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iACADEMY’s iSCE eyes new heights for ASEAN Integration, welcomes new Executive Director

iACADEMY School of Continuing Education (iSCE) is pleased to welcome its new Executive Director, Mr. Jordan Imutan, who took the lead last July 2014. A seasoned professional whose career spans over two decades of industry innovation and excellence in the IT field, Mr. Imutan now tries to share his learnings and experiences through iSCE in the service of education.

As iSCE’s new leader, Mr. Imutan envisions different strategies of maintaining, improving and ensuring that iSCE continues its excellence through his direction. He sees how our fellow Filipinos can be up-skilled for the coming ASEAN Integration. The Integration is expected to open up and boost investments, create jobs and incomes in the whole region. All member states would then be open to zero import duties for ASEAN products and services by 2015, while all nationals within the state would then be allowed to freely work anywhere in the region without exclusions. Continue reading iACADEMY’s iSCE eyes new heights for ASEAN Integration, welcomes new Executive Director

What Happens To Your Digital Assets When You Die?

This may sound new but the truth is the digital world is ridiculously part of everyday lives of many Filipinos. And because it is part of almost every Filipino’s lives, digital assets are accumulated by them over time.

In our growing advocacy for financial literacy, not only do we teach how to build up wealth and valuable physical properties and how to take good care of them. We also would like to teach about taking care of one’s assets that are built up online.

If you are a blogger or an online seller, most probably you have accounts in online “money banks” and payment systems such as PayPal, Google Wallet, Stripe, Adyen, etc. You consider your money in these accounts as your digital asset. Continue reading What Happens To Your Digital Assets When You Die?

The Power of Images in Advocacies

Two years before, our event posters suck. Our advocacy group’s logo sucked. We could not create credible promotional materials because we were only relying on templates available on MS Powerpoint and Publisher. We sucked big time.

After going through a lot of searching for volunteers to improve the image and branding of Angat Pilipinas Coalition for Financial Literacy, I was able to hook up with one of our members at the Truly Rich Club. Through her I was reminded about the importance of having a strong brand image especially for an advocacy that seeks to reach out to more people and organizations.

And then several months later, I was able to meet another brother and good friend, who not only shared his time and knowledge to teach OFW’s about investing. He also assists in making great poster designs for our events and improvement in our logos.

In this post, I would like to honor these two people who matter a lot in the continual success of our financial literacy mission to Filipinos around the world using their passionate creativity and knack for visual arts. Continue reading The Power of Images in Advocacies