Some summary takeaways from our recent webinar on the same topic. Our speaker Quick clarification – storytelling in this context is in reference to using stories in conversation, presentations, business, and professional. Not in the fictional writing sense. Step 1: Selecting the right story The story should serve its purpose – convey your intended message/lesson. …
One of my most influential phases in life was when I had an Accountability Buddy system set up with Stephen Zhao. We would call each other every day at 7am (Monday-Friday), set goals, follow-up on progress, and teach each other new things. We did this for 2-years straight, eventually discontinuing it as we both focused …
Hey Hing, Or you’ll come to address yourself as Chin in 15 years. It’s currently 2005 in your time, you’ve graduated from high school and you’re wondering what’s next? What do you want to do in life? What major should you specialize in? What career path do you want to pursue? You don’t have any …
A letter to my younger self about purpose discovery Read More »
I thought that it might be interesting to share in more detail and document my attempt to optimize revenue for workshops: First, a bit on my perspective regarding monetizing workshops: Gary Veynerchuck has so much content that it’s hard for me to dig up the video where I once saw him talking about this. I …
Optimizing the donation model for for-profit workshops/webinars Read More »
So much gold in the panel discussion yesterday. I’ll try my best to condense my takeaways in a logical order. First, the panelists: To connect with the panel: Chin’s LinkedIn Profile Colby’s LinkedIn Profile Tiffany’s LinkedIn Profile MeltOn Sparks website My high level message: If you can’t find a job in this recession, why not …
I’ve been receiving a few questions lately on how to improve engagement for virtual webinars given that I’ve been facilitating quite a few. Again, not a webinar “guru” here, but happy to share some of my insights. As someone who frequently facilitates in-person workshops & gives talks, one of the first things I noticed was …
How Course Facilitators Can Redefine Audience Engagement in Virtual Webinars Read More »
A quick disclaimer to help you understand the lens with which I write about this topic: I am biased in favour of Mastermind Groups as I personally facilitate such groups through my business. I’ve also personally participated in many different mastermind groups, despite differences in individual experiences (both positive & negative), I’ve found that the …
We’re all busy worrying about COVID, but some of us are starting to realize that – we’re very realistically moving into a pandemic induced recession. In BC, we’ve already started to see lots of lay-offs. Businesses are struggling to find customers with everything put on hold and being uncertain. I’ve been doing some research to …
Actually useful advice on adapting your business for the recession. Read More »
My conservative parents always told me “Don’t bother studying business, it’s all common sense anyways, you can figure it out on your own” I’ve come to learn that it’s true, business is mostly common sense. BUT, hindsight is 20/20. It’s always easy to reflect on things in the past and say “Of course, that makes …
Given that many governments have encouraged social distancing, you’ve probably noticed that lots of live events/workshops are now converting to virtual webinars. I’d like to share my insight, especially so that small business owners who have never done webinars can learn a little on how to run a decent one. No expert here, but here’s …
