1st Annual Pakistan Blog Awards
, no offense intended
Let me start post by congratulating CIO Pakistan, Google Pakistan for arranging the 1st Annual Pakistan Blog Awards and then heartiest congratulation to all the winners
It all started when bloggers appealed to get recognizable around the world, get award for their blog, to showcase their blogs. Then CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan started their engines and gave us www.blogawards.pk, some bloggers nominated themselves, some got nominated by their fans and after 5 to 6 months, awards were being announced!
On 28th May 2010, bloggers were invited to Regent Plaza, Karachi for the award ceremony and new media unconference. Heading towards Regent I knew am not going to win but yet I was very excited for my friends, I had a feeling that award ceremony would be classy, one of its kind.
Ceremony started a bit late with a welcome song by Salman and Yasir, after the wonderful performance there was first session of unconference on Innovation in Media then some awards then second session on Selling 3.0 then some awards and then third session on Engage & Converge and then some awards, the bloggers were handed awesome goodies bag by CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan, which contains our traditional Ajrak, notepad, key chain etc. Oh did I tell you about the theme ? It was Ajrak!!, liked it.
There were some drawbacks which I felt, not necessary that you all agree on them too
Theme was traditional, liked it no doubt.. but I think ceremony should have started by Allah’s name (Tilawat-e-Quran)
Sessions were quiet boring, sorry to say but I didn’t even bothered to listen to them.. they couldn’t make us listen to them
Till the end it was okay but then Special Jury Awards? Sorry but it looked quiet biased and unprofessional
Why 4 awards in Technology category ? 2 could be enough.. but 4?
Back in December, Thalassemia cause was being supported by CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan so why not in the awards? Wasn’t it should be nominated as a Pakistan’s cause? I don’t think I should have mentioned this myself
It was advertised very well but wasn’t presented that well.. maybe because it was 1st time? Theres so much to get improved!
Once again Congratulation to CIO Pakistan, Google Pakistan and all the winners!
Winners list can be viewed here, CIO Pakistan’s post and photographs
, HP Pakistan is having one question, one winner per day contest, and I won their gift hamper just by giving a simple question, check the amazing thin speakers, I loved it ;d
), Haris has come to Karachi for his vacations and on a very short notice he arranged this bloggers meet up, it was awesome meeting Haris Nadeem, though he was so quiet that I thought he only like to tweet/blog doesn’t like to speak ;p