WordPress 101 seminar in GenSan

Last 13 & 14 May 2009, Lyle Santos and I conducted a blogging seminar at the Coffee Club 101 in General Santos City, concentrating on WordPress and Google AdSense.

In attendance were GenSan’s bloggers, both seasoned and neophyte, all under the tutelage of Avel Manansala. It was a good group, coming from various age groups, interests and backgrounds.

I was able to introduce WordPress to the participants, and hopefully, allow them to appreciate the power and flexibility of this awesome blogging platform. Admittedly, at present very few bloggers in GenSan use WordPress. But after that first seminar, I am hoping that the numbers will increase. Especially that more and more bloggers there are getting into niche blogging and content specialization, I am counting on their looking to WordPress as their next publishing medium.

Lyle was “discovered” during the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit last year in this city, when he was asked on the spot to give an impromptu presentation on Google AdSense. He is quite the speaker — very engaging and interesting. And so, I look forward to doing more blogging seminars in tandem with him in the near future.

I’d like to thank Avel for making the blogging seminar possible, as well as Coffee Club 101 for hosting the group for two days. This coffee shop is most certainly a blogger-friendly establishment — and serves quality coffee to boot!

Speaking of which, the bloggers of Cagayan de Oro are also conducting a similar event this week. Kudos to ChiQ Montes and her crew for this effort! Blog on!

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22 Responses to “WordPress 101 seminar in GenSan”

Leonard Pe 17 May 2009 at 11:26 pm #

thanks for the wonderful talk.. still learned a lot of things on wordpress. those tiny bits of useful stuff.

Kudos to you and Lyle!

RainCindy aka Cidy 18 May 2009 at 12:19 am #

It was a fruitful night for me. Thanks Sir Blogie for sharing with us your knowledge, we learned how flexible to use WordPress. Your such a great speaker and Lyle as well.. Thanks to Lyle for the extra mile he offered to fix my WP even he is in Davao. You guys rock!

Bunsoi 18 May 2009 at 9:12 pm #

Wow. Sayang. If not only for our class Lake Sebu field trip last weekend, I could have also joined this seminar. Sayang. huhu..

SamaraFae 19 May 2009 at 10:14 pm #

Thanks a lot Sir Blogie and Lyle!! I learned a lot, it was great to have attended in the seminar. I owe my new blog to you … (n_n)//~
I hope there would be more seminars like this to come. Like WordPress Seminar to the Next Level.

ChiQ 25 May 2009 at 4:59 pm #

Mindanao Bloggers on a roll blogie! We all rock!! You should do a recap of all things we (mindanao bloggers) have accomplished.. and with so much more we have in store this year

migs 2 June 2009 at 5:53 am #

Kasama pati yung waiter (sa first picture)??? Blogger na rin siya?
hehehhehe

congrats Brader lyle and brader blogie!

Hi CDO friends! see you soon!

buddymigs 2 June 2009 at 5:58 am #

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. Gensan Friends pala…

and hello na rin to other friends!

coi palamieri 29 June 2009 at 10:38 pm #

im an oldie (but goodie) hehe and staying here in davao now. could you guyz give me infos on who to contact people of your line (bloggers) here in davao….thank you guyz and good luck….

Blogie 29 June 2009 at 10:41 pm #

Hi there! You can get in touch with me via this site's contact form.

bariles 1 July 2009 at 2:41 pm #

It was a pleasure hosting our teachers from Davao, Blogie and Lyle. We learned so much from the two-night seminar. Plus more lessons from the actual visit to Pier 8! Hehehe!

Thanks guys!

dparch 28 September 2009 at 10:58 pm #

i'd like my 13 yr old son know about blogging…can we join the summit? what are the topics to be discussed? how much is the financial obligation?

ArJay | Pinoy Bisnis 28 October 2009 at 4:55 pm #

Hi to all!

Sana makasali rin ako sa mga susunod n'yong pang seminars. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks!

wholesale korean clothing 5 November 2009 at 1:55 pm #

Thanks a lot Sir Blogie and Lyle!! I learned a lot

Michelle 7 December 2009 at 10:31 pm #

Hi, where can i look for schedules for future seminars like these? I'm also blogging and learning from http://www.jomarhilario.com

Blogie Robillo 7 December 2009 at 10:53 pm #

Hi Michelle. Where are you based? I usually announce blogging seminars on http://www.robilloblog.com and http://www.wp-evangelist.com

marlonboy 21 January 2010 at 5:58 am #

HI I'm a new blogger can i join with your group? my current place in Davao city I just want learn how to blog perfectly if you insist and please view my website in jhttp://marlonboy-brando.blogspot.com/

marlonboy 21 January 2010 at 6:00 am #

PAT NEXT TIME APIL TA DIHA SABAY TA HA INGNA KO KUNG WHEN ANG NEXT HEHEHE

marlonboy 21 January 2010 at 1:58 pm #

HI I'm a new blogger can i join with your group? my current place in Davao city I just want learn how to blog perfectly if you insist and please view my website in http://marlonboy-brando.blogspot.com/

marlonboy 21 January 2010 at 2:00 pm #

PAT NEXT TIME APIL TA DIHA SABAY TA HA INGNA KO KUNG WHEN ANG NEXT HEHEHE

al-nezzar ali 22 August 2010 at 6:45 pm #

i am a blogger from gensan and i know avel manansala…my blog is all the promotion of arts and culture in this part of mindanao -http://al-nezzarali.blogspot.com-i created since 2008 but only this year i gave myself the time to upgrade it…sayang i failed to know the blog talk here in gensan sana naka attend ako coz, i am dying to know more specially the use of wordpress…i had just link your url in my blogsite para updated ako…mabuhay ang mga mindanao bloggers..salam

- Blogie 22 August 2010 at 7:27 pm #
  
  hi al-nezzar! sige lang, baka one of these days magkaroon ulit ng similar seminar dyan sa gensan. or you could ask avel to organize one!
  
  i hope you'll join the mindanao bloggers community. all you need to do is accept the summit resolution, which you'll find here: http://www.mindanaobloggers.com/about/resolution/