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Featured Event

New Strategic Marketing Planning
When: Thursday, February 25, 2010 to Friday, February 26, 2010 | 9:30AM to 5:00PM
A practical and strategic approach to create long-term competitive advantage and achieve sustainable growth as well as profitability

Are you responsible for making and executing marketing plans?  What is the performance of your company's previous marketing plans against key indicators such as sales growth, increased market share, and customer satisfaction?  Have your company achieved the established targets?  Does it wish to set more challenging goals and achieve them?

 

If formulating or implementing marketing plans is an important part of your responsibilities, this two-day intensive training course is for you.  It is specially designed to assist you in developing and implementing the strategic marketing plan which leads to growth and profits for your company.

 

In the crowded markets today, marketing is at the heart of all the companies' business activities.  Making marketing plans is a crucial process that gives you and your organization a clear direction and control over business.  A well-conceived plan which integrates the leader's vision, the overall business plan, and the departmental strategies will better prepare your company for future business and enable it to capitalize on opportunities and effectively deal with challenges lying ahead.

 

The course leader will share with you his insightful ideas and valuable hands-on experience on various key elements related to the strategic marketing planning.  These include, among others, the following:

 

  1. Understanding your customer needs
  2. Lessons from winners & losers in the 21st century
  3. Creative marketing
  4. Developing winning strategic competitive advantage
  5. Key considerations on how to create strategic marketing plan
  6. Marketing budget consideration
  7. Innovation though strategic collaboration 

You will leave this course with valuable knowledge of how to think strategically and outside the box as well as how to create and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage to improve sales and profits.  Importantly, you will learn how to gain staff commitment to successful implementation of the strategic marketing plan.

 

Programme Agenda

 

Day One

 

SESSION 1       21st Century - Branding Drives Marketing

 

ﾃつｷ   Branding vs. Marketing

ﾃつｷ   Evolution from PUSH to PULL Marketing

ﾃつｷ   Product vs. Brand

ﾃつｷ   Successful Brands - what do they stand for?

 

SESSION 2       Reflections on Marketing

 

ﾃつｷ   Laws of Marketing

ﾃつｷ   Involve Customers for Sales Success

ﾃつｷ   What makes customers buy - This exercise will help you determine how much

   you value price, service, and quality, and under what circumstances

ﾃつｷ   Sales closing strategies

 

SESSION 3       Lessons from Winners & Losers in the 21st Century -

                        Some Lessons Learned from Marketing, Management &

                        Innovation

 

ﾃつｷ   The importance of global vision

ﾃつｷ   A whole set of other changes warrant questioning conventional marketing

   thinking

ﾃつｷ   Asia economic slowdown - Lessons learned &  the challenge of sustainability

ﾃつｷ   What's changing here in Asia?

 

SESSION 4       Understanding Leadership and Respond to Change

                        Case Study of SIA, Changi International Airport, Hospital,

                        Cinemas

 

ﾃつｷ   Leadership - yesterday & today

ﾃつｷ   So why do businesses fail?

ﾃつｷ   What are the areas in which your company are stronger? 

   Which areas are ignored by your competitors?

ﾃつｷ   How to build a stronger well-organized Team 

 

Day Two

 

SESSION 5       Creative Marketing

 

ﾃつｷ   Thinking Outside of the Box

ﾃつｷ   Look beyond traditional marketing approaches

ﾃつｷ   Creative thinkers are different from the rest of us

ﾃつｷ   How to create great products and services

 

SESSION 6       Creating a sustainable and winning strategic competitive   advantage

 

ﾃつｷ   Key considerations on strategic competitive advantage

ﾃつｷ   Three things that can increase sales, profits and improve employee

   performance and effectives.

ﾃつｷ   Three successful competitive strategies for outperforming others

ﾃつｷ   Increasing your lead generation

 

SESSION 7       The Marketing Plan

 

ﾃつｷ   Key considerations on how to create strategic marketing plan  

ﾃつｷ   To grow the business to achieve economies of scale

ﾃつｷ   Key challenges and priorities

ﾃつｷ   Marketing budget consideration

 

SESSION 8       Innovation through Strategic Collaboration

 

ﾃつｷ   Collaborate to innovate

ﾃつｷ   Innovation is the way 2 ideas are brought together

ﾃつｷ   Make time for networking.

ﾃつｷ   Tips for effective networking

 

Why you cannot miss this course

 

Effective strategic marketing plan is a key to success in achieving your company's goal. It is an important investment for your company which gives you more control and better prepare for the future.

 

This interactive training course carries case studies, exercises, and group discussions throughout the session. By attending this course, you and your key team member will be able to gain practical experience to formulate meaningful strategic marketing plan. Your expert course leader till take you through a step-by-step guidance which will enable you to develop skills in effective planning of strategies to achieve competitive advantage for your business.

 

Key points about this course

 

This two-day intensive course provides you with the opportunity to:

 

  1. Gain insights into Asian marketing trends and innovation
  2. Understand systematic business plans which are easily monitored
  3. Improve positioning and greater competitive differentiation in the targeted markets
  4. Position yourself effectively in the marketplace
  5. Create winning strategic competitive advantage to increase sales and profits
  6. Learn tools, techniques and processes for developing a distinctive strategic marketing plan
  7. Explore how to effectively implement strategic marketing plan and evaluate the result
  8. Achieve larger market share and higher profitability
  9. Encourage to think creatively to support and achieve planning objectives
  10. Seize the great opportunities to learn first-hand experiences and real-life case studies  

Who should attend

 

This course is designed specifically for participants responsible for producing a strategic marketing plan or who involved with its implementation. This program will be beneficial for:

 

  1. Vice Presidents-Marketing & Sales
  2. Marketing Directors/Managers
  3. Product/Brand Managers
  4. Marketing Communications Managers
  5. Strategic Planning Directors/Managers
  6. Market Analyst Managers

EARLY BIRD Investment for attending the 2-day workshop:

 

1.   2-day workshop at S$1,295 / US$950 per participant

2.   S$1,095 / US$800 each for two and above

3.   S$895 / US$650 each for 5 participants and above! 

4.   Registrations will only be confirmed upon payment. There will be no refund for cancellations.

      However, replacements are welcomed.

5.  This workshop is limited to 18 participants per session for maximum impact.  Get your entire

     team to attend for maximum effectiveness.  Hurry!  Register NOW.

6.  The fee includes two lunches, six refreshments, workshops, and a certificate issued by Asia

     Speakers Bureau (ASB).

7.  The Organizer reserves the right to make any amendment and/or change to the seminar

     programme, venue, speakers replacement and/or topics if warranted by circumstances
     beyond its control.

 

Seminar Leader                                                                   

 

 

David Wee is the Founder and CEO of Asia Speakers Bureau (ASB) and DW Associates Pte Ltd, a company empowering creativity and knowledge.  

 
David has achieve a track record for bringing a new fast moving consumer goods company from zero to S$8M turnover and personally opening new accounts with all major department stores, and chain stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand. 

 

With 20 years business development and marketing experiences in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), Branding and OEM, he had the opportunity to conduct businesses in 18 geographic markets and on most international consumer fairs in Europe, USA, Australia and the Far East.

 

David prior career has been performing front-line, business development functions across a wide spectrum of industries including Consumer Health & Beauty Care, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Lifestyle, Fashion, Household, Toys, Office Supplies, Stationery, Corporate Gifts, Car Accessories, and Office Furniture.

 

These responsibilities have included positions as CEO, General Manager, Senior Manager - Sales & Marketing, Operations Manager, Financial Controller and Internal Auditor. 

 

David served two terms as President of the Singapore Institute of Management, Marketing Executives Group.  He also served in the committee of Singapore Manufacturers' Federation, Lifestyle Industry Group and the Singapore Retailers Association working committee for National Skills Recognition Systems together with Ministry of Manpower and Standards Board.  David is also an active member of MACRI (Malaysian Association of Creativity & Innovation), and Lions Club of Singapore.   

 

David is the primary developer of Entrepreneurial leadership and creating new space in a crowded market, and he is active in giving back to the society by sharing his experience and knowledge of Entrepreneurial & Servant Leadership, Creativity, Innovation and Team-building in public seminars and workshops organized by Asia Speakers Bureau, IQPC Worldwide, Asia Business Forum, IBC Asia, Informa Group, Entrepreneurs' Organization - Global Events, Singapore University, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Institute of Management, Marketing Institute of Singapore, Asia Pacific Management Institute, University of Technology Sydney, National Community Leadership Institute, Singapore Business Federation, Singapore Manufacturers' Federation, Jobs DB, JobStreet, Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH - Jakarta), Indonesian Manager Club (Surabaya), Jakarta Health Conferences, International Rotary Clubs and many others.

 

He has also spoken on SkyQuestcom live web cast to global audience including Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and India.

 

Participants of his workshops, seminars and corporate clients include Johnson & Johnson, Braun, Becton Dickinson, Kelly Services, Baxter, Bayer, Reuters, Guthrie, Unilever, DHL Express, TNT Express, Singapore Petroleum Company, Petronas, American Express, Veolia Water, Ajinomoto, CPF Food, Robinsons, Guardian, Montblanc, Frasers Hospitality, Brewerkz, Mobile One, SingTel, Siemens, IBM, Panasonic, YKK Holding Asia, Tyco Electronics, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, NCS, Alcatel - Lucent, OSIM International, UMW Equipment, Singapore Exchange, Merrill Lynch International, ASME, SMa, STADA, IPOS, SAF, SAFRA, Singapore Police Force, Singapore Civil Defence Force, IDA SINGAPORE, Ministry of Health, Immigration & Checkpoints, National Parks Board, JTC Corporation, PSB Corporation, ST Electronics Singapore, General Hospital, MUIS, CIAS, CAAS, SilkAir, Comfort Delgro, Century 21, ERA, NUS, SMU, NTU, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Polytechnic, ITE, Taylor's College, Deloitte & Touche, Citibank, Bank Central Asia, Prudential Life, NTUC Income Insurance, AXA Life, Great Eastern, AIA, Amara Hotel, Acer Sales & Services, Dynacast, Siam Pharmaceutical, Pharmanex, Usana, Nu Skin, Unicity, Indo Food, T-Systems ITC, Check Point Software .... 

 

In addition, he has authored and published numerous articles in the area of the NEW normal, entrepreneurship, concept of leadership, servant leaders, team-building, getting buy-in, shameless marketing, outsourcing your marketing, customer service, communication, knowledge-sharing, fear of failing, build on ideas, creativity, leverage on core competency, corporate culture, problems in teams, why people leave... and what will make them stay.

 

Testimonials

 

To listen and interact with a true, down-to-earth, "battle-field" experienced entrepreneur is definitely much much more valuable than listening to the various gurus who do not have the "live" experience to struggle in real business world.  Daniel Tsi, Cerebos

 

Your journey and information provided to us is an eye opening experience for me.  I appreciate very much.  I already ordered those books on your handout.  My daughter is also reading it. 

CS Chen, MD.,Ph.D.  Associate Professor, NUS

 

Simple but a lot of valuable truths that can be applied.  Choe Peng Sum, Chief Executive Officer, FRASERS HOSPITALITY PTE LTD 

 

Attending this seminar, is a big opportunity for me... I was able to sit around those successful entrepreneurs around the world!  Mr. David Wee is a kind of speaker who is knowledgeable of LEADERSHIP... During his seminar he set himself examples and picture out the ideas in the participants' thought, thus, making them ALIVE.  Whereby there isn't just a learning process present but ACTION as well... He doesn't make you feel like a mediocre around the class.  Everyone is an achiever and a leader.  And it brings out the truest desire in you to lead.  I enjoyed the most when he did icebreakers and class interactions, I was able to see the unnoticeable mistakes usually management people refuse to see... He will make you realize that in order to stand out from the fast changing world of entrepreneurial market you need to innovate the leader that is inside you.... Thanks a lot for this opportunity!!! David Wee. A leader that is inside you.  Clairevee Aya Gamboa, Assistant Manager, Shima Restaurant Pte Ltd

 

I am a believer of luck.  The harder you work, the more luck you have.  I think David Wee is a believer of luck too, because he works very hard.  Roger Koh, Chief Executive Officer, Chen Fu Ji International F&B Group

 

David Wee was a trainer / consultant for our company's Leadership Program in November 2007. He conducts himself professionally, his material is exciting and was able to stimulate excitement for the participants.  If the opportunity arises, I would like to attend more of David's training.  Alvin Chua, YKK Holding Asia Pte Ltd, Asst HR Manager (Regional)


"I find that David is a sincere and humorous speaker who is able to relate his experiences to the audience and personally, I find that the seminar opens up my thinking space."

Ng Chor Hoon, Manager, Operations Control, Merrill Lynch International Bank Ltd

 

David spoke with passion.  David is a great believer of servant leadership in people.  Angela Wong, Office of Executive Education, Singapore Management University

 

David have come across to me as a resourceful, helpful and a very highly motivated person.  Basically, anyone who knows him is always motivated by you in many other ways.

Amy Lim, Secretary to John Cheston, CEO - Robinsons & CO

 

David's workshop reinforced my motivation and stressed the urgency for me to work out something soon.

I found it to be quite interesting, especially on Creativity and 'How to do things differently', with many practical real-life examples.

Kritaphol Limpipholphaiboon, Senior Exhibitions Manager, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)

 

For big corporations it is often easier to make progress in marketing than for SME's. SME's have far lesser room to experiment and to learn from mistakes.  The ASB hosts professionals that have made these mistakes already in Asia - although that may not be the first thing they'll tell.  If you're looking for inspiration or consultancy, it's often tough to find the one company that understands your business and your issues. The variety of expertise's and backgrounds represented by the ASB can make it easier for you to meet and select without any attachments.  Erik van Vulpen, Brand Director Cheil/Samsung

 

I want to let you know how much we appreciated your sharing.  Despite your mentioning you came with a heavy heart and was troubled over something, it did not show at all in your presentation - a testimony of your professionalism and dedication!  On the presentation, I personally found it timely and useful as we sometimes forget that we are meant to serve as leaders, due to the fast changing and demanding expectations within the work place and even in our private lives.  Your delivery was simple yet effective and as participant/trainers, this was what engaged us.  Angela Chew, Senior Executive, National Healthcare Group 
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Testimonials

David’s presentations are packed with inspirational ideas that we all can feed on, regardless of what stage in our entrepreneurship we’re in.  Thoroughly enjoyed it!

 

Neil Bhave

Globeron

 

 

David, thank you for the engaging and very interactive seminar, also your generosity to share unselfishly when we asked you questions like "How do you know you want to start creative stationary experience even though you have no experience" "Why didn't you re-enter the same business since you know the critical failure and success steps", etc..

 

Through interactive exercise, the learnings I have got are (i)One must be prepared to change from inside (ii) dare to try (of course not blindly)  (iii) low overhead and good cash inflow.

 

To listen and interact with a true, down-to-earth, "battle-field" experienced entrepreneur is definitely much much more valuable than listening to the various gurus who do not have the "live" experience to struggle in real business world.

 

Daniel Tsi

Cerebos

 
 
David Wee is a highly motivational speaker who has a very stimulating approach to coaching entrepreneurship.  He engages you, challenges your thinking power and inspires you in the process. 

 

Vijay

MMI - MUNICH INT’L TRADE FAIRS PTE LTD

 
 

Your journey and information provided to us is an eye opening experience for me.  I appreciate very much.  I already ordered those books on your handout.  My daughter is also reading it.

CS Chen, MD.,Ph.D.

Associate Professor, NUS

 

 

It’s an honour to learn a lot from David.  Lucky there’s someone like David who’s willing to share knowledge for others improvement and change mind set.

 

David is knowledgeable, excellent speaker, very positive motivator, and effective facilator.

 

David, describing your personal experience is a good example to inspire the floor to be ﾃ｢竄ｬﾋ彳ntrepreneurial’

 

David has opened my eyes to the advantages of failures.  On that failure are not the end of the of the world.  Learn a lot from David.

 

PCS PERIPHERALS PTE LTD

 

 

David’s presentation is definitely inspirational. He motivates by sharing some of his past experiences. A creative way of teaching and learning through games makes the whole session interesting. Good work, keep it up!

 

Shyan Tham

Events Executive

CPA Australia Ltd - Singapore

 

 

On behalf of CMD, I would like to extend my warmest thanks to you for helping make the event, Business Opportunity Seminar for Self-Employment on Friday such a success. Your help in engaging the officers and providing them with relevant and up-to date information has been very much appreciated by both them and us.

Once again, we would like to thank you for your support despite your busy schedule and we look forward to future collaborations with you!

With Warm Regards,


Lim Ee Lian, Training Manager, Career Transition
MINDEF Shared Services, Centre for Management Development

 

 

Honest to the bone.  Personal hardships were shared and lessons learnt / imparted.  Real-live examples re-told.

 

Nick Ooi, Director, Finance & Administration

C-PAK CERGAS SDN BHD 

 

 

A down to earth, back to basics, inspirational speaker who speaks with his heart and punctuates it with his real life experience.

 

Bhupesh Yadav, Regional Director of Operations

FRASERS HOSPITALITY PTE LTD

 

 

David is an engaging speaker who is able to present his thoughts and materials effectively.

 

Tonya Khong, General Manager

FRASER SUITES / FRASER PLACE

 

 

David is a lively trainer who's able to engage his audience.

 

Sofiah Koh, Senior Manager, Human Resource

FRASERS CENTREPOINT LIMITED

 

 

Simple but a lot of valuable truths that can be applied.

 

Choe Peng Sum, Chief Executive Officer

FRASERS HOSPITALITY PTE LTD

 

 

David has great personal sharing's that they really give credibility to his talks.  The personal experience and failures would definitely inspire people who aspire to be an entrepreneur.

 

Joanne Ang, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing

FRASERS HOSPITALITY PTE LTD

 

 

David is passionate in what he does and wants to help the participants acquire as much as they want.

 

David Hendrick Jr, Manager, Learning & Organisational Development

FRASERS CENTREPOINT LIMITED

 
 
Thank you for coming forward to share with us your invaluable empirical life experience.  It benefits us holistically.

Jimmy Lai

MD/ Inventor

Ameba Product (M) Sdn Bhd

 

 

The real-life examples of innovation surrounding us and the practical exercises are most useful to us from this workshop.

 

The style in which the workshop is conducted from David is good and engaging.  David is an effective Workshop Facilitator.

 

The case study and assignment are very useful.

 

David uses actual examples and experiences.  Making the workshop realistic and practical and not just theoretical.

 

Ideas and thinking process put in the workshop are thinkable and practical.

 

David is an experience presenter.  Good and captivating.

 

Open up the creative realm.  Creativity can transform a normal person into an exception person.

 

We would be interested to attend David's next series of workshops and seminars.

 

Singapore Civil Defence Force

 
 
Very creative and innovative ideas.  Very good personality and many personal sharing.

 

Lilian Tan

EMSIL TECHNOLOGIES

 
 
David has inspired my thoughts and challenge me to go for the long entrepreneurial journey

 

Mohd Kahliab, Director

Emaan Inspection & Consulting Services

 

 

Sincere, refreshing, you listen with not just intellect, but with heart.  It's not a lecture.  It's an exchange of thoughts, experiences in it's simplest form.  I believe you are sincere about helping.  That's the difference.

 

Petrina Er, Marketing Manager

Epic Evolution (M) Sdn Bhd

 

 

I loved your energy - quite amazing and 'infectious' ...

 

David Anttony

Buy1Give1Free

 

 

The ice-breaker, brain warm up was good.  Very relax style, which is good.

 
Mohd Faisal

Manager

National Parks Board

 

 

Patience, open to discussion, open to dialogue.

 

Paul H Thompson

Section Head

National Parks Board

 

 

It’s good how topics covered are so related with real experiences.

 

Dinu Jayasinghe

Manager

National Parks Board

 

 

Real life examples, sharing and discussion

 

Tay Boon Sin

Section Head

National Parks Board

 
 

Attending this seminar, is a big opportunity for me... I was able to sit around those successful entrepreneurs around the world!  Mr. David Wee is a kind of speaker who is knowledgeable of LEADERSHIP... During his seminar he set himself examples and picture out the ideas in the participants' thought, thus, making them ALIVE.  Whereby there isn't just a learning process present but ACTION as well... He doesn't make you feel like a mediocre around the class.  Everyone is an achiever and a leader.  And it brings out the truest desire in you to lead.  I enjoyed the most when he did icebreakers and class interactions, I was able to see the unnoticeable mistakes usually management people refuse to see... He will make you realize that in order to stand out from the fast changing world of entrepreneurial market you need to innovate the leader that is inside you.... Thanks a lot for this opportunity!!!

 

David Wee. A leader that is inside you.

 

Clairevee Aya Gamboa

Assistant Manager

Shima Restaurant Pte Ltd

 
 
Highly interactive.  Great audience participation and good idea sharing.  There were clear and stimulating ideas and good information.  Motivating, informative, interesting, openness and willing to share good ideas.  Thought - provoking session.

 

National Community Leadership Institute

Singapore

 

 

David is great.  He makes one comfortable.

 

Mahesh Balakrishnan, TIP Ambassador 2007-2010

Nanyang Technological University,

Nanyang Technopreneurship Center

 

 

 

"I am a believer of luck.  The harder you work, the more luck you have.  I think David Wee is a believer of luck too, because he works very hard."

 

Roger Koh, Chief Executive Officer

Chen Fu Ji International F&B Group

 

 

David Wee was a trainer / consultant for our company's Leadership Program in November 2007. He conducts himself professionally, his material is exciting and was able to stimulate excitement for the participants.

If the opportunity arises, I would like to attend more of David's training.

Alvin Chua, YKK Holding Asia Pte Ltd
Asst HR Manager (Regional)

 

This is a good seminar because it is different from many other seminars whereby participants are very interactive and most important of all is that participants are just as willing in sharing their experiences.


Mr. David Wee is a good speaker, very knowledgeable and open with his past experiences.  Presentation materials are well prepared and with lots of supporting data / information.

Thank you very much for having the opportunity to attend you seminar - - look forward towards attending your future planned seminars.

 

Michael Wong

Product Manager, Jamesbury Products (Asia Pacific)

Metso Automation Pte Ltd

 


"I find that David is a sincere and humorous speaker who is able to relate his experiences to the audience and personally, I find that the seminar opens up my thinking space."

 

Ng Chor Hoon,

Manager, Operations Control,

Merrill Lynch International Bank Ltd

 

 

David's life story is a great product of learning.  He has been through 'heaven and hell' and he is one of the most important leadership assets on earth.  I enjoyed his seminar on the ﾃ｢竄ｬﾋ廱ourney of Entrepreneurship.’  Beside the seminar content, the lively group participation and discussion session is interactive and it also provides a platform for networking and sharing.  This seminar is for budding entrepreneurs and corporate leaders who need new understanding of what it takes to be an entrepreneur, and what it takes to be a servant leader.  The learning from this seminar is unique, real and yet you can't find them in any textbooks.  You need to attend it to learn and to experience the benefits.

Steve Seah
Owner of blogsite www.entrepreneur2b.com

 
 
David spoke with passion.  David is a great believer of servant leadership in people.
 
Angela Wong, Office of Executive Education
Singapore Management University

 

 

David is comfortable with what he does and keeps the audiences focus and awake throughout the session.  Well done!

 

Magdalene Yap, Director

Orva Gioielli

 
 
"In the next five years, a rapid changing business landscape in Asia is emerging where the opportunities for Asian companies to benefit from comprehensive branding efforts will be larger than ever before. The growing emphasis on international branding will move up the boardroom agenda and branding strategy will become one of the most prominent drivers of financial value and competitive advantage in Asia Pacific. Product life cycles are short and technology is ever changing and somehow unpredictable. Build brands!"

Martin Roll, CEO
VentureRepublic

 

 

Today's Competitive advantage is more than just about advantages but it is about creating desire, it is about creating your own customers, it is about creating demand.


SME must understand that they have got to go beyond cost and competition by creating value.

Ron Sim
CEO
OSIM International

 

 

"Most of today's biggest international corporations started off as SMEs.  Nolan Bushnell founded Atari at age 27 with $500 and sold it six years later for $28 million.  Warren Avis conceived of airport car rentals at a time when Hertz was already well established, using $10,000 of his own money and $75,000 borrowed money. Ten years later, he sold that business for $8 million.

There seems to be no fixed formula for success although certain traits seem to predominate among these people, such as an irrepressible drive, singleness of purpose, plenty of staying power or persistence, good judgment in hiring talent and the undeniable doses of good luck. There are very successful entrepreneurs who are high school dropouts and there are also those who have Harvard MBAs. Some are well born; others have had to struggle through their childhood years. But bottom line is this: we can build all the great portals of commerce, but it comes to naught if no one comes. And the best product or service is only as good as the customers it lands. As Mr. Akio Morita, founder of SONY once wrote: "No sale can be achieved unless the buyer appreciates the value of the merchandise."  In today's very crowded and competitive market places, branding and the communications of product or service quality becomes more important than ever. Success therefore means that the customer must be convinced.

I congratulate Asia Speakers Bureau for its efforts in pushing this message.

Ronald Tan
Executive Director
Singapore Institute of Management.

 

 

David have come across to me as a resourceful, helpful and a very highly motivated person.  Basically, anyone who knows him is always motivated by you in many other ways.

 

Amy Lim

Secretary to John Cheston, CEO

Robinsons & CO

 
 
This seminar is most timely and appropriate as SMEs face escalating competition and continuous change in the globalize economy.  All SMEs must identify and develop their own competitive advantage to differentiate themselves and be successful.  I am sure all attendees of this seminar will benefit from David's knowledge and experience.
 
Lam Pin Woon
Chief Executive Officer
Health Promotion Board

 

 

For the SMEs, their competitive advantage must be the many more opportunities they have in providing personalized service than larger companies. With a flat and simple organisation, an SME business owner can strategically organized his entire workforce toward quality service and customer satisfaction. Today's consumers do not mind paying more for quality and personal attention.  I believe the SMEs will remain relevant and thrive in the knowledge economy.

 

Peter, H M Lai

CEO, Star Investment Consulting

 

 

"Quality & Service are the price of market entry and the fundamental expectation to remain in business.

 

Branding and value creation is vital to the continuous growth of the organisation.

 

Competitiveness is more than just knowing what and how to be better than the competition; it is about developing a sales force that knows the importance of creating a relationship with every single prospect at their first point of contact. This, if checked, will transform many potential lost sales into revenue."

 

Leo Png

CEO

CEOlution Alliance Pte Ltd

 

 

I am really honored to be associated with Asia Speakers Bureau, in their inaugural seminar. Asia Speakers Bureau is a platform for speakers, trainers and consultants to leverage on each other strength so as to collaborate to offer our customers a total solution, in the area of management skills and consultancy services.

 

I would like to congratulate David Wee, for his passion and commitment to kick start this first seminar.

 

Ronald Tan

Jason Consultancy Pte. Ltd

 

 

David’s workshop reinforced my motivation and stressed the urgency for me to work out something soon.

I found it to be quite interesting, especially on Creativity and 'How to do things differently', with many practical real-life examples.

 

Kritaphol Limpipholphaiboon (Bond)

Senior Exhibitions Manager

Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)

 

 

I cannot thank you enough for this morning's sharing.  You have such an interesting way of putting things!

Information that is timeless.  Definitely motivating!

 

Jorim Foo, Business Development Manager

Nauplius Designs

 

 

Achieving Competitive Advantage is a journey and not the destination.  It is the constant and iterative process of  "Strategic visioning; effective strategizing; macro management and efficient implementation".   Competitive Advantage is sustained through constant alignment, refinement and management of all the various aspects.

 

Congratulations to David Wee who has demonstrated great leadership and created competitive advantage for Asia Speakers Bureau.

 

Koh Thong Joo
Director

Success Innovations Pte Ltd

 

 

"Being aware of how the forces of nature can affect our lives is an important competitive advantage. Our companies are proud to be associated with Asia Speakers Bureau in its first seminar to be held in Singapore and for me to give my maiden speech on competitive advantage. ASB is a platform where I can share my knowledge of wealth management to people around Asia. David, you have done a marvelous job! Keep it up!"

Lynn YAP
Chief Executive Officer
3P Group of Companies

 

 

David is a Dynamo -  highly motivated, resourceful, and helpful.  It’s a pleasure to work with him.

 

Janice Kwok

Senior Director

SMa Federation

 

 

"In a highly competitive business environment, creating a unique positioning is crucial for a company to survive and to potentially join the ranks of highly successful enterprises.  Bringing in his wealth of experience in the business and corporate world, David Wee's program will illuminate the way for any enterprise aiming towards developing a competitive advantage over others."

 

Kelvin Wong

Entrepreneur and Author of Create Your Destiny.

 

 

Competitive Advantage is not only a tool to survive in globalization but also creating breakthrough for achieving better results and maximum profit. Most of creative and innovative people come from SME and they become successful companies. This seminar will challenge you and make your spirit high!

 

Benyamin Ruslan Naba

Managing Partner

Simaeru Consulting and Simaeru Learning Center

 

 

I am impressed by your openness and willingness to bare-all, skillfully though!

 

Like good seeds, now it all depends on where the good seeds have fallen.  Just hope that we are more like the fertile soil that would allow such good seeds to multiple a 100-folds!

 

Thank you David and God bless!

 

Paul Chang

Inventor / CEO

CAL-LAB Group

 

 

"Your part in this program (Asian Speaker Bureau) made a great contribution to its success.  With energy and enthusiasm. David Wee shows the way to the TOP."

 

Raymond Ang

CEO, PT. Sukses Regional Indonesia

Indonesia's Innovative Training Provider

 

 

I would say Asia Speakers Bureau could be one of the biggest things that could happen in Asia market. It gives us a window opportunity to get to know a more experienced and talented speakers to suit our needs.

 

Yenny Tanurdjaja

Director

PT. Oviss Indonesia

 

 

Entrepreneurial Leadership taught by an Entrepreneur, who has "been there, done that" gives credibility to

David's teachings. The entrepreneurial spirit in leaders will make a difference to the success of any company.

I strongly recommend this course. 

 

Peter Boo

Director
L-Pine Trading Pte Ltd

 

 

"David has shared his valuable experiences with the course participants. He is very sincere and frank to relate his real life failures. The contents of the seminar were well presented and elaborated. He has prepared many interesting slides but due to time constraint, not all the slides were shown to the participants."

 

Lawrence Liew,

Operations Manager,

Bartley Secondary School

 

 

"Translating Ideas into Action, that's the hallmark of David Wee. The existence of Asia Speakers Bureau is one that truly reflects David's vision."

 

Sim Chow Boon,

Founding National Director,

Business Network Int'l (BNI)

 

 

"The need to understand and find out about successful strategic options that firms may choose in order to gain a competitive advantage is so very important in these challenging times".

 

Derrick Kon

Managing Director, CEO Solutions Pte Ltd

President of Strategic Management Interest Group, Singapore Institute of Management

 

 

Thank you David for the inspiring session and tips on creativity.  It was certainly helpful to everyone who wants to explore, tap on hidden talents and start creating opportunities for a better future.

 

Bernard Lim

Belden

 

 

For big corporations it is often easier to make progress in marketing than for SME's. SME's have far lesser room to experiment and to learn from mistakes.

 

The ASB hosts professionals that have made these mistakes already in Asia - although that may not be the first thing they'll tell.

 

If you're looking for inspiration or consultancy, it's often tough to find the one company that understands your business and your issues. The variety of expertise’s and backgrounds represented by the ASB can make it easier for you to meet and select without any attachments.

 

Erik van Vulpen

Brand Director Cheil/Samsung

 

 

The ability to mass-produce and even mass-customize products has left very little room for companies to differentiate themselves. Therefore companies will need to move higher in the value chain by creating new value. Competitive Advantage is all about creating new strategies in order to generate new business value.

 

Lawrence Chong

CEO

ACIVAR Brand Consultants

 

 

ASIA SPEAKERS BUREAU - The foundation of this organisation marks a milestone in the seminar management industry within Singapore. Touted as an organisation, which aims to be a leading institution in pooling captains of industries towards sharing their experiences and views, it is a bold step undertaken by its founder, Mr. David Wee to enable small and medium local enterprises to be exposed to the various management practices of international business leaders.

 

In a relatively short period of time, Asia Speakers Bureau has managed to rally the support of several notable regional professionals and speakers towards enabling it to realize its primary objective. This by itself speaks volumes of the vision of its founder who have also garnered the notable Richard Branson, ﾃ｢竄ｬﾅ兎ntrepreneur extraordinaireﾃ｢竄ｬﾂ to support this noble effort.

 

Though nascent in its beginnings, Asia Speakers Bureau is on the right track to emerge as a premier establishment in helping entrepreneurs increases their cutting edge through a series of learning sessions and panel discussions, which invariably will lend greater credence to the spirit of entrepreneurship in Singapore.

 

Khoo Teck Kim

Managing Director

Kim & Partners Pte Ltd

 

 

"In this fast changing Internet age, it is particularly important for every organisation to identify and focus on its competitive advantage to compete effectively in the marketplace. Without a distinct competitive advantage, it is not possible for any organisation to even survive."

 

Stanley Mak

Partner

Decision Communications Pte Ltd

 

 

In today, knowledge economy, competitive advantages are not about just being competitive. SME or large corporation must be able to sustain competitive advantages.

 

Like a core team, core business and a highly competitive and knowledgeable workforces. Without any sustainable competitive advantages, the firm will not last long as competition will overtake you and grab your customers.

 

Chris Pan,

In-FinMAS

MBA (Marketing)-UK.

MBA (Financial Management)-Aust

 

 

Creating a competitive advantage is one thing. Sustaining it is quite another.

 

Having the latest computers or superior business systems will not ensure a sustainable competitive advantage. The ability of your workers to continuously learn and upgrade their skills faster than the competition will.

 

In this age of  ' Competitive Intelligence', getting ahead, and staying ahead is about using more of both sides of your head.

 

Clinton Lim

CEO, Learning Brain International

Inventor of Mindpowerrr

Buzan Instructor

 

 

"I first know David Wee as the General Manager and CEO of a healthcare & food company and heard of him as a very experienced trainer.  It was until I met him in March this year that I got to know what a passionate person David is.  David has so much passion and dedication in training and education that I cannot help but be moved by him.  Through our brief encounters, David gave me many ideas on how to market my business better.   It was through him that I truly understand what 'Strategic Alliance' really means.

 

In short, if anybody wants to learn and share, look for David Wee."

 

Andy Ng, CPA, MBA

Principal Business Coach, Consultant and Trainer

Harness Potential Associates

 

 

Whether an Organisation enjoys competitive advantage or not will be decided by the consumer at the market place. The Organisation in the short term, therefore, has to delight the consumer and in the long run convince him/her of receiving excellent value for his/her money. Most organisations would have an easy access to capital as well as same or similar technology. The differentiating factor, therefore, is unlikely to be any product plus but really the brand equity created by the synergistic efforts of technical, commercial and marketing personnel and their innovative contributions.

 

It is harnessing, developing and directing people power that will result in a competitive edge over sustained periods and ensure sustained profitable growth of the Organisation. I am sure the direct linkage between the competitive advantage’ and the organisational effectiveness will be fully dealt with in the seminar arranged by the ASB.  I offer them my best wishes.

 

Atul Kaji

Proprietor,

Leveredge Management Services, Mumbai, India.

 

 

"I know David as a bright and creative person.  I do believe that in this two days seminar he will share his creativity to you as an entrepreneurial leader."

 

Handito Hadi Joewono, CPM (Asia Pacific)

Managing Partner

Arrbey Indonesia

 
 
Dear David


I want to let you know how much we appreciated your sharing.  Despite your mentioning you came with a heavy heart and was troubled over something, it did not show at all in your presentation - a testimony of your professionalism and dedication!  Thank you, David.  I pray that you will find the faith and strength to further cope with this challenge you are facing, and that things will stabilize soon, for you.

On the presentation, I personally found it timely and useful as we sometimes forget that we are meant to serve as leaders, due to the fast changing and demanding expectations within the work place and even in our private lives.  Although not a new topic to me and my husband, it was a refreshing reminder.  Your delivery was simple yet effective and as participant/trainers, this was what engaged us.  Thank you again for a beneficial session of learning and sharing.

Your sincerely

Angela Chew, Senior Executive                                                                                                                             Institute of Management & Allied Health Sciences                                                                                                   NHG College, National Healthcare Group

 

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