Find your next programme RiseUp Asia · Facilitated learning
Feeling stuck, unsure of your direction or struggling to follow through? Practise through guided exercises, apply what you learn and review what happens. RISEUP includes 90 days of practice and coaching. The six Ready programmes include 90 days of WhatsApp support, with three half-day group coaching sessions for Gig, Sales, KEDAI and AI Consultant Ready; Break Free helps you make a seven-day commitment; Ignite develops a 30-day commitment. Nine programmes, RM88–RM2,988. Inclusive SST 8%.
In person in Kuala Lumpur · Taught in English · Facilitated by Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn.
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Venue: Home Of ELITE Trainers
Unit 1.3.19 Level 3 Pearl Point, Old Klang Road, 58000 KL
Teaching language: English.
Full-day programme hours: Workplace AI Ready, AI Consultant Ready and Work Ready: 9 am–5 pm or later. Ignite: 9 am–6 pm or later. RISEUP, Sales Ready, Gig Ready and KEDAI Ready: 9 am–9 pm or later. Plan for a flexible finish.
Break Free: 7 pm–10 pm.
A first step
Feeling stuck, unsure of your direction or struggling to follow through? Start with a question below. You can try the suggested action before deciding whether a programme is right for you.
Start with one situation you want to handle differently, rather than trying to change everything at once. Write down what is happening, what you can influence and one action you can attempt this week. Set a time to review what happened. If you want a facilitated starting point, Break Free uses a board game and guided discussion to examine a recurring choice and write a seven-day action plan.
Compare a few changes you are considering. For each, write why it matters to you, what would be different in everyday life and one small action that would let you explore it. Choose one to try over the next seven days, then review what you learnt. Ignite provides a full day to reflect on a meaningful goal, examine what is holding it back and choose a first 30-day commitment.
Look at where your last attempt broke down: was the next action unclear, too large for the time available or difficult to fit around other commitments? Choose a smaller action, decide when to do it and record what happened. Review the obstacle each week instead of relying only on renewed motivation. RISEUP combines daily commitments and weekly review with 90 days of practice, WhatsApp peer coaching and three in-person half-day group coaching sessions.
Start with a person or need you care about and find out what would actually help. Choose a small contribution you can complete, agree it with the people involved and review what happened before committing to more. RISEUP connects personal practice with community contribution where project arrangements are confirmed. Confirm those arrangements before booking; movement projects remain paused until 2027 and resume only with owner approval.
Prepare a specific example of something you contributed, including experience from study, volunteering or previous work. Explain the situation, what you did and what happened, without overstating your role. Practise saying it aloud and ask someone which details need clarification. Work Ready includes interview or manager-conversation rehearsal, peer feedback and a record of examples that show your contribution. It provides practice, not a job-placement guarantee.
Start with a skill you can already deliver. Define one service, the customer it is for, what the customer will receive and what is outside the scope. Prepare a sample, draft a quotation and talk to potential clients to test whether the service addresses a need. Gig Ready practises these steps through client briefs and role plays. It develops your service offer; it does not teach the underlying skill or guarantee clients.
Ask what the customer is comparing the price with and which part of the offer matters most. Summarise the concern before responding, then explain the relevant deliverables and limits. If the offer does not fit, acknowledge that instead of promising more than you can deliver. Sales Ready uses buyer-conversation practice to understand needs, present a relevant offer, respond to concerns and agree a next step.
Define who you want to serve, the problem your product or service addresses and how you would deliver it. Estimate the costs and a possible price, then plan a small test with prospective customers before making a larger commitment. KEDAI Ready practises customer, cost, pricing and delivery decisions through Kopitiam, a simulated coffee-shop business, before applying those decisions to a test of your own idea.
Choose one repeatable task and define what a usable result must contain. Start with supplied, public or otherwise permitted material, write clear instructions and compare the AI response with your usual approach. Check the facts and record errors before using the result. Workplace AI Ready practises this sequence on an everyday work task, including the human checks needed to repeat it. No prior technical skills are required.
Start by asking a business owner about a task that takes time or causes repeated problems. Define a small trial around that task, what success would look like and who will check the result. Only propose a service you can build, test and support within clear limits. AI Consultant Ready practises client discovery, a defined trial, building with NLC and preparing a handover. It does not guarantee client demand or income.
RISEUP · Community projects
Historical RISEUP cohorts carried out community projects during their 90-day period. Project arrangements for new cohorts must be confirmed before booking. Project records supplied by Soo Hoo report that ChristmasStar installed 20 desktop computers for children’s online learning with My Shining Star Foundation.
Explore RISEUP and its community projects →Inside Break Free · Three hours · RM88
Turn “I keep putting off a difficult conversation” into one action you can take this week.
A fictional teaching example, not a participant result.
Open the seven-day planning example
Quick answers
RiseUp programmes take place in person at Home Of ELITE Trainers, Unit 1.3.19 Level 3 Pearl Point, Old Klang Road, 58000 KL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teaching is in English.
RiseUp Asia provides in-person personal growth, work, business, sales and AI programmes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Operated by ABUNDANT IMPACT SDN BHD, it is part of the #100MillionLives movement, led by Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn. Company No. 201901000875 (1310201-K).
Break Free (RM88): Choose this when you want a short starting point: a three-hour board game and debrief to notice one pattern, choose a next move and write a seven-day plan. Ignite (RM498): Choose this when you need a full day to examine your beliefs, choose a meaningful goal and connect it to your reason for acting. You leave with a first 30-day commitment. RISEUP (RM998): Choose this when you want two days and two evenings to examine patterns and set personal commitments, then 90 days to practise them with WhatsApp peers and three half-day group coaching sessions. IGNITE and RISEUP have no overnight stay.
Send your enquiry through WhatsApp or email. Programme pages show published dates or indicate when dates are still to be announced. Confirm your chosen cohort and booking details with the team. Venue, teaching language and hours are shown on the programme pages. For a paid booking, full payment or the first agreed instalment confirms your place. For a sponsored place, wait for the team to confirm your allocation privately.
Eric Wong leads AI Consultant Ready; Michael Cheong and Ean Tan Chung-Shen lead Workplace AI Ready; Peh Gin Hai leads KEDAI Ready; Sunnie leads Work Ready, with Firdaus Johari and Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn as trainers; Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn leads Break Free, Ignite and RISEUP, with Dr. Dhena Doraisamy, Phil Foo and Sunnie as fellow trainers. Soo Hoo also facilitates the Ready programmes and the group coaching included in Gig, Sales, KEDAI and AI Consultant Ready. RiseUp is part of the #100MillionLives movement. Programme pages show published dates or indicate when dates are still to be announced. Gig, Sales, KEDAI and AI Consultant Ready include three half-day group coaching sessions. Sales sessions are four hours each around days 30, 60 and 90, with in-person or online attendance; all included half-day coaching can be attended online or in person. Work Ready and Workplace AI Ready include 90 days of WhatsApp support. Group graduation for all READY programmes is included; arrangements will be confirmed. RISEUP retains its own three half-day group coaching sessions. The cohort decides the coaching dates and times.
BREAK FREE is RM88, IGNITE is RM498 and RISEUP is RM998. Work Ready, Gig Ready, Sales Ready and KEDAI Ready are RM1,988 each. Workplace AI Ready is RM2,488 and AI Consultant Ready is RM2,988. Inclusive SST 8%. Pay in MYR; credit-card instalments up to 36 months available.
Sponsorship and scholarships are available for Break Free, Ignite and RISEUP. All nine programmes can offer sponsored places. Availability depends on funding, private assessment and completed readiness requirements. Ask about sponsorship on the programme page. Applying does not guarantee a place, and no one is required to prove hardship publicly.
Choose Workplace AI Ready to use AI for a task in your own work, write instructions and check the output. Choose AI Consultant Ready to define a client problem, build a solution using NLC, test it and prepare a handover. Both include two programme days, 90 days of WhatsApp support and group graduation for all READY programmes. AI Consultant Ready also includes three half-day group coaching sessions. Workplace AI Ready costs RM2,488 and AI Consultant Ready costs RM2,988, Inclusive SST 8%.
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