MORE ABOUT MARCUS マカス
Marcus Tan is currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration at the NUS Business School. True to his mantra of going MAD- “Making A Difference”, Marcus has been instrumental in organising numerous entrepreneurial projects locally and overseas.
Since 2005, he has led numerous overseas social entrepreneurship projects in Thailand (2006 and 2007) and Laos (Dec 2008). In 2006, he co-led KEYS (Kindling Education Yielding Success)- a fundraising project which won the YMCA-Citibank Youth For Causes Merit Award. The year long project raised $14,000 for the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Needy Students’ Fund. In addition, he has executed numerous newspaper collection (2005-2007) which raised more than $20,000 for a number of non-profit organization in Singapore.
In 2007, he was presented with the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Gold from His Excellency S.R. Nathan, the President of Singapore. Marcus firmly believes in being compassionate, humble and sharing of knowledge in the hope of making the world a better place. In his free time, he is a freelance photographier and typograhier. In years to come, Marcus aspires to be financially independent and become a philanthropist.
[Last updated: 6 August 2008]
1. NUS Entrepreneurship Society (NES), Start-Up@Singapore 2008 (S@S)
Part of NES annual flagship project is S@S , the national business plan competition. As part of my belief that social entrepreneurship the only way of sustaining a social cause, I am extremely delighted to be part of this organization. I have been involved in the marketing collaterals, school outreach and organizing panel discussion like “The Emerging Industry Series” on Alternative Energy, Interactive Digital Media and Web 2.0 & “CEO unplugged”.
2. National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) alumni
I was very privileged to be given this award by his excellency, President SR Nathan. It was one of the proudest moment of my life and I will never forget the little chat I had with him just before receiving my National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA).
NYAA was officially launched on 9 May 1992 by the President of the Republic of Singapore at the Istana. The aim of the NYAA Programme is to encourage young people between the ages of 14 and 25 years to develop personal qualities of self-reliance, perseverance and a sense of responsibility to themselves, to society and to the nation. To find out more about [+]
3. Ngee Ann Polytechnic, School of Business and Accountancy (BA), BA CARES
During my studies in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, I was fortunate to meet many like-minded and motivated friends who were passionate about community involvement like I am. Special shootouts to Mrs Joyce Tang, Mr. Ben Tan, Simon, Lawrence, Evelyn, Shi Shi, Melissa, QiongPing and Joanne. Without them BA CARES would have been different.
BA CARES the community outreach arm of the School of Business and Accountancy, and we operate somewhat like a club. Only BA students are eligible to be members, and membership has its privileges. We will tell you more about the privileges later. To find out more on what I did [+]
4. Maxus (Umbrella of Group M that includes Mindshare Singapore and Mediaedgecia), Media Agency
One of my interest is in advertising and new media. I wrote in to all the top media and advertising agencies requesting for an internship stint. Maxus was the first to reply and I took up the internship immediately while waiting for University to start. The internship stint was one of the best experience of my life. You could read more at one of my blog post by clicking here. Special shoutouts to Arthur Sung, Wendy, Hazel, Feylynn and Hwee Mein!
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