A Forum to Commemorate World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May 2011

This year in order to commemorate World Freedom Day 2011, Asian Institute for Development Communication and Universiti Selangor have jointly organised a Forum based on the theme: 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers as put forward by UNESCO.

The freedom of press demonstrates significant traits within basic human rights such as the freedom of expression and speech without which one is unable to obtain a satisfactory overview. It promotes a just and democratic society within which all voices of color, race, and religion may be heard, therefore becoming the basis for political stability. This concept is particularly important today where the problem of a lack of understanding, communication, and integration not only hinders development at a national level but also threatens the safety of journalists.

The Keynote Address will be given by Amina Gamil Khairy, Features Editor, Al Hayat International Daily Newspaper, Cairo, Egypt. This will be followed by a Panel Discussion.

Admission is free. For more information, please contact Aidcom at Tel: 03 – 2287 0023.

Our 24th Year in Development Communication

24 years in development communication

Established in December 15, 1986, AIDCOM has on Wednesday 15, December 2010 reached its 24th year in development communication. AIDCOM was established with a mission to contribute to equitable human development through the implementation of development communication programmes in the Asian Pacific and is mandated to promote the role of mass media and communication with a view to strengthening the development process in a civil society.The formation and establishment of Aidcom was in response to the need to develop a communication support system for effective management of sectoral development programme.

Today AIDCOM has managed to operate closely in many countries in the Asia-Pacific with national, regional and international media organizations. AIDCOM has conducted numerous conferences, seminars, workshops, symposiums and colloquiums on issues which contribute to the national concerted efforts on capacity building of our labor force, as stated in our national Five-Year Malaysia Development Plans to increase productivity and efficiency in the use of labor as well as strengthening the human resource base for sustained economic growth of Malaysia.

Aidcom is financially supported by various international organizations and United Nations agencies and it occasionally raises a very modest fund through publications and specialized training courses for media and with age it grows stronger every year.

Subscribe to the Journal of Development Communication to contribute to equitable human development.

Contact Information.

Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom),
First Floor, 32 & 34
,Jalan Bangsar Utama 1,
Bangsar Utama,
59000 Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

Tel: (603) – 2287 0023 (hunting line); Fax: (603) – 2287 3023;
Email: aidcom@streamyx.com ; Url: : http://www.aidcom.com

What you need to know about the forthcoming seminar

The room for interaction with the experienced professor of leadership and organizational behavior, Professor Dr. George Kohlrieser.

WHO IS PROFESSOR DR. GEORGE KOHLRIESER?

Professor Dr. George Kohlrieser is the Dean of Faculty and Head of Research at the ICLIF Leadership and Governance Centre. He is an organisational and clinical psychologist and a professor of leadership and organisational behavior at IMD (the International Institute for Management Development), Switzerland.

An engaging speaker, George has worked with many global organisations including Accenture, Barclays, Caterpillar, Morgan Stanley, Kraft, UBS, Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP, IBM, Nestle, Nokia, Roche and Toyota. In Malaysia, George has worked extensively with Khazanah and MINDA (The Malaysian Directors Academy) - on its Board of Directors programme, Sime Darby and Petronas. George completed his doctorate at Ohio State University and is the author of the best-selling and award-winning management book, translated into 14 languages, titled Hostage At The Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, And Raise Performance.

Please contact us for more information.

Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom),
First Floor, 32 & 34
,Jalan Bangsar Utama 1,
Bangsar Utama,
59000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Tel: (603) – 2287 0023 (hunting line); Fax: (603) – 2287 3023;
Email: aidcom@streamyx.com ; Url: : http://www.aidcom.com

Forthcoming Seminar

Seminar on High Performance Communication: Influencing, Persuading & Negotiating, by Pro George Kohlrieser

Date: 11 January 2011
Time: 9am to 5pm
Venue: Taylor’s Lakeside Campus

High Performance requires all members of an organisation to work together across boundaries of culture, diversity, interpersonal differences, and conflicts. In essence, every organisation is a product of how its leaders and members think and interact.

This presentation aims at introducing participants to the concept of leadership as a process of communication, dialogue, influence and persuasion.

In order to influence followers effectively and correctly, organisational leaders need to adopt a mindset of “playing to win” rather than “playing not to lose” allowing them to bring forth their vision with passion. Cutting edge leaders know how to take appropriate risk, inspire trust and create opportunities to foster success for themselves, their teams, and their organisations.

Who Is This For?

• CEOs / CMOs / CFOs / COOs
• Managing Directors
• Senior Management
• Leaders & Change Agents
• Business Owners

Programme Overview

• The role of influencing and persuasion in the negotiation process.
• Using the law of reciprocity as a method of influencing.
• Managing resistance to change, the difficult person, and the cycle of escalation.
• The art of concession making as a key to high impact negotiation.

Programme Structure

• High impact communication.
• Influence, persuasion and negotiation.
• Action Learning and application through Role-playing.
• Feedback.
• Action Planning.

What will you learn?

• Learn how to be an effective listener.
• Use the full power of interaction.
• Learn how to proactively solve conflict.
• Harness your informal authority to communicate clearly and directly with team members and others.

Methodology

Presentations, small group work, action learning exercises, role-playing and action planning.

Our contact information is as follows:

Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom),
First Floor, 32 & 34
,Jalan Bangsar Utama 1,
Bangsar Utama,
59000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Tel: (603) – 2287 0023 (hunting line); Fax: (603) – 2287 3023;
Email: aidcom@streamyx.com ; Url: : http://www.aidcom.com

Contact Persons: Mr Hew Wai Sin or Ms Zel Leong (016-6382408

Seminar

High Performance Communication: Influencing, Persuading & Negotiating, by Professor Dr. George Kohlrieser

High performance requires all members of an organisation to work together across boundaries of culture, diversity, interpersonal differences, and conflicts. In essence, every organisation is a product of how its leaders and members think and interact.

This presentation aims at introducing participants to the concept of leadership as a process of communication, dialogue, influence and persuasion.

In order to influence followers effectively and correctly, organisational leaders need to adopt a mindset of “playing to win” rather than “playing not to lose” allowing them to bring forth their vision with passion. Cutting edge leaders know how to take appropriate risk, inspire trust and create opportunities to foster success for themselves, their teams, and their organisations.

Date: 3 November 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 9am to 5pm
Venue: Taylor’s Lakeside Campus, Taylor’s University College

Programme Overview

Focusing with the "mind's eye" to overcome negative mindsets
How brain science can help leaders be more persuasuve
High performance leadership
What hostage negotiators know and do to get an over 90% succes rate

Programme Objectives

Learning how to be secure base
Understand the importance of the bonding cycle
Learn how to be an effective listener
Use the full power of interaction

Key Take-aways

Creating bonds even with your adversaries
Tools to remove blocks to dialogue
Principle of Highly Effective Influence, Persuasion, and Negotiation

Who Is This For

CEOs / CMOs / CFOs / COOs
Managing Directors
Senior Management
Leaders & Change Agents
Business Owner

Programme Structure

High impact communication
Influence, persuasion and negotiation
Action Learning and application through Role-playing
Feedback
Action Planning

Methodology

Pre-work assignments - short presentations, small group work, action exercises, role-playing, action plan, follow-up assignments

Our contact information is as follows:

Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom),
First Floor, 32 & 34
,Jalan Bangsar Utama 1,
Bangsar Utama,
59000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Tel: (603) – 2287 0023 (hunting line); Fax: (603) – 2287 3023;

Email: : aidcom@streamyx.com ; Url: : http://www.aidcom.com

Contact Persons: Mr Hew Wai Sin or Ms Zel Leong (016-6382408)