Workshops

Sharing you workshops that are handled by Mommy Ginger’s Manila Workshops.

How to Manage your Online Business and How to Handle Projects

This year is really exciting! I’m launching another online business together with 4 wonderful ladies (which includes my sister) and an advocacy that encourages people to achieve an active lifestyle. A lot of people ask me how do I do that — how do I get to manage and be part of all these exciting endeavors and still fulfill my obligations at home. So this Saturday, my husband and I have agreed to be the speakers for the topic How to Manage Projects for the Real Ways to be a WAHM (work-at-home-mom). Work-at-home-dads are also welcome to join (since hubby is speaking, too!) and even single people! Actually, anyone and everyone who wants to learn how to manage projects and how to manage an online business is free to join.

Here are the details of the workshop:

Real Ways to be a WAHM

Real Ways to be a WAHM

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This is the first time again since 2010 when me and my husband will be speaking as a team, so we are really excited for this. The both of us with Joy have really prepared a great workshop for you so we really hope that you can come and join us!

It’s not too late to sign up! Please register using this form.

We would like to thank Insular life and Swish for being our sponsors for this event. We would also like to thank Skinny Minis Cheesecake shop for being snack sponsors.

We can’t wait to see you on Saturday! Sign up now 🙂

Legalities in Starting a Business

Starting a business nowadays can be a bit daunting, especially because one needs to understand the legalities in starting a business. I get a lot of inquiries in my Facebook page on what the steps are to register a business. Well, to give you a recap on the three main steps or government institutions that you have to go through, these are the DTI or SEC, the Local Government/Municipal Hall and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

I have written interesting articles in this blog, which I hope would help you register:

Opening a Sole Proprietorship Business: DTI Process

Opening a Sole Proprietorship Business In Taguig: Municipal Hall Process

BIR Deadlines for Single Props and Corporations

For those who want someone who can explain all of these steps and to explain further about other legalities that you should need to know as a businessman/entrepreneur, I highly suggest that you attend these two workshops:

Workshop #1: Basic Legal Strategies in Business (March 20, 2014)
Join this 3-hour course on the Basic Legal Strategies for Business on Thursday, March 20, 2014, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Bar, Tuscany Estates, Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig, Metro Manila and learn about the procedures in complying with legal requirements in setting up a business. This workshop is brought to you by New Leaf Ventures and Manila Workshops.

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To sign up, please click on this link: http://manilaworkshops.com/2014/02/basic-legal-strategies-in-business-march-20-2014.html

Workshop #2: How to Start a Business (April 12, 2014)
Get tips from a lawyer! Atty. Marie Joy M. Payumo-Salgado is currently the Dean of the College of Law of St. Mary’ University in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. She is also the Legal Counsel and the Corporate Secretary of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s University. She was a former Senior Partner of MENDOZA, PADILLA AND PAYUMO LAW OFFICE which handles civil and criminal cases and was a Lecturer of Constitutional Law and Legal Studies at St. Louis University in Baguio City. She finished her Masters of Laws (LL.M) at the University of Melbourne, in Victoria Australia and has completed academic requirements and public lecture for Master in Educational Management (MA E.M.). She took her Bachelor of Laws at St. Louis University.

EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, April 12, 2014
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Ortigas Foundation Library
2nd Floor Ortigas Building, Ortigas Ave. Pasig City (Beside Shell gasoline station with a McDonalds store)

To sign up, please click on this link: http://manilaworkshops.com/2013/12/how-to-start-a-business-feb-201.html

I am sure that you’ll learn a lot from these workshops. I hope to meet you as I will be personally handling these workshops! Sign up now! If you have questions, please feel free to email manilaworkshops(at)gmail(dot)com.

Parenting Workshops on Toddler Care, Dental Care, Breastfeeding and Making your Own Parties!

It will be a busy weekend once again for Manila Workshops on March 22, 2014! We will have four workshops on that day, all really helpful for moms and dads!

Parenting Workshop #1
All About Breastfeeding (March 22, 2014 from 9-12nn; Medela House)

All About Breastfeeding

Our speaker for the session is Ms. Joyce Martinez, a certified lactation consultant, and the in-house lactation counselor of Medela Moms. She is a registered nurse who graduated from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. Her Nursing Degree was followed up with a Master of Science in Nursing Degree at UERMMMC Graduate School. She served as a Lactation Manager at St. Lukes Medical Center, Global City, and, through her own efforts, also conducts presentations and academic talks on the ABC’s of Lactation Management for Nurses, as well as Breastfeeding Classes for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers. A breastfeeding advocate, Ms. Joyce provides lactation coaching and counseling, not just for breastfeeding and pregnant mothers, but also for their families, while actively organizing and promoting national breastfeeding campaigns.

LEARNING FEE:
Individual Rate: Php 500
Couple’s Rate: Php 800

To sign up, please CLICK HERE.

Parenting Workshop #2
First Time Parents: Toddler Care, Basic First Aid and Dental Care (March 22, 2014 from 1-5PM; Medela House)

Toddler Care, Basic First Aid and Dental Care

Guiding us through the afternoon’s session is Ms. Cristina Joson, a graduate of BS Nursing from Southville International School and Colleges. Since passing the Nursing Licensure exam in 2010, she has worked as a School Nurse and Pre-School Teacher in The Bridge School, and also founded and created the ‘Yaya Seminar’ facilitated by VentureLab Business Resource Center, Inc. while conducting freelance seminars on similar topics.

Also speaking at the session is Dr. Fina Marilag Gupit-Lopez, a specialist in Pediatric Dentistry. She is a practicing Pediatric Dentistry Consultatnt at the Oral Health Care Center in Greenhills and Dentphix, Inc in Pasig City. She also works as a Consultant, Lecturer and Clinical Supervising Staff at the Pediatric Dentistry Center of the Philippines of Dr. Fe del Mundo Medical Center and Foundation. Apart from her medical practice, she is also a columnist for Baby Magazine. She has conducted several lectures on oral health care and caring for children’s teeth. She is married to a businessman, with whom she has 4 children.

LEARNING FEE:
Individual Rate: Php 600
Couple’s Rate: Php 1000

To register for this workshop, please CLICK HERE.

Parenting Workshop #3
Make Your Own Kiddie Party! (March 22, 2014 from 1-5PM; Insular Life Building, Makati)

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A lot of clever tips, creative ideas, and practical advice will be dished out by our guest speakers, expert party planners Ferdi Salazar and Czarina Ledesma of The Event Architects. They will be sharing how to develop themes and concepts of children’s parties, how to organize a proper planning time table, and tips on suppliers and party paraphernalia, among others. There will also be a demo activity on creating a party centerpiece. And to make sure your party has your own personal flair, participants are encouraged to share with Ferdi and Czarina what their child loves – whether it’s blocks, trucks, fairies, princesses, and all – for great concept discussions and planning sessions during the workshop proper.

Ferdi and Czarina are the founders and partners of The Event Architects (T.E.A.), a styling company that creates unique, elaborate, and personal events for private affairs and commercial companies. T.E.A. has planned and styled the events of corporate clients such as Lancôme, Clear, Cosmopolitan, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren, and Louis Vuitton as well as personal functions such as Sarah Meier’s wedding, a baby shower hosted by Amanda Jacob, and Tim Yap’s birthday.

Make Your Own Kiddie Party! is on Saturday, March 22, 2014, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Insular Life Multi-Purpose Hall, Insular Life Makati Building, Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas Street, Makati City. Workshop fee is P150. This workshop is the first installment for 2014 of the Parenting Pals Workshop Series and is supported by The Event Architects and Insular Life.

To sign up for this workshop, please CLICK HERE.

Parenting Workshop #4
Prenatal Yoga + Workshop on Labor and Pain Management (March 22, 2014 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM, Spaces at Baby;and Shaw Boulevard, Facilities Center

prenatal yoga and Labor and pain management workshop

The Labor and Pain Management workshop will be the third topic in this prenatal yoga + workshop series. The speaker will be Dra. Marie Claire Rodil. She is a fellow at the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. She is also a visiting physician at Victor R. Potentiano Medical Center (VRP) and St. Clare’s Medical Center. She is also currently a junior consultant at St. Martin de Porres Charity Hospital. She holds clinic at MyHealth Shangri-la Plaza. She is a wife and mother to a 4-year old son.

The Fee for the Prenatal Yoga Class and the workshop topic is at Php 800 per session. A discounted price of Php 3000 for 4 sessions will be given to those who enroll to all four sessions.

These are the four sessions:
– Breastfeeding (March 8, 2014)
– Preparing your Finances for the Baby (March 15, 2014)
– Labor and Pain Management (March 22, 2014)
– Baby Milestones (March 29, 2014)

To register for this workshop, please CLICK HERE.

We hope that you do sign up for these workshops! 🙂

Mommy Ginger is giving away 5 FREE couple seats (2 seats to each winner) to the TODDLER CARE, BASIC FIRST AID and DENTAL CARE Workshop. All you have to do is to follow the mechanics in this Rafflecopter widget.

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Join now and I hope to meet you in one of these events!

A Busy Weekend for Mommy Ginger!

I was surprised that today is actually the last day of the month of February. This month went by so swiftly. It was especially fast this week. It actually started moving so fast during the weekend. I was so busy during the past weekend. I was so busy from the Friday last week, where we at Manila Workshops had the first run of the Tax and Accounting Workshop (Topic was Ignored Business Costs) which was followed by the second session the next day (February 22), which was Taxes — Key things that you should know!

Tax -- Key things that you should know!

Tax — Key things that you should know!

That Saturday, the Manila Workshops team had to split into three since we had four workshops during that day. We had the Baby Nutrition and Dental Care Workshop in the morning. I had the time to go to Medela House in the morning to see how things were. We even had our family photo taken at the photo booth which was set up by Lotte Xylitol.

Mommy Ginger, Dada EJ and Baby Zeeka!

Mommy Ginger, Dada EJ and Baby Zeeka!

Although I wasn’t able to stay for the afternoon session, I would like to thank all of you who attended the Delivery and New Born Care session. I got to look at the pictures and I’m very thankful that a lot of you supported this workshop. I heard from Donna that the venue was jam packed!

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I’d like to thank our sponsors, too, for the Delivery and New Born Care workshop. Thank you for supporting, Stemcord Philippines (as always!). Thank you also to Cradle, Cycles, Cycles Sensitive, St. Patrick, Mommy Treats, Babies To Toddlers, King Sue and Beginnings. For those asking about the next run of the Delivery and New Born Care workshop, the next one will be on September 27, so watch out for that 🙂

What I completely missed is the WAHMderful Life first Mastermind Class which was held at Mothercare Active Fun. I totally missed it because I had to set up for the Tax and Accounting Workshop. The topic for the first Mastermind class was How to Have the Heart of a wAHM. To those who expected it to be a workshop, masterminds actually have a different format. It’s really more of an intimate get together and sharing of thoughts. There is no speaker, but we are there mostly to facilitate the discussion. Martine was the first ‘facilitator’.

Mastermind Session 1: How to Have the Heart of a WAHM

Mastermind Session 1: How to Have the Heart of a WAHM

Check out more photos here:

Sunday was also a busy day for me. It usually is “just” Saturdays when I am booked with events and meetings, but last Sunday really started early. We (my family) woke up at 6 to accompany me to UP where I had a meeting with the STEPS PROJECT Team. I haven’t written about this advocacy yet, but I will introduce you to it this week. We had a team meeting as we were launching the advocacy this week.

Zeeka Chilling in UP with Mommy

Zeeka Chilling in UP with Mommy

Just stayed in UP for just two hours since I had to rush to Podium to set up for the first run (a lot of first runs this weekend) of the Money Smart Kids Workshop. I was really excited for this workshop. It was our first time to have children as the attendees. We would normally have the moms and dads, so I was really excited.

To check out the photos from this workshop, please visit our Facebook album:

The workshop was fun and I hope the kids enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed setting it up. Fitz and I really appreciate the time the parents and the kids took out from their Sunday “family time” schedule to be with us. We thank you too for your feedback and please do look forward to improvements and a better workshop for the next run!

Well, that was my weekend. It was pretty tiring! It actually continued on to this week, but that’s another story. How about you? How was your week? TGIF!

Prenatal Yoga and a Workshop from Babyland and Manila Workshops

This week, I hear about so many fitness activities catered to moms. Yesterday, I announced the Mom and Me: It’s Fun to be Fit with Mom and Me classes. Today, I’ll be sharing an activity that pregnant moms can engage it. These are Prenatal Yoga Classes plus a workshop for pregnant women from Babyland and Manila Workshops. The guest yoga instructor will be from Urban Ashram Yoga.

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The prenatal yoga classes will be held at Spaces at Babyland Shaw. The session will begin with a workshop from 2:30 – 3:15pm. It will then be followed by a prenatal yoga class from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. The topics for the workshops will be:
March 8 – Breastfeeding
March 15 – Preparing your finances for your Baby
March 22 – Labor and Pain Management
March 29 – Baby Milestones

The rate per class is at Php 800 but if you take all four classes (which is ideal!), you pay only Php 3000 for the 4 classes.

These classes are sponsored by Moringana, Medela Moms, Inc. and Mamachows.

To sign up, please fill out this form:

See you at Babyland Shaw these sessions on prenatal yoga and workshops! 🙂