Thursday, November 29, 2007

Post-Eyeball: The Filipina Writing Project

Congratulations once again to all the winners of the Filipina Writing Project. It was great to see bloggers who took time out to attend last night to catch up and meet our club members as well. Here are some photos taken from the event and will be uploading more.
Here are some eyeball participant write-ups for your reading pleasure: (will update this as we get to read more post about it)
This gathering will not be possible without the support of our sponsor IPVG - a publicly listed entity in the Philippine Stock Exchange and engaged in the information technology and communications space. IPVG owns three operating subsidiaries engaged in information technology and telecommunications, on-line gaming, and business process outsourcing.

Thank you also to the following who contributed prizes at the event:

Winners: Filipina Writing Project

Sincerest thanks to everyone who made time to attend the eyeball event for the participants of The Filipina Writing project.

This writing project will not be possible without the support of sponsors such as Barangay.ph, Kababayan.ph, MyUSMailbox, RegaloService, Acclaim Butterflies, and Chikka.com.

As chosen by judges, the following are the most liked entries and won US$100 each. The following won US$100 in the raffle:
For the SEO competition part, the following won US$100:
For those who made it in the shortlist, the following got:
To get your prizes, please email me at digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you again to all those who inspired us, joined, and supported this advocacy.

I will make a separate post in relation to the event and link all blog articles that were written.

Admittedly, as this is our first time to do this writing project, there are many things that we need to improve should we decide to do it again next year. Kindly e-mail me your suggestions and feedback at digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com. I appreciate your patience and understanding.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 28: Filipina Writing Project Winners Announcement

First, many thanks to those who submitted entries to the Filipina Writing Project. Let us meet up on November 28 and celebrate Christmas early!

This gathering will not be possible without the support of our sponsor IPVG - a publicly listed entity in the Philippine Stock Exchange and engaged in the information technology and communications space. IPVG owns three operating subsidiaries engaged in information technology and telecommunications, on-line gaming, and business process outsourcing.

The November 28 gathering will be at Ponciana's Kitchen, 67 Timog Ave. corner Sct. Torillo, South Triangle Quezon City from 6 pm to 9 pm. Please confirm your attendance by posting a comment here. (Non-participants to this writing project who wishes to attend, can join upon sign up as a DigitalFilipino.com Club member.)

We will be naming the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still entitled to win. In addition, we are also having the DigitalFilipino.com Club Christmas Party on this evening.

The following have confirmed their attendance for November 28:
  1. Gwen Nava (thanks Gwen for helping us arrange the venue too!)
  2. Aileen Apolo
  3. Arbet Bernardo
  4. Dine Racoma
  5. Jehzeel Laurente
  6. Elay
  7. Ada
  8. Sustines Laplana
  9. Eilanna
  10. Aiza Bautista
  11. Ivan Harry
  12. Micaela
  13. Marhgil
  14. Sheng
  15. Chel
  16. Lady in Red
  17. Phaelun
  18. Sheena
  19. Khym
  20. Iya
  21. Jovals
  22. Lucette
  23. Inanglaya
  24. Gladys Barrer
  25. Ederic Eder
  26. Kaye
will update this post as we receive confirmation.

To celebrate the Christmas season, all attendees are encouraged to bring a Christmas exchange gift worth P250.

We are also getting some raffle prizes as well. Should you like to donate prizes for the raffle, please e-mail me at digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com. We will list the raffle items and donors here.
P.S. This is a DigitalFilipino.com Club 30th Networking Event too and get to meet the club members who supported this writing project.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Week 14: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 14th week and last summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. Sincerest thanks to everyone who supported this initiative.

This writing project will not be possible without the support of sponsors such as Barangay.ph, Kababayan.ph, MyUSMailbox.com, RegaloService.com, Acclaim Butterflies, and Chikka.com.

We received 21 entries this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, we have reached a total of 73 entries and writing project participants. Many thanks to everyone who submitted an entry to this writing project!

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Week 13: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 13th week summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. If you haven't submitted an entry yet, head on to our writing project page on how to join. Note that the submission of entries will be up to November 24 only.

This effort will not be possible without the support of the DigitalFilipino.com Club. This is a community of e-commerce enthusiasts and professionals. Benefits include access to research reports, e-books, networking events, tutorials, content development, advertisement placement, among others.

We received 7 entries this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, we now have a total of 53 entries and writing project participants. We will be accepting entries up to November 24 only. One (1) weekly update to go!

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Week 12: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 12th week summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. If you haven't submitted an entry yet, head on to our writing project page on how to join.

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We received 4 entries this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, we now have a total of 46 entries and writing project participants. We will be accepting entries only up to November 24. Three (3) weekly updates to go!

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Week 11: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 11th week summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. If you haven't submitted an entry yet, head on to our writing project page on how to join.

This effort will not be possible without the support of the DigitalFilipino.com Club. This is a community of e-commerce enthusiasts and professionals. Benefits include access to research reports, e-books, networking events, tutorials, content development, advertisement placement, among others.

We received 2 entries this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, we now have a total of 42 entries and writing project participants. We will be accepting entries only up to November 24. Three (3) weekly updates to go!

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.