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Miggie

PhD Student
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National University of Singapore

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The first time I joined Growthbeans Circles, I was very embarrassed. I did not know when I should shake hands with others or what to say. Not only did I feel embarrassed, I made others feel embarrassed too. Through Growthbeans, I have learnt to be more confident in expressing myself. I believe this has been the biggest change for me. Within a short period, the Growthbeans sessions can also lift your spirits and you can have a good night after it.

Agnes Cheng

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Covance

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Apurupa

Student
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International  

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Growthbeans is like the mirror of Erised from Harry Potter - each person is able to view themselves in all their authentic glory and become aware of their true desires. Growthbeans has touched me in more ways than one and has especially helped me heal both forgotten and fresh wounds. I have learnt to become more action-oriented.Especially in chaotic Beijing where I was feeling increasingly insignificant and reckless, Growthbeans has helped me to regain my self-worth and stay grounded. I am confident that anybody who comes in contact with Growthbeans will fall irrevocably in love with the positivity and the joie de vivre that the Circle radiates.

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Xin

Lawyer
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China

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Growthbeans is inspirational and educational. It is a gather of professionals with different backgrounds. I like the variety. It is like an oasis in a desert. We absorb warmth, skills, strength from here to face the outer world, only stronger. I gained a lot of courage and knowledge from Growthbeans and I'm thankful for that.

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Siqi Lim

Research Assistant
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National University of Singapore

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It’s an experiential process for each individual. As we all know, life is more fluid and complicated which is also a very uncomfortable reality. It is through this circle that we have the opportunity to practice gratitude and learn to be appreciative at the same time that makes life worthwhile, more fun, and less overwhelming. Within this circle, we learn and share life stories together in a non-judgmental way that workplace context itself can’t provide but Growthbeans can. It is through empowering self and others that make us a better person than before.

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Charles Perez Chee

Career Coach
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Singapore Workforce Development Agency

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The training here is quite different. In Growthbeans there is a culture, a safe space where you can talk about things. You can share deeper and that is where you really learn. It is one of the more transformational events that I have attended. For individuals who want to self develop themselves, they want to improve their lives, have breakthroughs in their thinking, I think Growthbeans is not a place to be missed.

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Andrew Maywah

Venture Capitalist
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China

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Growthbeans has helped me gain a greater sense of my own internal motivations and identify ways that I may want to alter my job responsibilities to achieve greater long-term career satisfaction. The coaching and training platform can serve as a vehicle for many people to share experiences and knowledge for the mutual benefit of others. I am truly impressed with what Growthbeans has accomplished and look forward to cooperating with Growthbeans going forward to help people flourish in their work and personal lives

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Zarina

Career Coach
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Singapore

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It is illuminating ... and refreshing to share stories to others. What I learn is that we all have different stages in life and with the busyness in our life, we don't think about how we feel and why we feel like that.

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Dr Amy Yee

Doctor & Teacher
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Singapore

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Thank you Growthbeans for providing a safe and nurturing environment to support the growth and potential of each individual. I have made many new friends and learned alot from them. Appreciate the constructive, non-judgemental and encouraging environment. Highly recommended and keep up the great work! Looking forward to more social events in the future.

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Jeffrey Lim

HR Business Partner & Centre of Excellence Lead
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Midea Group

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Thank you Growthbeans. My biggest takeaway is to love ourselves even more. If you don't you won't be able to take care of those around you. Never be afraid of being alone. Me time will lead you to move forward even if you may not have the answers now.

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Eric

IELTS Test Taker
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China

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​Growthbeans Circles is like a school. People who take part in it could know each other and from others' outlook, acquire some experiences about life and grow....without Growthbeans, I couldn't improve my English so quickly...Perhaps from taking part in Growthbeans' discussion, I didn't fear to communicate with foreigners.

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Willie Tan

Career Preparation Workshop Participant
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Build Confidence For Networking Workshop

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I learnt to connect with myself and others through real authenticity. You guys are magic beans! You achieve in 2 hours what many others cannot. Kudos to Growthbeans for the positive energy, personal touch and effective coaching!

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Way Sau Yong

Participant
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Design Think Your Career

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The programme was an awakening. A real mind blower. Now is time for me to pivot and find a career. Shane and Shamantha exhibited remarkable energy and decorum.” 

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Matthew Han

Career Preparation Workshop Participant
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Build Confidence for Networking Workshop

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The interaction with the coaches and the peers, sharing about ourselves and knowing we are not alone in this journey. The atmosphere and refreshments was awesome. Lotsa positivity and inclusivity in the air. Could see the effort put in and treating one another with no judgment and mutual respect

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 Chan Wai Keong

Coach
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Growthbeans

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Growthbeans is solving the problem of a shrinking space where people look beyond our differences to cherish what we value in common, where we accept others without judgment. Growthbeans is the pathfinder to a place where everyone will feel included whatever your natural endowment, convictions or persuasions, where it is more important to be compassionate than to be right, where goodwill and friendship are extended unconditionally.  Creating a community where the individuals can unleash and maximise their potential and find their way to become the person they want to be.

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GROWTHBEANS COACHING CIRCLE

Yi Yun, Youthcorps Youth

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Everyone should experience coaching for themselves as it will help you gain new perspectives and help find direction in life. You will feel more empowered and be able to find that inner motivation to do more.

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Lim Yan Ling, Youthcorps Youth

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Come for coaching. Gain insights and awareness to better solve your issue and help yourself. It's a safe environment to be open!

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Man, Youthcorps Youth

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GrowthBeans has made a difference in my life by guiding me through my state of confusion and the action steps I need to take to grow as a person. Thank you so much. I'm grateful to have signed up for this session and look forward to more sessions!!!

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Germaine, Youthcorps Youth

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This is really a great experience to discover more about myself and shift perspectives to improve myself.

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Yi Juan, Youthcorps Youth

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Insightful! Highly recommend to others who want to work on self development.

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Eugene, Youthcorps Youth

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The session allowed me to better understand the fundamentals behind my motivations which helped me in making a more informed decision for my career.

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Abbhi, Youthcorps Youth

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Coaching has helped me create action steps to move forward towards my career goal.​

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Si Min, Youthcorps Youth

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Coaching is different from speaking to a friend because a coach will ask questions while a friend may tend to be prescriptive.

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Xinyi, Youthcorps Youth

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Coaching can help you grow through your discomfort.

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Niki Lee, Youthcorps Youth

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It's a great opportunity to learn, discover yourself! Its worth it!

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FIND YOUR IKIGAI SG

Gavin, Year 4 University student

Title
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Company

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I embarked on this programme because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and I thought to myself that joining the programme may provide me with insights to what I actually want. I think the programme really helped me to understand myself better. Through the programme, I managed to uncover strengths that I never knew of and I also learnt to be more intentional with my actions and thoughts. Even though I have yet to figure out what I want, I now have a clear idea on what I should be working on in order to figure that out.

Agnes Cheng

Title
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Covance

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Cacherel, Year 3 University student

Laidlaw and USP Scholar
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National University of Singapore

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As someone who has been drifting around in life, I spent a year being very confused about what is truly meaningful to me which warrants my attention to startup. Thus, I join FYISG to gain more clarity about my goals in life and work towards a project that can potentially be my future startup. This programme has helped me in understanding my strengths better as well as bringing into attention some weaknesses such as time management and figuring out ways how to improve on both my strengths and weaknesses.

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Alena, Year 3 University student

USP Student
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National University of Singapore

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I have always been in a cycle of wanting to make a change in my life but never acting on it. I decided to embark on this program as a way to ensure accountability in my actions and finally act on my passions and goals. Being a skeptic, I thought that joining this programme was not going to allow me to know for sure my purpose in life in just 10 weeks. Instead, I have grown to have greater clarity in my goals and actions and be more aware of my strengths and the way I think and act in my daily life. This has helped me go about my daily routines with more efficiency and direction.

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Gail Wang, Working adult

Laidlaw and USP scholar
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National University of Singapore

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When I first joined the programme, I was excited that there were people like me! Enthusiastic about improving themselves and making a difference. I was really happy to find a community of such people. I initially thought I was quite clear about what I wanted to do with my life, but writing it down and speaking to others helped me to find out more about myself and actually it made it a lot clearer. So I now have a more focused direction in life

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Our Corporate clients

Agnes Cheng

HR Partner
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Covance Asia

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I truly appreciate the dedication, energy and passion you bring to our workshops... you both always exceed our expectations and more! The value creation you bring to our team is starting to show up over time and it is very encouraging to see our team put into practice what they have learned from earlier workshops. It's been a good 2 years journey and we look forward to more to come.

Agnes Cheng

Title
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Covance

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Grace Quek

SVP Organizational Development
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Sembcorp

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If you are hesitant to try out the Twins and their value proposition, do reach out to Grace Quek for a one on one testimonial about their work.

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Lydia Wee

Deputy Chief Executive
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The Institute of Banking & Finance 

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The retreat was beautifully organized. It provided us an opportunity to reflect and brainstorm ideas together as one IBF, and to develop shared and aspirational priorities for the future.” 

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Siqi Lim

Research Assistant
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National University of Singapore

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It’s an experiential process for each individual. As we all know, life is more fluid and complicated which is also a very uncomfortable reality. It is through this circle that we have the opportunity to practice gratitude and learn to be appreciative at the same time that makes life worthwhile, more fun, and less overwhelming. Within this circle, we learn and share life stories together in a non-judgmental way that workplace context itself can’t provide but Growthbeans can. It is through empowering self and others that make us a better person than before.

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Charles Perez Chee

Career Coach
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Singapore Workforce Development Agency

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The training here is quite different. In Growthbeans there is a culture, a safe space where you can talk about things. You can share deeper and that is where you really learn. It is one of the more transformational events that I have attended. For individuals who want to self develop themselves, they want to improve their lives, have breakthroughs in their thinking, I think Growthbeans is not a place to be missed.

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Andrew Tan

Group IT Head
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SembCorp

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The workshop opens up our mind to be able to see situations from different lenses. We are taught how to ask deep questions and get to the root cause of a problem. Thank you for your hard work in putting this course together with gamification where theories can be understood. Keep up your good work.

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Erdem Kalayci

Electrolux Sourcing Specialist
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Electrolux

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Training content was nifty and delivery was remarkable. The trainer was able to keep the group focused on topic all the time which I believe the biggest challenge for any facilitator. She never misses any opportunity to communicating with delegates understand the needs. Trainings was not static … it was dynamic and flexible. That allowed delegates to engage at maximum level and get most out of the training. The team discussion was great to open up the characteristics of everyone. In this one day learnt more about my colleagues than +3 years I spent with them. The rooting discussion was truly a brainstorm everyone engaged in. Great outputs generated can be use as input for improvement of work life in the office.

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Serene Lim

Corporate Services Division
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Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises

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A very useful and interesting workshop that will benefit us in work and life when dealing with different people.

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Nicholas Tan

Risk & Compliance Officer
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Mercer (Singapore) Pte Ltd

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Amazing and infectious energy and participant engagement 

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Li Lian Tan

Parts Manager
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Caterpillar Marine Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

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The team had fun and it’s amazing how behaviours and thinking are so true.  Good understanding and I believe it will help the team dynamics moving forth.

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Youth Organisations

Max Lam

Senior Manager
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Global Innovation Alliance Ngee Ann Polytechnic

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I love the flexibility and thought process that went into this. You went out of the way to tweak the programme for benefit of the students. 

Agnes Cheng

Title
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Covance

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Nikita Gupta

Laidlaw and USP Scholar
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National University of Singapore

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This short leadership workshop was very insightful in teaching relevant leadership concepts in a fun and engaging way! Very relevant learning objectives with activities that elicit them clearly. Frequent evaluations to allow us to reflect on the content covered and how it may be applicable to our lives. Lively Instructors too who kept the energy high!

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Raag

USP Student
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National University of Singapore

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It helps me realize the gap between my perception and the reality of where my strength and motivator lie. I've learnt more about myself and learnt a useful tool to distil what life is about. When you break it down into activities, you realise that's what life is about and you can actually prioritize and filter life accordingly. I know what kind of experience I’m looking for and what to avoid.

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Tiffany Tee

Laidlaw and USP scholar
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National University of Singapore

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The facilitators are very open to feedback in order to make the programme as beneficial to us as possible, and they are flexible in their plans for the same reason. They are also able to pick out very specific areas in which we need to improve, and rationalise with us why we should improve with rationales that each individual cares about (that may be different from others). Overall, I think I benefitted quite a bit in learning how to better communicate with others in order to portray the image I want to portray and get the results I want to get, and it has given me the opportunity to think and reflect more deeply about the type of leader I want to be, and the contexts in which I want to be a leader. There was ample room for self-reflection, We are able to voice our thoughts freely whenever. Lots of activities that are hands on

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Pauline Galiluyo

GEIP Student
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic

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The opportunity to be open and vulnerable when sharing to the others embarking on the GEIP programme. I felt a sense of comfort and family-friendly bonds.

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Ang Hui Xian, Nicole

GEIP Student
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic

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I enjoyed all the activities, particularly the networking session because ireally got to know someone better and it's not just another activity in a workshop

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