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 wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of our sponsors. Props to Yehey, our official online media partner, and our minor sponsors Wikipilipinas and Morph Labs. The good folks over at Alfox will also provide our name tags, and Ploghost, has given iBlog fine web hosting from Day One.

UPDATE: Thanks to Buddy Gancenia who has agreed to cover the entire event through video.

Thank you all, and see you soon.

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

Here are two Powerpoint slideshows from the last iBlog Mini:

1. How can bloggers participate more effectively in the 2010 elections? by Janette Toral

2. Bloggers as Election Watchdogs by Luz Rimban

We are proud to announce the next iBlog “mini” Summit. It will be held on November 24, 2007 at the Sarmiento Room, University of the Philippines College of Law from 9 am to 12 noon.

The event is free, albeit with limited seats. Watch out for more details in this space.

The event’s agenda:

9:00: Opening Remarks: Atty. JJ Disini
9:10: Bloggers as Election Watchdog (Luz Rimban)

9:20 - 9:50 - Blogging and Philippine Elections ( Manuel L. Quezon III)
Review of how bloggers played a role in the past Philippine elections. Examples of how bloggers participated in other countries can be cited as well. What were the problems encountered? How can it be improved?

9:50 - 10:20 - Getting Bloggers Ready for 2010 Elections ( Janette Toral)
How can Bloggers participate more effectively in the 2010 elections?
(present a program where bloggers can be prepared for the 2010 elections)

10:20 Reactor Insights (Rachel Khan)

Reactions/Open Forum/Snacks/Networking

To register, please go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6549252532 or email digitalfilipino[at-sign]gmail.com

PDF files of speakers’ presentations from Day 2 of iBlog 3:

Blogging for Newbies
Abe Olandres - Blogging Success Story
Anton Diaz - Photoblogging Success Story
Manuel Quezon III - Philippine Politics and the Blogosphere

Blogging Trends Track
Wilson Chua - Podcasting Growth Trends

Blogging and Journalism Track
Alecks Pabico- Blogging and Investigative Journalism
Angelo Racoma- Blogging and Mainstream Media

Professional Blogging Track
Marc Macalua- Blogging for Advancing One’s Career
Gail dela Cruz- Increasing Blog Popularity

by digitalfilipino

The 2nd day of iBlog3: the 3rd Philippine Blogging Summit had a lot of content-packed info that included:

Abraham Olandres, the Philippines most popular blogger, shared his site as a case study. His site currently earns five income (US$) figures per month. His blogging success tip includes focusing on niche, be consistent, be different (talk louder), communicate or socialize with other bloggers and their readers, and strategize. It is amazing to see how his first stint in iBlog Summit contributed in strategizing his blog direction.

Anton Diaz shared his blogging success tips that includes treating a blogging adventure as a marathon where burning passion and desire is consistent, smart photo-blogging skills, and uniquely creative content. He blogs like writing his autobiography, taking photos of important landmarks in Manila to compare it in the future, and his advocacy which is promoting the various islands. He also gave a list of wrong reasons for blogging, SEO tactics, ten commandments of blogging, writing content that is viral of nature.

Manuel L. Quezon III expressed his desire to hopefully see more Filipino political bloggers that are not affiliated with any politician or working in the media. He also emphasized that each blogger has a leadership role to take on. He encourages bloggers to ask and answer the question as to why are we still here in this situation? Politics is a human activity and personalities/issues are always involved. It is finding out what people are thinking, what matters to them, concerns, venting, and observations. He encourages Filipinos to be a fighter.

Wilson Chua of eRadioPortal shared his personal visionary trend on podcast growth. He affirms that podcast increases a website popularity. Two important drivers as well includes time shifting advantage where people can listen from different time zones and portable as content can be consume wherever. Media companies are also using podcast as a tool to combat pirates.

Aileen Apolo of Google discussed the growing trends in the market today and why all of us should consider it seriously in planning our programs in the market.

Norman Agatep of Euro 4D enlightened the audience about how bloggers are considered as prosumers or influential consumers. Bloggers are referred to as bees or trendspreaders.

Alecks Pabico shared that PCIJ celebrated 2nd anniversary of its online blog presence early April. He participated during the 1st iBlog when the PCIJ blog just started then. Right now, the publication considers itself niching in multimedia investigative journalism. Alecks believes that text-centric journalism will say goodbye soon.

J Angelo Racoma showed how social news link to mainstream media and even to blogs (and vice versa). Trust plays an important role for social news to work. My sincerest thanks to Angelo also as he was not feeling very well at that time but still took time to attend the event.

Malou Mangahas believes that blogging is a new breed of journalism and shared the GMA TV Network’s growing experience and experiment with blogging. Malou believes that TV networks can’t ignore blogs and the opportunity to engage with avid readers and followers. Despite embracing blogs, the team has to embrace the same code of ethics or rules to be followed.

(Cheers to Rachel Khan for making time to moderate the said panel)

Marc Macalua shared tips on how blogging can be used to advance one’s career. It is interesting to note also how iBlog2 (last year) played a role in Marc’s personal career as his boss offered him a great position after the event.

Jayvee Fernandez, in his very lively way, shared some tips on how can one join a blogging network, revenue opportunities for a blog, and tips on becoming a professional blogger.

Gail De la Cruz - Villanueva shared blog promotion techniques that every blogger should note of.

You can also watch the day 2 webcast: 1, 2, 3.

PDF files of speakers’ presentations from Day 1 of iBlog 3:

JJ Disini’s Keynote

Newbies Track
Chris Haravata - Blogging 101
Lauren Dado - The Do’s and Don’ts of Personal Blogging
Noemi Dado - Personal Blogging Success Story
Marcelle Fabie - Unlocking Your Creative Blogging Potential
Arelle Valla - “What every business person should know about blogging”

Art and Literary Track
Jonas Diego - Blogging as Alternative Publishing for Comic Book Creators
Dean Alfar - Literary Blogging Experience, Observations, and Trends

Legal Track
Roby Alampay - Blogging and Freedom of Expression in ASEAN
Emerson Bañez - Ethics and Blogging
Atty. Jaime Soriano - Blogging and Copyright Law

Can be downloaded here, here, here, and here.

Windows Media is required to play these podcasts.