<Bliss Meeting Notice> “I-Speak” by Angel on 4/8

My dear Blissers,
 

This coming Saturday is Bliss Meeting Day~

We all agree Communication skills are already key factors in success; is there any communication barriers we can find through other’s reflection and self-awareness? That’s what the intelligent Blisser, Angel is going to convey this coming Saturday on 4/8. 

Without further hesitation, join us this coming Saturday!

Introduction from Angel:

Dear Blissers, 
Have you ever felt frustrated with communication when you work with other teams? Or have you tried very hard but still can’t persuade your customers to buy your products? Or sometimes you even wondered why your boss never accepts your proposals? 
 

The communication barriers we encountered are caused by difference in communication styles. This Sat, I will introduce 4 kinds of communication styles (intuitors, thinkers, feelers, sensors). This will help you to gain a deeper understanding of your own preferred communication style and learn how to identify the communication styles around you. Awareness of different communication styles can improve your ability to interact with others more meaningfully and effectively. It’s very useful in work’s and personal’s relationships. Before you attend my meeting, please kindly take photos of your office and your desk. It will help us to define which communication style you are. 
 

Look forward to sharing more details with you in this meeting. See you this Sat.

Agenda:

2:30-2:50 Ice breaking game 
2:50-3:30 Group discussion for communication style 
3:30-4:15 Reconfirm your communication style and group discussion 
4:15-4:25 Break 
4:25-5:15 Group discussion 
5:15-5:30 Sharing the book
 

<Bliss Meeting Notice> “Industrial Evolution” by Brian on 2017/3/18

During the decade, the world is not just “Hot, Flat and Crowded” but moving very fast to “Speedy, Comprehensive, Systematic” one, the impacts of which are emerging to challenge or bring opportunities to those well-prepared!

Are you ready to greet the whole new world?

What features and aspects of the Impacts will be?

How do we adjust, upskill, or reskill ourselves to the new era?

Eager to reposition yourselves in this NEW WAVE?

Brian, a PHD from Chinghua U.as well as a critical thinker, currently at semi-conductor field, is going to navigate the unknown sea and hopefully guide us through the stormy sea!

For those who care, it is once in a lifetime, which you shall cherish or regret later!!!

On 3/18, see you, Blissers!!!

This week’s theme talk: Self-growth

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Recap of Marketing 101 @2017/03/11 by Kevin Chang

Attendee: Annie, Kevin Chang, Joe, Brian, Steven, Daniel Chen

Meeting photos: https://goo.gl/photos/m5bWsS5FM1LtSpVD8

New Blisser: Steven

New Blisser's Photo: https://goo.gl/photos/JXhhdxjPWeGcgVhM7

Here we started~

As experienced and incumbent Marketing Manager, Kevin proceeded the meeting as efficiently as expected.

Marketing Definition~

1. American Marketing Association:

It is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.

2. Kevin's:

It is an activity that uses (product), communication (promotion), distribution (place), and pricing strategies to provide (targeted customers) with the goods and services they want in order to facilitate an exchange.

Marketing Mix—4Ps & 1T~

It covers 4ps and 1 T, which means products, price, place, promotion, targeted customers.

1. Product - can be either a tangible good or an intangible service that fulfills a need or want of consumers. it’s imperative that you have a clear grasp of exactly what your product is and what makes it unique before you can successfully market it.

2. Price – needs to consider the cost of design/production of the product, profit, competitors, company'sobjectives, targeted buyer's willingness and affordability. Pricing strategies vary based on the product life cycle or branding possibility in the aim of maximized profits.

3. Promotion - concerns how to disseminate relevant product information to consumers and differentiate a particular product or service. It includes elements like: advertising, public relations, social media, email, search engine, video and more.

4. Place- is about where to put our product at the right place such as shopping malls, department stores,on-line shopping websites, and so on.

5. Targeted Customer Marketing

(1). Launch phase 1-Rational Features: It focuses on the product itself by its faster speed, user- friendlier, better functions, sharper resolution, more compatible, and etc.

(2). Launch phase 2 -Emotional Features: It appeals to its distinguished style, quality-status, unique- feeling, high end identity, tailored-delicacy, and more.

We were debating whether to switch or combine these two phases on the same product during the meeting!!

Benefits of Marketing Study~

It helps us to meet consumers' demand in business, win better democracy in society, create more career opportunities, and pursue better life, which definitely is the core value above all.

Role Play – Marketing Proposal to Warren Edward Buffet~

Kevin teamed us to act as a start-up to make marketing proposal by applying 4Ps and 1T. Everyone including new Blisser, Steven and Brian put all their efforts in the role-play. Later, Kevin commented and suggested better ways in presentation. Best of all, the winning team got ELEGEN Wool Iphone Case from Kevin's own Company!!!

Reflections:~

It was a valuable meeting under Kevin's professional guidance and participants' inputs, by which we are going to sharpen our eyes to life and hopefully in the near future more Taiwanese make “brand” not a noun, but a “verb” as Google has done!!!

<Bliss Q1 Outing Notice> A Picnic at Dahu Park, Taipei on 2017/3/25

My Dear Blissers,

Here comes long-awaited 2017/3/25 Bliss Q1 Outing!

Today, we are going to release pressures, chat about now and then, cook your favorites, learn to dance and participate in group activities, while enjoying the sunshine, clear sky, grassy field, breeze in such beautiful springtime.

Let's register NOW and be part of Fun Time in Bliss!!!

Schedule:

10:30~ Meet at Exit 2, Dahu Park MRT Station

11:00 ~13:30 Western & Chinese Food English Menu Talk Show and Contests

13:30~ 15:00 Group Activity: Swing Dance & Games

15:00~ 16:30 Mountain-Circle-Trail Hiking (Optional)

16:30~ Dinner (Optional)

***Please kindly note***

<Bliss Meeting Notice> “Marketing 101” by Kevin Cheng on 3/11

My Dear Blissers,

When the passion subsides, English becomes rusty and tongue-slip happens!

To avoid that?

~“Use English in a speaking-friendly environment like Bliss”~

Come and learn at Bliss!

Today we are so honored to invite innovation-gifted Blisser, Kevin Cheng, an incumbent Marketing Manager, to share his tips in launching New Products!!!  Don’t ever miss it!!

*Theme Talk will be made right after self-introduction to boost everyone’s speaking skills.**

Subject of Meeting: Marketing 101

Host: Kevin Cheng

Date: March 11, 2017

Introduction of meeting:

Do you know what marketing is?    Is marketing related to our daily life? Is management a profession? What 4Ps are?

In fact, we can apply marketing into our daily life; however, you would never know before the meeting.

Let’s learn how to develop and apply marketing on your job and product. Kevin Cheng willintroduce what Marketing is and how to sell your idea.

If you are considering about making life interesting, do not miss it.    

Meeting Agenda:

14:30 - 14:45  Warm up, self- introduction, Theme Talk, group formation

14:45 - 15:20 “Is Management a Profession?

*10-Minute Break

15:30 - 16:30  Essential Spirit of Marketing

*10-Minute Break

16:40 - 17:10  Marketing + Management =?

17:10 - 17:30  Activity: How to Sell Your Idea

<Bliss Meeting Notice> “” by Kevin Ting on 3/4

My Dear Blissers,

Welcome back since Feb.11!  

Miss our intellectual and informative Bliss meetings?

That’s why this Saturday, we present you with “Xenophobia” by our senior distinguished Blisser, Kevin Ting!!!

According to the dictionary, “Xenophobia” means some people have extreme hatred or feel superior to other exclusive groups/region/race including their customs, religions or people themselves!

He is going to lead us to explore how it was originated, and then has been shaped into regional conflicts in the history!!!

Since “Xenophobia” has existed broader and longer than we think, we will leave the Theme Talk to the host, Kevin, during the warm-up session, right after self-introduction.

Theme talk: Those who join the meeting can prepare beforehand so as to answer it pinpointedly.

Introduction:

Meeting Agenda: 2:30~5:30 on Mar.4th, 2017

1.         Warm up: self-introduction and theme-talk

Theme talk:   Can you think of recent examples of” Xenophobia” in your country or in the world?

2.         Topic discussion:

Xenophobia, discrimination and racism are still widespreading in other parts of the world. There are around 160 million Dalits in India. In the United States of America, studies have shown that race is a key factor in determining who is sentenced to death. In Rwanda almost one million people were killed, mostly Tutsi, over a short period of three months in 1994. Are these coming from our human nature?

a.       Has been discussed in the theme talk.

b.      Have you ever felt unfairly discriminated against?

c.       Why should racist propaganda on the Internet be controlled or forbidden?

d.      For Immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers

e.       For Homophobia or discrimination because of sexual orientation

f.        For Religious discrimination, ex: Islamophobia

3.       Wrap up

<Bliss Meeting Notice> No Meeting on 2/18 & 2/25 and Recap of 2/11 meeting by Ellen