TMC Academy Biennial Agent Conference 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year, TMC Academy’s international and local partners were invited to attend the biennial agent conference in Singapore. The conference provides a platform for our partners to congregate, exchange information and serves as a perfect networking opportunity. Meanwhile, we also took the chance to host our partners and thank them for their effort and contribution in this fruitful collaboration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Day One

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]To welcome our overseas guests from China, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Russia, Vietnam and Thailand, a dinner was hosted on the day of their arrival.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

Welcoming our agents from all around the world!

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Earlier on in the day, our agents were brought around the campus for an introduction on the facilities and had the chance to sit in for some classes. This experience provides an insight on the way classes are conducted and how the students and teachers interact.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]

Agents arriving at TMC Academy for Campus Tour, marking the start of the 2017 Agent Conference at TMC Academy.

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Ms Yeow, TMC Academy’s Chief Executive Officer, welcoming our agents from all around the world.

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Agents are brought around the campus by our international office colleagues, Ms. Angi and Mr. Phone. Here they visit our Library where most of the students hang out in between classes.

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Here is one of the facilities where our students practice their Hospitality and Tourism skills. ( Yes, we have a bar in the college; Nope, we do not serve alcohol )

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Every lecturer has their own teaching style, which makes the classes in TMC Academy interesting.

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Agents are given the chance to experience how the classes are conducted…

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…and being students again!

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Moments later, we can’t really identify our agents… TMC Academy, makes everyone a student again.

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Day Two

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The second day began at Raffles City Convention Centre, where our agents, university partners and sister schools representatives gathered for an afternoon of knowledge sharing and bonding. Dr Chin, Executive Chairman of TMC Academy gave a welcome address, highlighting the importance of affinity in the collaborations our school has with all valued partners.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

Agent Conference opening and welcome speech by Dr. Chin

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Mr. Andrew giving a presentation about TMC Academy

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]To update our partners on TMC’s offerings and latest milestones, Senior Teacher at Hawthorn English, Mr Andrew Zajicek gave an insightful presentation on TMC’s pathway. This is followed by informative talks presented by our university partners from University of Northampton, Griffith University, Swiss Hospitality Management University (SHMS) and University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]To test if our partners were paying attention in class (haha!), they were tasked to solve a crossword puzzle with answers from the earlier sharing sessions. Well, it was considered an open book test because the presentation slides were right in their conference folder![/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

A short crossword puzzle game keeps all spirits up and chase away the morning blues

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This is an open book quiz, so… may the fastest notes-flipper wins!

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Dr. Chin is walking around checking on everyone’s progress

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]After lunch, our partners returned for an engaging sharing session by our dear students. The honest and sincere speeches by our students and alumni were both heart-warming and insightful as we got to hear the student’s perspective on the education provided and their studying experience in Singapore. TMC Academy would like to thank our students for taking the time and effort to be present at the sharing:[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

Thank you for the presentation! You were all great up there!

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1. KANG TAE WON

2. PARK YU YEONG

3. KIM SUNG JONG

4. NAN HNIN NANDAR AYE

5. EI MOE MOE WIN

6. CHANDRASURIN PONGPISUT

7. KANTHANAPHAT PHUSINCHOKWONGSA

8. SOUDACHANH XOUMPHONPHAKDY

9. SOUKSAMLANE NHOUYVANISAVONG

10. NGUYEN THI THANH THANH

11. TRUSHINA ANZHELIKA

12. REYZA OKTAVIANI

13. KEVIN MAXMILLAN CHANG

14. LU JIN CHAO

15. CAI HAO LEI

16. DU LING YUN

17. CHEN KEN

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]To end the agent conference on a bright note, our top performing agents were presented with awards from Dr Chin.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to come over to Singapore, we hope you’ve enjoyed the conference and bonding session!

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Now that we are done with the learning, it was time to whisk our partners away on a fun ride aboard the Singapore DUCK tour![/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

Getting ready for the Duckie!

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The Duck Tour is going to bring us from land into sea around Marina Bay!

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We are like sitting ducks waiting to get our photos taken by the other tourists here… #punintended

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The fun is just about to get bigger and better, as our partners were invited to our company dinner later in the evening. Stay tuned for the next post![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]