Shahril Azuar Jimin weaves a good story in radio interview
Weaving a good story in a live radio interview can be tough, but our nominee of the Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2019 this week made it look easy.
Topics: Media, Communication
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2020 Foresight: Climate change will force companies to switch to live webcasts
Climate change is forcing organisations to rethink how they do business. Instead of sending their executives on overseas trips, companies will be “flight shamed”. But business must go on, so many will turn to live webcasting. But are you ready to get in front of the camera?
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Why teaching MBA students presentation skills is easier said than done
My clients for media skills and executive presence training are almost exclusively senior business and government leaders. But when National University of Singapore asked me a few years ago to coach their top MBA students, I accepted. The opportunity to contribute to the development of future business and government leaders was too good to pass up.
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Mindy Teo lives her freedom in radio interview
You've heard of co-working spaces, now co-living appears to be the in thing of this generation. There is rising demand for community living spaces due to low housing affordability. Our shortlisted candidate for the Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2019 in the Best Broadcast Interview category this week appeared was all about co-living spaces in Singapore.
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Adrian Choo sets the pace for radio interviews and for over-40 job seekers
Widespread downsizing and increasing use of technology is forcing workers over the age of 40 to look for a job. Our nominee this week, Adrian Choo, showcases his agility, both for his radio interview and the careers of his listeners.
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"Before I start"... well, you've already started, so just get on with it!
Please can we retire "Before I start" from keynote presenters' vocabularies. Fact is, when you say these words, by definition you've already started! Here are some of the most egregious abuses of the phrase. And some replacement options.
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2020 Foresight: How to compete with Artificial Intelligence
The 2020s will see more smart machines such as house cleaning robots, self-driving cars and autonomous drones. What are the implications for us mere mortals?
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To succeed, digital transformation requires a communications transformation
So, apparently we're all going to be replaced by machines and Artificial Intelligence. Okay, maybe not so soon. But what can people do better than machines? And isn't it high time we learnt those skills.
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Lena Tan provides food for thought on single-use plastic
Single-use plastic is a serious climate change hazard, but listeners to Money FM 89.3 were lucky to have Lena Tan explain to them in her radio interview why it is so difficult to reduce plastics.
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Goodness gracious! William Wan responded to tough questions with kindness
One in four young people refrain from showing kindness in public because they fear being embarrassed or mocked, according to the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) Graciousness Survey 2019. Our shortlisted candidate for Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2019 this week presented the findings on Money FM 89.3.
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Dealing with questions about your financials: Axiata Digital Service CEO shows the way
Business leaders love talking about their financial results - when they're good. But when your business is losing money, you would obviously rather not talk about them. But Mohd Khairil Abdullah, CEO of Axiata Digital Service (ADS) handled the questions with aplomb on BFM's ‘The Breakfast Grille’.
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Popular Holdings CEO Chou Cheng Ngok showcases story-telling prowess in CNA interview
Our shortlisted candidate for the Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2019 this week brought us back to the eighties with an interview with Popular Holding’s CEO Chou Cheng Ngok, discussing how he started the book store chain, and the challenges he faced over the years.
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Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2019 to recognise local Senior Business Leaders for their media skills
Hong Bao Media has officially launched the third edition of the Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards 2019, to recognise local Senior Business Leaders for their media skills, to realise Hong Bao Media's vision of ensuring every Asian business leader is a world-class presenter.
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HBM launches Video Savvy LIVE workshop | 17 October 2019
Hong Bao Media has launched a first in Singapore": It conveys to in-house marketing professionals must-have skills in front of and behind the camera. In partnership with Moore's Lore Media and Shootsta, "Video Savvy LIVE - How to produce videos in time and on budget" is a blended learning workshop, with strong emphasis on hands-on practise.
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HBM launches CliftonStrengths-powered coaching to help senior executives overcome fear of public speaking
By applying CliftonStrengths coaching techniques, our Gallup-certified Principal Coach and HBM Managing Director Mark Laudi is able to help even the most introverted executive tap into their natural talents and get comfortable in front of live audiences or on camera.
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Dear CEO, here's why you should sack your speech writer
If you are senior – or lucky – enough to have a speech writer, it’s time to either change their job description, or to let them go.
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Hong Bao Media and Shootsta announce strategic partnership to give clients more avenues to produce in-house video contents
Hong Bao Media and Shootsta are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to equip corporate communications and marketing professionals with the tools and skills they need to produce video content in-house.
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ConnecTech wrap up: Comms professionals must get ready for 5G and live streaming platforms
If there are two takeaways for disciples of communication from this year's ConnecTech in Singapore, they are (1) the rise of 5G, and (2) the proliferation of live streaming platforms - with huge implications for communications professionals and their senior leadership teams.
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Without further ado, please consign this eye-rolling cliché to history
Without any further ado, can you please consign this eye-rolling cliché to history. It is now so common for on-stage presenters to wrap their opening or housekeeping remarks with this phrase that my eyes are rolling constantly.
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Six communications skills to learn from John Bercow
In the whole Brexit chaos, the person who has impressed me the most is the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow. Communications Directors in Asia are unlikely to ever have to control a scrum of journalists like Bercow controls the House. But I have anyway distilled his edicts "from a sedentary position" into a set of learnings for business leaders and communications professionals.
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