Programme

blog²

Seminar on Blogging and Social Entrepreneurship

PROGRAMME

8:30 - 9:30 AM

Part I. Opening Program

Invocation NDDU Voice

National Anthem NDDU Voice

Welcome Remarks NDDU

Rationale Hector Miñoza

Keynote Message from an Influential Blogger Avelmar Manansala

Media Consultant

Office of the City Mayor, GSC

Entertainment (From NDDU)

9:30 – 11:30 AM

Part II. Seminar Proper

9:30 - 10:00 AM

A. Create Your Blog!

Session 1: Why Blog? Ariel Lalisan

Blogging Basics

(Starting a blog, blog platfroms...etc)

Shoutout 1: A Newbie Blogger’s Experience Joana Eve Ramos

10:00 - 11:30 AM

B. Enhance Your Blog!

Session 2:

a. Current Trends in Blogging/ Maria Jose

becoming a successful Niche Blogging

or Blogging for a Specific Audience

b. Improving Blog Content Maria Jose

c. Improving the Look and Feel of Your Blog Dennis Paul Custorio

Shoutout 2:

LUNCH BREAK

1:30 - 2:00 PM

C. Make A Difference With Your Blog!

Session 3: Sense and Sensibilities in Blogging Hector Miñoza

Blogging for Social Awareness

and Advocacies/ Punditry

Blogging for Social Entrepreneurship

Shoutout 3: E-Commerce Experience in GenSan Rey Cartojano

2:00-2:30

D. Popularize Your Blog!

Session 4: How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog Maria Jose

Increasing Readership

Introduction to Search Engine Optimization

(Google Page Rank, Technorati, Ratified, Alexa,

Feedburner Subscription, Social Networking, etc)

Shoutout 4: Insights From a Celebrity Blogger Avelmar Manansala

2:30-3:00

E. Monetize Your Blog!

Session 5: Income Opportunities through Blogging Maria Jose

(AdSense, Reviews,

and Internet Marketing)

Some More Opportunities Online Dennis Paul Custorio

Shoutout 5: Video from Jehzeel Laurente http://jehzlau-concepts.com

3:00-3:15

F. Open Forum

3:15-3:30

Part III. Launching of the MBS 2 Blog-Writing Contest

Presentation of Guidelines, Criteria, and Prizes Ariel Lalisan

3:30-3:45

Part IV. Closing

Awarding of Certificate

Acknowledgment and Formal Invitation to the MBS 2 Loreen Buenavista

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