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August 2021

Lifestyle

Docs and Messenger get some awesome new project management features from Lark

Lark, the next-generation collaboration suite, just added additional project management features to the platform, expanding to provide remote teams with crucial work tools for seamless connection and efficiency. Users may now turn conversations into to-do lists right from Lark Messenger, thanks to the latest version. When utilizing Bitable for data and project management in Lark Docs, you now have four alternative display options.

Manage Tasks and Convert Messages Into To-Do’s

When you are working with multiple teams on multiple projects, tasks tend to pile up quickly. Without an effective task management tool, important things-to-do could get buried and overlooked as new tasks come in. Lark’s new Tasks feature, a lightweight team task manager, aims to solve this by providing users with a central place to organize and keep track of all work tasks. Through Lark Tasks, you can assign things to do to specific team members, set deadlines, and track task completion as well. Collaboration is boosted through this process, helping to promote teamwork, as members work to complete tasks and achieve goals together as one.

Lark’s Tasks feature integrates seamlessly with Lark Messenger, allowing users to create to-do items from messages in one click. This means that tasks can be instantly taken note of, in real time, while you continue to chat with your team or your boss. This eliminates the need to scroll through countless messages in search of things that you need to work on after the discussion is over. It also minimizes the risk of important tasks getting lost and forgotten among conversations in the messenger window.

Improved Bitable Features in Lark Docs for Better Project Management

Keeping track of all of your deliverables can be challenging when you work remotely on different projects, and with different teams, too. When dealing with several tasks and collaborators, listing everything in a single sheet may not be enough, as this could become cluttered and confusing very quickly. A great tool to keep all your data organized is Bitable, an innovative database that looks like a table, which completely integrates with Lark. All project details, schedules, and collaborators may be inputted on Bitable, to easily manage projects and track progress. With mobile-friendly features, you can effectively use Bitable from anywhere, and on any device.

Bitable now has an independent entry point from Lark Docs, enabling users to insert a template for project management, task management, and even event planning, into a document at a click. You can now choose from four different views on Bitable as well, depending on your needs. Grid view looks like a task list where you can add, delete, and manage things-to-do. Kanban view, which is great for tracking progress, groups to-do items based on conditions like task priority. Gantt view is ideal when you want to see project timelines at a glance. Gallery view shows tasks as a gallery of images, and works well when you need to display attachments such as images and PDF files.

Lark is a powerful, free collaboration tool that’s ideal for virtual workers. Download Lark and see how it can help you accomplish better work right now. Visit www.larksuite.com for additional information. Lark may also be found on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and  YouTube.

Lark is available on Mac, PC, iOS, and Android. To get started with Lark right now, go here.

It’s completely free to use with:

– Unlimited video call minutes

– Unlimited searchable messages

– 200GB cloud storage

– 500GB email storage

– Unlimited third-party app integration

– Multiple team admins

– Customizable workflows

About Lark
The suite primarily consists of Lark Messenger, Lark Docs, Lark Calendar, Lark Video Conferencing, Lark Mail as well as Lark Workplace which integrates third-party applications. All functionalities are deeply integrated into a single app, which is available on Mac, PC, iOS, and Android.

 

 

Lifestyle

Hotel Sogo embraces the new normal: long-term innovation

Despite the attempts taken to move the economy forward, the impact of Covid-19 has rocked enterprises and diverse sectors in a short amount of time, and there are still businesses and establishments that are feeling its long-term impacts, such as in the hospitality industry.

“Here at Hotel Sogo, we are trying on things to help improve the situation in our hotels as early as March 2020 last year. From that point on, we continued to research, invest further and develop innovative ways to upgrade our safety protocols especially in cleanliness and sanitation.” says Ms. Sue Geminiano, Hotel Sogo Corporate Marketing Manager said. The above affected businesses have increased their initiatives to advance and adapt to the new normal by implementing stricter safety precautions and investing in technological innovation to guarantee the safety of all guests and employees, just as the country’s largest and fastest-growing Filipino-owned hotel chain did across all of its locations.

Aside from the enhanced new normal protocols such as no contact fixtures and thermal scans, some remarkable changes and innovations that the Hotel Sogo management applied across its branches such as, UVC disinfection in rooms, lobbies, and air-conditioning units, increased ventilation, microbial testing (method to indicate the presence and amount of microorganisms), Covid sniffer dogs, reduced touch points, and application of anti-microbial coatings in frequently touched surfaces.

Through Hotel Sogo’s 11 So Safe Innovations, the safety and wellness of guests as well as its employees are set first. “This on-going pandemic has helped us to take further steps in giving importance to safety. The innovation that I speak of are the development and improvement of amenities that revolves around the 4 major ways to prevent the spread of the virus and protect our guests like reduction of touch points, improve air quality, disinfection and testing. It is important to test all these protocols to make sure that all these innovation are really effective to keep our guests safe; we want our guests to feel safe and secured whenever they stay at Hotel Sogo. We will continue to protect our guests and develop more upgraded protocols even after the pandemic,” Ms. Geminiano added.

More than just a hotel Aside from the hotel innovations that has implemented, Hotel Sogo is also ramping up its effort in helping fellow countrymen through its Corporate Social Responsibility program, Sogo Cares. Hotel Sogo is helping indigent communities who are in need of basic necessities, such as food, medicines and water.

“Recently, we donated food packs with linens and towels to the fire victims at Manila. We also donated essential needs such as bottled waters, linens, pillows, surgical masks, pillow cases, and mattresses to the Philippine General Hospital with the help of AFP and we also gave assistance in different community pantries in Bulacan and Quezon City. Our team will definitely help those who are in need in these trying times. Even this time of GCQ, Hotel Sogo is still accepting frontliners, essential, repatriated OFW, seafarers and economic workers across all Hotel Sogo branches. We are also accommodating those who prefer long-term stay for their work purposes,” stated by Ms. Geminiano.

Over the course of six (6) years, starting from 2015, Hotel Sogo through its Corporate Social Responsibility program Sogo Cares has conducted over 400 medical missions with 100,000 plus beneficiaries, led over 600 donations with more than 170,000 beneficiaries.

Visit www.hotelsogo.com or like and follow Hotel Sogo on Facebook (facebook.com/hotelsogo), Twitter (@hotelsogo), and Instagram (@hotelsogo), for more details.

Lifestyle, News

2nd Magparehistro Ka! Town Hall to educate the Visayas region and younger generation the importance of voter registration

Vote Pilipinas in partnership with Smart Communication, gathered COMELEC officials and youth representatives to appeal to those living in the Visayas region and to the younger generation Filipinos to register to vote, held the second of its three-part town hall series last July 30, 2021, Over various online platforms, the Magparehistro Ka Town Hall and to hit the two-month mark on the deadline to register for the 2022 national and local elections by September 30, 2021. During the program, Vote Pilipinas had announced its newest partners, with some representatives speaking on why they had chosen to partner and what this cause meant to them.

The featured keynote speaker was no other than COMELEC Commissioner Aimee P. Ferolino, who spoke in the local dialect and reminded those in the Visayas that registration was a precursor to voting. This was preceded by opening remarks from Vote Pilipinas founder Ces Rondario, who initially started the campaign as a passion project. COMELEC was also represented by Director Frances Aguindadao-Arabe, who presented the latest numbers on voters in the Visayas region. From her report, COMELEC recorded a total of 893,448 voter registrants from Regions VI, VII, and VIII from September 2020 until July 24, 2021. Also heeding that call to register were Election Officers Krishna Athena Elardo, Omar Sharif Mamalinta, and Dainty Calagos, who were ready to answer any questions on the registration process and data. It was also revealed that those in the Visayas regions need not travel far to register, as one can now register at the following Robinsons Malls: Robinsons Place Ormoc, Robinsons Place Cebu, Robinsons Cybergate Cebu, Robinsons Place Dumaguete, Robinsons Place Bacolod, Robinsons Place Tacloban, Robinsons Place North Tacloban, Robinsons Place Roxas, and Robinsons Place Antique.

Appealing to the youth was host, speaker, and Miss Cebu 2016 Raine Baljak, who said, “We must fight long and hard for what we believe in our own way, like a drop of water into the vast ocean. Voting is our right to be heard, and when you vote, you’re voting for the people who come before you and who come after you.” She, too, raised some of her personal questions on voters’ registration. Joining her in this case was a roundtable of youth leaders, including Hannah Felix of Abot PH, Carlo Bais of the University of St. La Salle Bacolod Student Council, Janneloise Baylon of the Union of Progressive Students, Jet Luga of Global Shapers Cebu, and Enniss Pareja of Global Shapers Iloilo.

The evening capped off closing remarks from Aguindadao-Arabe and the release of the second Magparehistro Ka video, plus announcement of the Magparehistro Ka Challenge, which incentivizes newly registered voters by awarding them with weekly prizes after they post about the importance of registering.

The Vote Pilipinas Campaign is a passion project executed by a team of like-minded individuals driven by the desire to contribute to impacting change in the Philippines. It is a non-profit and non-partisan initiative designed to increase the number of voter registration. With both an online and offline approach, the campaign aims to provide accessible and verifiable information to ensure that Filipinos are updated with news concerning the upcoming 2022 elections. This campaign will run until the elections in 2022 and it aims to target the first time voters and other unregistered voters by providing innovative ways to encourage people to register, and to vote.

 

Lifestyle

Help Us in Honoring TikTok PH’s 1st Year of Creating Educational Content!

TikTok, the foremost site for relatively brief mobile video, is inviting the whole community to join in on the fun and e-learning through the DEPED and DOST-PCIEERD-endorsed #EDUSGOTTALENT2021 initiative, which seeks to promote educational and instructional material on the site.

From July 25 to August 7, experts from various industries will be featured on TikTok as part of the #onlyexpertknows campaign, where they will highlight critical job skills and key suggestions for succeeding in today’s workplace. From now until August 7, use the hashtag #onlyexpertknows to enter to win iPhones, iPads, Airpods, and exclusive TikTok merch packs!

The following are the full mechanics:

  • The campaign is open to anyone from the Philippines;
  • Entrant must upload at least three (3) videos on TikTok within the campaign duration (Jul 25, 2021, 12:00 AM – Aug 7, 2021, 11:59PM 2021). You can upload as many video entries as you like;
  • Only related educational and instructive videos with the hashtag #onlyexpertknows and #EDUSGOTTALENT2021 will be eligible;
  • All videos should be original and follow TikTok’s Community Guidelines;
  • All videos need to be vertical screen and above 15 seconds;
  • The winners will be selected ranking by the total number of “Likes” of your Top 3 most liked videos;
  • 1st prize will be Apple Iphone 12, 2nd-3th prize will be iPad 8th Gen, 4th-5th prize will be Apple Airpods 2 and 6th-20th will be exclusive TikTok merch box;
  • Winners will be announced on Aug 13, 2021 at 4PM through the in-app push notification and H5 in-app page. We will contact you via @tiktokphilippines official account to collect the delivery address and deliver the prizes to you within 30 days.

Prizes at stake are:

  • 1st Prize: Apple iPhone 12
  • 2nd and 3rd Place: iPad 8th Gen
  • 4th and 5th Place: Apple Airpods 2
  • 6th to 20th Place: Exclusive TikTok Merch Box

Download TikTok on your iOS and Android devices today.

 

Entertainment

Be inspired to begin streaming by these 5 Tiktok Gaming Creators

TikTok, the world’s most popular short-form mobile video platform, has evolved into a place for players and gaming broadcasters to share and watch innovative material linked to their favorite games. Gaming developers can focus on certain moments within a game, from epic showdowns to monster kills, and even highlight favorite players and characters, thanks to short-form movies. TikTok also makes it simple for everyone to develop interactive and enjoyable material that highlights their interests, thanks to simple editing tools that encourage creativity.

The gaming community on TikTok has been slowly growing during the last few months, and certain producers have already established themselves as favorites among TikTok users. Fans and followers appreciate watching and participating with these creators on the platform because they are both informed and entertaining in all things gaming. They’re so entertaining to watch that they might even encourage everyone else to start game broadcasting.

Here are 5 incredible game creators to follow on TikTok:

Archer Perez

https://www.tiktok.com/@archerperezz/video/6966209844261014786

Archer Perez shares a wide variety of content, including game updates, highlight clips, and funny skits, but what he is really known for is his gaming story series. He creates mini day-in-the-life episodes featuring his Project Zomboid character, Archie Reyes, showing his survival strategy, zombie slaying techniques, and near-death experiences. His catchy voice-overs make Archer’s videos even more interesting and engaging to watch.

Aya Ezmaria

https://www.tiktok.com/@ayaezmaria/video/6984619091956878593

There’s never a dull moment when you are watching Aya Ezmaria, whose videos are a mix of hardcore gaming skills, and real-time commentary and reactions that are both intense and funny. Apart from game streaming, she shares reviews of games like Resident Evil: Village, The Medium, and other RPG and horror games, plus content featuring her gaming setup, too.

RamenStyle PH

https://www.tiktok.com/@ramenstyle/video/6964176316459486465

As a full-time gaming streamer, RamenStyle PH streams live on his channel daily, then shares highlights and key moments from his game on his TikTok account. Playing mainly first-person shooter and survival games, with Escape from Tarkov as his current main game, he meticulously describes what happens in the game, and with his character, and also uses creative editing tools to improve his content.

KrisRey

https://www.tiktok.com/@krisreyx/video/6983664498745855259

KrisRey’s TikTok videos can be described as  genuine and fun. Those who follow her streams can watch her rank up on Valorant, and witness some of her impressive kills in the game. Apart from gaming content and tips, KrisRey also posts dance challenge videos and some funny content on TikTok.

Chuplak

https://www.tiktok.com/@chuplakz/video/6983162595595324673

Through his online content, Chuplak hopes to promote Bisdak Gaming all over the Philippines. Bisdak is a Cebuano term that means Bisaya-speaking. His TikTok videos feature Chuplak doing commentaries, in Bisaya of course, on Dota Esports games with teams and players from all over the world.

You, too, can become a gaming creator on TikTok! Download the app on your iOS and Android devices today to get started.

 

Lifestyle

HLO (Happy Life Organics) Opens Warehouse in Bulacan

From left to right Dexter Argonia (Facility Maintenance Officer), Florante Padilla (Facility Maintenance Assistant), Michael Madulin (Logistics Head), Joe Sevilla (President and Founder), Chay Sevilla (Vice President and Finance Head), Rose Pangan (Facility Head), Rosalyn Pangan (Facility Manager), Ardie Dela Rama (Logistics Supervisor)

Happy Life Organics ( HLO ) just opened their newly constructed warehouse at 1634 Mayumi St., Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Bulacan. HLO is a firm located in the Philippines that promotes creative and environmentally friendly pest control remedies for your home, pets, and undesirable pests. They are the neem expert, and their success is based on the effective application of the neem tree extract’s medicinal advantages. Previously only available in India, neem tree extract is now available in Santa Maria, Bulacan.

With high hopes for the rest of the year, and the years to come, they are strengthening their distribution base to cater to the needs of the market specifically in promoting a chemical-less shift in the way the market use cleaning products at home and in different industries.  What’s more, they also adapted eco-friendly practices by creating environmentally sustainable products.  From the all-natural ingredients up to their biodegradable packaging, they want their consumers  to have that peace of mind knowing that aiming for a happy life can be achieved with them.

Happy Life Plant

In keeping with their expansion, they just debuted their WATERLESS SHAMPOO for pets, a faster, safer, creative, and plant-based alternative to chemical actives in shampoo for pets that cuts grooming time saving 70%.

Available in their company website: www.happylifeph.com LAZADA, Shopee and ZALORA: Happy Life Organics FB and IG stores: @happylifeorganicss 2 Physical Stores: Quezon City: 50 Esteban Abada in Waze Bulacan HQ Address: 1634 Mayumi St, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Bulacan Also available in top Vet Clinics in the country.