Thought-provoking and unconventional our friendly neighbours from Duxton Consulting popped by on 30 September for our latest Fishtank session. Alan Fairnington and Laurenz Koehler men of good humor wit and intelligence gave us some insights into their world of right brain logic and the type of consulting work they do. I ... [Read More]
I’ve just returned to Rice Communications HQ from a short trip to Australia. While I was away I appeared on a panel on editing (pictured) at Conflux 7 an Australian science fiction convention in Canberra. I got a real frisson when Cat Sparks (the moderator) introduced me especially when she said “Devin is current ... [Read More]
Sonya Wins SICCI-DBS Award for Most Promising Indian Entrepreneur in Singapore
Rice Communications had a fun and proud night out last week. Donna and I had the honour of accompanying Sonya to the SICCI-DBS Singapore Indian Entrepreneur Awards 2011 held at the Ritz Carlton on 29th September 2011. Being Indian I believe I was the ... [Read More]
Suzanne Yap receiving the Woman Super Achiever Award on behalf of Sonya.
CMO Asia Awards recently conferred the Woman Super Achiever Award to Sonya at the 2nd CMO ASIA Awards for Excellence in Branding and Marketing in Singapore.
Representing 25 countries across Asia the CMO Asia Awards recognises Organisations C ... [Read More]
Media has influenced the way we live our lives and changed the dynamics of business yet understanding your consumers is still the basic tenet of business even in the face of the changing media landscape. The first sentence that flashed in my head when Rahul Welde Vice President of Media in Unilever talked about understanding ... [Read More]
Im going to say some very controversial things Haresh said by way of explanation. We were seated for our second Fishtank session and we shared a quick look around before smiling at the CMO of Microsoft Haresh Khoobchandani. He definitely got what he wanted assuming what he wanted was our attention.
There was a way ... [Read More]
On June 10 we began the Fishtank Series a series of talks by prominent people who come to the Rice Fishtank (our meeting room) to share some of their knowledge with the Rice team.
Our very first Fishtank guest was Martin Roll brand equity specialist. Martin kept us enthralled with a 40-minute presentation on Asian ... [Read More]
After a hectic week of racing around CommunicAsia coordinating interviews and such it was nice to end the week with a party! No not a post-event party but our very own Rice New Office Warming Party. Granted we only moved a couple of shophouses down the same street but what better reason for celebration than ... [Read More]
Id like to start by saying Thank You a very big Thank You to everyone who came by on June 24 to celebrate our new digs!
On behalf of the team a heartfelt thanks for your presence (and presents) and for making our office truly warm!
It feels like the party was too short and ... [Read More]
Here at Rice Thursday has become our regular social night. After our outing to watch X-Men: First Class the week before last Thursday we decided to have a quiet night in just dinner and a boardgame. Of course when the boardgame is Pictionary and when the Rice team is playing it’s not as quiet as ... [Read More]