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Connecting Value

Having had my first attempt at public speaking at TEDxYouth in Singapore a few months back made me realized that there was still so much out there that I do not know. It was surreal and yet exciting. Exciting because I was given the opportunity to share my passion with a new generation of youths, [...]

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Connecting Creative Culture (TEDxYouth@SG)

Being a Producer & Video Director in the last decade, I’ve seen how creativity triggers discomfort. I firmly believe that integrating the creative thinking process into any process or organization adds value and creates unique experiences…Creativity allows us to do insanely great things… What do we want to be remembered for? The creative process is [...]

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Tweets of my talk at TEDxYouth@SG

zhiyingMEH zhi ying Don’t wait for that one moment to happen. Keep trying to succeed #tedxyouthsg #spsocialmedia 19 Nov lyonhsiao Lyon Joel Seow Creative culture connection can be a long term solution to successfulness. #TEDXYOUTHSG #SPSOCIALMEDIA 19 Nov stellanyx Stella.N How about using our creativity amd skills for a cause worth fighting for? Food for [...]

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Waking up

There are some things that experience a lone cannot express. If our creative work gets too comfortable… it is probably time to shake us up again. The function of creativity goes beyond concepts. If we walk across the same room with four different visualizations, the perception of that room is different. Our interpretation, intuition, cognition [...]

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The Ethics of Value

A concept I’ve taken years to learn from one of my teachers in life is:   Take heed what you hear Take heed how you hear It is not the content, but how you process it.   Whatever value you place on what you hear, will determine it’s power, influence and impact in your life. [...]

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The Great Pitch

A great deal of winning at pitching is about getting it right beforehand   Understanding the audience Thinking through a clear position Writing a pitch which has clarity and a big idea   How you pace and shape the presentation How you deal with questions The use of humour   Remember: When someone asks you [...]

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Pitch (pit-sch)

Origin, history and sense-development To set in place To place or locate oneself To take up position To set in order To persuade in order to win To fix the value Why it matters? Life is not a pattern of gradually evolving improvement.   It is a long, fallow patches punctuated by moments of crucial [...]

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CNA: Creating New Asia

The government wants to make Singapore a media hub, and I do believe that Singapore will eventually be a media hub in Asia, but it will take a lot of effort to make it happen. It takes a fusion of ingredients: film, television, music, publishing, games, animation and media services mixed together. However putting them together [...]

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The Effects of Communication Technology

Communication technology has developed within different cultures over the years. Its effects can be seen in social, economic and in wars. And its effects vary from different cultures. It is learning about social behaviors that develop in our societies through the advancement of communication technology. Within this framework, there are several factors listed that affect [...]

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Sin City

Ever wonder if Singapore will one day become a “Sin” City? I doubt so… but anything can happen… I mean, there’s IRs and F1s that will spring out within the next few years… Anything can take place. I had a life changing time in A-Mei’s concert which I saw how she connected with the full [...]

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Miracle Building

Just completed a  fund raising video… I’m begining to realise the importance of taking creative people who have the skills to capture the public’s attention and communicate effectively through different media and genre to make it happen. Sometimes I do wonder how much will it take to create a culture… somehow I know that making [...]

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BRAND new day

Well, since I’ve completed my Design, Document and Publication module for my Communication & Media Management bacholars degree course, I might as well continue to blog and write… It is a BRAND new day :) and that’s right… A Brand New Day means a lot of different things for different people. For some, it is a [...]

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