I Am Blogie

Probably the most gratifying compliment I got after my WordPress talk at the Asian Bloggers & Social Media Conference in Kuala Lumpur last 29 July 2010 was when a gentleman from an English-language training company left me his name card with this message scrawled in: “Great presentation! You sold me on WordPress!”

In fact, the response from the Malaysian participants was very encouraging. It was my first time in Kuala Lumpur, and I had no idea what to expect because the event organizers weren’t able to provide me with a profile of the conference participants. However, I did know that the Malaysian WP community had had a WordCamp already (held on 22 May 2010), and that, to date, WordPress.com is one of the top ten most-visited sites in Malaysia.

I was given only an hour to do my WordPress presentation, so I focused on the fundamentals of Web content publishing. Of course, I also touched on the form and function aspects of WordPress site development. Judging by the amount of feedback I got afterwards, I believe I was able to convince the audience of the power of WordPress when it comes to delivering content online. Although, I did hear this one complaint consistently: that the presentation was too short!

That’s why I’m hoping the couple of offers I got to return to KL will materialize. I’d really love to be able to go back and conduct a more in-depth seminar on content deployment & management via WordPress.

Here’s the link to the presentation I did at KL: Web Publishing with WordPress. I designed this presentation to last 3 hours actually — I’m hoping to do that in KL soon! And below are a few of the photos taken during the conference.

I had a very good time in KL, and it was a fulfilling experience because of the enthusiasm and hunger for knowledge among my fellow WordPress lovers out there. Hopefully I’ll be back again and soon! I’d like to thank the people at My Events International (organizers of the 1st Asian Bloggers & Social Media Conference), and my Malaysian friends who made my stay unforgettable.

I’m very pleased to announce that a regional conference of bloggers is finally going to take place in Asia. It’s dubbed BlogFest.Asia, and is to be hosted by the Dot.Asia Organisation (the people behind the .asia domain registry). This isn’t specifically for WordPress, of course, but I’m hoping to connect with fellow WordPress advocates and enthusiasts at the BlogFest.

Together with my good friend and fellow Filipino blogger, Juned Sonido, we will deliver a joint presentation at this milestone event. This wonderful opportunity is thanks to Mozilla’s Gen Kanai, who gave our names to the conference organizers. Mozilla was our co-presentor at WordCamp Philippines 2009.

Along with other representatives of their respective Asian countries, Juned will give a primer on the Philippine blogosphere, and thereby provide a picture of how active Filipino bloggers have been vis-à-vis the East Asian region. I will talk about a particular activity that has been close to my heart ever since the inception of the Mindanao Bloggers Community: Peace Initiatives through Blogging.

BlogFest.Asia will run from 5 to 8 November 2009, in Hong Kong. Many Asian countries are expected to be represented by their contingent of bloggers and resource speakers. I sure hope there’ll be more Filipinos attending the event!

For updates, you can follow @blogfestasia on Twitter.

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