Orchan Consulting | Asia Sdn Bhd

Prestige Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 - 2012 Every year Prestige Magazine searches high and low for the 40 most influential movers and shakers in industry – to put together their annual Top 40 Under 40 Awards series. With the strictest requirement being under 40 years old at the time of the award, our Farrell was lucky to have slipped in by a couple of years to receive this coveted award at the tender age of 37. When Farrell embarked on his journey of forming Orchan Consulting | Asia, with business partner Craig J Selby, he did it with a vision to orchestrate change, and armed with years of across the board experience. Right from the start, he hit the ground running; with full ammunition blazing – having been previously involved in communications to advertising, brand and events management, and public relations. Orchan Consulting | Asia was certainly headed towards success. His industry presence and achievements led him to first being nominated, then accepted in the Top ...

South East Asian Participants Welcomed into the International Fold   The International Steinway Festival is a renowned event which has been held in Germany every two years since 1987, discovering young talented pianists from Belgium, China, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Germany. Deserving finalists from these countries were given the opportunity to perform in Hamburg, where they got to interact with other like-minded pianists and explore their own creative musicality. For the first time since its inception, Malaysian youth pianists were invited to participate in one of the industry’s most prestigious events. To participate, entrants had to submit a video clip of themselves performing three pieces; which was then judged by three prominent musicians in Malaysia. The entries were coordinated via Bentley School of Music, with sponsorship by BMW Malaysia. The search took several months before its finale; participants were ensured adequate time to enter...

Developing Future Generations of Malaysia IT Professionals in a Global Environment (From left) Zafrul Azhar Noordin, Commander in Chief of CodeAr.my, Datuk Mohd Badlisham, Chief Executive Officer of Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd, Lt Col (R) Kamarulzaman Zainal, Senior Vice President of Intelligence and Research for MIGHT-METEOR and Professor Jasmin Baba, Executive Director of MIGHT-METEOR Human capital development centre, MIGHT-METEOR Advanced Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (MIGHT-METEOR) and emerging platform CodeAr.my signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 20 September 2012 in Cyberjaya to bring the concept of gamification to Information Technology (IT) students at participating Malaysian universities and colleges. CodeAr.my undertook an MOU arrangement with MIGHT-METEOR to facilitate better opportunity for IT students to gain real-world work experience. This is done through CodeAr.my platform, by bringing the concept of gamification into their learning experi...

The Business behind the Award Winning Peugeot Model Peugeot recently unveiled its latest award winning model, the all-new Peugeot 308 THP. The elegant launch was witnessed by over three hundred media personnel and guests of Nasim Sdn Bhd, and was graced by the presence of French Ambassador to Malaysia, His Excellency Christophe Penot. While the first half of the event focused on the car itself, media were invited for an exclusive Press Conference to follow the main launch event. The Press Conference was organised on site at the launch, to provide media with a stronger technical expose and backgrounder, highlighting the many new and enhanced features of the 308. It also served an opportunity for Nasim Sdn Bhd to communicate its business direction and current growth trajectory through its Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Samson Anand George. From Nasim Sdn Bhd’s vision for Peugeot in the coming months, to its future plans, and its current investment in service infrastructure, all ...

Connex 2 UR Custmer on Social Medias Or are you just Driving them Away with Your Spelling & Grammar Mistakes?   Oh yes, you’ve noticed the spelling and grammar mistakes in my headline! Put off already? Most likely. In fact, a recent study indicates that 59% of customers would not feel ‘at ease’ with your business simply because of your online linguistic faux pas – this means, out of all that effort you have taken to grow your online presence to represent your brand, 59% of your potential customers do not wish to engage with you, simply because you haven’t taken the trouble to proof-read your posting.   I find it funny, as I have had this conversation with clients and former clients for many years. Some say that it’s ok to be ‘street’ or ‘less vigilant’ with your language online, and make it less formal; I disagree. This is branding people, not a kids street-side lemonade stand. Every element of communication that comes from a business must be st...

A Spoon-a-Day Goes a Long Way Press conference is a great way to introduce your product to the world. It provides the initial exposure that your product needs to be successful by placing it in front of journalists and other industry insiders. Organising a press conference is nothing easy. From the planning, to the execution; it’s all about precision and the right timing. From the crafting of the press release, to the media invitation, they need to be consistent and seamless. Depending on client, a press conference can mean a lot of things. Generally, a press conference is a meet up with journalists and a session of query. This allows the client to have unfiltered responses on how they are perceived. This is where we come in, providing suggestions. Enter Spoon Health, a company dedicated to advocate a healthy-er lifestyle for people combining convenience and hassle-free consumption of super foods. Spoon Health decided to launch their two new products; Organic Keenwah ...

Over the weekend, a couple of friends and I were just hanging out over numerous glasses of ice lemon tea (all thanks to the hot and humid Malaysian weather) when a friend shared about how she felt the lack of, if any, internal communication in the company she’s working with. “I know there are some companies that issue newsletters and whatnot to keep their employees informed. I don’t expect my company to issue it all the time; but at least update us every once in a while about how the company is doing, especially when I give my 110%,” she said. “Sure, I can read and find out from newspaper and online portals for certain updates. But, there are things only the company can tell us, that we can understand, and isn’t for the general public.”  It  just so happened that I read the following article by Shel Holtz who wrote “No, Internal Communications is not Dead”. While the article highlights how internal communication is still a very strong component of some companies, he also ...