Speakers at the Asia Pacific Youth to Business Forum 2014 have a wealth of experience and expertise in their respective fields that you wouldn’t help but believe their every word. Here are some of them, plus my favorite quotes!
1. PENH HUYNH, chief financial officer of Bacardi Southeast Asia
2. AMOR MACLANG, co-founder of Geiser Maclang, a social marketing communications firm, and a Mindanao advocate. A very empowering woman.
3. JONATHAN YABUT, winner of “The Apprentice Asia” Season 1, now the chief of staff of Air Asia. He’s one of the most compelling speakers I’ve seen.
It’s inspiring to listen to Jonathan, how he turned his insecurities and heartache into strength and motivation that he’s gonna go big. He focused his energies in going for what he wanted – winning “The Apprentice Asia” – and he did it! His was a combination of competence and determination, plus his secret weapon: Extra Joss!
BONUS: Jonathan also said, “Leaders are cheerleaders. They clear the path for you.”
4. ROBY ALAMPAY, editor-in-chief of Interaksyon.com
This statement astounded me because it made me realize that yeah, I’ve not been checking out home pages because I’ve been clicking links I see on Twitter and Facebook instead. This generation can have any information they want/need with every scroll of a page or key word on Google search. Before us is this seemingly limitless universe that is the internet, ready to give us our own space, anytime, anywhere. The challenge now is to not let social media take over our lives and ideals and make it the other way around instead.
*KOL PREAP, executive director of Transparency International Cambodia, also discussed “engaging the private sector in the fight against corruption.” And one of the things he shared was that in order to promote clean business, we must have integrity and accountability. We should also be ethical and adhere to corporate social responsibility.
I must say I went home really “full” that day, figuratively speaking. 😉
Lending their expertise at the APY2B (clockwise from left): Amor Maclang, Jonathan Yabut, Kol Preap, and Roby Alampay (Photos by yours truly)
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