Last October 24, all roads led to Cagayan de Oro as the city of golden friendship hosted the largest gathering bloggers from all over Mindanao. This year’s iteration of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit was ably organized by the CDO Bloggers, Inc.

With the event theme, “Changing the way people see Mindanao” – Notable speakers shared their thoughts on Mindanao, leadership, business, and tourism. Highlight of the morning session was U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett who talked about the United State’s peace and development efforts in Mindanao.

In the afternoon, the focus was on blogging. Aileen Apolo, of Google Philippines, talked about blogging for beginners. Internet marketing expert, Janette Toral, followed with tips on how to effectively market blogs through social media while  I shared about blog monetization using Google Adsense.

Jim Haw, Jr. (Davao City), Avel Manansala (General Santos City), Ryann Elumba (Zambaonga), and Edu Segundo (Cagayan de Oro) gave updates about their respective blogging communities.

Overall, the event was a success and was well attended with approximately 80 participants.

The 3rd Mindanao Bloggers Summit was generously sponsored by the following:

Nokia OVI - www.ovi.com
Smart Communication - smart.com.ph
Make Your Own Havaianas - spruce.ph
1st Rafting Adventures - www.raftingadventurephilippines.com
UltraCraft - ultracraftadvertising.com
Syntactics - syntacticsinc.com
Majesty Sales Center
Clara’s Shoppe -  clarashoppe.multiply.com
MakatiAve.com - makatiave.com
Asterisk Event and Communications - asteriskeventsandcommunications.com
Loretos Bar and Grill – Loretos Bar and Grill