Last Sunday, October 9, SMART Communications Inc. announced the winners of the SMART Launchpad that will be collaborating with the YouTube creator, The Filharmonic in Los Angeles, USA. The winners include Lesha Litonjua, MJ Labenia and Tops Unay who showcase their talent and posted it on YouTube. The three winners along with the other 97 finalists were given three-day workshop for develop their specific genre and talent at the same time know how can maximize the features of YouTube as content creators.
Social media experts like Carlo Ople, Enrique CuUnjieng and Frank Aldana. Meanwhile, YouTube creators and category experts shared their knowledge through more intimate breakout groups. The following unselfishly shared their wealth of content generating experiences: Celebrity Nicole Andersson and make-up guru Michelle Dy for vlogging, choreographer Paulo Infante for dance, and recording artist Moira dela Torre for singing.
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And with the help of SMART it was very easy for them to upload their videos on YouTube at the First Pacific Leadership Academy in Antipolo and in SMART Launchpad uploading sites during the application process. SMART collected 1,537 entries from all over the Philippines.
Here are the videos of the winners at the SMART Launchpad event:
Consolation prizes were given to Eboy Fernandez and Fra Jamir as runner ups while Glenn Mark Layola won the Samsung Innovation Award for his immersive use of the Samsung Gear 360. You can check out the rest of the videos from the finalists here.