On the 28th January 2010 the team from Rice Communications gathered at Uluru with our clients media business partners friends and family to celebrate our first successful year of business. Called the ONE party it was a celebration of one year one team and one million and were glad that so many turned up to ... [Read More]
The two Ds - Devin and Daphne launched our first team "Lunch & Learn" session last Wednesday with a two-hour talk on Social Media. Although social media is not alien to all of us in the room there are people like me who have barely scratched the surface so the topic needless to say was for our benefit. My social media hab ... [Read More]
How thrilling to be invited to a Christmas lunch my second (well technically third) week at Rice Communications! I couldn’t imagine a warmer welcome. I’m not even sure where to start blogging about it though. We gathered in the conference room for lunch on Monday. (Aside: the conference room is just *begging* for ... [Read More]
CSR Asia Briefing: Philanthropy Partnering- Global versus Local Perspective on Dec 2 2009 Speakers: Anne Marie Davies Regional Learning Advisor Plan International Ann Burgraff Rowel Room to Read Singapore Volunteer Chapter Leader In todays globalized world business leaders can no longer confine their businesses in their ... [Read More]
Photo courtesy: NZTE We were in Kuala Lumpur recently supporting our client New Zealand Trade & Enterprise during the signing of a Free Trade Agreement between Malaysia and New Zealand. It has been a demanding but rewarding four weeks of planning brainstorming and joint implementation with the NZTE that we at Rice Communica ... [Read More]
As businesses rely on email for important communications anti-spam vendors need to find a solution to false positives. [Read More]
Financial Times Talks with David Pilling: Asia in the context of Chinas emergence as a global power When: Friday 30th October 2009 Speaker: David Pilling- Asia Editor of the Financial Times Its been well past a year since the financial crisis shook economies across the globe causing a serious of major setbacks and tumbl ... [Read More]
Straits Times (19 Oct 2009): Food Bloggers face legal heat over reviews by Serene Luo Unhappy eatery owners could threaten to sue over negative comments Excerpt: Undergraduate Kaelyn Ongs review on the desserts at Obolo an eatery in Joo Chiat got a heated reaction when the eatery shot her a terse reply on what it though ... [Read More]
I had the chance to attend an interactive session with the Acting Minister for MICA Mr Lui Tuck Yew this afternoon at the Raffles Hotel. The event was organized by the Singapore Press Club (SPC) and open to members of the Foreign Correspondents Association (FCA) and the Institute of Public Relations Singapore (IPRS). While I .. ... [Read More]
Change drives innovation which in turn drives positive change. This was the key takeaway at the recent Forum on Globalization and Innovation Services organised by the ESSEC Business Schools Institute of Service Innovation and Strategy. ESSEC Professors Christian Koenig Director of the Asian Center in Singapore and Herve M ... [Read More]