More than 250 bloggers in the Visayas are expected to participate in the 2nd Visayas Blogging Summit on November 26 at SM City Cebu.
The Cebu Bloggers Society Inc. has invited bloggers from Negros Oriental who maintains a blog of at least three months old in regular postings to join the summit as part of its advocacy to promote the responsible use of social media.
The summit banners the theme, Blogging and Beyond, the second after its launch in Iloilo last year, highlights the value of blogging as a potent tool in community development and in encouraging community participation.
Cebu Bloggers Society president Kevin Ray Chua explained the need to do something as blogging phenomenon in the Visayas continues to grow, reinforced by the emergence of blogging organizations dedicated to professionalize the local blogging community.
Chua said that through this summit, bloggers will be able to network with other fellow bloggers, will be updated on the current Philippine blogosphere, and will find opportunities to uphold the Bloggers’ Social Responsibility.
Vice President of CBSi Ruben Licera Jr. added that while the Visayas blogging community mostly compose of individual ages 14 to 35 who are daily engaged with the Internet, a large number of them still need to be educated on the right decorum and ethics of social media.
“There is also a large portion of social media practitioners and bloggers who need to be empowered and tapped to contribute to community development and participatory governance,” said Licera.
CBSi, a SEC-registered organization of Cebu bloggers committed to bring pride to Cebu through blogging, is the host and organizer of this year’s Visayas Blogging Summit.
The topics during the 2011 Visayas Blogging Summit will focus on empowering social media practitioners to be responsible citizen journalists and catalysts in their communities through new media. The summit will culminate with the Best Cebu Blogs Awards Night.
The following day, on Nov. 27, a Cebu Heritage Tour will take interested participants to various attractions in the province.
The Visayas Blogging Summit, which was first organized by the Iloilo Bloggers in Iloilo City, is a gathering of bloggers in the Visayas to talk on issues and concerns related to blogging and discuss how to further make blogging an effective tool for community development. (PIA/JCT)
