dot ZEN, the book, is co-authored by Dr Seamus Phan and Ter Hui Peng, from Singapore. The book features Zen inspired thoughts and philosophy in marketing, branding, public relations or PR, entrepreneurship, leadership, ethics, human resource management, and the use of the Internet. The book features real-world case studies from Asia Pacific, including Singapore, with insider's tips and techniques on how to manage and run a business department or venture more effectively. Tips including how to make elevator pitches, how to look for the right financiers and VCs, how to create winning coopetition, creating compassionate leadership, how to rescue and revitalize aging brands. This book's philosophy is simple, and yet manifest in many ways, in a succinct format easily understood and applied, unless many theoretical books by academics with no real world experience, or books that have long text passages with little learning or practical points. Like Harvey Mackay and Zig Ziglar for your business survival, like Tom Peters for honest, hard-hitting truth that wakes you up, like Guy Kawasaki and Steve Jobs of Apple Computer for their visionary dreams and the ability to evangelize to millions of others, like Seth Godin, Al Ries, and Philip Kotler for marketing smarts, like Charles Schwab for financial smarts and accountability and for turning around a company for profits, like Brian Tracy for sales smarts and getting leads into contracts, like John C Maxwell for business leadership and creating value out of teams and people, like Stephen R Covey and Ken Blanchard for ways of harnessing time to do things effectively. Dot ZEN also brings inspiration and motivation to the readers, like Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, but at a more spiritual level, humbly parallel to the thoughts and philosphy of Buddhist gurus such as His Holiness The Dalai Lama. And yet, dot ZEN is like NONE of these authors, in the sense that the governing wisdom is the deep Buddhist Zen thoughts, that are profound, enlightened and liberated. It is bound by no mortal environment or constraint, and once mastered, can bring a business venture to new enlightened heights, without the shackles of human entanglements or emotional problems. Dot ZEN book is co-authored by Dr Seamus Phan (seamusphan.com, and keynotepresenter.com), who is also known as Ngawang Tashi (auspicious voice of the Lord Buddha in Tibetan), together with Ter Hui Peng (mcgallen.net, also mcgallen.com and bookpublicrelations.com). Seamus Phan founded and manages KnowledgeLabs News Center (knowledgelabs.net) and TechPharma Labs (techpharmalabs.com, or asiafitnesscoach.com). Ter Hui Peng manages the PR and publicity practice of McGallen & Bolden Associates in Singapore, and is part of McGallen & Bolden PR Corporation. The dot ZEN (also dotzen) philosophy includes: Zen of business, zen of publicity, zen of public relations, zen of PR, zen of marketing, zen of branding, zen of Internet, zen of management, zen of training, zen of entrepreneurship, zen of intrapreneurship, zen of technopreneurship, zen of sales, zen of selling, and, zen of financing, Also describe the philosophy as: Business zen, publicity zen, public relations zen, PR zen, marketing zen, branding zen, internet zen, management zen, training zen, entrepreneurship zen, intrapreneurship zen, technopreneurship zen, sales zen, selling zen, financial zen, and, financing zen. For executives, managers, directors, CEOs and entrepreneurs to excel, they must embrace these: enlightened management, enlightened business, enlightened people or human relations skills, enlightened media relations, enlightened use of the Internet, enlightened branding. Dot ZEN is non-sectarian, although based on ZEN Buddhism, does not impose, but rather, educate and inform purely from the heart and soul of trying to run a business venture well, using non-aggressive techniques and approaches. This book's philosophy is simple, and yet manifest in many ways, in a succinct format easily understood and applied, unless many theoretical books by academics with no real world experience, or books that have long text passages with little learning or practical points. Like Harvey Mackay and Zig Ziglar for your business survival, like Tom Peters for honest, hard-hitting truth that wakes you up, like Guy Kawasaki and Steve Jobs of Apple Computer for their visionary dreams and the ability to evangelize to millions of others, like Seth Godin, Al Ries, and Philip Kotler for marketing smarts, like Charles Schwab for financial smarts and accountability and for turning around a company for profits, like Brian Tracy for sales smarts and getting leads into contracts, like John C Maxwell for business leadership and creating value out of teams and people, like Stephen R Covey and Ken Blanchard for ways of harnessing time to do things effectively. Dot ZEN also brings inspiration and motivation to the readers, like Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, but at a more spiritual level, humbly parallel to the thoughts and philosphy of Buddhist gurus such as His Holiness The Dalai Lama. And yet, dot ZEN is like NONE of these authors, in the sense that the governing wisdom is the deep Buddhist Zen thoughts, that are profound, enlightened and liberated. It is bound by no mortal environment or constraint, and once mastered, can bring a business venture to new enlightened heights, without the shackles of human entanglements or emotional problems. Keywords include: Seamus Phan, Ter Hui Peng, Asia, Singapore, dotzen, dot zen, motivational speaker, keynote presenter, inspirational speaker, executive coach, facilitator, trainer, published author, consultant, strategist, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ethics, stress management, blog, zen, buddhism, philosophy, customized training, internet strategy, e-business, randing, knowledge management, customer service, service quality, business process reengineering, opening address, management retreat, seminar, conference, public relations, high-tech marketing, free newsletter, TV presenter, radio host. dot ZEN book/ From Singapore & Asia, on marketing, publicity, PR, branding, HR, entrepreneurship & Internet

DotZen, ISBN 981045645X, is co-authored by Dr Seamus Phan and Ter Hui Peng, bringing together more than 30 years of collective marketing, publicity, business, entrepreneurial and Internet experience. The book is a fast, easy-to-read guide book for small businesses, technology start up companies, listed companies, and just about any middle or senior manager wanting to improve his or her management of a departmental function. The book brings together some educational ideas of Zen philosophy and apply them to real-world business scenarios. Relevant descriptors of this book include: Seamus Phan, Ter Hui Peng, Asia, Singapore, dotzen, dot zen, motivational speaker, keynote presenter, inspirational speaker, executive coach, facilitator, trainer, published author, consultant, strategist, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ethics, stress management, blog, zen, buddhism, philosophy, customized training, internet strategy, e-business, branding, knowledge management, customer service, service quality, business process, reengineering, opening address, management retreat, seminar, conference, public relations, high-tech marketing, publicity, PR, internet security, antivirus, anti-virus, anti-spam, antispam, Ngawang Tashi.

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International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, a leading professional and academic journal that is the culmination of presentations and papers by leading experts for the International Conference event, lists Seamus' paper related to the Dot Zen principles. You can purchase the paper directly from the Journal.

SkyRadio Network interviews Dr Seamus Phan SkyRadio - Seamus was interviewed by SkyRadio Network, for airing on Aloha Airlines (July to August 2005) and Northwest Airlines (September 2005). Seamus talked about the book Dot Zen and the Zen of Leadership (sponsored), under the sponsored segment "Best Speakers in America". - WMA9 Audio (775kB only)

SkyRadio with Dr Seamus Phan on Aloha Airlines (July to August 2005). SkyRadio with Dr Seamus Phan on Northwest Airlines (September 2005)

EVENTS Magazine, a leading magazine for event planners, convention organizers, trainers and professional speakers, featured a story in the October 2005 issue by Dr Seamus Phan from the book Dot ZEN, on "Blogs as a superb marketing tool for meeting planners", talking about how meeting planners can use weblogs and RSS (really simple syndication) feeds to market and brand themselves.

EVENTS Magazine, a leading magazine for event planners, convention organizers, trainers and professional speakers, featured a story in the August 2005 issue by Dr Seamus Phan from the book Dot ZEN, on "Soulful Branding?", talking about spirited branding in event sales and marketing.

Think:Act magazine of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Germany think:act magazine, a very well-respected executive magazine by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, featured Seamus for a cover feature story in May 2005 issue (Volume 2, Issue 1), on "Leadership: Conflict and willpower are the keys to success, Pro & Contra", on page 46. Seamus presented his "contra" view that leadership SHOULD NOT exercise undue willpower, but rather, based on Asian philosophy, exercise humane compassion as a noble gentleman instead.

EVENTS Magazine, a leading magazine for event planners, convention organizers, trainers and professional speakers, featured a story by Dr Seamus Phan from the book Dot ZEN, on "Are you fire or water?", talking about best practices in event sales and marketing. Download the page in Acrobat PDF (2MB).

4Hoteliers News Resource, an online information resource for the global hotel and travel sector, based out of Hong Kong, featured the article "Are you passionate about your work that you will do it for free?", on their site.

EVENTS Magazine, a leading magazine for event planners, convention organizers, trainers and professional speakers, featured a cover story by Dr Seamus Phan from the book Dot ZEN, on "Leadership and the Asian Classics". Download the page in Acrobat PDF (1.5MB).

4Hoteliers News Resource, an online information resource for the global hotel and travel sector, based out of Hong Kong, featured the article "Finding the Asian Roots of Ethics in Business", on their site.

Capital 95.8 FM radio program by Wong Lee Jeng, with Seamus on Internet e-businessSeamus co-hosted a weekly segment with celebrity host Wong Lee Jeng on Internet e-business, which appears every Tuesday, 11 am to 12 pm (segment 1), and then 3 pm to 4 pm (segment 2), on Capital Radio 95.8 FM. The series ran from November to end-December 2004.

  • 28 Dec 2004 (6th program) - Seamus rounded up the series by providing summaries to previous programs, and also gave examples of successful e-businesses such as SmallDog.com (real people service, gifts and online pet owners' community), Amazon.com (personalization and 1-click success), Dell and Apple (logistics and website integration).
  • 21 Dec 2004 (5th program) - Seamus talked about the importance and legal implications of using content online, and the meaning of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property.
  • 14 Dec 2004 (4th program) - Seamus talked about the importance of providng peace of mind and security on your website, as well as the freeware antivirus software such as ClamAV.
  • 7 Dec 2004 (3rd program) - Seamus talked about why handcoding is better than traditional commercial tools, Section 508 accessibility for disabled persons, database-driven dynamic pages versus static pages, and answered questions on auctions.
  • 30 Nov 2004 (2nd program) - Seamus talked about the basics of a website.
  • 23 Nov 2004 (1st program) - Seamus talked about the basics of auctions, B2C and B2B e-commerce.

Buddhist News Archive Buddhist News Archive, an online Buddhist magazine, featured the Dot ZEN story from Australia's Sydney Herald. Download the page in Acrobat PDF (212k). The online archive might still be available here.

dare_011104cvr.jpg DARE Magazine, a leading women's magazine, featured email anti-spam measures from the book Dot ZEN.

NewsRadio 93.8 FM, the leading English news radio service in Singapore, featured co-author Ter Hui Peng and her views on workplace improvement and staff/management issues, on 3 November 2004.

Prestigious ASTD.org magazine T+D featured us on May 2004 issue, page 14T+D, the most influential and read magazine of the prestigious American Society of Training and Development (ASTD), has kindly reviewed Dot ZEN in the May 2004 issue, page 14, under the heading "INTELLIGENCE". The article mentioned the blend of Eastern and Western philosophies and the need for better ways to motivate employees, through ethical and compassionate leadership. T+D is a monthly magazine sent to ASTD members worldwide, and focuses on the cutting-edge, real-world, field-driven human resource development (HRD) and management (HRM) issues. Download the page in Acrobat PDF (76k).

Dot ZEN was featured in a short review by a veteran technology journalist in a local paper on July 30, 2004.

Prudent Press Agency logo Dot ZEN was featured on Prudent Press Agency, under the category of "ETHNIC & MINORITY". The synopsis describes the book as the culmination of over 30 years of collective experience between co-authors Dr Seamus Phan and Ter Hui Peng. For the full article, you need to be a registered member of Prudent Press Agency. Download the PDF abstract here (484kB).

Publishers Marketing Association (PMA) 2004 Buyers Guide lists our books Dot Zen and This Body This Life. Dot ZEN is featured as a current title published by McGallen & Bolden Group, in the Publishers Marketing Association (PMA) 2004 Buyers Guide. PMA is a leading independent publishers association in the USA that collectively works with smaller publishers and book industry representatives. Dot ZEN is listed under "Business" titles. Separately, "This Body This Life", the other book co-authored by Dr Seamus Phan, with champion bodybuilder and brother CJ, is listed in the same guide under "Health".

Buddhist Digital Library & Museum, an online resource by the famous National Taiwan University (NTU), featured Dot ZEN in their online library search. Download the page in Acrobat PDF (356k).

DARE Magazine, a leading women's magazine, featured co-author Hui Peng on her experience and wisdom on branding and starting a new business.

ManagementNext (managementnext.com), an online resource, has an article "Management tips from Karate", adapted from a chapter in "Dot ZEN". Download the page in Acrobat PDF (28k).

ManagementNext (managementnext.com), an online resource, featured Dot ZEN on their page "Book Shelf". Download the page in Acrobat PDF (36k).

Mind Body Spirit Australia logoMind, Body, Spirit Australia, an online resource on motivation, inspiration, holistic health and related areas, featured Dot ZEN in their site. Download the page in Acrobat PDF (108k).

DARE Magazine, a leading women's magazine, featured co-author Hui Peng on her experience with data back-up strategies.

Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reviewed Dot ZEN2 Mar 2004, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and The Age Australia, both carried a long book review by esteemed lecturer and journalist Philippa Yelland on Dot ZEN. Philippa said the book is "quirky, endearing, infuriating book that is bursting with refreshing ideas that won't be in Western-based MBA textbooks. Dot ZEN is a useful and important book." Download Acrobat PDF file here (252 kB). Or you may find the online archive at The Age Australia. On a related note, Buddhist News Network (BNN) carried the same review from Sydney Morning Herald.

Network Computing Asia magazine from CMP reviewed Dot ZEN bookClement Teo, editor of Network Computing Asia, kindly reviewed Dot ZEN in the March 2004 issue. Clement described Dot ZEN as "an educational and practical approach to Zen ideas with tips and techniques to growing businesses through entrepreneurship, leadership, customer service, total quality, marketing, publicity, public relations, human resource management, and Internet technology." Clement described the book's key message as "According to co-author Phan, most management philosophies tend to centre on aggressiveness. This may be due to the quarterly-driven financial accountability insisted by shareholders and dictated by market forces. This, in turn, may have led to unfair trade practices, financial inconsistency, and even collapses... The concise 200-page book has six sections, with each section opening with a philosophical chapter of a single Zen idea, and allows the reader to embed that idea into management practices. The book provides some basic knowledge to small and medium enterprises as well as start-ups, since such enterprises increasingly form the majority in any national economy". Download Acrobat PDF file here (220 kB).

Trade, Association & Business Publications International (TABPI), a new editorial awards organization headed hy former ASBPE president Paul Heney, has kindly featured Dot ZEN on TABPI's web site. Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (112k). Visit TABPI and find the entire page there.

Akamai University Community News, a newsletter dedicated to the Akamai University community, has featured Dot ZEN under "books by faculty". Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (124k). Visit Akamai University to learn more about Akamai University's activities and programs for continuing education.

Oracle Network (oracle.net), an online resource, featured Dot ZEN on their page on Sutras. Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (676k).

Orientalia.com, an online resource on Eastern philosophy, featured Dot ZEN in their Amazon books page. Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (56k).

NewsCuts.com, a news syndication service, has syndicated the release of Dot ZEN on their page on Society/Asian Interests. Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (56k).

BookDigger.com, a book search service, has featured Dot ZEN on their page on Sutras. Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (404k).

American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), the leading editors association in the world, featured Dot ZEN as one of the books by ASBPE members. Download a summarized version in Acrobat PDF (88k) and order straight from the PDF (linked to Amazon.com through ASBPE). Visit ASBPE and find the entire page there.

20 Feb 2004, Press World, a wire service based in Russia, carried a release of Dot ZEN on their site.

18 Feb 2004, NewsRadio 93.8 FM - Seamus was interviewed on The Living Room by Stanley Leong, the leading English radio news station NewsRadio 93.8 FM in Singapore, on how to transition from employee to entrepreneur, based on principles from the book Dot ZEN. Seamus shared tips with listeners on pitching, business plans, sales, marketing, branding, Internet use, ethical and compassionate leadership.

AlwaysOn Network by Tony Perkins15 Feb 2004, AlwaysOn Network - Seamus was invited by veteran publisher Tony Perkins to post a blog feature article on engaging venture capitalists (VCs) and other financiers, and the elements of an elevator pitch. The ideas were extracted from the Dot ZEN business book. See the feature here.

AlwaysOn Network by Tony Perkins15 Feb 2004, AlwaysOn Network - Another article about "Karate and Marketing" was made available on this network by veteran publisher Tony Perkins. The ideas were extracted from the Dot ZEN business book. See the feature here.

NewsRadio 93.8 FM, interviewed Dr Seamus Phan on Dot ZEN business book13 Jan 2004, NewsRadio 93.8 FM - Seamus was interviewed on AM News Talk of the leading English radio news station NewsRadio 93.8 FM in Singapore, on why companies should adopt a non-aggressive stance using principles from the book Dot ZEN.

1 Jan 2004, ACE (Action Community for Entrepreneurship) - Dot ZEN was rated as "Book of the Month" by the kind ACE folks. The book is described as a collaborative effort of Seamus and Hui Peng with action steps for various facets of management. Download Acrobat PDF file here (548 kB).

Asia tele.com magazine reviewed Dot ZEN bookClement Teo, editor of Tele.com Asia Edition (www.asiatele.com), kindly reviewed Dot ZEN in the Jan/Feb 2004 issue. Clement described Dot ZEN as "an educational and practical approach to Zen ideas with tips and techniques to growing businesses through entrepreneurship, leadership, customer service, total quality, marketing, publicity, public relations, human resource management, and Internet technology." Clement described the book's key message as "According to co-author Phan, most management philosophies tend to centre on aggressiveness. This may be due to the quarterly-driven financial accountability insisted by shareholders and dictated by market forces. This, in turn, may have led to unfair trade practices, financial inconsistency, and even collapses... The concise 200-page book has six sections, with each section opening with a philosophical chapter of a single Zen idea, and allows the reader to embed that idea into management practices. The book provides some basic knowledge to small and medium enterprises as well as start-ups, since such enterprises increasingly form the majority in any national economy". Download Acrobat PDF file here (212 kB).

17 Dec 2003, eMediaWire - First Business Leadership Book "Dot Zen" from Asia Based on Non-Aggressive Zen Principles Condensed from 30 Years of Collective Experience Between Authors Seamus and Hui Peng.

16 Dec 2003, eWorldWire - First Business Leadership Book "DOT ZEN"; From Asia Based On Non-aggressive Zen Principles Condensed From 30 Years Of Collective Experience Between Authors Seamus And Hui Peng.

For the unnamed media, we can demonstrate the physical clippings if you have any interest. We generally publicize the media which are enlightened in desiring more exposure by its fans, readers and audiences.

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Bookstore News

First print run sold out! Now in reprint version!

For that perfect gift for a friend, colleague, family or even all employees of your company, consider getting autographed copies of Dot ZEN right from our online store. You can also purchase from Amazon.com (USA).

NEW! - You can now purchase the VideoCD (DVD-compatible) of Dr Seamus' LIVE training session on "From Employee to Entrepreneur", based on the Dot ZEN book. The video provides key tips on succeeding as a knowledge entrepreneur, rather than attempt less-proven or risky multi-level marketing (MLM, or network marketing) and franchise schemes. Knowledge entrepreneurship requires little startup capital, and can provide tremendous business gratification, achievement, and recognition.

Online superstore Medical Book Superstore featured Dot ZEN as one of the recommended Zen related books. See the page here. Another online superstore, GreatBookStore, lists Dot Zen and other books by Dr Seamus Phan.

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Events

Panelist on Global Ethics
29 October (Friday), 9AM - 5PM, World Trade Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Seamus joined a distinguished panel of legal experts, Honorable John Coughenour, Steven Calandrillo, Bob Dickerson, Prof Kenneth Einar Himma, Craig Jackson, Matt Kenney, Egil "Bud" Krogh, Roger Leishman, US Atty John McKay, and Maria Sotirhos, and presented his views on Asian philosophy and context on ethics, same sex marriage, economic justice, security, privacy, and more. Visit Emerald Education Group, run by leading legal educator John Rapp, for details.

Talk on Dot ZEN
4 September (Sat), 2 - 4 PM, MPH Megastore 1 Utama Malaysia
Seamus gave an enlightening talk on how to succeed as an entrepreneur and business CEO without the use of war cries such as Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". His talk, adapted from Dot ZEN, talked about collaborative and non-aggressive techniques to win customers, stay in business, get venture funding, achieve great branding and PR (public relations), and sell to customers. He also presented a short session on "This Body This Life" book.

Seamus to present Dot ZEN at the 4th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in OrganisationsDr Seamus Phan presented a virtual presentation on "Dot Zen: Ethical and Compassionate Leadership: Wisdom from the Diamond Sutra for Entrepreneurs and Businesses", at the 4th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, a prestigious high-level event to be held at the World Heritage listed Maritime Campus of the University of Greenwich in London, United Kingdom. The conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields investigating knowledge, culture and change in organizations. Main speakers will include some of the world's leading management thinkers, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers.

Seamus will be listed as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management., Volume 4, 2004, having been referee to some of the presentation papers at the event above. Download the letter of appreciation in Acrobat PDF (112kB)

Talk on Dot ZEN
24 July (Sat), 2 - 4 PM, Popular Ikano Power Centre Malaysia
Seamus gave an enlightening talk on how to succeed as an entrepreneur and business CEO without the use of war cries such as Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", and how to build sustainable and profitable businesses. His talk, adapted from Dot ZEN, talked about collaborative and non-aggressive techniques to win customers, stay in business, get venture funding, achieve great branding and PR (public relations), and sell to customers. He also presented a short session on "This Body This Life" book.

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Talk on Dot ZEN
26 June (Sat), 2 - 4 PM, MPH Mid Valley Megamall Malaysia
Seamus gave an enlightening talk on how to succeed as an entrepreneur and business CEO without the use of war cries such as Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". His talk, adapted from Dot ZEN, talked about collaborative and non-aggressive techniques to win customers, stay in business, get venture funding, achieve great branding and PR (public relations), and sell to customers. He also presented a short session on "This Body This Life" book.

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Talk on Entrepreneurship
24 April (Sat), 2 - 3 PM, MPH Parkway Parade
Seamus gave an enlightening talk on how to succeed as an entrepreneur and business CEO without the use of war cries such as Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". His talk, adapted from Dot ZEN, talked about collaborative and non-aggressive techniques to win customers, stay in business, get venture funding, achieve great branding and PR (public relations), and sell to customers.

Dot ZEN book launch talk at MPH Parkway

Talk on Entrepreneurship
2 April (Friday), 12:30 - 1:30 PM, MPH Robinson
Seamus gave an enlightening talk on how to succeed as an entrepreneur and business CEO without the use of war cries such as Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". His talk, adapted from Dot ZEN, talked about collaborative and non-aggressive techniques to win customers, stay in business, get venture funding, achieve great branding and PR (public relations), and sell to customers.

Dot ZEN book launch talk at MPH Robinson
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