August 30, 2010
On 26 August 2010, under the kind arrangement of my KL counterpart, I manage to have my 1st ever interview on Malaysia radio. I was introduced as the Dating Coach from Singapore, who will also be on the Singles Cruise Asia from 6-10 Dec, 2010, set sail from Singapore. The radio station looks very much [...]
Posted in Andrew Chow, Public Relations, Publicity, Singles, Social Networking
August 30, 2010
On 23 Aug 2010, I was honored to speak for an hour in between d’ Oz International Pte Ltd‘s regional training of business development directors from Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, India and Singapore. Increasingly, regional client have requested for workshops/seminar on social media and branding. The talk on “Social Media 101 for Business 2.0″ have cleared [...]
Posted in Andrew Chow, Brand Communication, Brand Strategy, Branding, Business, Personal Branding, Social Media
August 30, 2010
The best of @Andrewkwchow presentation; all available for downloading – http://ow.ly/2w5J2
Posted in Business
August 30, 2010
To celebrate the 3rd F1 event in Singapore on 24-26 Sep, Ocean, a British citizen; mother of 3 in Singapore would like to donate proceeds of her oil painting in a F1 Charity Auction. The adopted charity will be Teen Challenge. After 6 months, Ocean has just finally completed 3 canvas each 1.6m x 1m [...]
Posted in Andrew Chow, Auction, Brand Communication, Branding, Business, Charity, Life, Mass Media, Publicity - Case Study, Sponsorship, Volunteer
August 28, 2010
[slideshare id=5075137&doc=brandcommunicationsviasocialmediapr-100828064832-phpapp02] On 24 Aug, I was invited to speak at strategic online PR and Media Relations Forum organised by T.U.N. International Pte Ltd on Brand Communications via Social Media Public Relations. Content – Management of information on different platforms Conversation – Social Media PR best practices Community – The importance of creating social networking [...]
Posted in Brand Communication, Brand Positioning, Brand Strategy, Branding, Publicity - Case Study, Social Media
August 17, 2010
There was a time 5 years ago, a foreign press reported a story about Singaporean being the best in the world in terms of competitiveness, efficiency and high-standard of living. The headline was “Singaporean can do anything except dating!” My initial reaction was a rush of anger because there are plenty of dating going on, [...]
Tags: Andrew Chow, blogtv, dating agencies, Generation Z, government campaign, ideasandrew, Romancing Singapore, Singapore, Singles, Social Development Network, Social Development Unit, social media, social networking
Posted in Romancing Singapore, Singles
August 16, 2010
12 Aug 2010 : Social Worker Kelly Huang a former delinquent turned counsellor for Teen Challenge, Singapore, a youth social services organization bears the Olympic Torch
Posted in Brand Communication, Branding, Charity, Mass Media
August 11, 2010
The idea for Walking with Dinosaurs started in 1996. At the time I was a science TV producer at the BBC and knew they were looking for a big series about paleontology. In particular they wanted it to appeal to the widest possible audience, to bring the subject alive. This was only a couple of [...]
Posted in Business, Social Media
August 10, 2010
On 5-6 August, i had the honour to conduct a social media strategy workshop for one of the leading charities in Singapore for Youth and Rehab program – Teen Challenge. A key factor of success in the implementation of social media is always the question of corporate readiness and stakeholders’ buy-in. Teen Challenge has risen [...]
Tags: Andrew Chow, Charity, corporate social responsibility, life controlling problems, old chua chu kang road, social media, Teen Challenge, training, VWO, youth
Posted in Charity, Social Media
August 6, 2010
We often hear that Actions Speak louder than Words. Many are long on talking and short on delivery. To achieve your goal, you need to act, be active, get into action. It may not promise you any happiness, but at least you tried. Whatever you do, it will always make you move from point to [...]
Posted in Life