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Experience Workshops Series @ MDIS

Experience Workshops Series @ MDIS

Good academic grades are only part of what employers look for when hiring. To help our students stand out and succeed beyond the classroom, MDIS offers a series of Experience Workshops designed to build essential professional skills and interpersonal qualities. These workshops are offered to all full-time MDIS students and conducted by experienced industry professionals. Each session is tailored to the student’s academic level, ensuring the skills gained are relevant, practical, and immediately applicable. Through these workshops, students develop:

  • Self-discipline and effective communication skills

  • Networking and relationship-building skills

  • Problem-solving and critical thinking skills

  • Organisational and leadership skills

International Foundation Diploma Level

Effective Time Management
Builds essential habits in planning, prioritisation, and managing daily schedules to help students stay on top of their academic and personal responsibilities.

Study & Exam Techniques
Introduces strategies for active learning, note-taking, and exam readiness to improve academic performance and reduce test anxiety.

Diploma / Higher Diploma / Advanced Diploma Level

Values for Success
Encourages the development of key values such as responsibility, perseverance, and respect—traits that contribute to personal and professional growth.

Effective Presentation Skills
Helps students communicate their ideas clearly and confidently with training in public speaking, visual aids, and audience engagement.

Creative and Critical Thinking at School
Promotes flexible thinking and problem-solving through practical exercises that challenge students to think outside the box.

Undergraduate Degree Level (Bachelor's)

Academic Writing Harvard Referencing Critical Workshop
Strengthens students’ abilities to construct well-structured arguments, critically analyse sources, and apply academic conventions with confidence.

Winning Resumes and Interviewing Skills
Teaches students how to craft compelling resumes and present themselves professionally during job interviews, increasing their employability.

The LinkedIn Workshop
Guides students in creating a strong online presence, building a professional network, and using LinkedIn as a tool for career development.

Postgraduate Degree Level (Master's)

Academic Writing Harvard Referencing Critical Workshop
Designed for advanced learners, this workshop sharpens research writing, analytical thinking, and academic integrity through proper referencing techniques.

Networking: Relationship Building & Business Etiquette
Prepares students to build and maintain professional relationships, with a focus on networking strategies and business etiquette in both local and global settings.

The LinkedIn Workshop
Tailored for postgraduate students aiming to expand their industry presence, this session focuses on strategic networking, content sharing, and thought leadership on LinkedIn.

Meet Our Trainers: 

Mr Abdul Raoof - Values for Success

Abdul Raoof is an appointed associate/guest Professor of Management by the Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics (Hangzhou, China). Dr Raoof graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Marketing from the University of Wales (UK), he studied Masters in Educational & Psychology (UK), and Masters in Finance (Dublin) and has various other professional qualifications like Charted Institute of Marketing (MCIM) and ACTA. Raoof is a practicing counsellor and personal coach, he is also an officially certified academic and trainer. Mr Raoof is a veteran in the Private Education Sector, he has taught for close to twenty years and in ten institutions. He has also played the role of Academic Head, Module Leader and Moderator. As an academic and mentor for schools he has conducted several workshops for students from 16 to 21 years old on character building, critical thinking, career management, self-identification and Personality profiling. A seasoned corporate trainer and a motivational speaker with several years of training experience, having trained several organisations from the government sectors, MNCs and SMEs. Energy Market Authority, Fujitec, and SIA Engineering were some of the companies trained by him.

Mr Raoof has also delivered several motivational speeches and is a profound researcher who has worked on several hypotheses and is responsible for the development of various academic modules and the writing of textbooks for several educational bodies. He has continuously been invited to train regionally in countries like China, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and other South Asian and Central Asian Countries. His specialisation in Leadership; Strategic Marketing; and Finance has made him well-versed in several different industries like Tourism, Production, Heavy Industry, Security, Publication, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Hospitality and Education. He continues to be an associate lecturer, bringing his years of experience to more than a dozen foreign and local Universities and University Partners. He is currently a professional corporate trainer and heads several organisations on an adjunct basis. His other forte in Emotional Intelligence; Brain Power and Subliminal mind has also contributed to being a well-established motivational speaker and personal coach. He has spoken on the national radio on emotional intelligence.

 

Mr Jude Lim - The LinkedIn Workshop

Jude Lim is a trainer in Leadership Engagement & Transformation empowered by NLP Clarity Design Thinking (3D3E). Exceeding 25 years of corporate and business management, Jude comes with extensive experience for his facilitation and coaching sessions, especially in the area of self-development, communication, and business development using social media among others. Not once, but 3 times in 3 varied career paths Jude has worked from the ground up to senior management, when he was in the banking sector, logistics, to photogrammetry focusing on SMART building technology. Since then, Jude has help career transition personal to have clarity on their career needs, build their digital profile, update their resume, gain confidence towards their next career through coaching and facilitate their training needs. 

Jude is certified and recognized as an NLP Practitioner by the American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, ACTA for WSQ Professional training, ICDL -MS Office for PowerPoint & Excel, Dynamic Presentation, Leadership Quotient, Public Speaking -Show-Telling, DISC and Design Thinking Fundamentals. With knowledge of leveraging technology in innovating business processes and information exchange, it has enable Jude to support and prepare those looking for career switch in the past 2 years successfully. (reference can be found at www.linkedin.com/in/judethetrainer). Jude is an exceptional facilitator and coach to deliver the results you need and the impact you expect because of his years of successful business and career experience. He has worked with major MNCs like ProsolKelly Consulting, Aventis Learning Group, NTUC Learning Hub, Dell, KPMG, M1, Citi, Continental, Work-Force Singapore, and Authorised Training Centres: SSTC, Ascendo, SMET, and Wiz_Learn Technology.

 

Mr Chua Swee Hee Jack - Winning Resumes & Interviewing Skills

Jack Chua S H, Partner and Principal Consultant, CME Consulting. Jack’s career as a coach, consultant, trainer and facilitator spans 30+ years. He has worked with staff at general management, middle management and supervisory level seeking to enhance their individual, team and organization effectiveness. Jack has worked in senior Organization and Learning Development, and Human Resources (HR) roles with number of MNCs with global operations. Apart from coaching and pipeline development of client organizations, Jack has supported career profiling and resume writing for client organizations and their staff for leading edge companies in the Tele-communications & Information Technology, FMCG, Real Estate, Property Development, Construction, Manufacturing, and Petrochemicals sectors. 

Jack is a certified coach with Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential. He has certifications in Benchmarks, Voices 360, Executive Dimensions, Skillscope, 360-by-Design, Team Architect, Conflicts Dynamic Profiling 360, California Psychology Inventory-260, Workplace BIG 5, MBTI Step l & ll, FIRO-B, DISC/DISC Extended, Hogan Assessments, SL-I & II and ACTA.

 

Mr Shareef Bin Abdul Jaffar - Creative & Critical Thinking at School

SHAREEF JAFFAR PBS (Polis)
LLM, MEd, MSc

Shareef Jaffar is an international management and training consultant with over 35 years of industry experience. He has held senior general management positions in both local and international companies, primarily within the hospitality and human resource development sectors. As the head of an international training and development consultancy, Shareef specializes in training design and has served as a contracted consultant for numerous multinational corporations, NGOs, and government agencies. His extensive international training and development experience includes conducting programs in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and several other countries across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. His consultancy work includes advising Nokia (SEA) on franchising and marketing communication strategy and developing training programs for Nokia’s distributors. He has also collaborated with SQ Centre and the Tourism Institute of Singapore to develop training modules for tourism and service professionals. Additionally, he consulted with InWent (Germany) for the IT@Coop Project in Thailand and has worked with Singaporean government agencies like PUB and the Singapore Police Force on service excellence training. 

Shareef’s academic credentials include Master’s degrees in Strategic Planning, Education, and Law (Corporate Governance). He also holds post-graduate qualifications in Business Administration, Marketing, and Training & Development, and is a Certified Assessor in Quality Management Systems. His training certifications include an Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance, a Certificate in Effective E-Learning Design from Oxford University, and certifications in teaching pedagogy, facilitation skills, instructional design, and training management. Shareef is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Distinguished Fellow of MDIS. He is a Senior Accredited Director and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Beyond his professional work, Shareef is actively involved in community service. He served in the Singapore Police Force as NS Commander, Central Police Division, and received several commendations for his leadership. He also holds Chairs and hold board positions in various educational and social organizations, including the Management Development Institute of Singapore, Singapore Quality Centre, TCC Credit cooperative and Secureguard Service Cooperative, demonstrating his commitment to both professional excellence and social responsibility.

 

Dr Siew Ngung Chia  - Effective Time Management, Study & Exam Techniques

Dr. Siew Ngung Chia, Associate lecturer and trainer. Educational Qualifications include BSc, MBA, DBA. His Core Competencies are in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Quantitative Research. SIEW, Ngung Chia obtained a Doctoral in Business Administration from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Before his retirement, he has held several senior academic appointments in the University of SIM, MDIS and PSB Academy where he had taught courses on supply chain management, operations management, service operations, marketing, strategic management, contract management and quantitative research methods. Dr. Siew was also a member of the examination board in the University of Wales and the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. 

Prior to his academic appointments, Dr. Siew was a senior officer in the Singapore Civil Service and had held senior positions in several Singapore Statutory Boards. Thereafter, he was appointed to a senior management position in a Shipping and Logistic Company for 10 years before he went into private consultancy and training. Dr. Siew has invested considerable energy in academic lecturing and workshops both locally in Singapore and overseas.  His interests have broadened to include conducting workshops and seminars for civil service related institutions. For example, he had conducted training workshops in logistic and contract management for the Bhutan Utility Board and seminars in public administration and management for the both the Gabon Administration and Maldives Civil Service Commission. He has worked in several PEI s such as MDIS, UniSIM, PSB Academy, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Material Management (SIPMM).

 

Ms Teo Ser Lee - Networking: Relationship, Building & Business Etiquette,  Effective Presentation Skills

Teo Ser Lee is the Founder and Director of Protocol Academy Pte Ltd, Singapore’s pioneer in etiquette and protocol services. Ms Teo is trained and certified by The Protocol School of Washington where she specializes in Corporate Etiquette & International Protocol. She is also a qualified Colour & Make-up Artist, Personal Stylist and Image Consultant as well as an associate of APICSA (Association of Professional Image Consultants of South Africa). She caters to mid and top level executives who wish to enhance their self-confidence, heighten their communication skills, outshine their competition and increase their bottom line. Customised seminars are geared to educate, motivate and meet the needs of today’s busy executives. 

Besides giving personalized trainings to top level executives of multi-national corporations, she also conducts trainings in the finer points of etiquette, protocol and projecting a professional image. Some of her clients include Singapore Power, Singapore General Hospital, Carlson Marketing Group, Reed Exhibitions, Raffles Holdings, MediaCorp Radio, UOB Bank, DBS Bank, OCBC Bank, Bangkok Bank, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Genting Highland Resorts, SMU, NTU, NUS, ITE, Singapore Sports School, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Social Development Unit, Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd, NTUC Income Insurance, International SOS Pte Ltd, Tetra Pak Asia, among many others. She was also the trainer for Ms Singapore / Universe 2004 and Mr / Ms Teens 2004. Ms Teo has been featured in several major newspapers and magazines, amongst them are The Straits Times, The Sunday Times, The New Paper, Today, Streats, Lianhe Zaobao (Chinese newspapers), Lianhe Wanbao (Chinese newspapers), Her World, Elle magazine, Simply Her and many others. Ms Teo has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from National University of Singapore and started her career as an external auditor with the then Ernst & Whinney.

She has more than 12 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, specializing in marketing and corporate communications. She has held management position with Singapore Airlines, providing services to high valued customers and was also General Manager, Corporate Communications for Samsung Electronics, handling media relations, publicity and promotions for all the company’s products. Amongst her achievements are 5 beauty titles;

  • Ms Singapore/International,
  • Ms Singapore/World
  • Ms Singapore/Globe
  • 1st Runner-up of Ms Queen of the Midnight Sun (International pageant)
  • Ms Friendship/Globe (International Pageant)

As the ambassadress of Singapore, she has traveled extensively round the world gracing occasions, raising funds for charity and representing Singapore in international pageants. Ms Teo is also a part time drama artiste with MediaCorp Television and also a radio guest presenter with MediaCorp Radio.

Please email MDIS Experience Workshop Team at ExpWorkshop@mdis.edu.sg