Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009 Update -Day 2

Hi folks,

Here is my Day 2 post on Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009. Check out my previous post on this event on Part 1,Part 2 and Day 1.

For Day 2, we started off with another CEO Forum- Marketing through Social Web Media. And the panelist are the who's who in the Social Web Media now in Malaysia:

Chris Tan, Managing Partner, Chur Associates

Kid Chan, Founder & Celebrity Photographer, KIDCHANSTUDIO

Timothy Tiah, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Nuffnang

Tan Yet Mee, Founder & Editor, emmagem.com

Moderator:

Eliza Noordin, Vice President, Teak Capital

Yes, include the famous wedding or event photographer, Kid Chan and of course Nuffnang Co-founder Timothy Tiah!!

Here's a picture I managed to capture with Timothy...thanks to a new-found friend I befriended during the conference who managed to capture a shot for me before Tim is surrounded by swarms of bees or Gorgeous Geeks... :P well by the way,if you have been following Tim's blog here, you would know he's very dedicated to his Princess(gf) ok....even before agreeing to attend this conference, he have asked his Princess for the Go Ahead ok...such nice guy!!

Ok, back to the Day 2 agenda, we have Chris the geeky lawyer who has strings of associates and sit on the board for various organisation...well..although he talked a lot(lawyer ler) , rather lengthy talk but what he show on what he has done on his website(allow me to track back his site url) is rather amazing...as he has used various social media tool in his site.

Then we have Kid Chan,the celebrated photographer which sorry I don't recall much of what he shared other than the story about his wife and his privacy. Maybe I am too attracted by his cool black sunglasses. But he does strikes me as a rather nice family guy, he even brought his mom along and guess what his mom uses Facebook as well! Oh yes, he did mentioned about having his Fan Page at Facebook and getting deals for his wife (a fitness instructor) from his client. The power of social media!

Then comes Timothy who demonstrated the power of social media(in this case Twitter) by calling out few names in the audience whom he have not met but have seen their twits saying that they are now attending Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009. Now that speaks out a lot about how social media

is set to transform how social networking and biz works now.

Next we have Product & Market Positioning - Applying the Blue Ocean Strategy, a true case study and real life example on the application of Blue Ocean strategy from the planning, marketing to the operation of Laurent Bleu Skin Science Centre by Sharon Ang, the lovely Centre Manager. I am eager to visit this centre to witness the technology and method they applied as a customer...in fact we received some vouchers(gg out there..anyone of you have gone to the centre or like to go...leave your comment here!)

Then, we have a wow, fast yet very very informational talk by the Ebay Power Seller cum eBay Education Specialist and owner of Chiica Consultations, Carol Fung sharing on The Online Opportunity - Why We Should Be Selling on eBay. Another real-life example topic very very good one!

Then we have another forum on Journey for Financial Support & Grant for Business Part 2 which I have not find it useful largely 'cos I have yet to have such a great SME idea which I feel valid for a grant/loan but to many women entrepreneur who attended the event,I think they find it beneficial!

Next we have E-Payment for E-Commerce: All about E-Payment and How to prevent Online Fraud by ipay88. For those who used to purchase/sell online,I think this co. is not unfamiliar for you. It's a gateway for online (credit card) purchase.

Last but not least we have Letting Customers Find YOU – and YOUR PRODUCTS, On the Internet by Hanson(the only Google Inc employee based in Malaysia and yes he is working from home too!). His talk largely focus on Google Adword. And we received Google Adword voucher from them ;) (GG, have you used your Google Adword voucher, if you don't need it, pls. let me know..I would love to have it..thanks ya!)

OK..that sums up my coverage(cheh wah) on Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009 .

Hopefully by the next event by GG, I would already become an Entreprenuer or Technopreneur!

Cheers!

Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009 Update - Day 1

Hi folks,

Another update on the Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009 organised by Gorgeous Geek. I have shared about this event in Part 1 and Part 2.

For this part, I like to share about what we had on Day 1. As what I have shared in Part 2(you can see the exact agenda for the two-day conference we had!

We started off with the welcome keynote by the venue sponsor, Roslan Bakri Zakaria, Director, Technopreneur & Enterprise Development, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).

I must say the venue (Technology Park Malaysia Auditorium) is really comfy and complete with wireless access...I can continue to get updates from my co-workers via IM+ from my Iphone and can check my e-mails or even check on my blogs from there!

Then we started off with a rather heavy yet concise talk on Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make The Competition Irrelevant by Dr. Dominic Lau, Head of Applied Research Centre, UCSI - Blue Ocean Strategy Regional Centre.

Now,how many of you have read the book or even apply the strategy in your business practices? I personally have heard of the book from my sifu, JS but have yet to grab a copy of it. So having heard from the guy who directly report back to the author of the book is terrific.

Dr. Dominic opens up my thought about what Blue Ocean Strategy is...the gist is to capture the uncontested market. The example he gave which I can still remember now is for example we are selling mineral water, we don't target the current consumer by selling what the current consumer wanted but to look at the uncontested market that is consumer who has not drawn into buying/consuming mineral water. THat is the BLUE OCEAN market in contrast to the traditional RED OCEAN strategy.

Next is the high-spirited CEO Forum talking about Risks & Rewards - The Journey to Entrepreneurship by very energetic and high-spirited panelist below: (btw,these panelist are all dedicated mothers too!)

Dolly Kee, Director, Image Power

Laletha Nithiyanandan, VP (APAC), Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting

Datin Rose Ismail, Managing Director, Salt Media Consultacy

Dato' Susie Yeoh, Chief Executive Officer, Uptrend Network

Moderator:

Shafizan Johari, Anchor/Business Reporter, Astro Awani

I think the most striking panelist we call recalled is Datin Susie Yeoh(many audience went up to get her namecard and took pictures with her at the end of the forum!!). She has involved in many MLM before setting up her own business.

Then we had Leverage on Social Web Media for Business by Oon Yeoh, New

Lastly, the day ends with another forum on Journey for Financial Support & Grant for Business Part 1 by several body/organisation that provide grants/loan for SME(including goverment body).

Amiruddin Azahar, Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP)

Norhazamimah Hashim, Senior Executive, Technopreneur & Enterprise Development, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

SMIDEC

Moderator: Michael Reyes, Chief Executive Officer, MoneyTree Asia Pacific

[Sorry not much post-worthy pictures to share as I didn't bring along any digital camera and mine hp pictures are too small to see these lovely panelist! *shy* hopefully I can buy/win a digital camera soon :P better still a HDVideoCam :D]

And quite a number of women entrepreneur in the audience stood up to share their experience/queries in applying grants/loan.

Phew..quite a long posting isn't it..hope I don't bored you...anyway stay tuned for Day 2 of my sharing....am quite excited about Day 2 after I read the schedule before the event as the founder of Nuffnang, Mr.Timothy Tiah would be attending as well! [I managed to snap a picture with him for rememberance and inspiration...so young yet so true with good brains!]

So stay tuned for my Day 2 sharing ok...

Have a nice day!

Cheers!

Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009 Update - Part 2

Hi folks,

Here's my continuation of my sharing of my encounters and experience in the Women Entreprenuer Conference 2009. I have shared about the emcee of the event in Part 1.

Coming to Part 2,I like to share with you the agenda we have for the conference.

Bear with me...it's kinda long BUT INTERESTING sessions we had!

AGENDA

Day 1	Session
08:15 - 09:00	Event Registration
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome Keynote Roslan Bakri Zakaria, Director, Technopreneur & Enterprise Development, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Alecia Heng, President, Gorgeous Geeks
09:15 - 09:30	VIP Keynote
09:30 - 10:15	Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make The Competition Irrelevant By Dr. Dominic Lau, Head of Applied Research Centre, UCSI - Blue Ocean Strategy Regional Centre
10:15 - 10:45	Morning Break
10:45 - 12:15	[CEO Forum] Risks & Rewards - The Journey to Entrepreneurship Panelists: Dolly Kee, Director, Image Power Laletha Nithiyanandan, VP (APAC), Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Datin Rose Ismail, Managing Director, Salt Media Consultacy Dato' Susie Yeoh, Chief Executive Officer, Uptrend Network Moderator: Shafizan Johari, Anchor/Business Reporter, Astro Awani
12:15 - 13:00	Leverage on Social Web Media for Business By Oon Yeoh, New Media Practitioner
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:30	[Forum] Redefine Working Culture in The Digital Age Panelists: Alecia Heng, President, Gorgeous Geeks Hoe Kian Choon, Sales General Manager, Coway Nadiah Tan Abdullah, HR Director, Microsoft Malaysia Thomas Low, eHomemakers Moderator: Charlotte Robert, Assistant Editor, MALAYSIA SME
15:30 - 16:00	Afternoon Break
16:00 - 17:30	[Forum] Journey for Financial Support & Grant for Business Part 1 Panelists: Amiruddin Azahar, Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP) Norhazamimah Hashim, Senior Executive, Technopreneur & Enterprise Development, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) SMIDEC Moderator: Michael Reyes, Chief Executive Officer, MoneyTree Asia Pacific
17:30	Ends

Day 2	Session
Business Boot Camp
09.00 - 10:30	[CEO Forum] Marketing through Social Web Media Panelists: Chris Tan, Managing Partner, Chur Associates Kid Chan, Founder & Celebrity Photographer, KIDCHANSTUDIO Timothy Tiah, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Nuffnang Tan Yet Mee, Founder & Editor, emmagem.com Moderator: Eliza Noordin, Vice President, Teak Capital
10:15 - 10:45	Morning Break
10:45 - 11:45	Product & Market Positioning - Applying the Blue Ocean Strategy By Sharon Ang, Centre Manager, Laurent Bleu Skin Science Centre
Technology Boot Camp
11:45-12:30	The Online Opportunity - Why We Should Be Selling on eBay By Carol Fung, eBay Education Specialist, Chiica Consultations
12:30-13:30	Lunch
Financial Boot Camp
13:30 - 15:30	[Forum] Journey for Financial Support & Grant for Business Part 2 Panelists: Christy Lee, Investment Manager, Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP) Eliza Noordin, Vice President, Teak Capital Koh Lee Ching, CEO, Calms Technologies Siti Mariam, Managing Director, Clear Insight Technology Moderator: Serina Joon, Producer & Presenter, BFM 89.9
15:30-16:00	Afternoon Break
Technology Boot Camp
16:00-16:45	E-Payment for E-Commerce: All about E-Payment and How to prevent Online Fraud By Terry Yee, Head of Business Development, ipay88
16:45 - 17:30	Letting Customers Find YOU – and YOUR PRODUCTS, On the Internet By Hanson Toh, Malaysia Country Consultant, Google, Inc.
17:30	Ends

Ok...so from here, allow me to share with you not all but part of the pictures and points I learnt from some of the sessions.

Need to dig out from my audio recordings and notebook for this one...so stay tuned.

Meanwhile, I like to dedicate this post to thank my sponsor, eHomemakers.net for making it possible for me to attend the event.

(I have been following their site and news since my college time as it has always been my dream to work from home and finally be with my kids when I finally becomes a mom..yep...that dream started even while I am still single and in college ;)..pray that I'll be able to fulfill my dream with a sustainable income soon!)

They have also set up the booth for Salaam Wanita Basket(check picture below) during the event.

Note: Salaam Wanita believes that empowering women with micro-business skills can go a long way to transform any woman into a confident and economically empowered innovator. Check out more about their Eco basket at their site here.

eHomemakers.net are South East Asia's only community network that promotes working from home, teleworking and the running of SOHO businesses through the use of information and communications technology. Their e-community promotes self-help, business partnerships and entrepreneurship development for those who want to balance work and home life. Their social profit is derived from a pro-poor project focusing on eco-baskets production and service provision to empower women to embark on social-economic self-reliance.

Quoted from eHomemakers.net homepage.

Do check out their site and perhaps you can do your bit to support this good cause whether by donating your unwanted magazines or order their Eco-basket!

Cheers!