Thank you: DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit

The DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit that took place last November 12 and 13, 2009 was an important milestone for the DigitalFilipino Club community. It allowed us to achieve the following:

• Tap into existing club member resource in sharing their knowledge to peers.
• Make the event free for club members.
• Give free slots to DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009 winners.
• Attract new club members.

This would not be possible without the support of:

• Our major sponsor Globe GCash.
• DataOne (Philippines) Asia who came in as minor sponsor.
• Exhibitors Geiser Maclang Marketing Communications and Events at Work.
• Name badge provider - Alfox Computers.
• SMS-based question and answer system by Give Me Unlimited.

Here are some of the write-ups generated about the event:

• DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009: Going Beyond Clicks
• Common-sense e-commerce tips from a mum-trepreneur
• DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit and 3rd Web Awards 2009, A Success!
• Lessons Learned at the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009
• Add social value in online marketing, says ad-agency exec
• Mobile-web tie-ups seen as growth driver for RP e-commerce

I am now in the process of documenting our lessons learned from the presentations delivered at the event and this will be sent out to club members soon.

Speaker Guidelines - DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit

Many thanks again to all club members and sponsors who agreed to become speakers in the upcoming DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit.

The whole event is a big challenge for me as I have been thinking what the club will be like in the next 5 years. The idea that struck me lately is to pursue a vision of becoming like a "TED" sort of community where the best and sharpest of minds converge to share knowledge to one another.

This Summit is our first baby step towards that direction.

Here are the speaker guidelines that I requested our resource persons to take note of in preparing their presentation.

1. Topic and talk are encouraged to be sharing new ideas that you haven't mostly discussed before but reflective of your experience and foresight on how e-commerce shall evolve.
   
   
2. Share why you are passionate about this field. What excites you about it?
   
   
3. Share a story to put the human factor in your presentation. (as technology talk at times tend to be geeky)
   
   
4. Share your failures as well as your success.
   
   
5. For the benefit of pursuing the topic and theme, feel free to express a different point of view based on what fellow speakers have shared.
   
   
6. Have fun in doing the presentation.
   
   
7. Please stick to the time limit given to a topic.

See you folks at the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit!

If you want to join and get a free delegate slot, just sign up as a club member (individual, SME, or corporate) today!

Participants Checklist - DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit

(DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit delegates will get this conference bag as part of the kit. We have prepared 150 bags to be given out. This is our first branded collateral.)

The DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit is about to take place this November 12 and 13 at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City.

In preparation for the event, club members and registered delegates are asked to note the following:

1. Registration starts at 8 am and morning snacks will be served right away. As the program will promptly start at 9 am, please come on time.
   
   
2. There will be limited Internet access at the event (during breaks only) as we want participants to focus in listening to the speakers. However, I will have several Globe Tattoo wireless broadband USB on hand that can be borrowed should the need arises.
   
   
3. Should you be blogging at the event, kindly use this conference live-blogging guidelines for reference.
   

I will very much appreciate if you can also help us spread the word about the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit.

DigitalFilipino.com Club members can send participants for free on this training noting the following conditions:

• Corporate members - 2 delegates
  
• SME members - 1 delegate
  
• Individual members can attend a 1-day session (not transferable)

Also, if you have nice swags that can be included in our delegates kit (150-200 pieces) or items for raffle, kindly let me know.

See you this November 12 and 13. Thank you!

Call for speakers: DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit

Doing E-Commerce for Real!

We are now gearing up for the 1st annual DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009. This will be an intensive 2-day educational seminar on e-commerce strategies scheduled to take place on November 12 & 13, 2009 at the Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City.

If you had a great e-commerce experience in 2009 that you believe can be imparted as a competitive lessons learned in this conference, I will very much appreciate if you can contact me with your suggested topic that includes the following:

• Topic title
• Description
• Case study (studies) / lessons learned to be imparted

If your topic gets chosen, I will contact you right away. In addition, sponsorship opportunities are available and I can send you more details if you are interested.

Conference Program

Attendees to this event can expect a highly-interactive session with e-commerce players and industry practitioners. Topics in the agenda includes (subject to change):

November 12 (Day 1):

• Internet and mobile commerce market growth.
• Payment programs and platforms catering from mainstream to unbanked market segments.
• Executing e-commerce marketing campaigns and selling through:
  - community websites
  - e-mail autoresponder / newsletter
  - social networks
  - search engines
  - blogs


• Making self-service advertising platforms work for you.
• Usability experience: what makes an online visitor purchase?
• Improving e-commerce website performance
• Tracking website analytics and e-commerce sales

November 13 (Day 2):

• Internet and mobile banking growth.
• E-Commerce policies to promote e-commerce growth and those that protect both merchant and consumer.
• E-Government transactions growth.
• Making e-commerce secure against fraud.
• E-Commerce as a viable retail market outlet for SMEs
• New technologies to make e-commerce easier
• PLUS! The summit will be the venue for recognition of the top Philippine E-Commerce sites as DigitalFilipino.com will opens its nomination for the 3rd DigitalFilipino Web Awards this August.

Free conference pass to DigitalFilipino Club members:

• Individual members (1 day, participate themselves, no proxy)
• SME members (1 representative per day)
• Corporate members (2 representatives per day)

Additional club member and sponsor delegates are entitled to 15% discount. Register today to confirm your seats!