Dorcas Ng

Dorcas Ng

Singapore
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Intrinsically interested in all things people-related, I am always up for a conversation…

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Experience

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    Mercer

    Singapore

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    Singapore, Singapore

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    Singapore, Singapore

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    Singapore

Education

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    Nanyang Technological University

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    Activities and Societies: Vice Chairperson, School of Social Sciences Transition and Orientation Programme (Aug 2022-Aug 2023)

    On the Dean’s List for Academic Year 2022-2023 (Top 5% of the cohort)

    Sociology Modules:
    - Social Policy & Social Change
    - Migration & Multiculturalism
    - Economy & Society
    - Social Psychology
    - Sociology of Green Transformation (Sustainability, SDR, ESG)

    General Modules:
    - Introduction to Gender & Diversity (LGBTQ+IA, disability discourse)
    - Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
    - Fundamentals of Business Management

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    Learnt crucial business concepts and applied them to develop commercial acumen

    Built Real Live, a business product which uses virtual reality technology to generate holograms that elevate virtual cross-country meetings

    Pitched this business idea to 'investors' using a Shark Tank format

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    Trained in Intercultural Competence, Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Design/ Systems Thinking

    Collaborated daily with teammates from the University of Edinburgh, University of Sydney and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education

    Ideated a business solution (a mobile application with mental health improvement tips, games and chat rooms) to address the global challenge of worsening mental health among youths during the pandemic

    Prototyped the app using the software…

    Trained in Intercultural Competence, Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Design/ Systems Thinking

    Collaborated daily with teammates from the University of Edinburgh, University of Sydney and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education

    Ideated a business solution (a mobile application with mental health improvement tips, games and chat rooms) to address the global challenge of worsening mental health among youths during the pandemic

    Prototyped the app using the software, Marvel, and designed 15 infographics

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    Activities and Societies: Executive Committee Member (Sprints Captain) of ACJC Track & Field

    H2 Literature, H2 English Language & Linguistics, H2 Economics, H1 Math, H1 GP

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Volunteer Experience

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    Community Liaison

    Skills for Good (SG)

    - Present 2 years 5 months

    Social Services

    Acting as the liaison between Skills for Good and career offices of educational institutions

    Strategising the targeted recruitment of skilled polytechnic students to grow our current base of 250 active volunteers

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    Content Writer

    Calm Collective Asia

    - Present 2 years 5 months

    Social Services

    Generating monthly blog posts with a special focus on workplace mental wellbeing that is then published on the official Calm Collective Asia website: https://www.calmcollective.asia/

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    Partnerships Lead

    Skills for Good (SG)

    - Present 2 years 11 months

    Social Services

    I pitch our skilled volunteer services to social enterprises in Singapore

    Moving forward, I will be on the business development liaison team, strategising targeted recruitment of polytechnic volunteers

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    Community Outreach Member

    Calm Collective Asia

    - 2 months

    Social Services

    I reached out to relevant organisations and groups, like ByteDance, Socium and Grab to pique their interest in being a part of CalmCon, Asia's first virtual mental health and well-being festival

    I participated in weekly brainstorming sessions to craft creative, new ways to approach new groups who might not be directly related to mental well-being. This was extremely meaningful as it was our goal to make mental health everybody's priority

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    U.n.I LIFE Ambassador

    Nanyang Technological University

    - Present 3 years 3 months

    Education

    Integrating 3 new international students into the NTU culture and environment

    Providing consistent socio-emotional peer support and useful academic-related guidance

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    Copywriter

    Empower2free

    - 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Selected as a copywriter among 100 applicants through the NTU EDGEsocial programme

    Created a Q1'21 E-Newsletter for customers and sponsors of Empower2Free on important financial topics: “Knowing Your Financial Personality”, “Insurance” and “Investments”

    Worked closely alongside Empower2Free's co-founder Cynthia Wong

    Produced the end-result within 2 weeks whilst balancing university submissions

    Experienced in MailChimp and its marketing tools and functions

Projects

  • INCITE Summer School

  • Yale x Yale-NUS Global Policy Hackathon

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    Gleaned deeply from online Conferences which featured esteemed Professors from Yale and the Chair of WHO's Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network Steering Committee.

    Collaborated with 2 team members from Yale-NUS and SMU to formulate a policy memo for the issue of Vaccine Hesitancy.

    Crafted a policy memo proposing an improvement in the scientific accuracy of coronavirus-related communication materials so as to eliminate the danger of false anti-vaccine content.

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