Seminars & Events
Explore our past seminars and upcoming events
Past Seminars
September 27, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM PT
From Challenges to Clarity: How Communication Shapes Your Career Journey
Join Dean Westbrook, Senior Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, for an inspiring session on how effective communication can turn workplace challenges into opportunities for growth. Drawing from his 20+ years of experience, Dean will share personal stories, practical strategies for overcoming obstacles, insights on breaking down communication barriers, and techniques for building trust and using clear, intentional dialogue to drive success.
Speaker: Dean Westbrook, Senior Director at HPE
Time Zones: 8:00–9:30 PM CT | 9:00–10:30 PM ET | 9:00–10:30 AM Asia (Sept 28)
Time Zones: 8:00–9:30 PM CT | 9:00–10:30 PM ET | 9:00–10:30 AM Asia (Sept 28)
August 23, 2025
Power Up Your Career When Times Get Tough
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With high uncertainty in today’s labor market, join this webinar for practical strategies, real-life breakthrough stories, and actionable next steps. Whether seeking a new job, aiming for promotion, or exploring a fresh venture, turn your attention from tough times to actions with clarity, confidence, and connections.
Panelists: Shengming Shan (CEO, SWR Technology), David Chyan (Co-founder, Cooper & Chyan Technology), Howard Chen (CEO/CIO, Parah Capital), John Hui (Co-founder, CTO & SVP, Pericom Semiconductor)
July 12, 2025
How to A.C.E. Your Job Interviews?
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Learn the ACE Interview Strategy to present your best self and land the job you deserve. ACE = 6A (Ask good questions, Appealing Appearance, Assertive, Authentic, ABC skills) + 6C (Communicate with Confidence, Curiosity, Courtesy, Clear, Concise, Compelling) + 6S (Express value-add with S.O.A.R. Stories, highlight Success, Strength and Self-aware).
Speaker: Elaine Kung, @Cloud EMBA mentor, AT&T Director (Retired), CalledToWork Founder
June 21, 2025
Master DeepSeek and AI Questioning
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Master DeepSeek and AI questioning with Coach Alice Wu, Entrepreneur. Get info quickly and get creative. Work efficiently and smartly. Check out R1 and V3 versions hands-on.
Coach: Alice Wu, Entrepreneur
May 31, 2025
That Day, That Hour—Opportunities and Challenges of the Age of AI
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Senior Pastor, Endowed Chair Professor Dr. Ray Chen provides profound insights into the role of faith in a time of unprecedented technological advancement. Guided by Daniel 12:4 and Revelation 13:13-18, explore how to respond to the opportunities and challenges that AI presents.
Speaker: Dr. Ray Chen, Senior Pastor & UT Austin Endowed Chair Professor
May 17, 2025
How to Create an Elevator Pitch
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Learn how to create a brief, persuasive speech to spark interest in you, your idea, product, service, or company, delivered in the time of a typical elevator ride. Faith-based, practical, and highly interactive in group setting.
Lead Mentor: Peter Hsi (Retired co-founder of two Silicon Valley startups, Advisor at SkyDeck)
April 12, 2025
EMBA Open House: Dare to Dream. Prepare to Soar
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At a crossroad in your career? Hear from professionals who’ve taken risks, faced uncertainty, and soared into their next step with greater purpose, leadership, and impact. Featured panel on “How to Launch and Grow Your Career.”
Moderator: Shengming Shan | Panelists: Justin Chen, Jonathan Young, Star Gao, Sam Ma
March 29, 2025
A Divine Journey: How God Called Us to Start a Research Spin-off Company
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Lin Wang shares her incredible journey of launching a research spin-off startup in 2012 despite having no prior desire for entrepreneurship. Through unexpected doors and divine provision, God led her through $16M in grants and the highs and lows of building a business without external investment.
Speaker: Lin Wang
February 15, 2025
The Power of Effective Communication
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Unlock the P.O.W.E.R. of Effective Communication! Learn Power of ABCDE skills, Outreach with Small Talks & Stories, Win-Win with Assertiveness, Engaging & Persuasive Questions, and Respectful & Trusted Relationships. Biblical insights + Practical strategies = Communication that transforms lives!
January 25, 2025
Breakthrough and Ascend Top
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Isabella, @Cloud EMBA M Circle alumni and VP & General Manager at Applied Materials, shares her powerful story on how to align career and personal goals with God’s purpose, practical steps to rise above challenges through faith and perseverance, and testimonies of God’s breakthroughs.
Speaker: Isabella, VP & General Manager, Applied Materials
December 14, 2024
EMBA Graduation Hybrid Celebration
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Celebrate the graduation of EMBA mentees with testimonies, sharing, and recognition of their journey and growth through the @Cloud mentorship program.
September 7, 2024
@Cloud 10th Anniversary Celebration
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Celebrating 10 years of @Cloud Marketplace Ministry with live worship, flag dances, keynote speeches, journey & memories, vision sharing for the next 10 years, recognitions, games, prizes, and raffle drawings worth up to $250!
Highlights: Live Worship, Flag Dances, Keynote Speeches, Vision Sharing, Recognitions, Games & Prizes
August 24, 2024
Is AI Your Competitor or Helper?
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Explore how AI will impact your career and industry. Will AI replace jobs, or will it be a powerful tool that helps professionals achieve new heights? Discover what these changes mean and how to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Speakers: Jacky Chen (Master Cloud Architect, Oracle), Dr. Xiaoqi Liu
July 27, 2024
Bringing God’s Glory to the Marketplace
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Learn how to live out God’s glory in the workplace, utilize God-given gifts and talents to influence your workplace, community, and culture, and fulfill God’s assignments to experience life transformation.
Speaker: Elder Michael Zheng (Founding Elder, Burnaby Canaan Church; Founder, Marketplace Ekklesia Ministries)
June 8, 2024
Embarking My @Cloud Mentorship Journey
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Coach Shengming Shan interviews past mentees Jas Chang, Star Gao, and Weilong Hu on how they learned about @Cloud EMBA mentorship and how it impacted their family, work, and ministries.
Host: Shengming Shan | Guests: Jas Chang, Star Gao, Weilong Hu