Kuala Lumpur, 28^th July 2010 – Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010 held on 28^th & 29^th July 2010 at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel was a huge success and saw a crowd of 400 people from across Asia.

Datuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Federal Territories and Urban Well Being Minister, said in his closing speech at the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010 yesterday, that blogs and social media play an important role in society, and due efforts be given to improve such activities, blogging is not all negative as perceived by some. He shared, The Ministry’s BlogforFT competition held earlier this year showed blogging helped highlight the positive aspects of Malaysian society. He said, the ministry explores many avenues to engage with the people and he spends a set time on Facebook to keep in touch with the people and address their grouses and complaints. He encouraged people to use the Internet and reap its full benefit.

Shahul Hameed

Shahul Hameed, Chief Executive Officer at My Events International the organizer of this event, said, “with the advent advancement of social media in the world today, individuals and businesses are looking for creative ways to take advantage of it.

The keynote address was presented by Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. As one of the global elder statesman, he is also a prominent blogger. His note was on Building a Community around Your Cause by Attracting and Engaging People. The conference saw prominent bloggers and social media experts across Asia discussed various topics on how social media can increase an organization’s bottom-line. Just to name a few were Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes, CEO of Air Asia Malaysia; Paul Moss, General Manager of Alt Media who is better known as one of the judges of 8TV’s “One In A Million Show”; Oliver “Blogie” Robillo of Mindanao Bloggers Community and Marina Mahathir, just to name a few.

Sitting (Left to Right) Mondi Mecja, Director – Sales & Marketing, Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Chee Pok Jin, Chief Marketing Officer, Celcom Axiata Berhad, Shahul Hameed, Group CEO, MY Events International, Kuna Senathirajah, Director – Investment Management, Wawasan QI Properties Sdn Bhd, Yazmeen Abdul Razak, Manager, E-Marketing & School of Professional & Executive Education (SPEED), Asia e University, Joyce Wong, Owner & Blogger, KinkyBlueFairy.com

“This conference offers great insights into the realm of social media, enabling us to better understand our customers; ultimately to better serve their needs for mobile connectivity in the fast paced environment, it is indeed very apt for us to be part of this conference, Celcom is after all the pioneer in the introduction of the Facebook and tweet services via SMS, said Chee Pok Jin, Chief Marketing Officer at Celcom, the main partner for this conference.

“The introduction of social media has changed how we live our lives. Now, we are able to update our ‘status’ every other second and everyone ‘connected’ to us will know instantaneously. We believe that this new sphere is the way forward and we want to be a part of this growing phenomenon where information spreads online faster than fire. Recognizing the impact of the social media, Celcom continuously innovate its product offerings to enable our customers to be constantly connected anytime, anywhere”, he added.

“I think the conference was great in the sense that it helped many of its delegates better understand the world of Social Media and how to approach the platforms or people involved in the correct manner. Besides being a speaker myself, I also learnt some new pointers from the other speakers, and was pleased to network my brand in a more personal manner other than my online presence on the www”, shared Joyce Kirsten Wong, a panelist, whose blog site is www.kinkybluefairy.net.

The targeted audiences were from the bloggers community, young upcoming professionals and most importantly grass root individuals to name a few.

This event will definitely be an eye opener for social media practitioners to gain knowledge and exchange ideas as well as foster business relationships. On a larger scope, it has put Malaysia on the map being recognized as a place where unity in diversity is being practiced through healthy blogging and which could compute and generate mass interest in this 21^st century era of social media networking.

Sponsors and Partners pose for picture at the Press Conference

The event organized by My Events International, was supported by Ministry of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing, Ministry of Information, Communication & Culture, Ministry of Higher Education, Cyber Security Malaysia and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). Main partner for this inaugural conference is CELCOM. Other supporting partners are QNet and Asia E University (AeU).

Official Website: www.myevents-intl.com/asianbloggers

 By Asia Pacific Correspondent : Rani Wemel
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