The First of The Last
on Nov 14, 2009 in Life Add Slot Bureaucracy Change Matriculation Classic Enrolment Flirt Formality Friday Friday the 13th Graduation Lady Gaga orcom Organizational Communication UP UP Manila Yesterday was a Friday the 13th and I sure experienced what it wanted to offer. One of my classes (which I already enrolled and paid for) was dissolved by the department due to the below-minimum number of enrolees. I had to transfer to another class...

In Pictures
on Nov 10, 2009 in Life U & I AdHere Birthday Blog Booze Cirque Events Incorporated Graduation Homecoming internship orcom Pictures Silverscreen Surprises Theme Theses Thesis Unilever UP Webcam Most of my recent (an overstatement) entries here at my personal blog were mere links or teasers for my academic blog entries. This is reflective of the fact that I don’t have a personal life since most of my hours were spent for the thing called a...

Social Media Enthusiast
on Oct 16, 2009 in The Vinculum New Social Media orcom Organizational Communication Planner Producer Social Media Enthusiast UP Manila Yahoo Yahoo! Philippines So you want to be a social media enthusiast huh? Well, the mere basic knowledge about new social media won’t really suffice. Yahoo! Philippines, one of the leading multinational internet companies opened a new job for a social media producer. Wel...

University Marketing
on Oct 8, 2009 in The Vinculum Blogs business corporate blogs Marketing Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT New Social Media orcom Organizational Communication public relations Student Blogs University University Marketing UP Manila This blog has been up for some time already and I did not start this because I’m nerdy like that, haha. This is actually a fun requirement for one of my major subjects, Organizational Communication 153 (Communication Trends and Styles). One of the...

Politicians as Brand
on Sep 30, 2009 in The Vinculum Chiz Escudero Election Elections Gibo Teodoro Jamby Madrigal Manny Villar Mar Roxas New Social Media Noynoy Aquino orcom Organizational Communication Politicians politics Social Media UP Manila Yehey Mr. Paolo Pangan, Digital Strategy Manager of Yehey! Corporation, talked about Online and Viral Marketing in our class. I was thinking of nice way to share what I learned from Mr. Pao until I remembered the things he told us in the end. Before he co...

Politicians as Brands
on Sep 30, 2009 in The Vinculum Chiz Escudero Election Elections Gibo Teodoro Jamby Madrigal Manny Villar Mar Roxas New Social Media Noynoy Aquino orcom Organizational Communication Politicians politics Social Media UP Manila Yehey Mr. Paolo Pangan, Digital Strategy Manager of Yehey! Corporation, talked about Online and Viral Marketing in our class. I was thinking of nice way to share what I learned from Mr. Pao until I remembered the things he told us in the end. Before he co...

Social Media and Calamities
on Sep 28, 2009 in The Vinculum Alfred Miguel Aguado Alps Aguado Calamity Google Inquirer New Social Media Ondoy orcom Organizational Communication Plurk Sahana Social Media Storm Tweet Twitter Typhoon UP Manila Yahoo I have been talking all about New Social Media in this blog and, maybe, some of you just want enough of it. Haha. Anyway, NSM has penetrated almost all aspects of our life and I have written about some of them here—most are in the context of busine...

A Triathlon Hosted by Ondoy
on Sep 28, 2009 in Life Alabang Alfred Miguel Aguado Alps Aguado Calamity Flood Manila Ondoy Philippines SLEX Typhoon September 26, 2009, 9:00 am: I left my house with my two sets of formal wear, one set of casual wear, two pairs of shoes and 150 freaking pieces of CDs. And oh, I have my umbrella which, apparently, has no match to Ondoy’s screaming power. I rode a...

An Easy Social Media Release
on Sep 21, 2009 in The Vinculum Guidelines New Social Media orcom Organizational Communication Press Release SMR Social Media Social Media Press Release Social Media Release UP Manila Web 2.0 You can see it everywhere: organizations, companies or even individuals distribute Press Releases to relevant opinion leaders or key people like the media. Press releases are done to spark public interest or to start a hype regarding a specific subje...

Of Viral Vlogs and Values
on Sep 15, 2009 in The Vinculum A week has passed since we started promoting our video. And I can tell everyone that it was indeed An Experience. Promotion may sound simple but, just like other things, it is easier said than done. I will be enumerating the different strategies and...