BOB FELDMAN
Bob Feldman is an actor as well as a trainer, consultant and coach for communication and presentation skills (see here for personal website). Born and raised in Chicago, he also has lived and worked for lengthy periods on two other continents, primarily in Germany and Singapore, which he has made his home since 1999 under a permanent resident status. He holds a Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Movement, Psychology and Education and a Masters Degree (M.Ed.) in Adult and Continuing Education from the University of Illinois. He is also a certified massage therapist as well as a certified professional practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of “Awareness through Movement” and has worked in conjunction with healthcare and medical professionals. In the training arena, he is a certified trainer with the American Management Association (AMA), working in conjunction with Imperial Consulting Singapore to deliver communication programs.

Besides voiceover and commercial work, for 15 years Bob was an actor, director, teacher and trainer with the United Mime Workers Theatre Company, an internationally acclaimed professional mime theatre group which toured throughout the United States as well as in Europe and Latin America at theatres, universities and public venues. He has continued teaching acting skills at colleges and theatre schools in Germany and Singapore, including LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and the National Institute of Education (NIE), ranging from courses in physical theatre and body alignment to acting for the camera. He has also taught in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Bob’s training expertise is in the area of interpersonal communication, stress management, creative expression, effective presentation, teambuilding, body language, media training, leading with creativity, self-image and personal development. His workshops are highly participatory and motivating. In the U.S., he received numerous creative programming awards for communication skills workshops for a wide range of groups spanning from business professionals and social service agencies to work on Indian reservations and at a federal prison.

Since coming to Southeast Asia, he has been training extensively with the Singapore Civil Service College’s Institute for Public Administration and Management (IPAM), providing in-house and general training for the Ministry of Health, Singapore Immigration and Registration, National Environment Agency, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower, among others. He has given talks for the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS), the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) and the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), and provides training for staff at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Private companies for seminars, talks and courses have included OCBC, Deutsche Bank, Bentley Motors Limited, Singapore Power Supply, PropNex Realty, Proctor and Gamble, Fraser and Neave Limited, G2000 Apparel, Credit Suisse Firat Boston, Back & McKenzie, Trans-Link Logistics & Great Eastern Life.