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Andrew Chow
Andrew Chow founded IDEAMART (S) PTE LTD since 1994. He is a certified Life Coach, Serial Entrepreneur, Speaker/Author and Modern Match Maker. He won the Spirit of Enterprise Award in 2008
Andrew had more than 50 interviews and features about him and his business since 2005. During the same period, numerous valuable experiences are drawn from managing the press and media (Channel News Asia, News 8, 938Live, Business Times, Zao Bao, Berita Harian, Today, The New Paper, My Paper, STOMP, FEMALE, HER WORLD, PEAK, SHAPE, Lifestyle, etc).
Andrew is also one of the choice interview candidates for Singapore lifestyle among foreign media like Canadian TV, Swiss Radio, German TV, AFP.
This Podcast is to share lessons on on-air publicity from Andrew's experiences in engaging the Radio over the years.
Huifong discuss her amazing journey to the first ever solo art exhibition in Singapore (7-9 Nov 2014)
http://www.huifongng.com https://www.facebook.com/huifongng.artist
Listen to the sharing of Intuitive Artist - Huifong Ng. She is featured on DJ Izan's show on Pilihan FM from 8 until 8.30 pm on Wed, 23/4/14
http://www.huifongng.com
Having a winsome smile can be the biggest game changer in establishing rapport or getting ahead in life. Smiling put people at ease and is often the most powerful non-verbal communication. Despite all these advantages, many people are not smiling often enough. The problem often goes beyond people being introverted and reserved. Dr Cheng Eng Wah is the founder of Ubi Dental clinic and I.Dental Surgeons. Graduated from NUS in 1986, he has over 25 years of experience in Orthodontics.
This is the first media interview for the pre-launch of new book - SUCCESS by Richard Gavriel.
www.richardgavriel.com/book
Richard’s strategies in sales success are based on the model he has developed over the last 30 years. Use it to help you build and fortify strong relationships with your clients.
As an entrepreneur, he has owned 7 businesses and he now coaches young entrepreneurs in business success. By applying strategies fashioned from his years of business experience, you too can enjoy entrepreneurship success.
Drawing from his background in the corporate world, Richard has also developed strategies for work success. These will give you the advantage to excel in your workplace.
This is a series of radio interviews on Richard Gavriel about Corproate Learning and Development. It was produced by MediaCorp radio 938live in 2012
www.richardgavriel.com
Fan page - https://www.facebook.com/RichardGavrielSuccess Order - http://www.richardgavriel.com/book
SUCCESS: Proven Strategies for Sales, Entrepreneurship and Work is specially written to guide you on your path to success
Richard's strategies in sales success are based on the model he has developed over the last 30 years. Use it to help you build and fortify strong relationships with your clients.
As an entrepreneur, he has owned 7 businesses and he now coaches young entrepreneurs in business success. By applying strategies fashioned from his years of business experience, you too can enjoy entrepreneurship success.
Drawing from his background in the corporate world, Richard has also developed strategies for work success. These will give you the advantage to excel in your workplace.
Spoken from the heart, Richard's proven success strategies for sales, entrepreneurship and work can be easily understood and applied. You can be assured that on completion of this book, you will be equipped with proven strategies to propel you to greater success.
What Is Charisma? - a special personal quality or ability of an individual that attracts people to him or her, charming them and thus, influencing these people in one way or another
What Is Networking? - the process of finding contacts and forming business connections in an informal manner at specific social & business-related events to enhance ones’ work and business
Their Relation & Importance To Life & At Work - As certain individuals attract others more therefore, in any networking event, they get to meet more people and thus, higher chance to know the right people to enhance on their work and business
Success is not a journey. Hard work does not lead to success. You need to work hard in only in areas that give you opportunities. Learn how you can become a productive and successful worker by challenging conventional beliefs through action and how you can build an organisation full of productive employees using some key success principles.
Guest: Christian Chua, a Success Coach and author of 'Making a Fortune while Sipping Coffee' and 'How to be a Success Magnet'
Much of the pressure parents and children face when it comes to the PSLE, centres on the streaming mechanism of the exam. How PSLE pressure can be eased is being looked into by the Ministry of Education, but till the system changes, how can you help your kids stay confident in their abilities and do better in school even if they have been placed in less elite schools or in streams that are perceived as being academically inferior? Learn how you can help them discover and nurture other talents too.
Guest: Study Skills Specialist, Sarah Goh
Uncover your most confident, credible & convincing voice. We all communicate, but are we really connecting? How can the sound of your voice impact your success and how you can find your most influential voice that speaks with authority and impact, engages and inspires people to embrace change and take action?
Sarah Goh, Studying Skills Coach, discuss about Time Management for Students to help them get better in their studies
The enemy of academic success is not an inability to learn or a lack of intelligence – it’s actually a lack of time management. Find out how setting a routine for your kids can help them improve by leaps and bounds and how you can begin helping them manage themselves better.
Are there people in your workplace that seem too difficult to interact with?
Are there people who just seemed angry all the time?
Be it difficult people or awkward situations, this workshop will train managers and employees how to
handle the most difficult people and difficult situations.
www.richardgavriel.com
In the world of training development, terms like keynote, corporate training, personal coaching & business consulting are used interchangeably, however they each have a distinct role and specialty to bring an organization to the next level. They can be hired from anyone from the CEO to the L&D of HR and even the line managers. The crux of the matter is when to hire who and for what purposes. Guest: Richard Gavriel, Speaker and Trainer Manager
On Christmas eve, I was approached by a good friend in the media – Shi Ting from RazorTV to contribute 4 simple dating tips to busy professionals for a more colourful social life in 2011.
The dating tips or resolutions for singles in 2011 are :
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Devote at least 10% of your time socializing or meeting new people
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Invent a new look for 2011 : Try something new
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Revisit your criteria for a life partner : Choose character over personality
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Be the Right Person : Do not just look for the right one.
Date Coach Andrew Chow shares some realistic and helpful advice on dating, and how to find the right one for you.
This is a radio interview with BFM 89.9 with producer Angeline on 26 Aug 2010
Image guru Murshidah Said gives her expert advice on image management, covering topics such as clothing, colours, accessories, speech, handshakes, body language - the works.
This is a radio interview of Murshidah Said by BFM 89.9, a business radio in Malaysia.
She will be presenting more workshop in the Single Cruise Asia - www.singlescruiseasia.com
She can be contacted on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/murshidah.said
o No company will ever be fully prepared for any crisis that impacts their business. The key is to develop a standard contingency plan to keep the public informed through the media on how your organisation is handling the crisis. o There are Ten Questions a Reporter Will Want to Know in a Hard News Situation: - What happened? - Why did it happen? - Was anyone injured or affected from it? - Could this have been prevented? - Has this ever happened before? - Currently, what are you doing about it? - When will the problem be solved? - How will you prevent this from happening again? - Did you know this was going to happen? - What would you like to say to those affected? o For Crisis Management, Have a designated person in your company to answer questions from the press. In an extreme crisis situation, the CEO or the Chairman of the company should preferably be the main spoke person in order to project an honest and open attitude. o When dealing with reporters from the tabloids, please ensure you handle tricky questions carefully. Never release information despite saying it’s “off the record”, because it will be published. Avoid being drawn into a situation where you have to answer a YES or NO. Be prepared for open ended questions and prepare a list of FAQs or Frequently-asked Questions. • Try your best to avoid having negative press publicity. The negative impact will remain in the minds of the public for a long time. Always remember if bad press happen once, it is an incident. If it happens twice, it is a coincidence. If it happens 3 times, it has a pattern! Having it 4 times means it has become a lifestyle!
• Many small and medium enterprises do not really understand how to work with the media to generate buzz and publicity. They often have a misconception that media publicity is exclusive to big companies having a huge budget to hire public relations specialists who provide strategic counsel. • Media relation is both an art and a science. Knowing your basics and adding some creativity and flair will produce an effective pitch. • Understanding what constitutes news and knowing what the media and press want will give your company a head start in gaining publicity. The press and media are powerful stake holders of your business. Having good publicity about your product and brand will always enhance public perception on their value.
Get your message across by getting to the point.
http://www.ericfeng.com
About Eric:
Bestselling Author of “The FAQ Book on Public Speaking” Business Week (USA) Top 25 Young Entrepreneurs of Asia 2007 Professional Certified Coach, International Coach Federation (USA)
Eric Feng is the go-to-guy if you want to speak with more confidence and charisma.
Well known for his fresh insights and results-driven programs, Eric has successfully coached over 3000 managers and C-level executives in the area of public speaking and organizational storytelling. Apart from teaching them how to deliver memorable business and technical presentations, Eric also guides corporate leaders and senior management to effectively convey their messages through business narrative (better known as storytelling).
A mind read is claiming to know the thought of someone else without confirming the exact situation with them
How choosing your words carefully can help reframe your thinking and actions for the better.
What are nominalisations and how can they impact communication and relationships at the workplace?
Sylvia and Jason are going to focus on the words "CAN" and "CAN'T" and their relationship to believes. How can this knowledge help Jason make a better presentation?
Sylvia is going to share with Jason how to powerfully visualise the outcome he has established.
Media likes to report new findings from meaningful survey that reflect our social lifestyle. Giving more information on changes in society's lifestyle and perception in your industry will position you as the leader.
How should you handle this situation? Valerie Song, founder of Match Resources Pte Ltd, offers great advice. (www.matchresources.com.sg)
When is a good time to answer the question? Should you ask for more during the 2nd interview? Valerie Song, founder of Match Resources Pte Ltd, offers great advice. (www.matchresources.com.sg)
My good friend - Valerie Song, founder of Match Resources Pte Ltd, offers great advice to managers who are newly appointed. (www.matchresources.com.sg)
A poor customer service attitude can result in a massive complaint which the media can pick up easily as a story. In this case, Lunch Actually was quick to act to clarify on air of a possible mixed-up of 2 companies with similar names. (Lunch Actually and It's Just Lunch)
Keep your cool and poise even when the interviewer didnt quite go in the direction you wanted. This is a good example where the initial objective was to discuss about an event, but the Hosts of the morning Breakfast Show turn it into a discussion of gender issues and the jokes associated to it.
In this second segment, we are joined by NLP|Hypnosis Trainer, James Leong, to explore how the Enneagram works to give insight and produce change in relationships. Real-life portraits of great people like Mother Theresa and Michael Jackson are discussed to illustrate the depth to which unconscious patterns affect all of us.
Andrew is proud to learn Enneagram from these great teachers and has been using Enneagram daily in establishing rapport with different people by knowing their "type"
More information - http://masternlpcoach.com/
Enneagram Teacher, Raj Revindran, tells us how to know the unconscious patterns ingrained into us, which affect how we relate to self and others. He holds a psychological mirror, reflecting insight into who you are, subtly preaching the message of connection.
Media pitching is the process of making live contact with members of the news media, typically editors and reporters. More powerful than simple electronic press release distribution, media pitching adds a critical element to your publicity efforts by getting the direct attention of the people who pick and chose from the thousands of press releases they receive on a weekly basis.
Without adding media pitching to your media relations program, the chance of your press release standing out and drawing attention on its own is extremely slim.
This episode is the interview of Andrew by Saiful, founder of http://www.asksaiful.com/ in his Entrepreneur Power Talk, a regular feature on his site.
Whether you are making a business presentation or communicating with the media, your most important objective should be to make your point clear and memorable.
This is an example of announcing the objectives of Romancing Singapore festival in 2008
This is an example of a well-craft media release to radio for a pre event announcement. It becomes a news section (taken directly from press release ) with editor's selection of interviews from people on the street.
The result is the establishment of credibility and a feedback of public opinion at the same time.
About the Event: One on One Express was Singapore's first ever National Blind date during Dec 2006.
Managing Pre-Event Publicity on Air requires you to Inform Officially, Encourage Personally and Offer Randomly.
This is an example of creating pre event publicity on radio on 9 Feb 2007 for a Mega Movie event for Singles on the 13 Feb 2007
All media love content providers who can deliver relevant and quality information to their readers/listeners/viewers.
Do not seek to sell but rather educate the public on radio interview.
This is a radio interview on 938Live on Speed Dating from 3 Dating Service Providers - Andrew Chow, Nazran Ahmad and Jennifer Yeo.
A personal brand is a unique set of attributes or characteristics that differentiate you from others
These characteristics can be ‘functional’ (like having a particular degree or proficiency in typing) or ‘perceived’ (like being a go-getter or thought leader)
Remember, ‘unique’ means that there aren’t lots more like you!
This is a 10-min interview on Radio 938Live on April 2009 on the topic of my Passion under the Passion People segment.