Raffles Chapter, BNI Singapore - Recently Updated Pages

Welcome to Raffles Chapter BNI Singapore

kellychua — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:47:53 CDT

Raffles Chapter has our very own domain!

Please click on the following link to see
BNI RAFFLES CHAPTER official site!

Raffles Showcase Calendar

kellychua — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:37:58 CDT

WHAT DO RAFFLES MEMBERS
LEARN EVERY WEEK?

Each week, a Raffles member will rotate to share with fellow member about their products and services.

The objective is to equip other members with the necessary knowledge of their products and/or services
so that the members can be his/her extended sales force to market his/her products/services.

Note: Due to addition of new members and also that members might swop showcase sessions, for the latest confirmed schedule, please email our secretary Kelly Chua - kelly@powerlaser.net
Date of showcase	Member	Profession
JUNE
1-Jun-2007	Sally Phua	Real Estate/Property
8-Jun-2007	Ang Ah Sin	Health & Wellness
15-Jun-2007	Andrew Peters	PR & Marketing Services
22-Jun-2007	Melindah MJ	Land Banking
29-Jun-2007	Daniel Regu*	Private Investigation
JULY
6-Jul-2007	Ismadi MY	Graphic Design/ Photography
13-Jul-2007	Steven Seow*	Internet Services
20-Jul-2007	Adrian Sim*	Life Insurance
27-Jul-2007	Leonard Song	Business Coaching
AUGUST
3-Aug-2007	Doris Ho*	Internet Directory Publishing
10-Aug-2007	John Tan/Felix Chua*	Food Catering
17-Aug-2007	James Tan*	General Insurance
24-Aug-2007	Trecillia Goh	Life Coaching & Hypnotheraphy
31-Aug-2007	Ranny Soh	Interior design
SEPTEMBER
7-Sep-2007	Kelly Chua	Office Supplies
14-Sep-2007	Michael Ong *	Web Hosting & Design
21-Sep-2007	Ang Ah Sin	Health & Wellness
28-Sep-2007	Andrew Peters	PR & Marketing Services
OCTOBER
5-Oct-2007	Leonard Song *	Mentoring Director
12-Oct-2007	Sally Phua *	Real Estate/Property
19-Oct-2007	Ismadi MY	Graphic Design/ Photography
26-Oct-2007	Daniel Regu	Private Investigation
NOVEMBER
2-Nov-2007	Doris Ho	Internet Directory Publisher
9-Nov-2007	Robert Roach	VOIP Solution
16-Nov-2007	Jasmine Wong	Cafe
23-Nov-2007	Adrian Sim	Life Insurance
30-Nov-2007	James Tan	General Insurance
DECEMBER
7-Dec-2007	Felix Chua	Food Catering
14-Dec-2007	Trecillia Goh	Life Coaching & Hypnotherapy
21-Dec-2007	Kelly Chua	Office Supplies
28-Dec-2007	Michael Ong	Web Hosting & Design

Note: color with * means members swapped their session

21 Sep 2007 - BNI Raffles 1st Visitor's Day

kellychua — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:24:29 CDT

21 Sep 2007 marks the starting of Raffles Chapter's first Visitor's Day. We opted for an unusual practice, that is to meet all members and business associates in the EVENING instead of the usual 0730 hrs morning meeting. This was intentionally done so that more people can turn up and experience the "wonders" of BNI network and system.

All members were dress in M.W.I.B. (Man Women In Black). The show was proven a success when 26 visitors turned up that night. Everyone had a good time networking and exploring more about each other's businesses. Some visitors was so impressed they want to embark on the membership right away.

See the turn up that night as the slide show below.

I would like to show gratitude to Felix Chua & Ismadi for providing the following pictures. Thanks for the effort in taking them.

Thanks to all Rafflesian for putting effort and time in making this Visitor Day a success!

Cheers!

Posted by Kelly Chua

Visitor Day Friday 21st Sept 2007

on9systems — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:17:26 CDT

Address:
Geek Terminal
55 Market Street
#01-01
Singapore 048941

Networking and dinner fee :
$20 per person

03 Aug 2007

kellychua — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:54:41 CDT

Mr Sim Chow Boon - our Founding National Director from BNI Singapore came to our chapter today, bringing with him a member from BNI Indonesia (Mr Ivan Soeria Atmadja from One Page Career Service).

03 Aug is a "special day" because Rafflesian will be filming our 60 second Sales Manager Minute today. Everyone was all dress up for d-day... Unfortunately, Kelly (the cameraman) realized that no audio was captured when she loaded the file for editing. The camera must have mulfunctioned (mic problem).

So sorry guys! We have to "dress up" and retake the videos again. This is a good news for some who think they did "badly" in front of the camera today... And it could be a bad news for those who knew they gave their best shot already. Bad news for Felix Chua, who got crowned "Mr NG" today. He will have to retake his video and get over his shyness facing Kelly's camera.

See the still shots I got today though.

Who shall be the Raffles Social Coordinator?

kellychua — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:34:21 CDT

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On9 Systems - Web Solutions

on9systems — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:47:23 CDT

Raffles Events

on9systems — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:10:36 CDT

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UPS SME Contest

aplink — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:34:41 CDT

- Do you have a SME of Home Business -
- would like world wide recognition & $25,000 enter the UPS SME competition !

Positive Quotes

greaterchina95 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:10:25 CDT

10 August 2007
"a referral from another salesperson can be as powerful as a referral from a satisfied customer."

"The most powerful words you can use in asking for referrals are, 'I need your help.' If you've served your customer, referral alliance, or prospect well, if you've built rapport and trust, then he or she will be happy to give you referrals. You just have to ask."
~~~ Bill Cates

3 August 2007

"The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals."
~~~ Rensis Likert

There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and
intelligence win championships."
~~~ Michael Jordan

30 July 2007 - Posted by Kelly Chua
"When we wake up in the morning. We have 2 simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase throse dreams.
Choice is yours."

"When you keep saying you are busy, then you are never free.
When you keep saying you have no time, then you will never have time.
When you keep saying you will do it tomorrow, then your tomorrow will never come."

"Time is like a river.
You cannot touch the same water twice,
because the flow that has passed will never pass again.
Enjoy every moment of life."

27 July 2007
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
~~~ Henry Ford

20 July 2007

"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two."
~~~ Lee Iacocca

13 July 2007
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind,
not with it."
~~~ Henry Ford

6 July 2007
"Control your own destiny or someone else will"
~~~ Jack Welch

22 June 2007
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
~~~ John Wooden Hall, Fame Basketball coach

1 June 2007
"Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what a reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character."
~~~Dr. Wayne Dyer, motivational speaker and author

My Photography Work

ismadi — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:11:28 CDT

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BNI Events

greaterchina95 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:52:36 CDT

Public Holidays & School Holidays in Singapore

greaterchina95 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:29:36 CDT

Singapore Public Holidays 2007
New Year’s Day	Monday	1st January 2007
Chinese New Year	Sunday	18-Feb-07
	Monday	19-Feb-07
Good Friday	Friday	6-Apr-07
Labour Day	Tuesday	1st May 2007
Vesak Day	Thursday	31-May-07
National Day	Thursday	9-Aug-07
Hari Raya Puasa	Saturday	13-Oct-07
Deepavali	Thursday	8-Nov-07
Hari Raya Haji	Thursday	20-Dec-07
Christmas	Tuesday	25th December 2007

School Holidays for 2007
Semester I
After Term I	Saturday 10 March - Sunday 18 March
After Term II	Saturday 26 May - Sunday 24 June
Semester II
After Term III	Saturday 1 September - Sunday 9 September
After Term IV	Saturday 17 November - Monday 31 December

Scheduled School Holidays for 2007
Youth Day	*Sunday 1 July
Day after National Day	Friday 10 August
Teachers´ Day	Saturday 1 September
Children´s Day	#Monday 1 October
*The following Monday will be a scheduled school holiday.
#For primary schools & primary sections of full schools only.

Where does your network lead you to ?

aplink — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:35:18 CDT

2 SUREFIRE MESSAGES FOR VISITORS
by Ang Ah Sin, BioLife Marketing
11 June 2007

During the recent visit (29th May) with BNI JB to Melaka where they were recruiting members to start the first BNI Chapter there, I learned 2 key messages that we can use to invite visitors and potential members to Raffles Chapter :-

1. No matter how long you have run your own business, are you able to :-
i) meet a group (up to 50) of bosses or executives of companies
ii) have breakfast EVERY WEEK at the SAME TIME
iii) who don’t compete with you
iv) but always thinking of how to bring/recommend new business to you

2. As your own boss, will you ever get, not one but MANY MANY good and trustworthy sales people for free ?
You need sales people. A good but inexperienced sales person can still cost you easily S$1,000 PER MONTH inclusive of employer CPF. What about transport and mobile phone charges, annual leave, sick leave, etc.? Moreover, there is no guarantee that he/she will bring you sales. ROI ?

As a BNI member,

we pay about half of it PER YEAR
we have ALL (up to 50) the chapter’s members as our FREE yet TRUSTWORTHY sales people – they carry your name card, talk for you and your products and services yet we do not need to pay them salary, CPF, transport, mobile phone charges, annual leave, sick leave, etc
for international reach, we can tap on the over 100,000 members in over 4,300 chapters in 37 countries worldwide

Except for those who are BNI members, I don’t know if anyone will put their hands for these 2 questions.

We can use these 2 simple questions to enlighten people whom we want to invite to our meetings.

Prefered Chapter Meeting Day

aplink — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:15:22 CDT

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A Case Study - Live Online Video Streaming for Events

aplink — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:33:03 CDT

Harnessing The Power of Live Online Video Streaming For Communities!

Andrew Peters - COO - The Pacific West Communications

June 11 2007

The world of Web 2.0 is abuzz with exciting new start-ups and new techniques to harness the power of social media that sprout up on a daily basis. However, today, I'm not here to preach about any new method that I've discovered or rave about any new theory that I'd like to evangelize. As the humble servants of our clients, all we do is to be on the constant lookout for the 'edge', from which we can push the frontiers of application of newly emerging social media tools. The aim: to bring value for everyone involved, from our clients, to our partners and our employees, our Communities.

At The Pacific West Communications, we look to employ the latest tools developed by the Web 2.0 community to connect better with the various communities that we have been mandated to reach out to by our clients. As an agency, we pride ourselves in our proactive approach to community relations and continually tinker around with the latest tools available. Before we elaborate further, I must first thank our clients for their understanding and equal willingness to experiment along with us. Without their forward-thinking, we would not have the opportunities to push the cutting edge.

Client Brief
In early May, our agency organized a launch event for our client ChainFusion who have created BuyButtonz.com. BuyButtonz is a new, secure online payment system that allows anyone to sell online. As part of our brief, we were tasked with organizing a launch event to create awareness amongst the media and consumers . Our concept for the launch event was to create the first ever eCommerce and Bloggers Fair where online sellers (eCommerce stores and blog sellers) could all get together for an afternoon of selling at a local mall. The target market for BuyButtonz was online merchants and to emphasize the community orientation that BuyButtonz wanted in its efforts to reach out to the sellers, BuyButtonz generously sponsored the fair. Online sellers were sponsored to gather at the Far East Plaza Mall on May 6 2007 to network and sell together. The idea was to bring the online selling community together so that the sellers themselves could reach out to their own communities of sellers. As a city, Singapore is easily accessible and the purpose of the fair was also to foster deeper community interaction.

Events have traditionally been organized with little interaction with the web. The conventional thinking of many event organizers would be to focus on executing an impressive event that would target only the people who could attend physically. Why bother with the hassle of reaching out beyond the boundaries of traditional comfort zones? Co-opting radio for an event would most likely be the medium of choice for most organizers -- the reach of radio is impressive and the ability to report live from an event helps to lend the event an element of buzz. However, as a medium, radio is still one-way and does not foster a conversation at all. It's great for the 1.0 world but could there be a better alternative for the 2.0 world? Especially for today's budget conscious clients who continually seek to maximize their budgets?

Welcome to the two-way world of social media, where the consumers expect to get the news raw and demand the right to reply. The world has changed and this is the reality of the online world now. The blogging community in Singapore is strong, potentially vociferous, and their demand to consume new media experiences has never been higher.

Admittedly, online video streaming is not a new technology. However, the costs of executing live video streaming from public locations has traditionally been prohibitive, possibly preventing more event organizers from taking advantage of video streaming's communicative abilities. But now, with bandwidth costs dropping sharply and broadband available wirelessly throughout nearly the entire Singapore, the enabling technologies for cost-effective live video streaming has finally arrived!

Streaming Live, The Benefits
For the BuyButtonz's event, we opted to utilize the streaming technology provided by California based Ustream.tv. Ustream.tv is a two-month old start-up that allows users to immediately stream content from their web-cams onto the Internet through the web-browser. Just by having the Adobe Flash plug-in on your browser and a web-cam hooked up to your computer, you can now stream live video onto the Internet. Ustream.tv also provides you with an easily embeddable code (just like Youtube's code) that makes it easy for bloggers to include your live video feed onto their blogs.

With the technology infrastructure in place, all we needed was a partner who could help us distribute the video feed. We chose Ping.sg, Singapore's fastest emerging meta-blogging community. Ping.sg is a blog aggregator that uses a proprietary algorithm to rank the posts created by bloggers. Based on various factors such as click-throughs and votes to a post, popular posts are identified and promoted to the top of the posts. Launched in late 2006, Ping.sg has enjoyed significant growth and developed a sticky community of bloggers.

The founder of Ping.sg was highly supportive of our idea to stream this event live onto his site. Without hesitation, he agreed to do so probably because he could see the benefits such a live streaming of content would have to allow his community to rally around an online event of interest that was fed instantly from a live event.

On the day of the event, Ping.sg kindly embedded a video feed of the event on a prominent location (above the line) of its homepage. This ensured instant visibility for visitors who logged onto the site that day. The embedded video feed was coincidentally placed next to the shoutbox on the left column of the page. The shoutbox is a live chat box for the Ping.sg community and this created the basis for an extremely social video streaming session.

Our crew then hooked up a web-cam to a Wifi-enabled laptop that was logged into Ustream.tv's broadcasting page. Since the atrium of Far East Plaza was adequately covered by our wifi setup, the crew managed to roam the fair at frequent intervals capturing stall owners and on-site activities.

Besides simply streaming the video onto Ping.sg, our crew made use of the shoutbox to provide a live commentary of the stalls available at the fair many bloggers posted onto their own blogs from the event which in turn become viewable at the ping.sg site. The response we gathered from the community logged into Ping.sg was positive and high energy. Many watched the stream live for hours. The founder of Ping.sg also called for a meet-up of his community at the fair and this must have attracted many of the community members to come together. In the earlier part of the day, many members tuned into the live feed to interact with their fellow friends at the fair and in the later part of the day, more of them left their computers to attend the fair in person.

The Buzz
In this instance we were able to provide for our client an unprecedented buzz at their launch event. The mere use of a new Web 2.0 technology that managed successfully through visual means to bring together our client with the on-site attendees and the online world of bloggers and some traditional media is truly a demonstration of where public relations is going to venture more in the not to distant future. A new client is allowing us to push even further in our public relations drive into the Digital Frontier. As I write this editorial our first in-world media event in Second Life is being planned for execution over the coming months. New technology in this case, Web 2.0 and Virtual Worlds are once again changing the playing field of how an agency should address communication needs of clients and the important communities they need to reach.

How To:

- Test Wifi Infrastructure thoroughly
- Test streaming setup thoroughly prior to event
- Ensure web-cam is high quality
- Have a online streaming media partner to help with distribution of feed
- Buzz can be created through streaming media
- Frank discussions and genuine interactions with the community is necessary
- Give the community what they want, let them control the camera even! allow them to direct you!

Jardine Smith Soft Launch

aplink — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:30:04 CDT

Lucy Belle Chinatown

aplink — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:46:03 CDT

Following Tan Ming Yeow visit to our Chapter this morning below is the special offer his company Lucy Belle is offering our members. The details regarding the Bio-Energy Head SPA :
Description : A special massage on the head using a Bio-Energy tool with pure essential oil & massage technique. Duration: 20 min Benefits : Improves blood circulation Increases supply of oxygen to the brain cells Improves skin tone Improves vision Very refreshing feel Stimulates hair follicles, promoting hair growth Stimulates the reflective zone Pricing Normal price : $60 Member price : $39.90 For better customer service and logistics reason, please revert on the best time slots(2), starting from next week onwards. It will be done in batches of three/four at any one time. Looking forward to hear from you soon. Thank-you. Warmest Rgds, Tan Ming Yeow Lucy Belle 34, Mosque Street Singapore Tel : 6221 3919(Shop)/933 888 59(HP)

BOLDLEAPS

aplink — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:07:56 CDT

Media Release I BOLDLEAPS as Official Media Partner for the National Achievers Congress 2007
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Singapore, 23 April 2007 – BOLDLEAPS magazine, the trusted resource for the small and medium enterprises was awarded to be the 2007 Official Media Partner of the National Achievers Congress (NAC) by Success Resources, a leading human resource development group. The NAC will be held on 21-22 May in Malaysia and 24-25 May in Singapore
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In its 15th year running, the theme "Power of Success – Fight on, Don't Quit until You Win" will showcase two National New York Times Bestseller, T. Herv Eker (Secrets of the Millionaire Mind) and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), together with other renowned global experts such as Andrew Matthews, Jerry Clark, James Skinner, Roger Hamilton, Stephen Pierce, Tung Desem Waringin, and Dr. Clemen Chiang.

The NAC aims to help ordinary people achieve outstanding results in a highly competitive global market. This congress was started in 1992 because of the need to assemble world-class experts and professionals in one location to learn, discuss, and advance breakthroughs in business competencies to vast audience at a very affordable price. To date, more than 100,000 people have attended this event from 6 different countries.
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BOLDLEAPS readers will get additional 10% discount. For Early Bird Offer, call toll free: 1800 7822 377 (Singapore) or 1800 880 501 (Malaysia).
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Tel: (65) 6222 5519| Fax: (65) 6222 5539

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Non BNI Related Events

aplink — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:38:04 CDT

Waging a War for Talent - Issues & strategies for Internationalising Companies

Have you heard about the growing 'War' for Talent? Want to know more about what it means for your business, especially overseas?

Jointly organised by IE Singapore and PricewaterCoopers (PwC), this half-day seminar on "Waging a 'War' for Talent - Issues & Strategies for Internationalising Companies" will give a quick overview on the key issues and strategies for a company expanding overseas in the areas of recruitment, retention, and management of key personnel and their impact on the business.

Participants will also have the opportunity to register for a one-to-one advisory session provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers, on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Highlights includes:

The concept of Talent Management and why it has recently become a key issue for companies and how this is relevant not only to larger companies but to smaller firms as well .

Hiring and Deployment strategies of internationalising firms: Key points to note in the areas of Recruitment and Deployment, Policy and Processes, Costing Strategies and Compliance.

Retention strategies of small and large companies, are there differences? What are the key factors affecting retention for a company expanding overseas?

Managing a mobile workforce: An international perspective .

Case studies on attracting, retaining and managing a mobile workforce .

Seminar Details

Date	:	Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Time	:	9.00am - 3.00pm
Venue	:	IE Singapore Seminar Room 230 Victoria Street #07-00 Bugis Junction Office Tower Singapore 188024
Fee	:	S$110 (General Public ) S$90 (Members of ieConnect) Above fees include seminar materials, one-to-one advisory session and lunch
Dress Code	:	Business Attire

or more information, please contact:
Organiser: IE Singapore
Contact Person: Ms. Salmah Malim
Designation: Officer
Telephone no: +65 6433 4418
E-mail address: salmahmalim@iesingapore.gov.sg
Time: 9am to 3pm