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Starbucks is hoping to harness the power of social media with a new ad campaign aimed at creating an online conversation between younger coffee drinkers.
Rolling out in newspapers, magazines and billboards in the US this week, the BBDO North America led campaign is understood to be Starbucks largest to date.
Outdoor activity encourages Starbucks' Twitter followers and Facebook fans to take pictures of the company's new billboards and be first to post them online. However, it was not revealed whether a reward would be offered.
In early 2009, H1Studio, Singapore, started research and innovation in Augmented Reality via Flash platform utilising the Flartoolkit SDK. At the same time, it is conducting R&I for AR via Mobile phones (Symbian and Windows Mobile). This is done via licensing of SDK from R&D centres in Europe and USA.
With the recent popularity of Augmented Reality applications such as Tonchidot’s Sekai Camera, GE’s SmartGrid and Mini Cooper’s Print Ad for Augmented Reality , we are now expanding our suite of services to include this, for Brands / Products / Services,
From Wikipedia - Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data (virtual reality), where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time.
AR can be used in Advertising and Promotions / Marketing of a new product offering, allowing users to interact with the product replicated in 3D, in real-time, overlaid on the real video capture. It is a natural progression for the studio to offer such services due to experiences in 3D, interactive and mobile applications.
The Ministry of Manpower is introducing new measures under SPUR (Skiils Programme for Upgrading and Resilience) to further develop Singapore's manpower capabilities and provide greater support for companies and workers, especially Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs), affected by the downturn. They are:
a) Increase in Absentee Payroll to better support training for PMETs - Annex A;
b) SPUR-JOBS to encourage recruitment and retention of trainees of SPUR and other WDA CET programmes - Annex B; and
c) Professional Skills Programme Traineeships (PSPT) scheme for companies to build new capabilities in growth sectors - Annex C.
IF YOU take good care of your associates, they will take good care of your customers, and the customers will keep coming back - such is the philosophy of Singapore Marriott, as spoken by its founder J W Marriott Snr.
'This is the bedrock of our success thus far,' says Greg Allan, the hotel's general manager. 'It identifies our main assets as our associates, setting us apart as an employer with a heart and an employer of choice.'
This belief has served Singapore Marriott well, for it has been deemed one of the country's Best Employers this year. It also won the award back in 2007.
Since it first opened back in 1995, Singapore Marriott continues to be steadfast in its commitment to training and developing its associates. With a staff strength of approximately 460, the hotel has a strong focus on staff welfare and career advancement.
'The working environment at Singapore Marriott is fair and dynamic,' says Mr Allan. 'We believe in providing equal employment opportunities and thereafter, development and training to all existing and potential associates.'
Short list: Anjaan RJ - India, Ben Henry - France, Ben Southall - UK, Cali Lewis - USA, Clare Wang - Taiwan, Clarke Gayford - New Zealand, Erik Rolfsen - Canada, George Karellas - Ireland, Greg Reynen - Singapore, Hailey Turner - Australia, James Hill - Australia, Juweon Kim - Korea, Magali Heuberger - Netherlands, Mieko Kobayashi - Japan, Mirjam Novak - Germany, Yi Yao - China.
Two Queenslanders are the sole Australian candidates for the $150,000 six-month contract as a "caretaker" on Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, which will be announced in May.
The Queensland Government's tourism body announced 15 finalists for the job this morning, who will join the previously announced Taiwanese wildcard Clare Wang on the short list.
Hailey Turner, 20, is a student and IT sales rep from Brisbane and James Hill, 24, plans to return to his home in the Whitsundays after working as a photographer in London.
If he is successful in landing the Hamilton Island job, he can add it to his resume alongside a stint as official photographer for the Daydream Island Resort.
Ms Turner travelled to seven cities in 12 days as part of her efforts to land the stint in north Queensland.
"I wanted to travel to some of the largest demographics for international visitors to the reef and get out and meet as many locals as I could to encourage them to come and visit the reef," she said.
Alongside the two Australians are candidates from as far and wide as India, Ireland, the Netherlands and China.
The Tourism Queensland campaign attracted more than 34,000 video applications, and it was clear that an experience in the media was an advantage, with journalists, web developers, designers and an actress taking up nine spots on the list.
Other successful candidates include a charity fundraiser from England, a manager from China, an American PE teacher living in Singapore and a Japanese receptionist.
"The worldwide response to Tourism Queensland's Best Job in the World campaign has been nothing short of phenomenal and already we have achieved around $100 million worth of global publicity for Queensland," Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said in a statement.
After narrowing the thousands of applicants down to a short list of 50 last month, organisers decided they had to expand their original plans of a 10-strong short list to 15.
"Tourism Queensland has spent the past few weeks watching in amazement at the lengths these candidates have gone to in their quest for the best job in the world," Mr Lawlor said.
"From organising stunts like scuba-diving in a tank in Amsterdam, dressing up as a mermaid in downtown Singapore and spruiking at a London pub to conducting hundreds of media interviews, the top 50 have shown an incredible amount of ingenuity and passion."
The short list will be flown to Hamilton Island on May 3, and the successful candidate will be announced on May 6.
The successful applicant will work on the Great Barrier Reef, and report back on what they are doing.
The Techgoondus are "a bunch of technology journalists and ex-journalists from Singapore who share a common love for all things geeky and digital, from cellphones to graphics cards to games. Together, we’ve had decades of experience covering news and reviews from the early 1990s."
This event was organised as they felt tech start-ups don’t get enough visibility through traditional channels.
They are considering running this event on a semi-regular basis so that start-ups in Singapore will have an avenue to showcase their work. For more information or to lock in your interest, email Chi-Loong at chiloong@techgoondu.com.
A white paper is a report used to educate users. A white paper is also used for marketing the business as well. Information is the key in white papers and a successful paper can attract the reader to become your client.
1. You need to provide all the information about your solution or about your business when you a write papers. You should do an extensive research about everything related to the business. Never deliver white paper without proper information. Internet is a vast source of information from which you can collect all the data you want.
2. After collecting information about what you have to write, you have to set goals and objectives of your paper. You should clearly know what information you are going to provide for your readers. The issues, which are to be considered, and solutions to be identified should be outlined clearly even before starting to write a white paper.
3. You have to write the paper by viewing it from the reader’s perspective. The readers of your paper should gain some information and their questions answered. The profile of the readers should be borne in mind when you organize the information in the white paper. Your reader should gain some knowledge after reading your paper.
4. A proper structure needs to be given to your white paper. The flow of writing should be legible and logical. While looking at the front pages, the reader should understand what contents you have provided and switch to appropriate pages to get into the details of the topics. You should convince your reader that you are the best expert providing the solution for their business needs. You could achieve this by targeting the business needs of possible readers.
5. You have to use an appropriate word processor to generate error free white papers. You should know the template that is to be used because you want the information to be crisp and to the point. It should be noted that the reader would not be reading all the pages and hence you have to highlight at least the main points in your paper. You could also add interactive interviews and other fresh contents to make your paper look unique.
An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world" -- earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.
The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland's state government said Tuesday.
In return, the "island caretaker" will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of "a few minor tasks" -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.
The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English.
"They'll also have to talk to media from time to time about what they're doing so they can't be too shy and they'll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors," said acting state Premier Paul Lucas.
"The fact that they will be paid to explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, swim, snorkel and generally live the Queensland lifestyle makes this undoubtedly the best job in the world."
Lucas said the campaign was part of a drive to protect the state's 18-billion-Australian-dollar a year tourism industry during the tough economic climate caused by the global financial meltdown.
"Traditional tourism advertising just doesn't cut it sometimes and we are thinking outside the box by launching this campaign."
Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said some people might question whether it was risky to let an unknown person become an unofficial tourism spokesperson for the state.
"I think the biggest risk will be that the successful candidate won't want to go home at the end of the six months," she said.
"This is a legitimate job which is open to anyone and everyone."
Applications are open until February 22. Eleven shortlisted candidates will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for the final selection process and the six month contract will commence on July 1.
So it's that time of the year again and blogs / forums are posting their most plausible product launch at this year's Macworld, also known as Apple's last Macworld, also known as, No Steve Jobs Keynote Macworld.
So here's our list:
1. New Mac Mini (highly likely) 2. New Mighty Mouse (with multi touch) (unlikely) 3. iPhone Nano (likely - someone posted a case making site taking orders for Nano casing) 4. iPhone Pro (unlikely) 5. iPod Touch (up size - 7") - this we like! We reckon that this would be Apple's foray into the netbook market. (likely)
Twitter has made Dell $1 million bucks in revenue. This is such major news for 2 main reasons.
1) It proves Social media can be "cash in hand" profitable 2) It begs us to examine the "How the hell they made this happen?"
I'm sure the article from Internet news will spark a gazillion emails from CEOs and MDs down to line level digital managers telling them to get their ass on twitter. Although those may not be the exact words, i'm sure some "leverage", "explore", "forefront", " maximize" was thrown in for good measure.
So is Twitter the new revenue stream for brands to take notice of? Will tweeting about your latest product promotions ( like Dell does) bring about a new spring of cash? The answer i feel lies in Dell's background. First off, lets not just look at "Dell + Twitter = $1,000,000". The equation goes much deeper as we examine some of Dell's social media position.
Dell has been conversing with its customers ever since Michael Dell took over back in 2007. The best thing he has done is to have made customer focus his only focus. ( It stuns me everytime someone in a meeting says we need to focus on several things) By thinking about what his customers want and hearing those comments enabled sites like Ideastorm and DirectoDell to take place. In the words of the man himself " "If we don't do that at Dell.com, it's going to be on CNET or somewhere," Michael Dell says. "I'd rather have that conversation in my living room than in somebody else's."
From redefining customer service to customer driven product innovation, Dell has over the last 2 years proven to be sincere about this shift in focus. As a result, their tweets are received by a multitude of followers that resulted in this million dollar revenue opportunity.
There is no shortcut to engagement and the equation certainly isn't as clear cut as it seems. If you are suddenly thinking about getting your 15% store discount on twitter. Stop. Go back to the chalkboard and look at the origins of the equation. Yes, you can make revenue from promo tweets but the pre cursor is your followers need to be your friends and top priority.
When you are at a business / social function, you have less than 15 seconds to make that first impression.
15secondpitch.com provides a quiz which will help you craft that 15 second pitch to market yourself, in a concise and compelling way.
Some guidelines: Create a pitch — for every niche. This is very important. Develop a straight forward pitch for every industry that your focused on. If you dabble in photography but work nine to five as a caterer - you need one for each.
Use it effectively — and have a pitch prepared for every event that you attend. Be it a barbecue, fundraiser, or networking event - when you are least prepared is when you are most likely to have a random encounter opportunity.
Include a bold — compelling statement that peaks the interest of the listener and provokes them to want to know more. As Seth Godin says, “Your either remarkable or invisible.”
THE sports industry in Singapore has crossed the billion-dollar mark for the first time, with positive spin-offs for the economy set to increase even further in the coming years.
The inaugural Formula One night race in September made a significant contribution, pumping an estimated $100 million into the Republic's economy.
The latest official number available for sports industry value was the 2006 figure of $906 million. With the same slate of events this year, adding the contribution from F1 would take this year's figure past the billion-dollar mark.
While Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck expects the economic downturn to put a dent in growth in the next two to three years, he remained bullish in his outlook.
He was confident that the industry would still meet the target of contributing $2 billion to Singapore's gross domestic product by 2015 and bring employment in that sector to 20,000, up from the current 14,000.
He said: 'With a concerted effort, I think we can still achieve the 2015 target.'
The $2 billion target was made earlier this year and was a revision of the $1.4 billion-a-year mark announced in 2001 by then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Much of the growth - from a sector worth about $680 million in 2001 - came via spin-offs from a flurry of marquee events staged here the last few years.
The Aviva Ironman 70.3 triathlon and a leg of swimming's Fina Arena World Cup were among high-profile events which made their debut here last year, boosting a local calendar which already had highlights like golf's Barclays Singapore Open and the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.
Along with F1, Singapore hosted golf's HSBC Women's Champions tournament for the first time this year as well.
Hotel accommodation for visitors, food and beverage spending and the construction of facilities such as spectator stands are some of the spin-offs from hosting such high-profile events.
Other events lined up are the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup and Asian Youth Games next year, the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and the 2011 World Netball Championship.
Mr Teo said: 'In this downturn, sports could also help create jobs. The YOG has added about 200 jobs for example, with more to come as we get closer to the event.'
When it is ready in about three years, the private-sector driven Sports Hub at Kallang and motorsports track at Changi will also provide big boosts.
Twenty20 cricket matches and an Asean club football league are set to be held at the Sports Hub, while the permanent track is slated to host at least two international-level races such as the A1 Grand Prix or World Touring Car Championship.
Also contributing to the industry's growth, according to Singapore Sports Council (SSC) chief executive Oon Jin Teik, is a flush of corporate sponsorship.
OCBC Bank recently pumped in $1 million to be the title sponsor for next year's Cycle Singapore.
POSB Bank spent $1.4 million on the ongoing Everyday Champions Award, while Barclays is understood to be spending about $2 million annually for its sponsorship of the Singapore Open.
Sport's growth here mirrors a worldwide trend. A Pricewaterhouse Coopers study estimates that the global sports market would grow from 2004's US$82.8 billion (S$125 billion) to US$111.1 billion next year.
But sports still remains a small contributor to Singapore's $243 billion GDP, with tourism contributing about 3 per cent and the biomedical sector (including pharmaceuticals) chipping in with about 5.5 per cent.
Still, it is not just the dollars and cents from the sports industry that is valuable.
Standard Chartered economist Alvin Liew said: 'The local economy is worth over $200 billion, so sports is less than half a per cent of that.
'But the...reputation and goodwill we build up for hosting international events...there's a lot more indirect impact.'
Businesses which provide outstanding service will now get a special mark of accreditation from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
The Singapore Service Star was launched by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang on Thursday. The scheme rewards businesses with good service, in order to inspire the industry towards service excellence.
Mr Lim said Singapore now ranks 10th out of 134 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index's "Degree of Customer Orientation", which measures a company's responsiveness to customers' needs.
This is an improvement from the 17th position three years ago.
A Singapore Service Star decal will be given to nightspots, F&B joints and retail outlets that have achieved better-than-average scores in mystery shopping assessments.
Surveys conducted by the Tourism Board showed that 90 per cent of tourists feel confident in patronising stores recognised by a quality scheme. Service quality is also ranked as a key factor in gauging customer satisfaction.
Neeta Lachmandas, director, Service Quality Division, STB, said: "It's very, very important for businesses to remember that service quality is really linked to a business' bottomline. Service quality can be the differentiator and it can breed a very loyal set of customers as well."
Currently, more than 300 establishments have joined the scheme – a number which the Tourism Board hopes will grow to 2,500 by end-2013.
Members under the scheme include Larry Jewelry, Haagen Dazs, Marks & Spencer and 211 Roof Terrace Cafe.
STB will provide updated information on customers' expectations and perceptions, based on regular surveys and mystery shopping results, to help Singapore grow as a premier tourist destination.
Andrew Carlson has an good guide on how to write that Classified Ad.
1. It must invoke in your readers that they indeed need the thing you are trying to sell. Design it in such a way that it arouse their interest and act accordingly.
2. Keep it short and sweet. A long ad is tiring for the eyes and do not exceed the word limit for you would risk your ad being cut off.
3. Your ad should have plenty of empty spaces, clear fonts and pictures to avoid appearing cluttered.
4. It must have a powerful heading to attract attention. It must be visually appealing and professional looking to your viewers.
5. Tell your readers what is exactly in your ad and avoid words like cash, save or money that is used all the time.
6. When possible, quote from a well known source such as newspaper, persons etc
7. Use words to pull in people such as Amazing, Fantastic, Now etc
8. Look at what your competitors are offering. If their ads is boring and non colourful, you can make your ads colourful and full of fun words. If their ads are too informative and wordy, you can try to make yours short and to the point.
9. Offer some freebies or trials to your customers.
10. Look at successful ads by others. Reflect on what is it that makes them interesting and apply it to your ads. Of course, remember that people have different tastes and try not to enforce your will too strongly.
11. Do not use all caps words. This appears that you are shouting and is very annoying and distracting to viewers who have to sieve through all the capital letters to understand your message.
12. Before you launch your ad, do some surveys with friends or relatives and ask for feedback. This avoids you getting to a situation where you have to pay for something that is ineffective.
DesignSingapore Council, SPRING Singapore, and International Enterprise Singapore have launched a S$12 million programme that will help local companies enhance their competitiveness through the use of design.
The Design for Enterprises (DFE) programme will have three main thrusts - Design Touch, Design Engage and Design Excel.
These aim to help local firms progress through the different levels of design capabilities, from learning about the value of design to skilful integration of design into their business strategies.
Under the Design Touch programme, a centre will be set up for companies who are taking their first steps at understanding the importance of design as a strategic tool.
Companies can learn about design and seek professional advice on relevant resources and programmes by visiting the centre or calling its hotline.
The Design Engage Programme is a three-year programme targeted to help companies understand the value of design and to build up their design capabilities.
Some 200 local companies are expected to benefit from adding design elements to their business strategy under the programme.
Design Excel is meant for companies who have successfully transformed and redefined their businesses by using design as their central strategy. It provides further mentorship and leadership programmes for them to continue to achieve design excellence.
These programmes will help companies to groom a new breed of creative leaders in their organisations.
Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts said design is an important tool for enterprises to create unique value and sharpen their competitiveness.
We are doing a mention on these 3 sites, tracking local contests, events, promotions etc. You will find posts on our Xmas Draw for one of these netbooks (Acer Aspire One, AsusEEE, Dell Mini 9, LenovoIdeapad, MSI Wind).
Do check them out too as they are frequently updated.
With Netbooks in the rage now, we have selected the Acer Aspire One (we gave one out during the launch lucky draw), Asus EEE Pc, Dell mini 9, Lenovo IdeaPad and MSI Wind as the poll items.
We invite you to vote for the Netbook we should choose as the prize.
On 25th Dec 2008, we will award one lucky Jorbber / Jorbbee with the highest voted Netbook!
All you have to do is signup as a Jorbber / Jorbbee. Existing Jorbbers / Jorbbees are eligible for the draw.
Good luck!
Acer Aspire One
Asus EEE
Dell mini 9
Lenovo IdeaPad Netbook
MSI Wind
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Are you bursting with business ideas everyday and hoping that one day, some of these ideas will transform into great businesses that you own? Have you ever wondered why some businesses succeed and why some fail, and how some small business can overtake the big boys in the industry? Most people dream of starting their own business. Yet few of them succeed. Sometimes it’s not about how good the product or business idea is. Conventional items can create hype among masses with unconventional way of promotion and packaging. And that requires creativity.
In this workshop, you will • Learn how to harness the secrets of entrepreneurship and marketing for bigger profits • Discover the power of 100 guerilla weapons and how to use them (most of the weapons are free!) • Increase your capacity to be creative and unique so as to cut through the clutter in the market and stand out from the rest • Find out what are the hot buttons people have and what attract them to buy • Spot the application of guerrilla marketing in everyday life • Analyze real businesses to understand what work and what don’t
Event details: Date: 6 Nov 2008 (Thurs) Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm Venue: SMU School of Economics Classroom 4.3 Price: $30, $20 for SGE readers, quote “IMWITHSGE” when you register
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What is Guerilla Marketing? Guerrilla Marketing is about going after conventional goals with unconventional methods, giving birth to ideas and tactics that bring about large profits from no or little investments. It is about using creativity and extreme sensitivity to what the people want. Guerrilla Marketing has extended to almost all fields that encompass marketing – from what it takes to start a small business, to sales, advertising, psychology and customer service. www.GMarketingSkills.com
As a solopreneur, one ingredient you need for a successful online business is traffic… and lots of it! But there are so many websites out there, all competing for the same traffic, that it can be difficult to attract visitors to YOUR website!
Today, I’d like to share with you my top five strategies for attracting highly targeted visitors:
1. Offer a Free Taste
Your free taste is something that you give to someone in exchange for them giving you their name and email address, and signing up to your list. Your free taste is also your chance to show off your expertise, and give your new subscriber a sampling of what it is you offer.
It must be something of value to your subscriber, without giving away the whole shop!
Then you simply promote your free taste on your website, in your email signature, in your Resource Bio, and any other place you can think of! Place a call to action and people will read it, and click through to your website to get what it is you’re offering.
2. Get Others To Promote Your website For You
If you have products and programs for sale then you can easily get other people to promote them for you by offering an affiliate program. People will sign up to your affiliate program and promote your products and programs through their website, newsletter, and/or blog. In exchange you offer them a percentage commission for each sale that your affiliate makes – and make it a generous commission so that they have a real incentive to promote you.
If you’re currently using a shopping cart service, check out everything they have to offer – they may have an affiliate program included as part of their service. Mine does!
3. Participate in a Joint Venture (JV)
This is an excellent way to drive highly targeted traffic back to your website, and very easy for you to organize. Gather together some of you colleagues who offer complementary products and services to you and agree to promote each other’s products and services to your list.
I participated in a joint venture earlier this year where the organizer created a dedicated web page for this promotion. Everyone’s promotional ‘blurb’ was listed on the website, and each ‘joint venturee’ sent an announcement out to their list during a specified period directing their subscribers to this webpage. I got a TON of new subscribers as a result!
4. Article Marketing
This is one of my all-time favorites… one of the most successful and cost effective online marketing strategies you can do is to submit your articles to various online article submission websites. This is a great way to:
* promote your services;
* elevate you to ‘expert’ status within your chosen niche; and
* grow your subscriber list.
It has been well documented that one-way links to your website increase search engine rankings more than reciprocal linking, and article submission is an excellent way to achieve one-way linking. It works by creating backlinks to your website, which the search engines love! With each article you submit, you include a resource box that contains information about you, your business, and an active hyperlink back to your website, newsletter sign up page, product, or special offer – you choose where you want to direct your readers. For example, my resource box directs readers to my newsletter sign up page.
5. Host a Free Teleclass
Hosting a free teleclass is a great way for you to get out in front of your target audience. They actually get to listen to you presenting your information, and have the opportunity to ask you questions on the call – all of which can’t be achieved just by writing articles!
And it also gives you to chance to interact with your target market, and find out valuable information about their struggles and pains. It all goes towards building the like, know, and trust factor that is so important when building a solo service business.
All of these strategies work well on their own, and I’ve had a huge amount of success with each one of them! You can choose to implement just one strategy, or use a combination. Whichever you choose, they all achieve the same goal… to drive highly targeted traffic to your website!
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We are pleased to announce that we now have access to a 6.9m x 4.0m LCD screen at Queensway Shopping Centre, at the major cross junction leading to Orchard / Alexandra. Do look out for Jorbb.com's 15 second TVC when you are there.
Daily Air time is from 12pm to 10pm around 1800 spots / month.
We currently serve 15 and 30 seconds stills / animations (video / flash).
If you / your clients are keen in advertising in this channel, do drop us an email and our sales consultant will provide more information.
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2 women had applied for a sales manager position. One had a diploma in hotel management while the other had risen through the ranks.
Orchard Hotel's general manager Melvin Lim picked the woman with no paper qualifications.
'Our business is about dealing with people, and she was less aloof and more friendly. She also showed a willingness to learn, so it would be possible for us to nurture her,' he told The Straits Times.
Increasingly, employers like Orchard Hotel are putting a higher premium on skills and attitudes that fit the job rather than academic qualifications. They can be an attitude of self-improvement, or an ability to handle complex tasks.
The growing emphasis on such capabilities is a trend the Government should highlight to people, said an industry-led panel overseeing efforts to train adults for jobs.
The 13-member Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund Advisory Council made the call at a media conference yesterday, urging the Government to send a 'strong and consistent message'.
Other recommendations it made in its annual review of the Workforce Development Agency's (WDA) work are: get regular feedback from employers on the types of skills they need, plus invest more in building better adult training centres and introduce competition among them.
In line with the recommendations, the WDA launched a public education campaign yesterday, with advertisements lined up for this month to encourage workers to pick up a skill.
The council, formed in 2001, oversees the budgetary matters and funding policies of the WDA's manpower development funds.
It includes representatives from the labour movement, self-help groups and various industries.
The chairman, Mr Bill Chang, hailed the Government's 10-year masterplan, announced in February this year, to boost continuing education and training.
This year, the Government will inject $800 million into the Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund, to fund training programmes. The top-up will bring the fund to $3 billion.
But more needs to be done, said Mr Chang, an executive vice-president at SingTel.
Rapid economic changes tend to make knowledge outdated in a few years. With high value-added jobs coming in and low-cost ones moving out of Singapore, workers have to keep improving their skills to stay relevant, he added.
Such developments, however, seem to be lost on workers, said council member Sam Tan, an MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC and executive director of self-help group Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC).
In the past 15 years of training workers, the CDAC found many have the attitude that they need to upgrade their skills only when they are retrenched, he said.
WDA's chief executive Ong Ye Kung noted that manufacturers, too, seek workers with such attributes as discipline and the ability to follow procedures, while employers in services look for those who can relate to people.
Retailer Metro's director of operations and human resources, Mr Edward Tan, recalled hiring graduates who failed as operations managers because they could not take the long hours and lacked a customer-first attitude.
'Customers are more demanding these days. Not everyone enjoys or has the passion to serve,' he said.
Twitter idiocy. Or Twitteriocy (I'm coining a term- run with it). It's what we are beginning to see on Twitter, and it is an easy thing to combat.
Now, while Twitter right now is the hot thing for corporations, and we have begun seeing more and more and more companies getting accounts, well, it is becoming obvious that there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
DO appear on Twitter as a real person. Be like comcastcares.
DON'T let your PR firm do the tweeting. A customer-facing employee like comcastcares is best.
Who to follow: DO follow people who follow your company's account. DO follow people who tweet about the company more than once. DO follow people who talk about the company's space.
DO reply to people who direct-message you. Be engaged and responsive. Be personable. There's nothing worse than sending someone a direct message on Twitter ... and hearing nothing back.
Social Networking sites can be much more than fun distractions and a way to keep track of your friends. Used correctly they can be very powerful List building tools.
Websites like Twitter, Stumbleupon, Hubpages, Squidoo and Facebook are excellent tools for networking with and marketing to others in your niche. They are also great ways to drive traffic to your websites. If you want to build a niche list they are an invaluable resource.
The Micro-blogging site Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to follow one another through posts of 140 characters or less. It is a great place for posting small bits of information and for directing people to blogs or squeeze pages.
Stumbleupon is a social bookmarking site that works from a tool bar downloaded to your browser. It allows users to discover and rate web pages and ultimately functions to give social validity to some sites over others. The more your site is liked the higher value it is given by search engines. Stumbleupon is also a great tool for finding others in your niche.
Social Networking sites are extremely valuable tools for building niche lists. You don’t want to send spam or blatant advertising through these sites, but you can drive prospects to your squeeze page or your website where you can give them an incentive to share their contact information with you through an opt-in box.
The goal with using any of these sites is to build up your list. If you can attract people in your niche market, drive them to your site and have them sign up for your mailings, suddenly you have a growing list of people who are interested in the products you are offering.
Singtel recently launched a new plan specially catered for the needs of foreigners working in Singapore. They call it the SIMple plan. It’s a postpaid SIM only plan with a 1-year contract.
The plan is rather straight forward. It offers the lowest price for all the services commonly required by any foreigner staying in Singapore. Such as:
Free Global SMS
Unlimited IDD Calls (Value Added Service)
Free Incoming Calls
Free Oversea Missed Call Alert
These new plans will allow them to manage their overseas cost while granting the convenience of mobile communications locally and connectivity to their home abroad.
Who Can Apply
3G iOne Plus (SIMple), 3G iTwo Value (SIMple),3G iTwo Plus (SIMple) are open to all foreigners in Singapore with a valid Employment Pass, S Pass or Dependent Pass (minimum of 6 months validity).
SIMple Student Plan is available for foreigners with a valid Student Pass only.
SingTel SIMple Price Plans are open to new line connections only and not applicable to recontracting customers.
The price plans are not applicable with handset bundle promotions.
Documents & Deposit
Customers will need to present their valid work pass at point of sign-up.
$300 deposit is required for Dependant Pass and Foreigner with a valid Student Pass.
Dependant Pass and Student Pass holders below the age of 21 years are not eligible for IDD calls.
Contractual Commitments
Early termination or downgrade penalty charge of $160.50 applies.
Monthly subscription will revert to national promotion rate after 12 months from sign-up.
The plan is not applicable to mio plan, mio supplementary plan, Corporate Individual Scheme, BRN customers and any other promotions/schemes.
More Info On Charges
Excess local airtime is charged at 16.05¢/minute.
Excess SMS is charged at 5.35¢ per local SMS and 16.05¢ per global SMS
Free Incoming calls until 31 December 2010.
Free unlimited v019 calls are only applicable for voice calls made to any residential and mobile line in the listed destinations.
Monthly charges of $5.35/month are required to enjoy free unlimited v019 calls to 15 listed destinations of Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Puerto Rico,Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and USA. Another monthly charge of $5.35/month is required to enjoy Free unlimited v019 calls to either Indonesia or to only fixed line termination in Philippines. Local voice call rate applies to all v019 calls made and the calls are deductible from the free local outgoing voice bundle.
Experienced professionals, recent and prospective college graduates and others interested in career opportunities with the KPMG network of professional firms, providing audit, tax and advisory services, can participate in the September 24 - 26 "KPMG World Jobs Fair," a live, 48-hour global virtual recruiting fair.
The "KPMG World Jobs Fair," taking place online from 9 a.m. GMT, Wednesday, September 24, to 9 a.m. GMT, Friday, September 26, aims to provide qualified, interested candidates with information on hundreds of job opportunities, particularly in tax, advisory and specialized audit services, with KPMG member firms worldwide. More than 10,000 interested applicants have already registered for the online event through KPMG's global website at http://www.kpmg.com.
During the event, KPMG's first external virtual job fair, participants will have the opportunity to chat with KPMG recruiters and network with KPMG professionals, particularly in high growth markets where KPMG expects to substantially expand its operations over the next several years.
"As an increasing number of companies conduct business internationally, there are growing opportunities for professionals in many KPMG member firms - especially in emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China," said Timothy P. Flynn, KPMG chairman. "We're also focused on adding thousands of jobs to support KPMG member firms' continued growth in developed markets such as United States and Europe, including drawing specialists from around the world experienced in IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) as the world moves to that global accounting standard."
"The KPMG World Jobs Fair reflects a remarkable transformation in how KPMG member firms are attracting talent in a global economy - and a transformation in the way that professionals are seeking employment," said Flynn. "This event allows interested job candidates to easily explore opportunities and a potential career with KPMG, and it gives us an opportunity to tap into a global workforce. We expect it will attract thousands of qualified professionals and recent graduates worldwide."
The World Jobs Fair follows the success of a similar internal online event that 12 KPMG member firms held in May for employees and partners interested in exploring international rotation opportunities. The internal event attracted nearly 5,000 KPMG employees and partners, representing 104 countries, with the highest percentage of participants from the U.K., followed by the U.S., Germany, and China. The largest groups of participants by level were associates and senior associates, at 42 percent and 34 percent, respectively.
45 Member Firms
The global, virtual event this month will include an exhibition hall that features booths covering 45 participating KPMG member firms. Job seekers will be able to learn more about available opportunities in specific countries, and information on KPMG's culture, values, corporate citizenship goals, training and development and work/life programs.
Participants will also have the opportunity to watch live webcasts, chat with KPMG audit, tax and advisory professionals about a career with KPMG and apply for positions directly from the event.
"Clients are global and they need professionals with global audit, tax and advisory skills," said Flynn. "Taking advantage of global opportunities through an event like the KPMG World Jobs Fair helps people expand their skills and cultural perspective. At the same time, it gives KPMG a chance to help our member firms better serve their clients. It's what helps make KPMG an employer of choice."
In addition to KPMG member firms in Brazil, Russia, India and China, other KPMG member firms participating in the KPMG World Jobs Fair include Albania, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, U.K., U.S., United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based software maker Unisfair is providing the technology KPMG is using to power its virtual career fair event.
Tim Brown from IDEO poses an interesting question about this Bodum mug. I actually have the Bodum Beer mug so my experiences are "opposite" of his. He felt that with a normal cup, the experience of his morning latte degrades with each sip, as it gets colder and colder. When I drink from the can, the beer gets warmer and warmer. But in the Bodum mug, the last sip is still as frosty as the first. Hmmmm.
Back to the topic, in my other post about Apple Apps Store and Experience Design, I wrote about up selling of a product and the potential monetary value of experiences which then come with owning the product.
Tim's ending paragraph resonates with how we are and will continue to mould the Jorbb Experience.
"In my opinion, the only products that deserve to succeed are ones that are key components of a valuable experience. If they are not designed to achieve that they will be irrelevant. If they are not marketed as an experience then consumers will miss their value and categorize them with every other product that has the same physical characteristics. Manufacturers must see themselves as experience curators not product makers. This is something I am reminded of every time I take a sip of coffee."
Tried to get your kids to memorise words from flashcards recently? One child psychologist from the US says that would only stifle your child's creativity and take away the joy of learning.
'Children are essentially explorer-discoverers, not rote-learners,' says Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, author of the book Einstein Never Used Flash Cards.
Especially if you want your child equipped for the 21st century business world, which says that it needs knowledge-based people these days. The four characteristics of such as person is one who's a collaborator, a communicator, to have content and who's a creative innovator, says Professor Hirsh-Pasek, who's director of the Infant Language Laboratory at Temple University, USA.
'Collaborators because people need to work in teams, to have trust. Communicators because they need to talk and write to make themselves understood. Then, people need to know how to read, write and do maths, while they need to be creative innovators because we don't know what kind of problems they'll face,' she explains.
If this is what the business community says, then how does one instil the four 'C's' in a pre-schooler? The answer is in playful learning. 'We learn best when it's meaningful, and we're actively engaged, when it's fun and when we're happy,' she believes.
It's a belief that's based on scientific studies. Children who learn drama, for instance, do better in reading and 'emotion regulation'. 'If you fill up children's time for them, they'll be drones in the future. Research suggests that children who manage their own time and pace will be bosses in the future,' adds Prof Hirsh-Pasek.
Research also shows that children who engage in playful games become more confident and have better reading and maths skills. Playing with puzzles and blocks, for instance, improves spatial skills. 'Parents also use more extensive vocabulary when explaining games to children,' she adds.
Research also shows that three to five years old are the foundational years of a child, so pre-school activities do matter. 'The idea is to let the child learn within a playful environment,' she says.
Prof Hirsh-Pasek was in town a while ago to give a talk on pre-school education, upon invitation by Mindchamps, an enrichment centre.
Thanks to the folks at E27.SG, we've just made it on their blog. We highly recommend that you RSS their blog for announcements on their many outreach programmes. In fact, we met Gothere.sg and Widgeo.us at the recent Unconference Singapore.
"Entrepreneur27 Singapore is the sister organization of the original Entrepreneur27 group founded by Noah Kagan in Silicon Valley/ San Francisco Bay Area.
The “27″ in Entrepreneur27 (E27) really means “<27″.>
Since Jan 2006, E27 Singapore has reached out to thousands of new media enthusiasts and entrepreneurs through our 4 unconferences and numerous other outreach events at polytechnics, Junior Colleges. Via our mailing lists, Facebook groups and event wikis, we seek to engage our community in a direct conversation. Our new partnership with NUS and MDA to manage a startup incubator for the Interactive Digital Media sector is going to take us in an uncharted direction for the upcoming years and we are very excited about the possibilities."
Starbucks is hoping to harness the power of social media with a new ad campaign aimed at creating an online conversation between younger coffee drinkers.
