On Wednesday, November 10,
the
Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines will stage the
IMMAP Open Mic Night at Craft, the Fort Strip at
7PM. I am very happy to have DigitalFilipino.com support this as IMMAP board member Paul John M. Peña of Leo Burnett has creatively put up this event with all the coolness factor in.
As IMMAP’s version of the Japanese concoction that
is Pecha Kucha (chitchat) Night, this pioneer event promises surprises at every chance. Pecha Kucha is an activity that started in 2003 and now a global activity held in over a hundred
countries. In the Philippines,
Pecha Kucha Night is a thriving annual event organized by agency creatives.
The event will have twenty speakers, twenty slides (or a slide each), and at twenty seconds per slide. More or less, each speaker will have no more than 7 minutes. It will be intriguing to see which one will be able to do this perfectly.
Each speaker was also chosen through an online nomination and voting process.
The main question I have in my head now - who can "oh wow" the audience in 20 seconds?
Folks that I will eagerly watch out for are
DigitalFilipino Club members:
managing director, Chimes Digital Marketing Solutions and business director of Wunderman Chay Mondejar-Saputil and Google Inc. Philippines Country consultant Aileen Apolo-de Jesus. Of course, Globe Telecom social media manager, video blogger and genius
Coy Caballes.
Look forward hearing what
Yahoo! Philippines ‘Pitong Pinoy’,
actress, writer, activist, linguist and environmentalist, Anna Oposa has to say as well. (She spoke at the recent Mindanao Bloggers Summit.) Fresh face with great ideas in mind. Not to forget TV5 head of digital
Carlo Ople, CTO of ArcusIT Jojo Colina, as well as blogger, philanthropist, new media advocate and online community organizer Jay Jaboneta.
Other speakers also include recent NYSE-lister, Groupon Philippines CEO
and yoyo master Pat Cuartero, blogger, SMART Communications consultant, AIM lecturer, UNO
magazine tech writer and editor
Jayvee Fernandez, musician, producer, educator, writer, television personality,
workshop facilitator, and activist Jim Paredes, founder, as well as CEO and chief creative director of ad agency ideasXmachina
Third Tres Domingo.
Add to that list, founder and CEO of digital storytelling company Ripple 100 Andre
Yap, photographer, creative director of The Lighthouse Fashion Studio and
AIDS/HIV awareness activist Niccolo
Cosme, digital marketing executive for Nestlé
Philippines Ricky Baizas, managing director ABS-CBN Publishing Inc. Ernie Lopez, managing
director, and Celeste Prize Europe award-winning
contemporary artist Nasser Lubay.
Hosting IMMAP Open Mic Night is
blogger, radio jock and host of TekTok TV Vince Golangco. Knowing how fun Vince is as a host, I am sure this event will rock. Vince's biggest challenge is that the event run time with 20 speakers will be like 140 minutes excluding introductions and thank you(s). Hope the audience energy will be sustained up to the 20th presentor.
IMMAP likes diversity so being a digital marketeer is not a requirement
for entry, so for IMMAP Open Mic Night, it’s free admission for both members and
non-members alike. IMMAP Open Mic Night is an earnest attempt, and
with far-reaching kindness and support from major brands, industry affiliates,
true friends and volunteers, it’s the green light for this groundswell
event.
See you folks at the
IMMAP Open Mic Night event!
(
P.S. I also have a small contest for this specific event only and will announce the winner during the event. Hope you can join!)