1st RP Blogging Summit Held in UP Diliman
By Phillip Kimpo Jr. (http://corsarius.i.ph)
iBlog: The First Philippine Blogging Summit was held last May 7, 2005 at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) Auditorium, UP Diliman.
The morning session, entitled “Blogging for Newbies” was conducted by Abe Olandres and Gail dela Cruz. Olandres, a founder of plogHost Web Services, presented “Blogging 101,” a crash course on how to make and register your own blog within minutes.
Dela Cruz, a freelance digital artist and creator of the 2004 Filipino Blog Site of the Year www.Kutitots.com, taught summit delegates the various techniques in beautifying their blogs.
The afternoon session kicked off with Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Commissioner Damian Domingo “Dondi” Mapa’s talk on “Governance and Blogging.”
Up next was five-time Palanca awardee and internationally published author Dean Alfar, who entertained the crowd with his witty and informative talk on “Blogging Creatively”.
Alecks Pabico of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) followed, sharing his insights on the emergence of bloggers as journalists and the role of blogging in journalism.
Last to present was arguably the summit’s main speaker, Connie Veneracion, popularly known as “The Sassy Lawyer” in blog-circles. Veneracion, a lawyer by profession and recipient of the Most Informative Blog Award in 2003, enlightened the delegates on “How to Build a Bookmark-Worthy Blog.”
Over 300 persons registered in the event hosted by the UP Law Program on Internet and Society (UP Law ISP). Delegates were given the chance to raise questions in the open for a following each session.
Aside from free food, people were also given free i.ph domains worth $15.00. Various iBlog t-shirts were also sold.
The summit’s official website can be found at http://www.iblogph.org.
By Phillip Kimpo Jr. (http://corsarius.i.ph)
iBlog: The First Philippine Blogging Summit was held last May 7, 2005 at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) Auditorium, UP Diliman.
The morning session, entitled “Blogging for Newbies” was conducted by Abe Olandres and Gail dela Cruz. Olandres, a founder of plogHost Web Services, presented “Blogging 101,” a crash course on how to make and register your own blog within minutes.
Dela Cruz, a freelance digital artist and creator of the 2004 Filipino Blog Site of the Year www.Kutitots.com, taught summit delegates the various techniques in beautifying their blogs.
The afternoon session kicked off with Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Commissioner Damian Domingo “Dondi” Mapa’s talk on “Governance and Blogging.”
Up next was five-time Palanca awardee and internationally published author Dean Alfar, who entertained the crowd with his witty and informative talk on “Blogging Creatively”.
Alecks Pabico of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) followed, sharing his insights on the emergence of bloggers as journalists and the role of blogging in journalism.
Last to present was arguably the summit’s main speaker, Connie Veneracion, popularly known as “The Sassy Lawyer” in blog-circles. Veneracion, a lawyer by profession and recipient of the Most Informative Blog Award in 2003, enlightened the delegates on “How to Build a Bookmark-Worthy Blog.”
Over 300 persons registered in the event hosted by the UP Law Program on Internet and Society (UP Law ISP). Delegates were given the chance to raise questions in the open for a following each session.
Aside from free food, people were also given free i.ph domains worth $15.00. Various iBlog t-shirts were also sold.
The summit’s official website can be found at http://www.iblogph.org.