Meet-up with Smart’s CSR peeps
It was a very engaging dinner and get-together I had last night with Nick Wilwayco and her colleagues in Smart Communications. They were in town for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project by Smart, and Nick took the opportunity to meet me and discuss a SmartBro issue I had raised earlier. She made good on her word to help me follow it up with the SmartBro people.
Being part of a different department within Smart, Nick really went out of her way to address my problem, and I really appreciate it. Thank you very much, Nick, Judee and Haydee for that wonderful evening!
At Krua Thai last night, I was also apprised of some of what Smart is currently accomplishing in terms of CSR. Coincidentally, their ongoing project involved a blogger friend of mine, Kring Elenzano, who delivered a presentation to a group of Visayas- and Mindanao-based teachers and students on Internet videography. Smart is conducting a nationwide series of educational programs that hope to enable disenfranchised students and educators to get up to speed in the world of Internet citizenship.
What I find admirable is this telecommunications company’s commitment to conduct outreach programs that benefit the less fortunate. I wholeheartedly agree with what Nick and her colleagues said about developing the talent of schoolchildren in underdeveloped areas: that they can very well be the source of wonderful ideas. Who knows what these kids can accomplish given the right resources?
But what I find even more admirable is the dedication that I could clearly see in the three smart women I was with last night. Smart’s CSR programs are certainly in the right hands!
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SMART’s outreach program is commendable. I like that they find it their responsibility to give back to the community.
Kudos to SMART!
Thanks for this post, blogie. It’s refreshing to see major corporations in a different light.
They’re actually interested in tapping the Mindanao Bloggers group as resource persons for their projects. I told them YES!
Hi Blogie – Going back to the issue that you had with Smart, which I also have.. with the Smart Portal redirects… Can you write another article about what they plan to do? Will they be stopping it, because it has gotten annoyingly worse.
You know what’s grimly funny, Bob? As I was editing and saving this very blog post, that pesky portal page insinuated itself on my browser again!! Sheesh…
I appreciate what Nick, Judee and Haydee did for me yesterday — and they were pretty sincere about their desire to help too. But I’m afraid this thing’s outside their sphere of influence. I just hope they’ll be somehow able to make their tech guys realize this ghastly mistake. The three did get to appreciate the problem after I’d explained it to them.
Yes, Bob, I will write about this again — hopefully a post that will be more on the up side. :goodluck:
Thanks, Blogs. I’ll look forward to hearing more.
Nice post.
I am a Smartbro user myself and I do blog about Smart and their services often.
It’s good to know that they will be tapping Mindanao bloggers for their projects. I will gladly join if there’s one.
Btw, I live in Mati but comes to Davao almost every weekend. I hope we can be friends guys.
You’re more than welcome to join our activities. Keep tabs on this blog to know what’s upcoming.
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