DigitalFilipino Web Awards: November 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008

DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards 2008 News and Blog Coverage

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Our sincerest thanks to everyone who have covered this event.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Winners: Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008

We would like to extend our congratulations to the following winners of the DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards 2008.

Most grateful to Bitstop Network Services, CashSense, RegaloService.com, LocalPhilippines, and ChipIn donors for supporting this endeavor as sponsors.

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Apparel / Fashion Category - Tesoro's Philippine Handicrafts and Barongs
Art Category - Hiraya
Association / Organization Category - Information Technology Association of the Philippines
Auction / Shopping Portal Category - KabayanCentral
Automotive Category - AutoIndustriya
Beauty Category - Godiva
Blog - Corporate Category - The Belo Medical Group Blog
Blog - Personal Category - The D Spot
Blog - Professional Category - Tech at Hand
Books Category - OMF Literature
Community Category - TipidPC
Computer / Consumer Electronics Category - Villman Computers Philippines
Consumer Banking / Bills Payment Category - Philippine National Bank
Corporate / Professional Category - Syntactics
Events / Conferences Category - WordCamp Philippines
Financial Services Category - Absolute Traders
Food Category - Filipino Recipes
Games Category - RF Online Philippines
Gifts Category - Express Regalo
Guides / Review Category - ClickTheCity.com
Home Furnishings / Improvement Category - Philippine Interior Design & Feng Shui Tips
Jobs / Employment Category - MyNimo
Magazine Category - Candymag.com
Music / Movie/ Film Category - TitikPilipino
Newspaper Category - Inquirer.net
Pharmaceuticals Category - GlaxoSmithKline Philippines
Podcast Category - The Daily PCIJ
Politics Category - Filipino Voices
Real Estate Category - BF Homes Properties
School / University Category - De La Salle University - Manila
Services Category - Load.com.ph
Social Networking Category - GreatPinoy!
Tourism Category - Cebu CeBoom CeBlog
Travel Category - Philippine Airlines

The simple recognition ceremony was held last November 5, Wednesday, 1 pm to 5:30 pm at the Taste Asia, Mall of Asia, Pasay City. Many thanks to Aileen Apolo for referring us to the said venue.

Thanks to all club members who participated in this program by:

Nominating websites online (also to the public-at-large) using our public social network.
Helped in the judging process offline and online.
DigDesignz for providing the awards image or logo this year.
Gallery 7 Digital Studio for the certificate design.

We hope you'll continue supporting us next year.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Local Philippines signed up as donor sponsor

Our big thanks to LocalPhilippines.com for signing up as a donor sponsor for the DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards.

LocalPhilippines.com is your travel buddy to the Philippines, showing you, the traveler, that there are in fact more than 7,107 destinations. The site has a pool of researchers/fieldworkers who will check out the places and attractions first, and give you the real deal about the place or event. No fancy, no frills. Now, go and discover the Philippines through LocalPhilippines!

Testimonial for DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards

Here are some of the testimonials we received from our 2007 winners.

(Inset in photo from left to right: Rose Geronimo, Albert Gavino, Lemuel Cabia (holding the award), Kyle Francia and Vea Alvaro)

"We would like to thank Digital Filipino for granting us the award on Education Category last year. This award has given us credibility and quality assurance on the implementation of business development and e-commerce to our web site. " - Lemuel Cabia, Web Manager, De La Salle University, Manila.

"We are proud to be a part of the Digital Filipino Web Awards. As the digital divide narrows, so does the great divide in socio-economic empowerment, and this is where Digital Filipino is best validated with its unflinching support for and the promotion of a Filipino Internet Community. We believe the Digital Filipino Web Awards honors thus, the best of the sites and services that are truly, profoundly impacting the Filipino’s quality of life." - Junie Agcaoili, Director for Corporate Communications, Chikka.com.

"Having won the 2007 Digital Filipino Award for the Gifts Category has been an honor and a privilege for RegaloService.com. We thank those who have shown their confidence in us and voted for us as this eventually led to our being chosen as ADOC's 2007 Best ICT Practice from the Philippines. These recognitions make us proud and at the same time they also come as a challenge for us to continuously improve our service. More power to Digital Filipino!" - Reggie Bundang, Owner, RegaloService.com.

"Winning the 2007 DigitalFilipino award for best government website has been a great honor and encouraged us to push the envelop and work harder to make our website live up to the lofty standards that DigitalFilipino has set. It has truly been a memorable, enriching and noble event - keep it up, it will go a long way in promoting digital excellence in the field of website development in our country and highlight the best of our local talents." - Lia M. Bautista, Head - Office of the Press Secretary - Information and Communications Technology Unit and Secretary General - International Media Office (Government Portal of Republic of the Philippines)

"Excitement and pride was what we felt when we learned that our group's website: Philippine Herbal Medicine won in the Pharmaceuticals Category at the 2007 DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards. We especially thank Ms. Janette Toral, the board of judges and the Digital Filipino members for recognizing our efforts in disseminating information on the benefits of Philippine herbal medicine. This award has boosted our spirits and confidence immeasurably." – Arnold Alvarez, Webmaster, Philippine Herbal Medicine

"It was definitely an honor to have been awarded the corporate category award last year. We thank Digital Filipino and all those who voted for our site. The award has given us as well much credibility and reputation for our capacity to deliver our services to the marketplace." - Stephanie Caragos, President & CEO, Syntactics.

To contribute a testimonial, just email digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com with your name, position, company, testimonial, photo of you holding the trophy (or website screenshot showing the recognition).

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Thank you: ChipIn Donors

Last month, I installed a ChipIn widget for those who would like to contribute to the awards in their own way without taking the sponsorship path.

Many thanks to the following:

Saturday, November 1, 2008

November 5: DigitalFilipino Web Awards Ceremony

The DigitalFilipino Web Awards Ceremony will be happening on November 5, Wednesday, 12 pm to 8 pm at Taste Asia, Mall of Asia (beside SM Hypermarket).

In addition to club members, this event is exclusive for those who submitted entries, 2007 winners, this year finalists and winners of the DigitalFilipino Web Awards.

The agenda for the day are as follows: (still subject to change)

12:00 - 1:00 Registration (Lunch to be serve)
1:00 - 1:30 Introduction by Club Members

1:30 - 2:00 Lessons Learned on What Makes a Great E-Commerce Website (Janette Toral)

2:00 - 2:20 Promoting and Doing Business Online (Aileen Apolo, Google)

2:20 - 2:40 Winners announcement

2:40 - 3:00 Web Analytics - Managing for Success of Web Sites (Bitstop Network Services)

3:00 - 3:20 Winners announcement

3:20 - 3:40 Online Remittance and E-Commerce for Business (Cashsense)

3:40 - 4:00 Winners announcement

4:00 - 4:20 Sponsor Talk (become one)

4:20 - 4:40 Winners Announcement

4:40 - 5:00 Sponsor Talk (become one)

5:00 - 5:20 Winners Announcement

5:20 Group Picture, Networking, Cocktails

Club members are requested to confirm their attendance for food count purposes.

Interested non-members are requested to sign up as a member prior to November 5 and confirm attendance for food count purposes.

There are three types of membership: Individual, SME, Corporate.

We hope you can join. Thank you.

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