Likhaan Group Publishing House supports the revival of The CEO Magazine
September 24, 2008 – 11:40 pmLikhaan Newsletter No. 48 September 2008
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Let it stagnate and you live in the past.
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Likhaan Newsletter Year 23 ▪ Number 48 eMail Edition QUEZON CITY, METRO-MANILA, PHILIPPINES September 2008
Likhaan Group Publishing House supports the revival of The CEO Magazine, a 4-year old quarterly business periodical
The Publishing House of The Likhaan Group, Inc. (TLG) has decided recently to support the revival of The CEO Magazine, quarterly periodical published by the Publishing Group of the Global Protective System, Inc., Likhaan will provide editorial, photography, design and layout assistance to CEO.
Global Protect is one of the major benefactors of Likhaan, particularly its InventSchool program, social invention and community innovation projects.
The CEO Magazine is a pro-active bi-monthly business periodical and management journal for today’s generation—businessmen and executives, industrialists and entrepreneurs, government executives and leaders, college students and youths, job seekers, and the promising sectors age bracketed from 20 to 50 years – which comprise a population of 50 million people.
The Magazine, a four-year old business periodical first published in May 2004, focuses on current business affairs and management issues; business innovations and governmental improvements; news analysis and commentaries; finance and economic development; lifestyle, leisure, tourism and travel; health and fitness; food-and-wine and fine dining; housing and urban renewal; and employment opportunities, here and abroad. It is circulated in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao, and in other major cities in the Philippines and selected cities around the world. Subscription is free to qualified readers such as top business and government executives, industrialists and entrepreneurs. Paid subscription is open to all other readers interested in business and management, banking and finance, and current industrial developments and commercial matters.
Business management and economic articles form the more serious thoughts of The CEO Magazine, design to guide our executives in their chosen path and career. It is the concern of this magazine, to help job seekers get good employment here and abroad, at the same time guide present businesspersons, executives and hands-on technocrats, on the current trends as the country buckles down to economic recovery, agricultural productivity enhancement, social progress and population management.
Young-generation writers from all over the country contribute articles on relevant subjects, with photos, to spice up the magazine with unadulterated analysis of what’s going on in the major cities of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, as well foreign cities around the world. The CEO editors want to beacon the youth and young businesspersons on what are their true feelings and insightful readings of their localities—on the lighter side, on a more constructive plane!
EDITORIAL POLICY
Recognizing the vital role of the print medium in making Filipinos aware of emerging trends, The CEO Magazine seeks to cater to such needs as well as to educate, inform, entertain and interact with its prospective readers from all walks of life regarding issues ranging from those with national significance to matters within the academe.
Likewise, the Magazine serves as a wellspring of hope and reliable source of information for job seekers eyeing possible employment both locally and internationally.
Needless to say, advertising and marketing thrusts plays an important role in sustaining the magazine’s continuous publication. In this regard, full-page advertisers get accompanying free write-ups for their products. This serves as a bonus and come-on for ad agencies seeking to maximize the exposure of their commercial products.
EDITORIAL CONTENTS
National/Political Topics. It is a known fact that politics plays an integral part in the lives of Filipinos everywhere. It is therefore necessary that CEO publishes national and political articles to attract and update readers both here and abroad.
Business & Economic Trends. Business articles featuring management and economic highlights forms the more serious thoughts of the magazine. It is designed to guide young executives in their chosen path and career, and update senior executives and hands-on technocrats on current trends as the country buckles down to economic recovery, agricultural productivity enhancement, social progress and population management.
Tourism and Entertainment. Travel and tourism also takes center stage to promote diverse regional and trade products, virgin tourist destinations in cooperation with the Philippine Department of Tourism, travel agencies and domestic airline and shipping companies. This is complemented by showbiz and entertainment articles to provide a lighter side to the Magazine.
The Academe. Professors and educators, business executives and government leaders contribute articles to major editorial departments/sections. Young writers from the Academic community also graces the pages of the magazine as contributors and provide some light and perspective on what is happening inside the different colleges and universities all over the country and abroad, as well as the current fashion, music and gimmick trends.
Ads/Product Endorsements. Promotional advertisements are accompanied by write-ups to attract ad agencies and commercial companies seeking the usual and necessary product and model exposure. Commercial products and marketing thrusts of ad agencies are evaluated to balance advertising presentations to suit the taste and needs of readers. The Magazine follows the normal and basic advertising rate prevalent today.
The Magazine will be published monthly beginning its 5th anniversary issue in 2009.
TLG PUBLICATIONS
The Creativity Journal, being published by Likhaan in the Internet, will become a supplement to The CEO Magazine. On the other hand, TLG under the banner of Likhaan Publishing House will be publishing books and training manuals. Scheduled for publication in 2009 are:
1. Understanding the Nature of Creativity and the Structure of Thinking (updated edition)
2. Creative Problem-Solving and Decision-Making (CPSDM)
3. Operational Mechanism of Creativity and Thinking (OMCaT)
4. Overview of the Planning Continuum and the Basic Municipal Development Planning Process.
5. Introduction to Integrated Municipal Development Planning – Key Concepts and Basic Principles
6. Development Management System [D·M·S]: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GUIDES
(1) Community Information & Planning System (CIPS): A Guide to Community Visioning & Strategic Barangay Development Planning [CV·SBDP]
(2) Community Innovations & Development System (CIDS): A Guide to Social Innovations & Strategic Projects for Barangay Development [SI·SPDP]
(3) Project Development & Implementation System (PDIS): A Guide to Designing Innovations and Implementing Projects for Barangay Development [DI·IPBD]
7. Guide to Solid Waste Management Planning for Cities and Urbanized Communities
Likhaan’s The Creativity Network well under way
Reactivation of The Creativity Network (TCN), one of Likhaan’s organizing units, is now at full blast in selected schools, colleges and universities in Metro Manila.
The Network consists of volunteer teachers and students interested in cultivating their creative abilities and thinking skills.
TLG provides creativity training to all members of The Creativity Network.
Likhaan makes sure that TCN members will be able to start using their creative mind in everyday life, build their insight and intuition. They will also be inspired to solve problems in unfamiliar ways, look more closely at “related” and “unrelated” things, events and social situations. Their inventive thinking skills will also be fully developed.
TCN members will get involve in The InventSchool program, the InventClubs and inventive activities, social inventions and community innovations, geographic studies, information analysis, and creatological research.
The InventSchool offers orientation seminars on thinking, creativity and creative teaching/learning
Launches the Teachers Forum and Seminar-Workshops
The InventSchool offers Orientation Seminar-Workshop on Thinking, Creativity and Creative Teaching/Learning (OSW).
The seminar-workshop is an appreciation course to enable the participants to acquire a good understanding of thinking and creativity. It introduces the concepts and principles of human creativity in general, and the practice of creative thinking and analytical-critical thinking in particular. It clarifies the purpose and usefulness of creativity. It provides deliberate method for generating creative ideas in a very practical way. It explains by example the basic thinking tools and techniques. It also demonstrates the principles of creative teaching and the importance of innovation in education.
The seminar-workshop is one of the lateral entry courses to The InventSchool educational program.
The InventSchool also launches in October 2008 the “Teachers’ Forum and Seminar-Workshops (TFSW)” consisting of the following training courses:
1. Teachers’ Forum on Creativity in Education (T-ForCE) presents the illuminating factors relating to the shifting patterns of education, creative teaching and instructional innovations, principles of creative education and innovative learning, and the different approaches for stimulating creativity and inventiveness among students.
2. Seminar on Shifting Patterns of Education (SPEd) surveys the key factors relating to the shifting patterns of education focus on the aims and methods of education, schematization of instruction, dominant educational systems around the world, and the organization of education and its institutions.
3. Creative Teaching and Instructional Innovations (CTII) explains the process of learning and thinking. It describes the curricular strategies that enhance the teaching and learning process, and the importance of instructional innovations. It demonstrates the principles of creativity, creative teaching and creative techniques in designing the course of study and educational materials, and developing teaching and instructional innovations.
4. Workshop on Creative Education and Innovative Learning (CEIL) takes a closer look at creative education, its principles, methods and approaches. It offers an intimate group encounter with the process of innovative learning and creative teaching. It provides various points of view on educational creativity and the school system in the country.
5. Stimulating Creativity and Inventiveness of Students (SCIS) demonstrates the different approaches for stimulating creativity and inventiveness among students. It also describes different inventive activities for promoting inventiveness among students.
Courses under the TFSW are offered to open doorways to creative teaching and educational innovations for all teachers and educators in the Philippines at all educational levels: elementary, high school, college and graduate school. .