US Embassy's YSEALI workshop empowers

Sixty content creators from 11 countries in Southeast Asia gained new skills in storytelling, digital safety, and brand development at the "Creators Co-Lab: Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Bootcamp for Digital Creators" held from May 28 to June 1 in Manila.

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Organized by the US Embassy in the Philippines in partnership with Out of the Box Media Literacy Initiative, the workshop included in-depth discussions on artificial intelligence, cyber security, brand development, and intellectual property protection. Speakers included food content creator “Lumpia Queen” Abi Marquez, journalist Jacque Manabat, and cyber-security expert Carlos Ely Tiongson.

The content creators also visited the Manila offices of leading US technology companies, Microsoft and Meta, to learn about emerging tools in social media analytics and community-building.