Better late than never! I’m going to iBlog5 blogging summit on May 9, 2009. That’s on Saturday and since we have work that day, but with the event directly relevant to our line of work, we are excused for the quota. Isn’t that great? Being paid doing what you want and love to do? I don’t remember the exact number of participant was when I registered but I am surely on the first hundred. The summit is designed for only 300 participants so I am among those early birds in the registration poll. And if things turn out right, I will be receiving a freebie from the organizers and sponsors of the event.
My officemates and I agreed to meet at a rendezvous where transportation to the event will be easy to find. From there, we will be meeting the rest of the party at the venue but we have decided to come real early. The schedule of talks will be as follows:
Morning session:
* 9:00 – 9:15 Invocation, National Anthem, Welcoming Remarks
* 9:20 – 9:40 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez & AJ Matela)
* 9:45 – 10:05 Photo Blogging 101 (Faith Salazar and Fritz Tentativa)
* 10:10 – 10:25 Break
* 10:30 to 10:50 Video Blogging 101 (Azrael Coladilla and Kring Elenzano)
* 10:55 – 11:15 Mobile Blogging 101 (Edwin “Ka Edong” Soriano)
* 11:20 – 11:40 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)
* 12:10 – 1:00 Lunch break
Afternoon session:
* 1:00 – 1:20 Legal issues in Blogging (Atty. JJ Disini)
* 1:30 – 2:15 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)
* 2:30 – 3:30 Blog Advertising Situation in the Philippines (Mannix Pabalan – AyosDito, Kristine Mandigma – Philippine Online Chronicles, Laszlo Lim, Business Development Head – Yehey, Jayvee Fernandez and Eric Ramirez)
* 4:00 – 4:15 Break
* 4:15 – 4:45 Blogging to the Next Level (Fitz Villafuerte
and Anton Diaz)
* 4:55 Raffle & Group picture taking
7:00 pm onwards After-Event Party
