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IMMAP Open Mic Night (Pecha Kucha) Coverage (1/3)

Carlo Ople — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:00:33 +0000

This is a 3-part blog series covering the IMMAP Open Mic Night (Pecha Kucha) held last November 10 at Craft in Fort Bonifacio. For this first entry I’ll share the lessons and insights I picked up from Jayvee Fernandez, Anna Oposa, Jay Jaboneta, Chay Saputil, and Andrew Yap. The second post will talk about insights from the next five speakers (Nasser, Brian, Ricky, Coy, & Pat). The last post will have the video of my entire talk. I wasn’t able to stay anymore to watch the other speakers so I don’t have any coverage on them. Sadness.

Anyway, let’s get started!

Jayvee Fernandez on Diving

Jayvee talks about one of his passions in life: DIVING!

Jayvee was the first speaker of the night and he definitely set the bar high! His presentation was fast, concise, and passionate. You can feel his love for the underwater world of the Philippines in every word of his talk. His presentation was also filled with a lot of pictures that will just make your jaw drop. Note that the photos and videos he showed were all taken by him during his dives.

I was blown away (again) by the beauty that’s underneath the Philippines. After hearing Jayvee speak I am stumped as to why there hasn’t been a major drive to push our diving spots as tourism hubs.

Jay Jaboneta on the Yellow Boats of Hope

Jay, the Social Media Firestarter!

Jay Jaboneta’s presentation was very inspiring and amazing. He shared with the story of how his Facebook post started a social media drive that would fund building several boats to help kids get to school in Mindanao. He then showed one of their biggest projects to-date: they were able to build a school! One photo he shared showed the school with several yellow boats on the coast. That just blew me away! I hope you continue doing what you do Jay. You’re making a difference.

Andre Yap from Ripple100

Andrew Yap talks about Brand Story Telling

If you’re a Digital Marketer you will appreciate Andre’s talk a lot. He shared how the main strategy of his agency is to attach brands to particular topics or emotions and then claim that space for the brand via story telling. It was a very different take on how to do digital and I haven’t seen any campaign like that yet here in the Philippines. Andre is moving back from the US to Manila and he’s setting up Ripple100 here in the Philippines. I’m looking forward to seeing the first few projects his company churns out!

Chay Saputil: “Because it’s there.”

Chay Saputil on her Digital Journey

I’ve worked with Chay before on the Web Safety Projects that Sonnie organized and it was really nice seeing her again on stage! She was her usual lively and energetic mood. There’s something infectious about her when she presents. Positive vibes all around!

During her talk, Chay shared her digital career journey. She started in the corporate world with Microsoft, retired and started her own consultancy gig, and she’s now doing digital for Wunderman (digital agency).

What I remember most though is the quote she shared. “Why climb Mount Everest? Because it’s there.”

Anna Oposa: “The Philippines is worth DIVING for!”

One of my favorite talks of the evening!

Anna’s talk is one of my personal favorites of the evening. As a presenter Anna is witty, passionate, and very intelligent. Every slide has a story to tell and each slide seamlessly flows into the next. This girl is an excellent story teller. She also has the right balance when it comes to humor and lecture. She is the first speaker I’ve ever listened to who talks about the environment that’s not boring and she even makes it cool! Two thumbs up Anna! You definitely rocked Pecha Kucha!

Some stuff about the event

Packed venue!

Before I wrap up this first post let me just give a shout out to IMMAP! You guys did a wonderful job with this event. I can’t wait for the next one! My only suggestion is that we should consider getting a bigger venue next time. Craft was packed to the point that it almost became a fire hazard, lol. I had a hard time getting in, getting out, and moving around. Other than that the event was amazing.

Parts 2 and 3 to come during the weekend. It’s already 2:00AM as of this writing and I need to sleep, lol.

KBP Talk on Fundamentals of Social Media

Carlo Ople — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:17:30 +0000

Social Media Fundamentals at KBP Event in Clark

Fundamentals of Social Media Talk at KBP

I was invited by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) to give a quick talk and a forum about the basics of social media marketing. Since I’m currently with TV5 (a KBP member), I immediately said yes! It was also a first for me to talk to this group so I was pretty psyched! The only problem though was that the event was all the way in Clark but the organizers were kind enough to have a van pick me up and bring me back to Manila after.

The talk was pretty straightforward and simple. I shared the latest statistics that I have from various public study highlights for the Philippines. Here are some of the studies that I quoted from:

Yahoo Nielsen Net Index 2011
Nielsen Incite 2011
ComScore: Twitter Users in the PH
Social PR on Filipino Foursquare Users
Universal McCann Social Media Wave 5
Gartner Study on Social Media Adoption

After the statistics I gave an overview about basic social media strategy using Facebook and Twitter and the closed it by sharing some examples and recommendations. As soon as I finished the forum I immediately went on board the van and zipped back to Manila for the IMMAP Open Mic Night (Pecha Kucha). More on that in a separate post!

Thank you to everyone at KBP! You guys were a great audience!

PANA Foundation Youth Congress

Carlo Ople — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:04:18 +0000

With Toff De Venecia, Shawn Yao, Tricia G., and Tessa Valdes

I was invited to give a short 10-minute talk about social media at the PANA Foundation Youth Congress held at the Erwin Lee Theater in Ateneo. The audience was composed of students from different universities all over the country. It was definitely a fulfilling experience and I’m always thankful and honored each time I get invited to give talks like these for the next generation.

Since I had only 10 minutes I didn’t bother working on a detailed presentation with several points. I decided to focus on one message and use stories to support and reinforce it. The main theme of my talk was that social media and the internet gives us an opportunity to show the children of our great grandchildren who we were, what we stood for, and what we valued in life. I wanted to impress on the audience that we should be responsible for what we post on Facebook because our accounts will eventually be the windows to our life that then next generations will peek into so that they can get to know us. Hopefully PANA F was able to record it on video so I can share with you guys the entire talk. I honestly felt it was one of the best ones I’ve ever given.

After the talk there was a panel discussion with the rest of the speakers: Toff De Venecia, Shawn Yao, Tricia Gosingtian, and myself. It was moderated by Tessa Valdes, who in my humble opinon is one of the best moderators I’ve seen on the stage. There was a good exchange of ideas between everyone and I really hope that the students learned something from the entire session.

Our moderator!

Took a photo during the panel. Sorry magulo!

Really nice stage set-up. Reminds me of Apple Keynotes. Good job organizers!

Thanks to PANA for the invite, the students for attentively listening, and my co-panelists for sharing their time and expertise as well for the benefit of the next generation.

Cheers!

Moderating is more fun than speaking

Carlo Ople — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:45:50 +0000

I was hesitant to accept the invitation or PRSP and IMMAP to moderate their PR Live Series featuring Brad Geiser, Norman Agatep, and Charlie Agatep because I never had experience moderating panels. I’m either part of it or watching it. I was also quite booked for the day so I was worried I’d be late. However since Coni Cruz can make you feel like you have no other choice but to accept, I ended up accepting, hehe. It turned out to be such a great experience!

Moderating is very different because you have to listen to the speakers and try to steer the over-all discussion towards a particular direction. You just can’t ask anything no related to the current topic because then it would completely throw off the audience. There has to be continuity and you need to have both a good ear and a sharp mind to be able to see the flow. Time also flies by so fast during panels so you have to be able to monitor that as well.

Anyway, I had loads of fun and learned a lot too! Thank you to PRSP, IMMAP, and Coni’s persistence.

PS: I am now more likely to accept panel moderation invites than speaking gigs. Hehe.

iBlog 7 Video: 10 Power Blogging Tips Presentation

Carlo Ople — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:28:09 +0000

I found the recording of the video stream of my iBlog 7 presentation, 10 Power Blogging Tips, on JustinTV. This was recorded by Janette using her MacBook Pro so the quality of the video isn’t all that good. I’ll edit this post and embed a higher quality one if ever it becomes available. By the way, I edited some parts out including the introduction as well as the question & answer portion. If you want the text summary of the talk, please click here. Enjoy the video below! Let me know what you guys think via the comments.

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Photo credit: Super Normal Girl
Video credit: taken by Ms. Janette Toral and streamed via Justin TV