Philippine Webinars

The numbers are increasing.  Facebook users log in to their accounts almost everyday.  The venue where they log in isn’t limited to their homes.  It has now crossed over to the workplace.  This has caused some concern amongst management (though, they too, access Twitter and LinkedIn).

Janette Toral, founder of Digital Filipino, will discuss the use of social media, blogs, and social networks within the workplace and how it poses as a challenge to Human Resources in a one-hour webinar session on November 5, 2009 from 4PM to 5PM, Philippine time.   This ProFora Lightbulb session will answer questions like:

• Should we allow employees access to social networking sites like Facebook and Friendster?
• How do we avoid situations like employees posting information about the company in their blog by sharing their angst about fellow employees?
• Does social media contribute to productivity of an employee in the workplace?
• What is an ideal social media usage policy that we can use for our company?

Join this webinar to know more and join in the discussion.

Image courtesy of Anne Helmond & kerryct

In partnership with ProFora Media, Digital Filipino is celebrating its 10th anniversary alongside with One Internet Day this year. As we empower more Filipinos globally with the Internet, it is fitting that webinars are introduced, not only to educate of the numerous opportunities that it can bring, but the benefits of how this platform can bring everyone together to collaborate.

The celebration will be a whole day event, starting from 9AM and ends at 8pm on September 17, 2009.  There will be 9 FREE webinars available from different industries.

This is not only a milestone for Digital Filipino, but for ProFora Media and the webinar industry within the country as well, as this is the ever first virtual conference to be done in the Philippines.  Be part of history and attend a Philippine webinar.  Share it to your friends and colleagues so they, too, can be part of this event.

To check on the list of webinars to be conducted live on September 17 and to register, you can visit ProFora’s events page.

One might think that this is the worst possible time to leave the corporate world and a regular, monthly salary to start a business that offers a service unheard of in the Philippines.  Call us crazy, but that’s exactly what 5 friends and I did.  We officially incorporated ProFora Media Solutions last Sept. 15, 2008.

We’re a week away from our one year anniversary and during the 11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days that we’ve been in business, we went through every birth pain imaginable.  Chose the wrong tool provider, overpaid for accounting services, over-complicated our website design, wrong sales strategy, blablabla.  You name the boo-boo, we did it.  Our only excuse is that we believed in the concept so much that our eagerness to offer the service, more often than not, overshadowed rational thought.  We went back to the drawing board so many times that some people voiced the opinion that we should just close up shop.  Obviously, we didn’t listen…stubborn and pig-headed is a shared trait amongst the partners.

We’re still learning but as of today, I think we’ve got most of the major kinks ironed out because our September and October are fully booked with back to back webinars.  Renzie Baluyut has joined us as Managing Director for Marketing and we’re in the final stages of negotiation with several  learning content providers.  We’re also finalizing the training schedule for one of the top universities in Manila.  We have a presence on almost all the major social networking sites and we’ve documented and streamlined all our operational processes.  The wheel is turning…we just need a bit more elbow grease.

Virtual events IS the next step in the evolution of how we communicate with each other.  All that you need to do is let us, ProFora, show you how…

If you’re interested in taking those baby steps today, ProFora Media in partnership with the Digital Filipino Club will be hosting a series of online talks, in celebration of Digital Filipino’s 10th anniversary -The ProFora Media Lightbulb Sessions- on Thursday, 17 Sept 2009.

The webinars for the day include:
* 9AM – 10AM “Introduction to Software Process Improvement” by Janette Toral of Digital Filipino
* 11AM – 12NN “The State of E-Commerce in the Philippines” by Janette Toral of Digital Filipino
* 2PM – 3PM “Briefing on the 3rd Digital Filipino Web Awards (2009)“, by Janette Toral of Digital Filipino
* 3PM – 4PM “Managing Training Effectively & True ROI“, by Karthik Subbaraman of ECC International
* 4PM – 5PM “Briefing: Philippine Schools Cyberfair 2010“, by Janette Toral of Digital Filipino
* 5PM – 6PM “AEC Outsourcing in the Philippines“, by Gio Carino of Prodigy AE
* 6PM – 7PM “Video Editing for Profit“, by Mary Tolentino of ClientFirst
* 7PM – 8PM “Blogging For Money: How To Make Money From Writing Blog Reviews and News Articles“, by Janette Toral of Blog4Reviews

Contact us directly through:
www.proforamedia.com * info@proforamedia.com * +63.2.3767040 * Twitter@Profora Media * Facebook: ProFora Media

image credit: alucco7 on flickr

ProFora Media is accepting registrations for an upcoming webinar on the State of E-Commerce in the Philippines by Janette Toral.

Janette will be discussing the latest updates on the latest statistics, industry developments, policy updates and trends in E-Commerce within the Philippines during this complimentary one-hour webinar.

This live session will be held on July 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM Philippine time.

Expert speaker Janette co-founded the Philippine Internet Commerce Society in 1997 and lobbied for the passage of the Y2K Law and E-Commerce Law.  She published her e-commerce book in year 2000 that gave birth to DigitalFilipino.com.  She is the first Filipino author published by McGraw-Hill Education Asia.

She is a recipient of the DTI / CITEM E-Services Philippines E-Champion Award 2008 for Policy Development following Senators Magsaysay and Roxas.

For registration inquiries, you can contact ProFora at 63.2.3767040 or info @ proforamedia.com.

Do you know what a webinar is?  How does it work?  What are the benefits?

You can now attend live seminars without leaving your home or office! Save on travel.  Save time.  Save money.

Online seminars—or webinars– is the new way to learn or share knowledge. If you have a high-speed internet connection and a PC headset, attending a webinar can be a more economical and practical alternative to traditional seminars.

One of its benefits would be savings on travel costs.
If you live in Metro Manila, you know how stressful it can get during the rush hours.  Traffic is terrible!  Yes, the coding scheme might help a bit but because of the sheer number of vehicles being bought is increasing, you know it’s only a short term solution.  Because of traffic congestion, most people are late for meetings and are just not productive.  Not only do you waste time, you use up more gas and spend more on maintaining your vehicle due to wear and tear.

A classic example would be a salesman trying to meet as many clients as possible on a given day.  If you were to market and do your presentation through a webinar, you can schedule an hour a day (or week) to meet your potential clients, without having to travel.  This saves you a lot of money!  Your potential leads then increase because you can invite several at a time.

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You’ve heard it from your friends. Working in a call center is the hottest thing in the employment scene. Fast career growth, free training, and a high salary. But, this is your first time and anxiety sets in.

What do you do? What are the requirements? You’ve submitted your resume’ but it has been weeks and you haven’t received a call back. You went through a lot of assessments but don’t know why you failed.

This webinar aims to:

• Orient participants on the standard call center recruitment process
• Provide standard interview questions and tips on how to answer them
• List common requirements expected of a call center agent applicant

Expert Speaker Jam Mayer-Flores has been in the industry for 8 years and specializes in training and quality. She started as a call center agent and worked her way up to becoming an executive in a global call center. Her passion for education has led her to do consultancy work as a Call Center Career Coach. She maintains the Call Center Blurbs blog and has written for Know More Media at Call Center Script.

Important Note: This webinar is exclusively for the Philippine market.

If you are interested in learning how to maximize your success in getting a job in the call center industry, do leave a note and include your preferred time.

The Internet has become the fastest-growing and most exciting marketing frontier. Discover emerging technologies and trends that will change how you plan and execute your online marketing campaigns. Learn how you can maximize your site’s earnings with affiliate and e-mail marketing programs. Find out how you could put yourself or your brand in front of more eyes with Search Engine Marketing and Landing Page Optimization techniques!

This webinar series includes the following topics:

• Internet Marketing and SEO Basics

• Landing Page Optimization and Usability Basics

• Email and Permission Marketing Basics

• Affiliate and Pay Per Click Marketing Basics

Expert Speaker Elymar Apao is a User Experience Manager and Web Marketing Strategist for a US based online retail store.  His specialties include user experience, usability, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), web marketing and pay per click management.  He spoke about “Link Building Tactics, Tool & Techniques” during the SEMCON conference in 2007.  Recently he had a place within the Philippines Top 100 Blogs conducted by Janette Toral and Ratified.

The first 25 registrants who attended this webinar series received a free audio book on “The Science of Getting Rich”.  This was hosted by ProFora Media last December 2008.