The DigitalFilipino.com Club will be having its 15th networking event this November 21, Monday, 2:00 to 6:00 pm. The venue shall be at the Ramcar Room, Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Acceed Conference Center, Benavides St. corner Paseo De Roxas St., Makati City.

Our sincerest thanks to our corporate member, GFK Marketing Services (http://www.gfkasia.com), for hosting our small get together.

This gathering is exclusive for DigitalFilipino.com Club members only and are requested to confirm attendance for food count purposes. (Guests who are interested to participate should sign up as a club member prior to the event.)

Agenda shall be as follows:

1:30 - 2:00
Registration

2:00 - 2:30
Introduction by each club member

2:30 - 2:45
Club membership updates

2:45 - 3:15
Lessons Learned in Running an Online Prepaid Reloading Business (Erick Kalugdan, Load.com.ph)

3:15 - 3:30
Snacks

3:30 - 4:30
Consumer Technology Market in the Philippines: Current and Trend Update (Vu The Du, General Manager, GFK Marketing Services)

Find out:
1. What are Consumer Technology products (CTV, Mobile Phone, Home Appliances, digital products...)?
2. What is the market value of the Philippines Consumer Technology market?
3. What features, brand, price, and where the Philippines consumers buy such products?

4:30 - 6:00
Networking among members

Interested non-members are requested to sign up as a member prior to November 21 and confirm attendance for food count purposes. There are two types of membership:

Individual
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/2356/

Corporate
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/7324/

We hope you can join. Thank you.

The DigitalFilipino.com Club will be having its 14th networking event this October 25, Tuesday, 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The venue shall be at the InfoWeapons, Unit 1001 Keppel Center, Cardinal Rosales Avenue, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City.

Our sincerest thanks to InfoWeapons (http://www.infoweapons.com) for hosting our small get together.

This gathering is exclusive for DigitalFilipino.com Club members only and are requested to confirm attendance for food count purposes. Each club member is entitled to bring one guest for this meeting.

Agenda shall be as follows:

6:00 - 6:30
Registration

6:30 - 6:45
Introduction by each club member

6:45 - 7:15
The State of E-Commerce in the Philippines (by Janette Toral)

7:15 - 7:45
High-Tech Start-Up Experience (by Lawrence Hughes, InfoWeapons)

7:45 - 8:00
Networking among members

Interested non-members are requested to sign up as a member prior to October 25 and confirm attendance for food count purposes. There are two types of membership:

Individual
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/2356/

Corporate
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/7324/

We hope you can join. Thank you.

The DigitalFilipino.com Club will be having its 13th networking event this October 14, Friday, 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm. The venue shall be at the Bureau of Internal Revenue - National Training Center, BIR
Compound, BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City.

Our sincerest thanks to Commissioner Lilia Guillermo of the Bureau of Internal Revenue for accommodating our request.

This gathering is exclusive for DigitalFilipino.com Club members only and are requested to confirm attendance for food count purposes. Each club member is entitled to bring one guest for this meeting.

Agenda shall be as follows:

1:30 - 1:45
Registration

1:45 - 2:00
Introduction by each club member

2:00 - 2:30
Managing a Software Translation Project (Oliver Robillo, Executive Director of Association of Solutions Integrator in Davao)
Oliver provides Japanese translation services for documents and software. He will discuss the language translation project lifecycle, in-house/outsourcing consideration, necessary equipment/software, pricing, quality control, and lessons learned.

2:30 - 5:00
Tax briefing for freelance I.T. (also non I.T.) consultants and professionals
- How can one be accreditted as professional and apply for a receipt (without registering a company) to the BIR.
- Applicable professional taxes and EVAT
- How to enroll in the Electronic Filing and Payment System
- How to monitor tax payments of clients on professional taxes deducted.
- Schedule of tax payments that freelance I.T. (also non I.T.) consultants and professionals should know of.

5:00 - 6:00
Networking among members

Interested non-members are requested to sign up as a member prior to October 14 and confirm attendance for food count purposes. There are two types of membership:

Individual
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/2356/

Corporate
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/7324/

We hope you can join. Thank you.

The DigitalFilipino.com Club will be having its 12th networking event this September 22, Thursday, 4 pm to 7:00 pm. The venue shall be at RACKS Restaurant, El Pueblo Real De Manila Dona Julia Vargas Ave. corner ADB Avenue, San Antonio, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Our sincerest thanks to our newest corporate club member, XMG Asia Pacific (http://www.xmg-global.com/), for sponsoring this club meeting.

This gathering is exclusive for DigitalFilipino.com Club members only and are requested to confirm attendance for food count purposes. Each club member is entitled to bring one guest for this meeting.

Agenda shall be as follows:

4:00 - 4:15
Registration

4:15 - 4:30
Introduction by each club member

4:30 - 5:00

1. Membership updates

2. Industry and research updates

- Proposed Draft: Protection of Personal Data in an Information Communication Systems for the Private Sector (A Department of Trade and Industry initiative to further provide clarification on the data protection and privacy provisions under the E-Commerce Law)

Club members are encouraged to bring their copy of the DigitalFilipino e-commerce book to have quick reference to the E-Commerce Law.

5:00 - 6:00

- Wellness and Attrition in the IT and IT-Enabled Services Sector (HR Practices Project)
by Cesar Tolentino, XMG Asia Pacific

6:00 - 7:00
Networking among members

Interested non-members are requested to sign up as a member prior to September 22 and confirm attendance for food count purposes. There are two types of membership:

Individual
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/2356/

Corporate
http://www.e-commercephilippines.com/x.pro/ModShop/ShowProduct/7324/

We hope you can join. Thank you.

This August 30, the DigitalFilipino.com Club will be having a briefing on the State of Internet and E-Commerce in the Philippines. This is being organized to attract individuals (in joining the DigitalFilipino.com Club) working in some of the top companies who are heavy B2B e-commerce users in the country today.

This is also in preparation for our next major get-together this October. Will keep you posted!