MEGA FORTE
Learning Centre
"Connecting people through fun and laughter…connects us to our creative core." ...Albert Einstein
Thomas is a graduate from a U.K. University and has worked in various Multi-National-Companies for many years. He has the experience in teaching Primary School children in an established Learning Centre. He has also conducted courses in Speech-crafts and Presentation Skills for Polytechnic and University students. In 2007, he was conferred the prestigious “Distinguished Toastmaster” status, as an accomplished speaker and toastmaster in Singapore and the international arena. He has served as the President of Singapore Institute of Management I Toastmaster Club in 1999 -2001 and an Area Governor of District 51 in 2001.
"Connecting people through fun and laughter…connects us to our creative core." ...Albert Einstein
Janice has been teaching for the past many years. Her passion to teach, coupled with her caring nature has helped many students realized their potential and achieved their dreams. Having recognised her dedication and love for her students, she was conferred the “Caring Teacher Award” in 2004, a prestigious award presented by National Institute of Education.
With her vast experience and her knowledge of the school curriculum, she has designed and delivered many training programmes to help students in their academic pursuit as well as in their soft skills. Janice has the ability to connect and win people. She has always believed in imparting students with the love to acquire knowledge and eventually, empowering them to take ownership of their own learning.
FOUNDER
Lai-Fun Smahon
Lai Fun loves learning and loves sharing this passion with people. She has more than 10 years' experience in training and education, having designed and delivered many programmes for young people and adults in different industries. She read English Language and Sociology at the National University of Singapore and is an associate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK.
Sharing Our Thoughts
I once sat in the midst of a group of teachers who asked me about my views on the state of education in Singapore. With little hesitation, I suggested that there was little opportunity to inculcate “statesmenship” which could well help to produce high calibre future leaders. To this a teacher remarked,”How interesting? What course does one take to achieve that?”Although I am certain that courses are offered at a higher level for civil servants in the area of public administration, I am equally certain there is no one course that one can take to learn how to exude tact, intellectual sway, courtliness and constructive engagement. These complex skills require some years of experience beyond the classroom. We know leaders cannot just be textbook leaders. A school ranking system based on rigorous assessment of cognitive abilities produces candidates of superior cognitive prowess but is that equitable to success for the future and can we ensure they will function in the real world where they will be thrust to either float or flounder? If the annals of Singapore history are anything to go by, Sir Stamford Raffles himself was a man of high intellectual ability but he faced many brutal objections to his founding of Singapore from the British Colonial Office in London in the 1820s. Through it all, it was not his books nor British musketry nor Her Majesty’s Navy but his statesmenship that swayed Temenggong Abdul Rahman, Tengku Hussain of Riau and the Malay sultanate to finally concede Singapore to the British. One’s leadership ability evolves from the way we handle crises and hurdles in our lives and the morality we embrace.
