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| Sec. Herminio Coloma,
Jr., Head, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) with Mr. William Guido, President and CEO of Globaltronics, Inc., during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement and Endorsement by PCOO of Globaltronics’ 1st National Digital Arts Awards > Fast Forward Pilipinas! |
FAST FORWARD PILIPINAS!
Creativity Contest to Leapfrog Wealth
Creation for the Nation
A New Learning Revolution
The 1st
National Digital Arts Awards (NDAA) Fast Forward Pilipinas! was
launched November last year as a national contest to recognize young digital
artists and spur the growth of the digital art industry in the Philippines
With the rise of the digital art industry, more young people will become
economically empowered to support their families. In the course of the contest,
Globaltronics through its President
and CEO, Mr. William Guido, the lead presenter of the contest thought of
synergizing efforts of the academe, particularly those offering digital art in
their schools to train public high school students. In this manner, public high
school students or even out-of-school youth would learn digital art as a means
to rise above poverty to “fast forward” their lives.
From the original
concept, Globaltronics introduces a
new dimension to the contest. This time, Globaltronics
with its co-presenters will synergize with the academe, training professionals,
software providers, hardware suppliers, the advertising industry and government
to engage disadvantaged youth to fast forward their lives by capacitating them
with high value skills to help themselves and their families.
Success in Social Media
The 1st
National Digital Arts Awards >>> Fast Forward Pilipinas! has had as of
press time, 1600 likes, 1,500 contest mechanics and entry form downloads, some 100,000 people visit the Globaltronics Facebook page and over
1,000,000 people have been reached by its social media efforts. With the recent
success of the contest in social media – Globaltronics
intends to farm out to key contest themes to corporate partners. Cebuana
Lhuillier is considering becoming part of the Pinoy Pride Profiles, other
themes are Filipino Culture, places of interest or organizations, Filipino
cuisine and Filipino products.
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| Mr. Ricky Alegre, Chairman,
Ad Board, Director Ten Mariano, Head of New Media, PCOO, Ms. Tin Carreon, CRM Director, Globaltronics and Mr. Nato Agbayani, COO, Globaltronics. The NDAA seeks to recognize young digital artists nationwide and is co-presented with the Ad Board and the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines (OAAP) together with corporate and advocacy partners. |
Special K-12 Category
With the need to
create a larger and younger base of digital artists, visionary leader Mr. William
Guido has come up with a special contest category in the 12 and under segment.
Students who are below 12 years old can submit a one-minute video or an A3
sized poster design. This category hopes to start a digital art culture among
the young and train them to be the best in Asia .
In time - five to ten years from now, Globaltronics
sees the leapfrogging of the Philippines Taiwan into the semi-conductors center of Asia , the entire public and private sector synergized to
make this a reality. Since creativity is most significant asset of Filipinos,
Globaltronics believes that through the NDAA, the seeds can be planted now which
the country can reap in the coming years.
Contact Person: Nato Agbayani