Book a handicraft workshop at the Etsy Craft Party 2016 - The Summer Edition

Those with a creative bent or looking for team-building activities for their companies may be interested in three craft workshops organised for the Etsy Craft Party 2016 - The Summer Edition, which will be held on 18 June 2016. Crafty Singapore is hosting the Singapore leg of the annual Etsy Craft Party with the support of Etsy.

Source: Crafty Singapore. Finished embroidery on tiny 'mini' embroidery hoops.

Needlework on mini hoop
by Wish I Were Stitching (two sessions, eight people per session)

In the past, women in different parts of the world were required to learn embroidery as one of the essential skills they would bring to their husband's family. It would have been a way of judging her patience, meticulousness, and eye for colour. While it may not be the same today, embroidery can offer a creative outlet, and embroidered works of art - framed, or on clothing - can be very striking.

Participants will be taught how to stitch on a miniature sized hoop* which can then be finished as a pendant or brooch. They will learn different types of embroidery stitches to achieve different effects: running, back, stem, french knots and lazy daisy stitches, and can then personalise words or images within the hoop. As a bonus, they will learn how to stitch a spider-web rose.

Wish I Were Stitching offers knitting, stitching and crochet supplies as well as lessons in Singapore.

Source: Crafty Singapore. A representative polymer clay ice cream charm attached to a ball chain.

Making a polymer clay ice cream charm
by Fun With ARtz (two sessions, 16 people per session)

Polymer clay is wonderful stuff. Similar to plasticine or clay, it comes in different colours and can be shaped, textured and painted to create anything the crafter can imagine. It can be used for very detailed work, and will harden permanently if 'cured' - some will cure at room temperature, while others must bake an oven. That said, there are many techniques for shaping and finishing polymer clay that are best learned from an expert.

Participants will be taught how to create a polymer clay ice cream charm from scratch, using various tools to shape and add texture to the clay. They will also be shown how to add jewellery findings to the ice cream cone so that it can be made into jewellery such as a pendant or keychain dangle.

Fun With ARtz is a Singapore-based training company specialising in arts education, particularly making miniatures. The company provides workshops for a wide range of age groups, and including team building activities for companies.

Source: Crafty Singapore. Quilled flowers on a card together with a sun-shaped fridge magnet.

Making a paper quilling greeting card & magnet
by PaperSplash (two sessions, eight people per session)

Quilling is a very old craft that shapes paper into rolls, pleats or folds to make delicate shapes. Spirals and curls are the most common, pasted onto card and framed, but PaperSplash has done much more with the technique.

Participants will be taught how to create both a flower bouquet greeting card and sun fridge magnet by incorporating basic quilling shapes using strips of paper and quilling tools.

PaperSplash by paper artist Bhavya Raghavendra offers quilled and cut paper art for home decorating and gifting ideas. Each artwork starts from sheets of pastel papers, hand-cut into strips, then curled, rolled, shaped and glued to achieve the desired effect. Raghavendra's work extends beyond quilling to other paper-based craft.

Interested?

Etsy Craft Party 2016 - The Summer Edition will be held on 18 June 2016 from 3pm to 6.30pm at Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Road, Singapore 439053.

Sign up for the workshops. There are two sessions, at 3 to 4.30pm and then from 5 to 6.30pm. Each workshop costs S$23.80 per person. All participants receive a goodie bag with curated items from sponsors. There is an Eventbrite fee of S$1.80 for each ticket sale.

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Goodman Arts Centre within walking distance of Mountbatten MRT. The nearest bus stop is #91099 along Mountbatten Road; buses 12, 14/30/30E/158/196/401 stop here. Once at Goodman Arts Centre, head to Block B Meeting Room 3 (#03-18) and Meeting Room 4 (#03-19).  

Watch a video on three stitching methods for Suzhou embroidery (commentary in Mandarin Chinese)

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*Embroidery hoops are tools that keep fabric taut so that it can be embroidered easily. They are available in different sizes, but are usually about the diameter of a dinner plate than small enough for a pendant or brooch.

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BCM Institute runs Business Continuity Management course for SMEs in Singapore

The BCM Institute is supporting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) initiative to make small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) more resilient against business disruptions with a complimentary two-day Business Continuity Management (BCM) course.

The course runs from 28 to 29 October 2014 at the Singapore Productivity Centre, and is supported by the Singapore Business Federation and SPRING Singapore. The following will be discussed:

• Step-by-step BCM implementation guidelines endorsed by APEC
• Complimentary ready to use BCM templates
• Guidance on how to use BCM templates 
• Sharing of BCM Trends in SME by an APEC ASEAN BCM Working Group Committee member

SMEs with an annual sales turnover of not more than S$100 million or which have 200 staff or fewer are eligible. Click here to register. 

Managers in Oman fall short on delegating

Delegating to focus on your strengths may sound simple, but it is not, say two ladies from Scope Quantum, a company which specialises in project management and consultancy services for health, safety and the environment (HSE). 

Source: Scope Quantum

"Most leaders admit to struggling with spending more time doing what their subordinates should or could have done," explains Zeenath Jaleel, Consultant, Scope Quantum and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) practitioner.  

"We found that if a manager is on leave, work often gets delayed because their subordinates have not been given the trust and training to follow up on tasks. In my own experience in Oman, I have found that when I delegate and empower my team members, their resulting achievements are quite impressive," Jaleel said. 

"I am a HSE Team Lead at Areej Vegetable & Oil Derivatives, with HSE Officers working under my supervision. We got more done than planned simply by empowering the HSE Officers to do the job and giving them the freedom and trust to implement the plans based on their own initiatives. Marwa Al Kharusi, a Senior HR Specialist, has also found that effective leadership is when one is able to motivate his or her team members by delegating and empowering."

It is this crying need to clarify roles and responsibilities in the project management environment that has inspired Scope Quantum to offer a three-day workshop in Muscat, Oman titled "The Art of Delegation, Motivation & Empowerment in Project Team Management" at the Radisson Blu Hotel from 4 to 6 March this year. 

According to the the organisers, this is the first time that both Human Resources and Project Management are discussed with mutual reference at the same workshop.

"It will be three intensive days of interactive sessions, lunch included, with case studies and lessons learned in various industries specific to Oman," Jaleel said. "Everything is carefully designed so that participants are able to create a comprehensive action plan on the final day."

This is Jaleel's and fellow speaker Marwa Al Kharusi's first workshop for 2014. In late 2013 the two conducted bespoke training for mining company Vale in Sohar and received an average rating of 8  out of a maximum satisfaction score of 10.

The workshop targets managers, supervisors, team leaders and anyone who works with teams for projects. Jaleel has led project teams for PDO, Vale, and Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives, and conducted bespoke training sessions for clients in project management, risk management and health & safety management. 

Al Kharusi is a qualified professional trainer who has offered soft skills and behavioural training for over five years both in Oman and internationally. Al Kharusi has over 10 years of experience as a human resource specialist, and has coached potential entrepreneurs and students in association with Injaz Oman and Junior Achievement USA. She was also Project Leader for the Total Management team event organised by Omantel.

 

For further enquiries or to register for this event, contact Scope Quantum at admin@scopequantum.com. A maximum of 30 participants will be accepted for the March workshop. The company will consider opening up additional sessions if interest is high.