Effective communication is one of the most valued professional skills, yet there is no single right way to communicate well. Different personalities bring different strengths to professional interactions, and communication success depends not only on what is said, but on what the audience receives. This workshop helps students discover how to communicate with confidence by working with their natural style rather than against it.
Discover how to embrace your natural communication style, play to your strengths and adapt your approach to different professional situations. Learn how active listening, thoughtful preparation and intentional speaking can help you build trust, convey ideas effectively and make meaningful connections.
Here's what you will take away:
- Find Your Communication Superpower: Discover your natural communication style and learn how to leverage your strengths across different professional settings.
- Listen to Connect, Not Just Respond: Understand how active listening can help you build trust, strengthen relationships and make better decisions.
- Speak with Purpose: Learn how thoughtful preparation and intentional communication can help you articulate ideas clearly and persuasively.
- Adapt, Connect, Collaborate: Explore how to tailor your communication approach to different audiences and situations while staying true to yourself.
Who should attend:
All students who want to build communication confidence in a way that feels authentic to who they are
This is a post-event workshop for NUS Career Fest 2027 and in collaboration with NUSOne.
Speaker(s)
Benjamin Tan
Postgraduate Career Advisor, NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates
Believes that education is not just about equipping oneself with the required technical knowledge, but also a process of personal growth.
Keen to use his experiences from being a PhD student, research scientist, and research administrator to partner students in their journey of curating a distinct combination of relevant skills as their unique selling point, and to develop a keen sense of career opportunities available which would serve to benefit regardless of their career stage.
Wong May Hua
LD Specialist, NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates
May Hua joins the NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) with two decades of experience in Learning and Development across the F&B, FMCG, and Logistics & Supply Chain industries. In these roles, she created learning programmes from scratch, introduced new learning tools, and managed training budgets of up to $500K.
Prior to that, May Hua spent seven years as a lecturer at a local polytechnic where she combined her industry experience with pedagogy to help students learn better and stay engaged in the classroom.
May Hua holds Business Degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and a Master of Education in Developmental Psychology from NTU - National Institute of Education (NIE).
Register by 3 March 2027.
(Registration will close once all slots are filled)
Career Workshops
Date: Thursday, 4 March 2027
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Event Venue: YIH-03-05 Careerspace
Faculties: College of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, School of Computing, NUS Business School
Target Audience: All students
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