iBlog 7
iBlog 7
The 2-day 7th Philippine Blogging Summit – iBlog7 was another success held last April 1 & 2, 2011 at Malcolm Theater in UP Diliman.
As expected, more than half of the attendees were newbie bloggers hungry to learn the ropes in and from within the blogging community. I myself was able to chat with some of them on the second day and they were eager on the new things they learned from the different topics.
Speakers Regnard Raquedan, GMA7's Howie Severino, EJ & Ginger Arboleda, TV5's Carlo Ople (L-R, T-B)
Aside from the different speakers who discussed a wide range of topics, Janette Toral‘s personal message with regards to the proposed National Bloggers Association was one of the highlights for Day1.
Speakers Sonnie Santos, Roy Dela Cruz, Ria Tirazona, Jinkee Umali, Fitz Villafuerte, Jonel Uy (L-R, T-B)
Day-2 had almost the same number of attendees. I was glad that the audience responded well on my Blogging 101 talk. I focused on the relevance of blogging and blogger traits.
The slide shows an IMMAP 09 statistic indicating the 24M internet users in the Philippines in 2009. We currently have almost 30M internet users which meant it has overshot the initial projection.
LetsGoSago.net, NomNomClub.com & BloggerManila.com Mugs - Mommy Rubz, Ros Juan, Karess (L-R, T-B) 
Mike Abundo & Marcelle Fabie
I also made sure to get a photo with the participants who won 4 mugs I gave away care of SolidHosting.ph and Angel Printshoppe. Take care of them guys, they’re limited edition memorabilia I myself don’t have; that’s how limited it is.
Moving forward, it was Roy Dela Cruz‘ talk on Writers’ Block which totally rocked the house. Hats off to Roy’s punchlines.
Other highlights were Mike Abundo‘s comeback in the afternoon after missing him in day 1.
Together with Marcelle Fabie, they got a special recognition for having attended all of iBlog since the first year.
Samsung LED9000 Smart TV
Blogger Batang Yagit
Cheers to Samsung who supported the blogger summit. They showcased the Samsung Tab and the Samsung LED 9000 Smart TV.
For those who know Batang Yagit, I believe you would notice something much different from this fashionable statement by Winston Almendras.
Jehzlau & Blogger Manila
The ever-rare Jehzeel of Jehzlau Concepts also showed up in the last minute. I just had to have a photo with the great Jehzlau.
See you next year in iBlog8.
iBlog 7th Philippine Blogging Summit
Jonel Uy is the EIC of BloggerManila.com. Graduating from UP Diliman with a degree in Computer Science, he is also the Managing Director of #DigitalCircles.asia engaging and amplifying social media campaigns for brands. On Mondays, he teaches information technology classes at Grace Christian College.
Know more about him at JonelUy.com 
Thanks Jonel for sharing your blog thoughts to everyone… I love the yellow shirts yii!!!
Hi ChinChan!
hello Blogger Manila ^_^ thak you for sharing your Blogging 101 to all of us! GOD BLESS you always!
hehe andun nga din sila kuya winston ska ayun! dumating si kuya jehz nung patapos na hehe
Thanks Halojin!
Hehehe naaliw ako sa picture nina Wins at Jehz lol. Winston reminds me of Robbie (thecreativedork.com) with his get-up
Too bad didn’t make it sa second day. At least i saw you sa first day woot 
hindi pa pala kami frenz ni Jehz sa FB
Hello Jonel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and blog experience at iBlog7. I am sure you were able to inspire a lot of newbie bloggers.
May video snipet ako ng iBlog7!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6434G3QWIlY
Salamat sa mga tumatangkilik ng Binalot
Yahooooo! Thank you sa mug!
Been using it since Sunday. Nuks 
I’ll definitely be taking care of it 
Hi Jonel, so ikaw pala yung nakasabay ko sa pinto papasok nung day 1. Dapat pala nagpapicture na ako.. =p
Anyway, nice meeting you in the event. Sayang dapat nakapagpapicture din ako kay Jehzlau..
huhu d n nmn ako kita sa group pic… last year din di ako kita.. next year sa gitna nmn ako. hehehe
Hi Jonel, thanks for a nice post.. It would have been nice to meet the blogger behind Blogger Manila.
Kudos to the speakers. Hope to meet you next year.
sorry I missed your talk, Jonel! out kami ni Misis the whole day Saturday. Nilagnat kami! Grabe pressure! hahaha
Waaaaah I wish I was there T_T
I didn’t know about this event.
Hopefully I could get invited for this next year.
I’d really love to meet all of you guys.
Anyway Thanks Jonel for posting this event. ^_^
More power
-Mommy on the Go
(gracesongbird)
I’ve never attended any blog events. By the looks it’s very interesting. Congratulations!
It is my first time to finally attend iBLOG7 after being guilty of registering in all previous iBLOGS (Working Mom here).
But nevertheless it is about time to spread my wings, meet new bloggers and learn from others
sana makapunta me sa iblog8.
magleleave talaga ako!
pero tahimik lang ako dun, di ako papakilala, kakahiya sa mga bigatin =)