MaD Workshops

Jockey Club MaD Workshop Series

Get hands on in 15 kinds of workshops.
Get inspired and empowered!

Creativity

Robin Hood Reincarnation Session
Shuffle the excess
Facilitator: Elena SIMONS

A quarter of the people in our material world find stuff piling up around us and choking us, while three quarters of us wish we could get hold of more stuff. The situation in which some own too little and others own too much, is clearly not optimal to human happiness.

In this workshop we will take a radical approach and see if we can reinvent material reality. How might the excess that troubles some, be redistributed to those who crave it? What would Robin Hood do if he were reincarnated today? Looking at your own life, what do you have too much of? How might you amaze mankind by passing it on?

Through creative brainstorm techniques we will apply our playful intelligence to the creation of wild and naughty plans. By the end of the workshop we will have mastered the noble art of Excess Redistribution.

Elena SIMONS
Creative Director / Social Inventor
Wonder (Netherlands)
Do animals have enough sex? Why is guerrilla goodness a powerful weapon? How much fun can one have with a Muslim? In her work as a social inventor, Elena SIMONS gives the answers to these questions. With a background in art, advertising and environmental activism, she invented “fungagement”, meaning “a fun way to make a serious difference”. Applying a mixture of humorous action and internet-based network structures, her NGO Wonder presents a context for citizens to engage themselves for a better society.

The Power of Magic “IF”
Lever to the world of creativity
Facilitator: William YIP

Magic "IF" is the lever that lifts us into the world of creativity. The secret effect of ‘if’ lies in the fact that it does not use fear or force or make the artists do anything; on the contrary, it reassures them through its honesty. It arouses inner and real activity, and does this by natural means.” (An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski)

Magic 'IF' is the answer to the stimulation of experiments, inspiration for adventures, the motivation of making differences.

'IF' you have a desire to experience the power of Magic ‘IF’, discover the potential of creativity and find the authentic motivation of making differences - this workshop is for you! It aims to enhance your understanding about yourself, ability to connect with people, appreciation of the world around you... and most importantly elevate your motivation of making a difference.

William YIP
Founder
Theatre Noir (HK)
William YIP loves theatre, and believes that “drama is empowerment”! He is primarily a theatre director whose works include musicals, theatre repertoires, original plays and experimental theatre works. He is also a drama teacher, actor, translator and producer.

In 2006, he founded Theatre Noir in to make dialogue with the community through the company’s creative drama programmes and theatrical performances. Recently, he created a series of workshops for the British Council to encourage Creative Science Communication. The workshops have been conducted in Hong Kong, Hangzhou and Beijing.

Digital Storytelling Masterclass
Storytelling as a powerful tool
Facilitator: Nury VITTACHI

Storytelling is for everyone. No longer are writers defined as rare individuals who churn out a novel every few years. Today, we recognize that we all tell stories all the time, whether we are at work or having a casual conversation. Developing our ability to construct narratives is one of the most powerful skills anyone can have.

These days, we have many tools to help us tell stories, including the written word, video, audio, and other tools – and we can even blend in interactive elements. But the finest technology in the world won't create great storytelling without one prime tool: the imagination.

In this workshop, you will learn:

* How to create great stories
* The underlying "bones" of classic tales
* The secret of endless creativity
* How tales for books, comics, movies and videos differ
* What you need to know to be a successful story-creator

Nury VITTACHI
Author (HK)
Nury VITTACHI is an author who has worked on numerous books, screenplays and dramas. His work has been published around the world in many languages. He was recently chief judge of one of the world's biggest fiction prizes.

Drawing on the RIGHT Side of the Brain
Use another side of your brain and be an artist
Facilitator: Carl CHENG Chi-ming

Everybody can draw—if you can shift from verbal and analytic left-brain mode to visual and perceptual right-brain mode, and see things in an artist's way. Developed by Dr Betty EDWARDS with reference to psychobiologist Dr Roger SPERRY's Nobel Prize-winning research on human brain-hemisphere, “Drawing on the RIGHT Side of the Brain” will uncover the artist in you.

Carl CHENG Chi-ming
Artist (HK)
Carl CHENG has obtained a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the RMIT University and a BBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has worked as a creative director and was the art director of the Chinese edition of Reader’s Digest. He founded Arthome and went to New York in 2004 to study from Dr Betty EDWARDS’ son, Brian BOMEISLER, and was certified as the first Hong Kong instructor of the workshop “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”.

To promote local visual arts, he is now actively working on a series of art publications, such as OASIS—Artists’ Studios in Hong Kong and Hong Kong Photographers. Carl has received various art and design awards both locally and internationally. He held solo exhibitions in 1998, 2001, 2008 and 2009.

If you think u r wrong, u r almost right!!
Unorthodox Remaking of Sound
Facilitator: WONG Chung-fai (Sin:Ned)

Creativity is of ultimate importance to our existence. Even the commercial world is investing more and more on training their employees to think “out of the box”. However, we are still facing a creativity crisis – in our everyday life and in our work. What is hindering our ability to think out of the box?

Through examining the history and practice of unorthodox sound making, you will see that the lack of creativity is closely related to the one-sided development of our rational culture, and our learned mentality of seeing errors, chaos, randomness and disorder as undesirable results. With hands-on experiment on unorthodox sound making, you will develop an appreciative eye for the beauty of errors and randomness, which in turn, will free us from our tunnel vision of pure rationality, and enable us to see beyond the box.

WONG Chung-fai (aka Sin:Ned)
Sonic artist and writer (HK)
WONG Chung-fai is an idiosyncratic sonic artist who hacks and twists anything he can put his hands on. His interest ranges widely from improvisation, sound art, experimental music, and noise art to field recordings.

His first two solo works, “Uroborus: A Study On No-input Device” and “60 Seconds: A Schizophrenic Manual for Eternity”, were released by Lona Records in 2006. He took part in the HK Sound and Vision Festival (2003), Get It Louder (2007), Hong Kong & Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (2007, 2009), Notch Festival Guangzhou Station (2009), and was a major contributor to the legendary Hong Kong alternative music magazine MCB (Music Colony B-Weekly). He is a member of the electro-acoustic concept duo No One Pulse and co-founder of the experimental imprint Re-Records and soundpocket's advisor.

soundpocket
soundpocket is a registered charity founded in 2008. It promotes sound art and its research and education in Hong Kong.

Discovering the Body, Sound and Rhythm

Facilitator: Sun Son Theatre (Taiwan)

Through body and sonic exercises, this workshop explores our nature and primal forces. Find your creative self through this revitalizing immersion in music, dance and drama.

Sun Son Theatre (Taiwan)

Founded in 1998, Sun son Theatre is a unique music/body performance group from Taipei. Right after birth, human beings communicate with the world with the body and sound. Exploring the primal power of sound and the body, Sun son taps into our nature and intrinsic driving force, and has developed a signature performance style. Its works combine body movement, vocal and instrumental music, puppeteering and multimedia. Performers create a unique cross-disciplinary vocabulary as they act, play instruments, dance and sing.

Reverse Consumption Movement
Second chance for things bought but never used
Facilitator: Elena SIMONS

In this workshop you will join mischief lover Elena SIMONS in an exciting action. The action must for now remain secret, but we can already disclose that the goal is to playfully reverse our role as consumers. You will be leaving the Forum premises to engage in a creative intervention. So if you would like to make a difference even during MaD, this is one recommended opportunity!

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Business Model Innovation
Business know-how from the savviest
Facilitator: Prof Ali FARHOOMAND

In this workshop, you will learn about the building blocks of business models used for starting a new venture. Taking into account the various building blocks of your new ventures, you will work in teams to come up with new business ideas.

Prof Ali FARHOOMAN
Professor of Innovation and Information Management,
Founding Director of Asia Case Research Centre,
Coordinator of Business Design and Innovation Programme,
The University of Hong Kong
Prof FARHOOMAND has taught and conducted research in universities across the world, including Insead and MIT Sloan School of Management. He has received numerous awards, including the University of Hong Kong Outstanding Teacher Award. For hobby, he dabbles in painting, plays drums and engages in armchair philosophy. His passion in life is to put people
in the right frame of mind to think creatively.

Funding and Pitching Your Venture
Speakers:
Gwendolyn Regina TAN, Co-Founder, SGEntrepreneurs.com
Danae RINGLEMANN, Co-Founder, IndieGoGo
KO CHIA, President, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Facilitator: Prof Kevin AU

You may have a great idea or even a written plan intended to make a difference. But the cold reality is the world is not short of ideas or plans. Your passion is unlikely to lead you anywhere unless you get the audience interested in your idea or plan. This workshop will introduce the venture capital finance and angel investment scene in Hong Kong and the Mainland, as well as the web-based crowd funding mechanism. Also you will work on a small pitching exercise to help you understand what investors look for.

Prof Kevin AU
Associate Professor
Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Prof Kevin AU earned his PhD in management/ international business at the University of British Columbia. He co-founded the CUHK Center for Entrepreneurship and has been an associate director. His research interests are international management, entrepreneurship, social network, etc. He has provided consulting and training for the government and business corporations. His clients include the Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong Cyberport, etc.

KO CHIA
President, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association(HK)
KO CHIA has 30-plus years of experience as an international corporate executive and an entrepreneur before a career change into private equity-venture capital investment. His current passion is to bring together the private equity discipline and entrepreneurial approach to socially focused projects for triple bottom line returns.

Innovation

Dream it Do it: Get Started!
Facilitator:Phonchan (Newey) KRAIWATNUTSORN
Sinee CHAKTHRANONT

Movement of young changemaker is happening around the world. Young people can now turn their passion into meaningful activities to change their surroundings and address their community challenges, and gain entrepreneurial and leadership skills along the way.

This workshop, run by Ashoka's Youth Venture, a keen supporter of young changemakers around the world for more than a decade, is about how changemakers start. You will figure out how to turn your dream and passion into social projects or business. You will learn about finding ideas, setting goals, and how to create working plans and earn support, in terms of grant and mentorship, for implementation.

Phonchan (Newey) KRAIWATNUTSORN
Director, Youth Venture (Thailand)
Newey is one of the six selected changemakers who blog on CCN interactive Be the Change programme. In her blog, you can watch her video diary documenting youth-led projects offering stateless children board and school, HIV-affected children medicine and love, etc. She empowers young people to embark on social ventures that make the world a better place. The vision behind her work is that everyone in society can take initiative and address social needs. Rather than looking to the elite few who lead today, young people form the basis for this.

Sinee CHAKTHRANONT
Director, Ashoka Thailand(Thailand)
Sinee CHAKTHRANONT has been the director of Ashoka Thailand since 1997. Her role is to identify and support social entrepreneurs by selecting them as Ashoka Fellows. Sinee has been active in Thailand's civic movement since the historic protests for democratic reforms in 1970s. She has extensive experience in cross-cultural work under difficult circumstances – with refugees, hilltribe minorities, slum residents, women and children. Sinee matches in-depth understanding of grassroots movements with her wide-ranging connections in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

Dream It Do It: Really MaD
Facilitator:Phonchan (Newey) KRAIWATNUTSORN

For those who already have ideas or even better already started social projects, this workshop will take you deeper into how change happens. For those who perhaps are curious in phrases like "Change comes from inside" or "Change starts with you", this workshop will focus on showcasing how small individuals like us can create real social impact. You will also learn about how to unlock your creativity to reach your full potential, and systems of thinking to help you create radical social change.

Design.Lives
Experiencing a "Designerly Way of Doing"
Facilitator: Yanki LEE

No matters how do you define yourself, a scientist or a humanitarian, this workshop is for everyone who would like to explore the third culture, ie. the designerly way of knowing, and more importantly, experience designing. You will design with your "creative partners" and explore a specific way of design that addresses social inclusion. Our special guests are unique people with special abilities and enjoy designing their lives through creative
thinking.

Yanki LEE
Research Fellow (Education)
Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London (UK)
Founder
EXHIBIT+Super Estates Foundation (UK)

Yanki LEE calls herself a design advocate. Trained as architectural designer, she believes everyone can be designers or live in designerly – i.e. creative and innovative - ways. Since finishing her PhD in design, she has been working on “design participations”, developing interactive programmes to make design more accessible and participatory. As Research Fellow at RCA’s Helen Hamlyn Centre, she focuses on the social implications of design. She also runs EXHBIT+Super Estates Foundation, promoting socially innovative products and services.

Discovery

Personal Discovery
Rediscover Who You Are

Facilitator: Jane SADLER(English Session)
Nicholas WAI(Cantonese Session)

Why do we all want different things out of life? What motivates you and how is that different from your friends?

This workshop will help you discover your personal core values, how they guide the choices you make in your life and the type of work roles or environment you like to work in. You will have the chance to identify things that matter to you, motivate you, and what you wish to achieve in the future.

Jane SADLER
Jane SADLER trained as a Chartered Accountant and has an MBA from London Business School. She has worked in UK, Europe and Russia. Over her career, Jane has been CEO, COO or FD to a range of organisations undergoing significant change or financial distress. She is President of the International Coach Federation HK and a director of FareShare, a UK social enterprise redistributing surplus “fit for purpose” food.

Nicholas WAI
Nicholas WAI has more than 10 years management experience in commercial banking and textile/garment manufacturing before deciding to switch gears into the field of personal development. He has recently completed a Master in Organisational Coaching at the University of Sydney, and has obtained a MBA from London Business School. Nicholas aims to apply his skills and experience in transforming his own career and priorities in helping others examine their own and create possibilities for a more fulfilled life.

Dialogue in Silence (Hong Kong debut)
Partner: Dialogue Social Enterprise (Germany)

Dialogue in Silence invites you to a world of silence. Guided by hearing-impaired trainers, you will experience a new reality. You will listen with your eyes, speak with your body and discover the realm of non-verbal communication. Further to simulating deafness, Dialogue in Silence is a platform where hearing and non-hearing people meet to overcome barriers. Dissolving the distinction between “us” and “them”, Dialogue in Silence re-defines “disability” as “ability” and “otherness” as “likeness”.

Dialogue Social Enterprise is listed in the Dialogue Social Enterprise series originated in German.

If Only Me
Thinking Through Movement
Facilitator: NG Sze-wan

This workshop is like a retreat: You will get way from the hectic and bustling city and feel the serenity of your inner landscape. The body and mind journey includes visiting the quietness of the self, getting to know our own rhythm, discovering insights, tasting intellectual appetizers, creating new languages and sharing discoveries.

NG Sze-wan
Founder
Breeze Across Us (HK)
During her stay in the Philippines and Africa, NG Sze-wan experienced life without modern communication and failing electricity, witnessed wealth gaps and came across people who adored the beauty of the obese. These rarities in the developed world gave her a lot of inspirations. She is curious and loves to explore the possibilities of dance and do experiments.

Her work probes into the connections between the body/thought, dance, nature, poetry, the visual arts, touch art and culture. She founded Breeze Across Us to find out how far dance and human beings can reach, look for new artistic languages and promote art to people from diverse backgrounds.

Positive Psychology
The Science of Happiness
Facilitator: Prof Tal BEN-SHAHAR

Prof Tal BEN-SHAHAR
Lecturer, Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies in Herzliya (Israel)
When Tal BEN-SHAHAR taught at Harvard University, his courses on "Positive Psychology" and "The Psychology of Leadership" were among the most popular and had a total enrollment of over 1,400! He is the author of Being Happy: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Lead a Richer, Happier Life and Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment, and frequently shares insight on leadership, ethics, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting and mindfulness to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public and at-risk populations. The modern happiness guru will tell you how to make it happier ever after.

Night City Challenge
A la Amazing Race – rediscover the city
Partner: The Hong Kong Award for Young People

Dialogue in the Dark
Seeing the city without sight
Partner:Dialogue in the Dark (HK) Limited

In a pitch-dark environment, you will rediscover familiar settings with other senses. As you feel, hear and taste, you will be amazed by how swiftly your visually impaired guide navigates. After a fun and thought-provoking journey to inclusiveness, what you think about "ability" will never be the same.

Dialogue in the Dark (HK) Limited
DiD HK Limited (DiD) was established in 2008. In bringing “Dialogue in the Dark” to Hong Kong, DiD endeavours to simultaneously create social impact and attain financial success. Its mission is to effect major changes in people's perception and attitude towards the blind and other disadvantaged groups in society, to create a sizable number of dignified jobs for visually impaired people and to enhance diversity and raise awareness of otherness. By providing the opportunity to encounter with visually impaired people in darkness, DiD offers participants a brand new and invaluable experience.

MaD Workshops

Jockey Club MaD Workshop Series

Get hands on in 15 kinds of workshops. Get inspired and empowered!

Creativity

Get hands on in 15 kinds of workshops.
Get inspired and empowered!