Retail Seminar 2016
Date: 16th
November 2016
Venue:
Nanyang Polytechnic Theatre for the Arts
Duration:
1.30pm – 4pm
About Event:
This first Joint Polytechnic-ITE Retail Seminar and
Career Fair is a joint effort from all 5 Polytechnics & ITE with strong
support from SPRING Singapore and Workforce Singapore (WSG) to create an annual
iconic event to evaluate the image of retail as a promising career choice and
highlight the new & emerging skillsets required from a transformed retail
industry.
Pre-Event
The team went to recce the Theatre for the Arts and
atrium to better visualise the whole event.
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Recce of place to determine GOH’s route to the TFA
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and also
the route for our guests to reach the TFA.
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The briefing for Retail Seminar 2016 was conducted on
the 14th of November in EMRS room by the OICs (Yati & Isaac).
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| A half day rehearsal was conducted on 15th November where we actually had a dry run of the whole event. |
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| Emcees rehearsing |
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| Testing out slides, light & sound system |
Event Day
Set Up
(8:30am):
On the event day itself, our team reported at 8:30am
in the EMRS room. A short briefing was conducted before we split into groups
and went to set up for the event.
The set-up was completed in a few hours before the
event started.
Rehearsal
(10am):
We had our second and last rehearsal at 10am that day.
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| Setting up slides |
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| Pasting seat labels |
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| Poster done by Eric & Peggy |
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At 1:30pm, the students and guests started to enter the TFA. The speakers also uploaded their respective slides into the laptop at the rostrum.
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| By 1.55pm, all the guests were seated. The emcees started the event and shortly after, the Guest of Honour, Ms Low Yen Ling arrived. |
Speech by
Guests
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| Ms Low Yen Ling giving her interesting speech. |
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Here are some of the Wefies and Pictures
taken!
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Speech by Speakers
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Mr Karthik Subramaniam,
Chief Technology Officer ZALORA |
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Ms Chia Wai Jyy,
Head of Human Resources
Charles & Keith Group
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Mr Tan Kwang Cheak,
Chief Human Resource Officer NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Limited |
Polling Activity
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Our emcees
interacting with the audience during the polling session
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Question
& Answer (Q&A)
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After the
polling session, we had a short Q&A session with the speakers for students
to ask any questions they had.
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Token of
Appreciation for our Guest & Speakers
End of
event
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The event ended around 4pm after the token of appreciation ceremony. Afterwhich,
we started to clear up the venue and return the fixtures we borrowed to the
fixture room. Our team reported back at the EMRS room at 5pm for a debrief by
Ms Quek. We were dismissed by 5.30pm.
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Conclusion
All in all, the event went on smoothly even though there were minor hiccups before and during the event. We managed to work as a team and surpassed the problems to make this event a success! We also learnt that no matter how much you have planned, there will always be circumstances which will alter the initial planning.
All in all, the event went on smoothly even though there were minor hiccups before and during the event. We managed to work as a team and surpassed the problems to make this event a success! We also learnt that no matter how much you have planned, there will always be circumstances which will alter the initial planning.
