Bloggers, journalists, geeks, online and offline personalities, including some student leaders from different universities around Cebu were in attendance at Marcelo Fernan Press Center , Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu last Sept. 22 to join the first ever Social Good Summit Cebu.

Social Good Summit
Social Good Summit is an international event spearheaded by the United Nations Foundation and Mashable. The summit aims to bunch up technologists, passionate activists, as well as influential minds to unlock the great potential of new media and technology in the goal of making the world a better place.




Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc. (CBSi) having being invited by Mashable Meetup Organizing Group to host the annual event locally had prepared a couple of awareness talks including:

State of the Social Media Scene in Cebu
          by Mr. Ruben Licera Jr., CBSi President

Definition of Social Media Responsibility
          by Dr. Narciso Tapia , Medical Blogger

Inspiring change through Blogging and Social Media
          by Ms. Nancy Cudis, 1st CMEA Blogger of the Year

Social Movement via Social Media 
          by Atty. Aristotle “Totol” Batuhan, founder of Abante Barangay Movement

Legal Issues
          by Atty. Ethelbert Ouano, Law Professor at the University of San Jose Recoletos

Jaysee Pingkian promotes CBSi ActNow Project.
During the summit, Jaysee Pingkian, Outreach Committee Chair of CBSi pointed out amid his introduction on "ActNow", an outreach Project of CBSi that social media is a good place to venture the goal of making the world a better place. Also Jaysee had shared a number of hashtags for the campaign including #sgscebu #sgsglobal #actnow. You might want to join the global discussion so include the hashtags on your tweets.

Make the world a better place!