Noemi Lardizabal-Dado
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado is a Content Strategist with over 15 years experience in blogging, content management, citizen advocacy and media literacy and over 25 years in web development. Otherwise known as @MomBlogger on social media, she believes in making a difference in the lives of her children by advocating social change for social good.
She is a co-founder and a member of the editorial board of Blog Watch . She is a resource speaker on media literacy, social media , blogging, digital citizenship, good governance, transparency, parenting, women’s rights and wellness, and cyber safety.
Her personal blogs such as aboutmyrecovery.com (parenting) , pinoyfoodblog.com (recipes), techiegadgets.com (gadgets) and beautyoverfifty.net (lifestyle), benguetarabica.coffee keep her busy outside of Blog Watch.
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I am an advocate. I am NOT neutral. I will NOT give social media mileage to members of political clans, epal, a previous candidate for the same position and those I believe are a waste of taxpayers' money.
I do not support or belong to any political party. I will vote for Vice President Leni Robredo as my President in the 2022 National Elections.
On August 5, 2021, YouTube announced that I was selected as one of 50 Program participants of its Creator Program for Independent Journalists
She was a Senior Consultant for ALL media engagements for the PCOO-led Committee on Media Affairs & Strategic Communications (CMASC) under the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council from January 4 -July 5, 2017. Having been an ASEAN advocate since 2011, she has written extensively about the benefits of the ASEAN community and as a region of opportunities on Blog Watch and aboutmyrecovery.com.
Organization affiliation includes Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation
Updated September 4, 2021
Manuel L Quezon III @mlq3 on Twitter is a good thing
@benign0 noticed the sudden appearance rather engagement of Manolo Quezon (@mlq3) on Twitter.
Back in the good (bad) old Arroyo administration days, Manolo was always in twitter and in plurk. Those were the free-wheeling days when anything goes from “Majestic Ham” to current events. Then he suddenly kept quiet as the May 10 elections neared and appeared again on Twitter a day or two before the May 10 elections to greet me a “happy wedding anniversary”. While I know he needs to be prudent with his discussions in Twitter, I cannot help but miss @mlq3 as the person. I need to remind myself that he is now a high level Cabinet official.
Like @benign0, I noticed that the presidential Communication team display “an astounding clumsiness with dealing with the social media mob, which is bizarre considering MLQ3, an experienced Net jockey and a long-respected member of that community, was among their leaders.”.
Manolo is the best person to engage with the social mob.
He is easy to talk to. Understanding an issue or the message in Twitter can lose its effectiveness when the tweeter is abrasive or rude. I once talked to @dawende (Lacierda) and he just sneered at me for being judgmental. How far can a discussion go with that attitude?
Manolo’s tweet on December 13 caught me by surprise. It was an hour before midnight, a day before Chief Justice Corona would deliver his speech. Just a few hours earlier, my husband asked me if Manolo was online and if he still reads the tweets. I even said “Oh I am sure he reads them but he has to be cautious now because he is working for the President”.
Well, divine providence, Manolo suddenly tweeted.
Whatever his reasons are, a calm and level-headed engagement with Manolo is far more informative, enriching and rational than the hot-headed approach of @dawende (Presidential Spokesperson for President Aquino). I am not sure if Manolo will continue to do this or this is just a temporary engagement to lighten the agitated mood on Twitter. Even Abi Valte (@abi_valte) joined us in the discussion. This latest development makes up for the lack of social media engagement that President Aquino said he would have in his administration. It is not the answer to the lack of social media engagement.
It is a start and I am looking forward to the day when we , the bloggers and other social media users actually have coffee and just talk with President Aquino and other Cabinet members.
Anyway, read our discussion:
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