Archive for August, 2010

My 1st interview on Malaysia Business Radio – BFM 89.9

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 23 Comments »

A Gathering of Regional Business Development Directors of d’Oz International

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 160 Comments »

The Best of @Andrewkwchow Presentation on Slideshare

August 30, 2010

The best of @Andrewkwchow presentation; all available for downloading – http://ow.ly/2w5J2

Posted in Business 142 Comments »

Charity Auction of 3 Oil Painting of F1 Drivers : Hamilton, Alonso & Webber

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 119 Comments »

Brand Communications via Social Media Public Relations

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 14 Comments »

Do Singles in Singapore need another Campaign to settle down?

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, [...]

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Posted in Romancing Singapore, Singles 198 Comments »

Kelly Huang, a former delinquent turned counsellor at Teen Challenge bears the Olympic Torch

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 79 Comments »

Dinosaurs coming to Singapore in Dec 2010

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 17 Comments »

A few Good Men & Women from Teen Challenge (735 Old Choa Chu Kang Rd)

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 [...]

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Posted in Charity, Social Media 10 Comments »

Action and Happiness

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 141 Comments »