Hello everyone!

We’re back with another month of mobile knowledge! This month we will be talking about mobile health and near field technology.

Mobile Health (mHealth) will be discussed by Sergio Arroyo, Founder and CEO of Ascendant Technologies. His company has been providing information technology solutions to the medical industry since 2003.

Near Field Communications (NFC) will be discussed by Charo Nuguid, one of Mobile Monday Manila’s co-founders. She is also a consultant for training and development in Java and Android technologies.

While we only have two topics for the night, we will have several people giving their five-minute pitches to introduce their new mobile projects, services and activities. If you’re interested in taking advantage of the three-minute pitch, just let us know at mobilemondaymanila@gmail.com.

As usual, there will be free drinks and food. Feel free to mingle with everyone else during the meeting as well.

Please note the dress code in the German Club: no short pants, flip-flops or slippers!

So come on over! We missed you!

MoMo Manila 2012.07: mHealth and NFC

Meeting Schedule (schedule subject to shift depending on the arrival of the speakers)

06:30 pm – 07:00 pm – Registration

07:00 pm – 07:15 pm – Introductions / networking

07:15 pm – 07:30 pm – mHealth by Sergio Arroyo

07:30 pm – 07:35 pm – mHealth Q&A

07:35 pm – 07:45 pm – Networking break

07:45 pm – 08:00 pm – NFC by Charo Nuguid

08:00 pm – 08:05 pm – NFC Q&A

08:05 pm – 08:15 pm – Networking break

08:15 pm – 09:00 pm – Three-minute presentations / Pitches

It's the month of February! And with that we also begin our first meeting for 2012. So, what's up us in the year of the dragon? That's what we'll be talking about.

Our theme for this evening is Mobile Trends and Insights 2012. We will be discussing TOP-OF-THE-PYRAMID statistics on the current Mobile ecosystem and what trends might happen in 2012. Afterwhich Globe Telecom, the World Food Programme, and Ayala Foundation will be sharing their insights on using mobile technology at the BOTTOM-OF-THE-PYRAMID especially since Philippines is NOT a smartphone country.

Leigh Reyes (President and Chief Creative Officer, Lowe Philippines) will start the meeting with an overview of our topic for the night.

Rob Nazal (Corporate Social Responsibility, Globe Telecom) will then present how mobile innovations can be a game changer for the bottom of the pyramid.

Mario Deriquito (Director, Ayala Foundation) will be discussing how the mobile solution Text2Teach is making an impact on education.

We hope to have Stephen Anderson (Country Representative, World Food Programme) in our meeting to introduce to us Conditional Cash Transfer. We also hope Gonzalo Plaza (BridgeIT Program Manager) will join us to share what he has learned in implementing mobile education in Chile.

In this month of hearts, we intend to start this year as a socially-aware mobile community. We look forward to seeing you on February 6, 2012, 7pm-9pm at the Corporate Showroom, Valero Telepark, 111 Valero St., Salcedo Village, Makati City.

Sign up now for MoMo Manila 2012.02: Mobile Trends and Insights 2012! As usual, attendance is free as well as the pizza and beer!

MoMo Manila 2012.02: Mobile Trends and Insights 2012

6 February 2012, 7pm – 9pm
Corporate Showroom, Valero Telepark, 111 Valero St., Salcedo Village, MAKATI CITY

Program

Session Overview: MOBILE TRENDS AND INSIGHTS 2012
by Leigh Reyes, President and Chief Creative Officer, Lowe Philippines

Presentation 1: GLOBE BRIDGING COMMUNITIES – “THE GAME CHANGER FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID”
By Rob Nazal, Corporate Social Responsibility, Globe Telecom

Presentation 2: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER – MOBILE PAYMENTS FOR A BETTER LIFE
By Stephen Anderson, Country Representative, World Food Programme (to be confirmed)

Presentation 3: TEXT2TEACH – BRINGING LIFE TO LEARNING
By Mario A. Deriquito, Director, Ayala Foundation
*** With sharing of learnings/insights on mobile education implementation in Chile by Mr. Gonzalo Plaza, the BridgeIT Program Manager (to be confirmed)

We’re nearing the end of the year, boys and girls! The MoMo Manila team has decided to take a Christmas break this December. But before we do, let’s all celebrate Christmas a bit early and look back on the great first half we’ve had!

So we are inviting you to our Christmas party on November 28, 2011. We’ll be back at the German Club with no other agenda but to have fun.  We’ll be giving a short rundown on what we as a community have achieved in 2011.  We’re inviting back our first Mobile Bayani awardees to hand them their trophies.  We’ll have games and prizes. Of course, we still have free beer and food to go around!

We hope you can come and celebrate with us! Sign up for the party now!

If you wish to help us put together the party in cash or in kind, do contact us at mobilemondaymanila@gmail.com.

See you there!

The next Mobile Monday meeting is all set for Oct 24 and we’ll be talking about mobile monetization. You got insights? Come over and share them! You got a new product? Pitch it to the crowd – your very own 2 minutes of fame.

Our Speakers!

Johan Kremer, RIM

Johan Kremer is Head of Alliances and Developer Relations for SEA, RIM Singapore. He’ll be coming over to let us know about what RIM is doing over at their platform.

Norbert Aquende, Microsoft

Norbert Aquende is currently the Most Valued Professional (MVP) for Microsoft Windows Phone 7. He’s going to show us what the WP7 can give back to its developers.

Mobile Monday Manila will be meeting on Oct 24, 7pm to 9pm at the following venue:

Calle Sirocco Restaurant and Lounge
22-A Jupiter corner Galaxy Street, Bgy, Bel-Air, Makati City

Register now here.

Enjoy listening to the speakers and meeting like-minded people over beer and pizza from our sponsors..

Hi Everyone,

Thanks to Ms. Edna Belleza from GMA NMI we are able to  share her  PowerPoint with You, our followers

The slides were presented during our recent MoMo Manila  event (Sept. 19) and outline GMA NMI’s efforts to build a ‘new’ generation of reliable Online Measurement systems. Further, they include also some neat stats, but find out for yourselves!

You can view them here! Enjoy it!

Your MoMoManila team.

It’s September! This month we’ll be talking all about the mobile Internet. We will have speakers talking about local efforts to get a grip on how to measure your reach into the vast universe of the mobile Internet, the cool products running on the mobile Internet and the state of the mobile Internet in the Philippines.

Confirmed speakers of the night are:

Ms. Eiko Raquel, Business Development Manager of  Yahoo Philippines, will share with us her insights on mobile surfing behavior around apps and browser.

Ms. Edna Belleza, CIO of GMA NMI,  will give us an update on the latest developments on online and mobile reach measurement, driven by a consortium of local publishers.

Ms. Patricia Mulles, CEO of ThumbMob,  will talk about their latest product Vuclip, bringing mobile video services to the masses.

We are also opening the floor to individuals or groups who want to pitch an idea to the MoMo community. As usual, we are allotting only a few minutes for this, so please let us know beforehand!

MoMoManila this September will be at the Microsoft office (16/F 6750 Ayala Office Tower, 6750 Ayala Ave., Makati City) on September 19, 2011, 7PM to 9:00PM.

Pre-registration is now open so come on and sign in!  Get your friends to attend as well!

Remember: attendance and beer are free!

 

August has come and we’re ready to honor our industry heroes in The 1st Mobile Bayani Awards! You nominated them and we picked the top three among them. There were some nominees that we expected to see on the list. But boy were we surprised to find some unknown gems that made a difference! See the people and organizations we will be honoring as our first Mobile Bayanis!

Aside from the awards, we will also be having speakers from the International Game Developers Association – Manila Chapter who will be discussing the state of mobile gaming in the Philippines.

As usual, will be giving you a chance to mingle and network with all the other attendees. In fact, we encourage you to meet as many as you can! We’re glad to know that MobileMonday Manila has become a place where new partnerships between companies have been forged.

Pre-registration is open so come on and sign in! Get your friends to attend as well!

When	22 Aug 19:00 – 21:00
Admission	Free Bring your ticket so we can check you in!
Location	German Club Manila, Philippines – MAP

Attendance is free as usual. There will be free drinks (beer, softdrinks, water) and finger food. If you would like something heavier, feel free to order from the German Club’s menu at your own expense.

The 1st Mobile Bayani Awards aim to acknowledge the three Filipino individuals, companies or non-profit organizations that made an indelible footprint in our local mobile space.  These are the heroes who have made the most impact on the local mobile scene.  Some may never have even been properly recognized for their contributions.

From now until August 12, 2011, MobileMonday Manila will be accepting nominations for the 1st Mobile Bayani Awards.  Anyone may nominate an individual, company or non-profit organization as a Mobile Bayani. Winners will be awarded at the Aug. 15th Aug. 22nd MoMo Manila meeting.

It’s July folks!  Finally the wet season is here!  There’s a mighty good chance that there’ll be rain during this month’s Mobile Monday meeting.  But hopefully rain on our meeting means wealth that is coming!

Speaking of wealth, this month we’ll be touching on mobile payments.   The meeting will be held on July 18, 2011, 7pm to 9pm at the German Club in Makati City.

We have invited guest speakers who will enlighten us regarding the laws governing local mobile payments as well as how mobile banking has changed the lives of people locally.

Besides some interesting presentations, we will also have time to mingle and network with everyone.  

We’re also opening the floor to people who wish to give a five-minute pitch about the mobile product, services, or needs.  If you are interested to give a pitch, do get in touch with us for more information.  Your talk does not have to be in line with the topic of the night.  Just make sure it deals with the mobile space.

Attendance is free as usual.  There will be free drinks (beer, softdrinks, water) and finger food.  If you would like something heavier, feel free to order from the German Club’s menu at your own expense.

Pre-registration is now open so come on and sign in!  Get your friends to attend as well!

We have something AWESOME to announce on July 18, so don’t dare miss it! (And no, it’s not like facebook’s awesome!) http://j.mp/rucogD

See you at the German Club!

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Starting a business in any category is never easy. Those in the mobile industry face their own unique challenges. In June’s MobileMonday Manila (MoMo Manila) held at the German Club in Makati, two startup founders shared their stories.

Ramon Pastor engaged the eighty-plus attendees with his love story. He traced the beginnings of his mobile romance to Nokia and Palm. He spurned Apple’s iOS for several years until he became lovestruck by the App Store. Today, Pastor’s Numlock Solutions has its own apps in the App Store, including Wallet Whiz (which helps you track your spending against a budget) and StreetSmart (the first user-contributed road traffic app for Philippine mobiles). Recently, he branched out into Android development. 

Chikka is one of the pioneer brands in the local mobile scene. Chito Bustamante, its co-founder, gave two memorable pieces of advice to the mobile community during his talk: “Build. Build. Build.” and “Upak”. Bustamante found himself in the heart of Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom. Upon returning to the Philippines in the late nineties, he noticed how everyone he passed had their heads bowed, texting. (Back then, “texting” was still a relatively new phenomenon.) This inspired him and his partners to start up Chikka. They coded at work, then they went home and coded some more (thus, “upak” or, roughly translated, “just beat it up”). As a testament to the longevity of their idea, Chikka counts 5 million users today.

MobileMonday Manila’s sponsors include Novare, Out There Media, Lowe Philippines and Technoodling.net. The next gathering of mobile professionals, marketers, developers and enthusiasts is on July 18. Mobile Payments and the community-sourced Mobile Bayani awards are on the agenda.  Stay tuned for more insights and learning from the leaders and makers of the Philippine mobile industry.

More than a voluntary forum for knowledge sharing, MoMo Manila it is also a one-stop networking hub for anyone interested in the mobile space. For sponsorship or attendance inquiries, contact us through http://momomanila.tumblr.com.