Saturday, July 12, 2008

Gone to SAP Summit 2008

Last Thursday (10/7) me and Ah Bi was going to SAP Summit. The venue was KL Convention Center. Ah Bi wanted to listen to SME Business forum where a Taiwan speaker Mr Zhang Hong Zhi on Internet Marketing in the afternoon. So, we arrived at 9.05 am. As I've registered via the internet earlier, I was able to collect my tags while Ah Bi proceed to register on site. To my surprise, Ah Bi was denied the registration ! Ah Jue was disappointed that they denied the registration simply because the position was Internet Marketer and without a company name. I guess those registration folks really see people by their title instead of intention. Ah Jue then proceed to reason with them why they denied the registration. They told us that she can only go in as a public in the afternoon. I voiced my dissatisfaction and finally they allowed Ah Bi to register. We then proceed to view the exhibition and listen to the intro, keynote, thought leadership and Sin Chew success story session.

We went off to register to SME business forum session on 11am after we get our initial info from those registration staff. After arriving there, people from the counter recommend us to come back at 1pm. Another issue of communication between group I guess. After 1pm arrived, we register our name for the SME business forum. Ah Jue was given a book on Eu Yan Sang success story while Ah Jue was queuing at the back. When it's time for Ah Bi turn, they only register her without giving a book. Looks like another discrimination when one register as Internet Marketer. How unfair ! How can we improve when the mentality still at the very primitive stage... At the business forum, we listen to Mr Loke Eng Hock (MD of Eu Yan Sang) on how Eu Yan Sang was innovating over the years to arrive at the current stage where it's in the business of selling gratitude.

All in all, we left at 4.50pm to escape the KLCC jam and we managed to do that.

Moral of the story :
Company see people based on title and not based on actual individual intentions. Is it because Internet Marketer cannot know how SAP work ?

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