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MINDANAOS FUNNEST!

www.SoxBloggers.com

PRESS RELEASE

Bloggers group to hold SoCCSKSarGen BlogFest S 2010

The SoCCSKSarGen Bloggers will hold the BlogFest SoCCSKSarGen 2010 on 11 December at the

Grand Royale Ballroom of the East Asia Royale Hotel, General Santos City. It is put as the largest

gathering of bloggers in the region.

More popularly known as the Sox Bloggers, the group is composed of more than 200 bloggers

and new media enthusiasts who have bonded together for the common advocacy of projecting

South Central Mindanao in a more positive light through their blogs. For the past three years,

their blogs have increasingly influenced other peoples perceptions about the region and have

won in different blog award bodies such as the Philippine Blog Awards and Digital Filipinos

Emerging Influential Blogs Search.

BlogFest SoCCSKSarGen 2010, aimed at enhancing the blogging capabilities of its members and

increasing their passion for its advocacy, will feature several web luminaries who will give talks

on different topics. Invited speakers are: UP Prof. Danilo Arao (Journalism Ethics for Bloggers),

Google Inc. Philippine consultant Aileen Apolo (Making the most of the Internet and Google),

Zamboanga blogger and IT consultant Ryan Elumba (Spicing Up Blogs With Animation and

Video), Head for New Media for the Office of the President Jay Jaboneta (The Role of New

Media in Nation-building), Avatar Media and Davao blogger Maria Jose (State of the Philippine

Blogosphere), Web Developer and ENoa Corp. Online Marketing strategistDale Palileo (SEO andTraffic Generation and Monetizing your Blog), Tactical Technology Collective member Bobby

Soriano (Internet Security for Bloggers), REACH Networks Country Account Manager and Travel

agency operator Michelle Solon (Exposing Local Gems on New Media), and E-commerce

consultant/trainor and author Janette Toral (New Media and its Role in Businesses).

Sox Bloggers lead convenor, Avel Manansala, is expecting bloggers from Mindanao to attend

the BlogFest, although some bloggers from the Visayas and Luzon have also registered for said

event.

The event is sponsored by East Asia Royale Hotel, Sagittarius Mines, Inc. as its PlatinumSponsors. The Gold Sponsors are Smart Communications, Inc., the office of South Cotabato Rep.

Pedro B. Acharon, Jr., Gaisano Mall of Gensan, and Dolores Hotels & Resorts. The Silver

Sponsors are STI College Gen. Santos, Opera Software ASA, and Robinsons Place GenSan. The

Bronze Sponsors of the event are Geiser Maclang Communications, Montage Digital

Photography, Inc., PCWORX General Santos, Royale Iris Studio Productions, OMF Literature,

Gensan News Online Mag, Ganda Ever So Much, Alexis Chua, South Cotabato Tambayan, Go

Sarangani! Travel and the office of Councilor Margareth Rose N. Santos. (Gilbert Y. Tan)

Official Website: http://SoxBloggers.com/

Promotional Poster: http://soxbloggers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/BF2010poster.jpg

Schedule of Talks and Activities: http://soxbloggers.com/events/blogfest-2010-program/

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