Happy Employers Work Better

The 7th "Happy Employees Work Better" workshop was held on 1 to 2 November 2023 at Furama City Centre Hotel, Singapore. The workshop is a collaboration between ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better.

The outline of the workshop covers the following topics:

• The Happiness DNA
• Importance of workplace happiness
• The workplace happiness DNA
• Happy purpose – building a sense of purpose
• Happy people - nurturing the Happiness DNA
• Happy practices - keeping employees happy
• Happy culture – sustaining a happy workforce

Ecosystem Approach to Designing and Implementing Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) at Universitas Ciputra, Indonesia

A two half-day online workshops on "Ecosystem Approach to Designing and Implementing Outcomes-Based Education (OBE)" was held on 9 and 24 October 2023 for Universitas Ciputra. The workshop focused on OBE Ecosystem Framework, Principles and Learning Outcomes, and Measure of Learning Outcomes and Design of Marking Scheme. The workshop was attended by about 50 participants from the university.

Ecosystem Approach to Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

A half-day seminar on "Ecosystem Approach to Outcomes-Based Education (OBE)" was held on 16 October 2023 at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. The invited speakers are Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc from University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City and Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Principal Consultant, Education Quality International.

The seminar was graced by Dr. Prakorn, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and attended by both academic and support staff. The seminar was a prelude to the workshop in November 2023 which aims to prepare the two study programmes for AUN-QA assessment.

Ecosystem Approach to Designing and Implementing Outcomes-Based Education (OBE)

The 5th AUN-EQI workshop on "Ecosystem Approach to Designing and Implementing Outcomes-Based Education" was held on 17 to 20 October 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert and Founder & Principal Consultant of eqi and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc, AUN-QA Assessor and OBE Case Author. The workshop is a collaborative capacity building initiative between ASEAN Quality Network (AUN) and Education Quality International (eqi).

The 15 participants were from universities in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Happier Career Happier Life

The 12th "Happier Career Happier Life" workshop was held on 22 September 2023 at Furama City Centre Hotel, Singapore. The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Overview of the happiness DNA 
• The science of happiness in career
• Personality profiling tools to find suitable career choices including numerology, NERIS Type Explorer® and bazi (birthdate)
• Job crafting to redesign work to suit one’s values, strengths and passions
• Understand the kinds of work stress and how to manage them
•  Appreciate the future of work and how to stay relevant

The workshop was organised in collaboration with ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Chief Happiness Coach. Various techniques to manage stress were shared and practised such as muscle relaxation, meditation, laughter yoga, stretching exercise and breathwork.

Happy Employees Work Better

The 6th "Happy Employees Work Better" workshop was held on 20 - 21 September 2023 at Furama City Centre Hotel, Singapore. The workshop is a collaboration between ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better.

The outline of the workshop covers the following topics:

• The Happiness DNA
• Importance of workplace happiness
• The workplace happiness DNA
• Happy purpose – building a sense of purpose
• Happy people - nurturing the Happiness DNA
• Happy practices - keeping employees happy
• Happy culture – sustaining a happy workforce

AUN-QA Assessors' General Assembly 2023

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder & Principal Consultant of Education Quality International and AUN-QA expert was invited to give a trigger presentation at the AUN-QA Assessors' General Assembly hosted by the AUN-QA Network on 7 September 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.

He shared the topics on:

1. Professionalism and ethics
2. Assessor's competence assessment and development
3. Effective interview techniques