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Let's take a quick sneak peak back to our cultural roots with none other than FILIOLOGY co-founder, Gwendolyn Torres! In this episode, we talk about native art, sustainable culture, and rediscovering an appreciation for local weavers.   

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Gwen has diverse experience from multiple industries in Silicon Valley, USA and Metro Manila, Philippines: education, real estate, venture capital, property management, telecom, retail, defense and architecture. The majority of her experience comes from marketing in various fields, particularly in the field of school architecture, where her love for design, psychology, technology, engineering, community relations, environmentalism and entrepreneurship converged. Her experience with architecture has lead her to venture towards running her own businesses and working with various non-profits, start-ups and social enterprises, including Filiology.  Her specialty has been diving deep into company or even industry-wide operations & marketing to find the authentic voice and unique value proposition for each of the industries/companies she has worked with and communicating these messages through multiple channels using her skills in writing, photography, analytics, video content creation, graphic design, and even space design. This enables an entity/industry to solidify their strategies from backend operations to front-facing digital and brick & mortar spaces. Find out more from our cultural roots with none other than FILIOLOGY co-founder, Gwendolyn Torres!  #ESMEPhilippines #SustainableCulture 

As we keep up with the modern world, people live in fast-paced lifestyle that may have a great effect on our environment and ecological balance. The carbon footprint worsens the issue on climate change and other environmental degradation. Wondering how you can help in measuring and minimizing our carbon footprint? Find out her and be a part of the solution through this episode with Jonas Marie Dumdum.  

 ABOUT THE GUEST

Jonas Marie Dumdum is a duly PRC Registered Chemist and a graduate of the University of the Philippines Los Baños with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He pursued his master studies in Renewable Energy and Resource Management in the University of South Wales in 2017 and a program on Leadership in Project Management for Development at the Asian Institute of Management in 2018.  In 2016, he became the Strategic Planning Officer of Oxychem Corporation, and International Business Development Officer of Solar Corporation 2 years later., He currently works as an Associate Consultant for Sustainability of GCSS Incorporated.  He specializes in renewable energy technology, hydrogen and advanced energy research, waste management practices, strategic planning, vlogging and podcasting among others.

This episode will help you produce evidence-based scientific content, maximize your professional skills, and transform your skills into profitable content, at the comfort of your own home. While many people have lost their day jobs amid the current crisis, the virtual workplace continues to grow as an ecosystem for the modern professional. With the much-needed job opportunities and the spread of misinformation in today's society, a perfect solution is offered by scientific writing.  

ABOUT THE GUEST Ron Culvera is a biologist, finishing Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) from the world's oldest extant university in Asia, the University of Santo Tomas. He has been writing evidence-based content everyday for years now. He also teaches Biomedical courses to incoming doctors and pharmacists.

Sick of constantly plateauing in your fitness progress? Or perhaps you’ve struggled with keeping up a regimen?

Rising topics such as climate change, sustainability, and the risk of Covid-19, have all played pivotal roles in the growing movement of millennials migrating outside Metro Manila. As a generation known for their fearless and adventurous living, they are leaving desk jobs for a more alternative lifestyle away from the city.

In this podcast episode, we have our special guest Chad Turingan to share his experience and stories in farming, business, and the whole idea of being an Agripreneur. He is now creating his dream farm life in Cagayan Valley and was featured because of his 20-foot tall library in Real Living, and shared by different digital publications like EsquireMag.ph, @previewph and @spotph.

Once a Speech Pathologist in the US, and an Entrepreneur owning a Call Center in Cagayan, he now likes to call himself a farmer; and shares his adventures on his social media pages. Chad is creating a dream farm life on a mountain slope in Enrile, Cagayan; surrounded by an amazing view of hills and forests, including the Sierra Madre mountain range.

This episode is for anyone who is interested in the idea of homesteading, living off the grid, or anyone searching for a more purposeful, and meaningful way of living. Chad will share his own personal wins and challenges in building a sustainable farm.

Exams, whether you’re a student or a professional can be nerve wracking! But when its one that determines your future? The pressure to do well can almost feel like too much! Not to worry! Our next webinar is with Robert Borjal, the founder and owner of 10-Minute IELTS. IELTS is the high stakes English test for international study, migration and work. If you’re looking to study or work abroad, then its probably a test you’ll have to encounter at some point! From studying to understanding the scoring system, it can feel difficult to do on your own that’s why we’re learning about Robert’s tried and tested tips to passing the IELTS!

ABOUT THE GUEST

Robert Borjal is the founder and owner of 10Minute IELTS - International, where he provides world-class training and develops quality learning systems for clients around the world. Developed and implemented the Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of several training institutes such as SM Development Corp Training Division, TalkShop Learning Centre, Studio ATD and 9.0 Niner IELTS Review Center. Developed the English communication skills of thousands of Filipinos in collaboration with the number one International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Review Center in the Philippines, 9.0 Niner. Composed IELTS review books entitled “Writing for a 9.0”, “Reading for a 9.0”, and “Complete IELTS Guidebook” which drastically improved the band scores of 9.0 Niner students in the Philippines. He holds an IELTS Training Certification from Cambridge University.

Most of us can dream about being an entrepreneur and building a successful startup, but what does it really take to be someone who gets paid to play? When starting up a business you need to learn the basics. Knowing the right way enables you to have the best chance of success. In this episode, we find out what skills we need and how to develop our knowledge as well as possibly expand on these skills over time. Join the discussion with Carl Calimon as he widens our knowledge on the Anatomy of scaling up our Start-Up Businesses!

Fair Trade is considered a pillar of corporate social responsibility today. However, many business people and policymakers in the trade sector still do not know whether fair trade can effectively enhance the overall sustainability of their businesses and industries. Fairtrade offers a sustainable solution for development, considering, that it advocates for the whole organization - to take responsibility and develop trust with its stakeholders.

Join the discussion as Voltaire Alferez shares some lessons from building a "fair trade" organization from the ground up.

This episode is brought to you by ASEAN Youth Organization - Philippines, ESME Philippines with Rotaract One ASEAN, Rotary Club, and Rotaract of Alabang Madrigal Business Park

Many people aspire to create their own empires or companies, but how does one begin to establish a successful company? Where did they start? How did they get investors?  How do we create a stable and scalable company? Developing a company is without a doubt challenging, demanding, and overall intimidating, however, it takes the willingness of an individual to persevere and go through such trials to achieve the dream of becoming their own CEO. Learn relevant lessons and tips to make your dreams of creating a company come to fruition!

Joins us in this episode to grasp how Arijit became ready and began an investor-ready company.

The Youth Talk Series is brought to you by ASEAN Youth Organization - Philippines, ESME Philippines with Rotaract One ASEAN, Rotary Club and Rotaract of Alabang Madrigal Business Park, ASEAN Youth Journal, Rotaract One ASEAN, and Rotary District 3830.

About the Guest.

Arijit Bhattacharyya is the Founder & CEO – Of virtualinfocom - India's one of the first game development & VR app development company since 1998.

He is a Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Public Speaker (Since 2008), Business Matchmaking Expert, Government Advisor, Artist, Author, Community Builder (Since 2010), Game Programmer (Since 1998 from legacy to latest game engines), Virtual Reality Specialist (Since 2006 with VRML to C# using game engines), AI Evangelist (Since 2002), Blockchain Specialist (Since 2018 mainly in fintech, crypto and health tech) & Globe Trotter (Travelled 36 countries till date with over 56 countries business network), Startup Mentor. Ex-Hony secretary of TiE Kolkata, IT subcommittee member CII.

We’re facing the reality and the roles that come with being an adult can be pretty overwhelming. As adults, we are confronted with many responsibilities, which can heavily be stressful at times. But there's no more going back to our childhood as we embark on our new journey. Join the discussion in learning important tips to be better adults and how you can show up for yourself when times do get difficult. In all its intricacies and complications, adulting can be quite hectic! In this podcast episode, Eli Harrel says it doesn’t have to be!

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Eli Harrell is a serial entrepreneur, student of the human experience, and consummate problem solver who, through the painful process of trial and error has become a mapmaker for others. After more than a decade of building successful businesses in the construction industry in Atlanta, he started realizing that he had been pursuing the typical version of success most of us are, but had been failing to ask himself who he was becoming, not to mention who did he want to become and what was he doing to get there.  

In his early 30s he sold his businesses and started making changes- abandoning the path prescribed and focusing on building his life intentionally around experiences and growth. After moving his family to Asia in 2014 at the age of 37, he spent 5 years prioritizing learning and personal growth over income.  

He is the Co-founder & President of Valhalla - a company based in Cebu, Philippines that builds extended software teams for scaling tech companies. He also speaks internationally on leadership and personal mastery and advises select startups.  

Eli's mission is to help as many humans as possible to take more ownership of their own personal mastery, and to learn habits of leveraging our unlimited knowledge resources. He believes that to be happy, humans need a feeling of progress and that we actually need to move toward what makes us uncomfortable in order to maintain lifelong growth and learning.  

He is currently writing a book called Scary = Happy to help more people make the realization he made and shift their relationship with what scares them.