My entry for the Certified Blog and Social Media Entrepreneur Pitching Contest sponsored by Digital Filipino.

1. The #CBSME Pitching Contest
Presented by
Herald C. Bebis
www.facebook.com/HeraldBebis
www.twitter.com/HeraldBebis
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2. Herald C. Bebis
Social Activist, Serial Volunteer, Community Organizer
and Environmental Advocate
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3. Organizer, #BangonAntique
1. Co-organized the #BangonAntique Relief and
Donation Drive for victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
in Antique
2. #BangonAntique T-shirt Fundraising Drive for Seaweed
Farmers in remote Caluya Islands affected by #Yolanda
Co-Founder, BangonAntique Youth Movement
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5. What moves Me
I consider myself as a serial volunteer and social activist.
I am passionate about contributing in the movement of
seeing positive change to the lives of our kasimanwas
(fellow Antiqueños), who for years have been taken for
granted by our leaders. I am an advocate of politics of
change that hopefully could bring new hopes and dreams
for a new and progressive Antique.
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6. The Great Idea
BALANGAY TOURS
BALANGAY TOURS aims to
develop and organize tour
services around the islands
and islets of Municipality of
Caluya, a remote and only
island municipality of
Antique Province heavily
dependent on mining
activity, providing
alternative source of
livelihood for the people.
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7. The Great Idea
BALANGAY TOURS
The enterprise envisions of
exploring and showcasing
the town’s hidden treasures
and beauty while the area
is still not totally ravaged
and destroyed by unabated
mining operations in the
nearby island.
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8. How can the #CBSME Program help us
The lessons and insights I could acquire from #CBSME
Program could help me and our fellow Antiqueno youth
leaders in Antique greatly in creating an effective campaign
of promoting the Balangay Tours project that we hope could
bring positive impact on the lives of our kasimanwas
in the islands of Caluya.
The program could equip me the necessary skills in
launching and implementing alternative ways of
promoting social tourism at the same time raising attention
on the plights of the residents of the area on issues of
environmental protection and sustainable livelihood practices.

9. Why I want to be a Certified Blog
and Social Media Entrepreneur
CBSME could be a life changing moment for me where I
could acquire necessary skills and knowledge,
equipping me with tools I could utilize in my journey
towards serving the welfare of my province for the rest
of my life.
I long for the day that I could bring my family to settle back
in my home province where I could contribute greatly in
advocating positive change on the many social issues
that our people is facing.
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10. Why I want to be a Certified Blog
and Social Media Entrepreneur
It fascinates me to look forward to utilize the power of
social media in making a difference in the lives of Antiquenos
Through social media marketing and advocacy campaign,
we could influence governance policy and public perception
on chartering new destiny for a new Antique.
As our guiding motto in #BangonAntique says, “crafting new
dreams and hopes for a new Antique”, I hope that through th
program I could be an instrument of change and contribute
positive impact in the life of my beloved Antique.
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11. Thank you!
Herald C. Bebis
www.facebook.com/HeraldBebis
www.twitter.com/HeraldBebis
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12. Photo credits:
Slide 6.
Semirara Mining Corporation
www.semiraramining.com
Slide 7.
Photos 1 and 2 taken from the Facebook Page of Kruhay! Antiqueño!
https://www.facebook.com/Kruhay-Antiqueño
Photo 3 taken from http://stevedeneef.com/the-seaweed-farmers-of-caluya
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