog comics.

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:40 Vlog and Podcasting Prospects in the Philippines – Aileen Apolo and Coy Caballes

1:45 – 2;45 Blogging and 2010 Elections Panel
- Manuel L. Quezon III
- Luz Rimban
- Janette Toral

2:40 – 3:10 Legal Challenges in Blogging – Atty. JJ Disini

3:10 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 3:50 Blogging for Advocacy – Noemi Lardizabal Dado

3:50 – 4:30 Blogging from the Countryside
- The Mindanao Blogging Experience Ria Jose

4:30 – 5:00 Closing Remarks / Group Picture / Raffle