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-->-->Everyone is welcome-->BY ROBBIE PANGILINAN-->BY ROBBIE PANGILINANPhilippines celebrates World Social Media Day with launch of first Tatt Awards
THERE’S no stopping the increasing pervasiveness of social media in the Philippines. With over 25-Million internet users–and counting, one study even shows that 95% of online Pinoys actively tweet, Facebook, plurk and blog, giving more credence to the Philippines being called the Social Networking capital of the world.
Hence, the first Tatt Awards was launched to give due recognition to the growing power and influence of this medium and to people who have used the digital space to inspire, spur change and make a difference.
Powered by Globe Tattoo, the Tatt Awards were launched at the posh Opus Club in Resorts World Manila to coincide with the 2nd annual Social Media Day.
"Tattoo is about making your mark and your own personal definition of greatness. The Tatt Awards is our venue to recognize those individuals that through their passion and individuality have created a space that is truly theirs, but sincerely shared with others," said Dong Ronquillo, Head of Nomadic Broadband Business of Globe Telecom.
The Tatt Awards has ten categories: The One, the most influential trendsetter that shaped opinion, moved people and prompted action; Ballbreaker, a blogger or a Twitter user who started a debate, sparked conversations or a revolution of opinions with just one hard-hitting post; Stylisimo, a person that not only reviewed fashion but also set a trend one that everyone followed; Indie Rocker, a musical band or indie artist who fought hard to claim their space in the hearts of the Filipino audience via webtime; Wordslayer, a blogger whose mastery of words showed wit, humor and grit to the Philippine blogosphere; Artiste, an inspiring person whose fiery passion for creating visual art through original graphic design, animation or photography has caught fire in the Philippine online art scene; Tech Junkie, a blogger, podcaster or Twitter user who shares access to the latest in trends and the fast pace world of e-knowledge; #Thought-Mover, a Twitter user who sparked a fire in the Philippine Twittersphere with one unique hashtag; Video Slinger, an individual or group who shook the Pinoy web space with though-provoking or entertaining video; and The Advocate, a person or a group of individuals who worked to improve the state of a societal cause in the Philippines through social media. Winners will receive a whopping P100,000 in cash and premium broadband products from Tattoo.
Winners are decided by public voting and a panel of judges christened The Tatt Council. Members of The Tatt Council include Dong Ronquillo; award-winning journalist Maria Ressa; Rock Ed Philippines founder Gang Badoy; popular lifestyle blogger and entrepreneur Cecile Zamora-Van Straten; tech blogger and Tattoo ambassador Rico Mossesgeld; director and video blogger Kring Elenzano; Radio DJ Chico Garcia and Hans Roxas-Chua, President of the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP).
Online nominations will run until July 14, 2011 via the Tattoo portal www.tattoo.globe.com.ph/tattawards. Finalists will be announced on August 10, at which point the online voting will begin and run until August 24. The Tatt Awards Night will be on August 27.
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Pic taken from the book, "Resonate"
Every leader learns that, especially in turmoil, your No. 1 job is creating confidence, and nobody teaches that.
Great article on NYTimes re: Influence vs Power
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/business/05corner.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sr...
Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. -BOSun Jun 19 17:49:01 via web
Over the weekend, President Obama did something his Internet fans have long dreamed of: He sent a Father’s Day message in his own words via the @BarackObama Twitter account. The 122-character tweet was also posted to the Barack Obama page on Facebook.
Social Networks
The way people connect digitally.
“Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job,” the President said. “Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. –BO”
Going forward, any messages signed “-BO” will be written by the President himself, rather than a staffer, according to an announcement posted Friday at BarackObama.com, the official Web site of the President’s re-election campaign.
The official White House Twitter account, @whitehouse, is still run by White House staff. The @BarackObama account, whose user icon is an image of the President with “2012” beneath it, is explicitly for Mr. Obama’s re-election campaign.
During the 2008 campaign, Democratic National Committee staffers wrote all the tweets to the @BarackObama account, according to a White House spokesman.
Why hasn’t Obama tweeted before? There’s a Washington culture of letting the underlings handle mass communications. While many Hollywood celebrities passionately type their own status updates, it’s more common among politicians to let employees manage their social media accounts. That surely lessens the risk of mistakes such as the one that forced former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign last week, but it also makes politics on Twitter kind of boring.
No doubt the President will keep his tweets, well, presidential. But as the 2012 campaign heats up, the fact that he’s posting in his own words will probably matter to the growing number of voters who feel that if you didn’t tweet it yourself, you didn’t really say it.
IMHO, thought they could have chosen better initials other than B.O. for his "real tweets".
Just like his State of the Union Address, "Winning the Future" - the acronym for that just doesn't sound right. Just my $0.02, FWIW.
Great resource/concepts for your consideration...
Link to the brochure: http://www.gallup.com/consulting/121901/Customer-Engagement-Overview-Brochure...
[REPORT] PewResearch: Social Networking Sites and Our Lives
Posted on 17th June 2011 by ahapedia in Social Media
facebook, pew research, Social Media
Interesting excerpts/information highlights:
- The number of those using social networking sites has nearly doubled since 2008 and the population of SNS users has gotten older.
- Facebook dominates the SNS space in this survey: 92% of SNS users are on Facebook; 29% use MySpace, 18% used LinkedIn and 13% use Twitter.
- There is considerable variance in the way people use various social networking sites: 52% of Facebook users and 33% of Twitter users engage with the platform daily, while only 7% of MySpace and 6% of LinkedIn users do the same.
- Facebook users are more trusting than others.
- Facebook users have more close relationships.
- Facebook users get more social support than other people.
- Facebook users are much more politically engaged than other people.
- Facebook revives “dormant” relationships.
Read on, my Hawaii tweeps: http://bit.ly/lHyG7S And, kudos to those who got mentioned.
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