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Architectette(Replay) 034: Aya Shlachter and Jing Lauengco: AEC Entrepreneurship and Branding through StorytellingReplay!On today’s episode of Architectette we welcome a dynamic duo! Aya Shlachter and Jing Lauengco are two outstanding women who connected over their mutual tenacity for entrepreneurship, design, and storytelling. Both women are business owners, entrepreneurs, and podcasters. Aya Shlachter is the CEO and founder of MGS Global Group, a company that accelerates growth for architecture and design firms worldwide by providing architectural support and staffing services internationally. Her team provides Revit, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, and 3D Visualization services to architects and interior designers. Aya is a keynote speaker and the hos...
2026-02-2356 min
Your American Dream | Success Stories of Immigrant Women and Women of Color EntrepreneursJing Lauengco's Guide to Your" Next Thing Now": From Creative Comebacks to Strategic SuccessIn this episode of Your American Dream, prepare to be inspired by the resilience, creativity, and leadership of Jing Lauengco. Jing is a powerhouse Filipina Executive Entrepreneur Coach and Business Strategist whose journey from Manila to the States building brands and storytelling experiences for Target and IDEO is anything but ordinary. She’s the founder of Next Thing Now workshops, Next Thing with Jing Podcast, and the Other Brown Girl community, all rooted in helping multicultural women own their stories and step into next-level leadership – personally and professionally.
This conversation is a testament to what happens when life...
2025-06-1643 min
Architectette(Replay) 032: Fatemeh Monfared: Simplifying the Metaverse for ArchitectsToday we are replaying our episode with Fatemeh Monfared. Fatemeh started her journey with a degree in architecture, but soon established a specialty crafting virtual worlds and experiences. She is currently the Chief Metaverse Architect at her company, Spaces. This is a great episode for folks in architecture and design who want to know a bit more about the metaverse without all the jargon and complexity. Other Episodes You Might Enjoy:001: Cynthia Muñoz: Strong Mentors Make Great Leaders042: Katerina Burianova: From Layoff to Leadership- How t...
2025-05-1239 min
The RayofLight Podcast with Raven-Lynn LipfordEp. 71 | Jing Lauengco Talks Brand Coaching, Cancer Journey, and 20+ Year EntrepreneurshipJING LAUENGCO, Brand Strategist, Digital Storyteller, and Founder of OtherBrownGirl Discusses the ‘KEY’ to building an authentic brand on social media, recovering from cancer, and leaving a LEGACY that inspires!!
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2024-08-0129 min
Guiltless Podcast253: 1440 Minutes (featuring Jing Lauengco)I am joined by market strategist Jing Lauengco to discuss being a disruptor in the industry, her experiences that have shaped her personal and professional life and why you should never protest expensive oat milk.
2024-07-081h 51
Architectette034: Aya Shlachter and Jing Lauengco: AEC Entrepreneurship and Branding through StorytellingOn today’s episode of Architectette we welcome a dynamic duo! Aya Shlachter and Jing Lauengco are two outstanding women who connected over their mutual tenacity for entrepreneurship, design, and storytelling. Both women are business owners, entrepreneurs, and podcasters. Aya Shlachter is the CEO and founder of MGS Global Group, a company that accelerates growth for architecture and design firms worldwide by providing architectural support and staffing services internationally. Her team provides Revit, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, and 3D Visualization services to architects and interior designers. Aya is a keynote speaker and the host of the Arc...
2024-05-2056 min
Architect My Business53 - AML Podcast Series Episode 07 | AIA WLS '23 Interview feat. Jing LauengcoFinally, Episode 7 of our AML Podcast Series is here! Wrapping up this series, we sat with architecture ally, Jing Lauengco. Join us as she offers her unique perspective on the AIA Women's Leadership Summit as a creative entrepreneur outside the field. You can also check out the video interview on our YouTube Channel (@architectmylife) or simply click on this link to watch it. This special series was recorded during the WLS Happy Hour hosted by the Immigrant Architects Coalition and Women Architects Collective, proudly sponsored by MGS Global Group and Utile.
2023-11-0403 min
Architect My Business26 - Discovering your "ONLY" factor with Jing Lauengco of Jing Inc. and Other Brown GirlYour host, Aya Shlachter, talks with Jing Lauengco– brand strategist, chief optimist, and female founder of Jing Inc. and Other Brown Girl. To celebrate October Filipino Heritage Month, Aya shares an uplifting conversation with fellow Filipina-Clevelander Jing Lauengco about their inspiring journeys as creative entrepreneurs, how their Filipino heritage influenced who they are, and how their shared passion for creativity and empowering women brought them together. In this episode, Jing also shared her tips for closing major deals with clients and emphasized the importance of handling business by sharing and serving rather than just selling. As...
2022-10-2638 min
NEXT THING WITH JING18: Designing Identity + Family: JENIKA MAY GONZALESDelighted to welcome JENIKA MAY GONZALES, a multi-talented Filipino-American graphic designer and always inspiring Cleveland foodie to the pod! Jenika works with diverse clients including Cleveland’s most beloved brands — Mitchell’s Ice Cream, Market Garden Brewery, Church and State, Fount, and Océanne to name just a few. Designing for independent artists, small boutiques, businesses, and editorial clients, all with a playful, clean, and elegant approach.
JENIKA enjoys being outdoors, traveling, exploring new food adventures, and pretending like she’s a wannabe iron chef. Celebrating Filipino family faves like “pancit” (rice noodles served on birthdays promising long life) and “Ka...
2022-08-3155 min
NEXT THING WITH JING17: Poetry + Faithful Pursuit of Agency STEPHANIE GINESENew on #NextThingWIthJing! Delighted to welcome writer STEPHANIE GINESE to the pod as she launches her potent debut book of poetry! Drawing inspiration from rap, comedy, and legendary international family love stories, join us as we explore GINESE’s proud Puerto Rican roots and early elementary school love of Edgar Allen Poe. Following in her grandparents’ footsteps as writers, poets, and political activists while drawing on her own rebellion, passion, sensitivity “superpowers” and love for “the island,” tune in to discover how GINESE came to title her book, Unto Dogs, and what she would tell her younger self about power and th...
2022-07-181h 03
NEXT THING WITH JING16: Cross-Cultural Art + Storytelling MALLORIE FREEMANFittingly named after speed performance brand “Mallory Ignition,” I had a blast connecting with Multidisciplinary Visual Artist MALLORIE FREEMANS’s creative spark, spunk, and spirit – mesmerized by her family’s fierce Filipina-Irish entrepreneurial adventures full of “wild energy,” charisma, and family legend-making.
Whether pursuing intuition and teenage dreams to looking for truth and the real story behind her larger-than-life 1960s pop singer mom, Mer-Lyn, and fierce leather pants-donning Filipina seamstress grandma “Lola” Fe, we explore where their stories began and blend with Mallorie’s own creative fire and highly original work.
From cosmetology school to art conservation to...
2022-07-041h 00
NEXT THING WITH JING15: A Life Story + Film of Resilience: EMILY HANAKO MOMOHARANew on the pod! Humbled and honored to welcome international artist, activist, educator, and documentary filmmaker EMILY HANAKO MOMOHARA. Listen in as we explore 1940’s AAPI feminism, patriotism, resilience, perseverance, leadership, and “gaman (我慢)” – Japanese for “silent endurance” from Zen Buddhist origin meaning "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.”
Tune in to a riveting behind-the-scenes glimpse into Momohara’s upcoming film premiere of NAMBA, inspired by the true story of May Namba. From Japanese American grandparent FBI files to incarcerated Japanese American Omikuji cookie makers in the San Francisco Bay area unexpectedly inspiring counter-culture fortune cookie branding and marketi...
2022-07-0154 min
NEXT THING WITH JING14: High Fashion + High Impact: AIMON ALIGet fascinated and tune in with Pakistani-born, Toronto-raised fashion phenom AIMON ALI, the iconic influencer bringing impeccably chic, sophisticated community events to a runway near you. (Oh, and fun facts? Her name means “elegance” and she loves to unwind and de-stress by watching Korean variety shows!) Blending her psychology and business background with her love of all things fashion, AIMON is the creative force behind her megawatt brands Fashion Talks, Fashion Talks Magazine, and Fashion Talks Foundation for the Cleveland Museum of Art and the NBA All-Star Games. Sharing how she is “a lot for a lot of people” and how...
2022-06-061h 06
NEXT THING WITH JING13: Leading Change with PRIDE: MAYOR KAHLIL SERENCelebrating PRIDE month and recorded live on Memorial Day, I caught up with my friend Cleveland Heights MAYOR KAHLIL SEREN to talk about his vision and inspiration behind his historic 100-year win, his deep love of family, his admiration for his activist moms, and how his childhood shaped him to be the modern leader he is today. Named after a Lebanese poet and a certain pink water dragon, Serendipity – Seren for short! – by his 4-year-old-brother, we discover how MAYOR SEREN never wanted to run for office or become a politician. We also dive deep into “learning over knowing” and how faci...
2022-06-011h 08
NEXT THING WITH JING12: Food For Thought In The CLE: LISA SANDSRecorded live from chic Zhug with a huge thanks to the always gracious, generous and gastronomically gifted Doug Katz and staff, I had the chance to interview (and photograph!) LISA SANDS of CLE Foodcast, NEO's All Local Food Podcast to celebrate her one-year podcast anniversary. With candid, heart-opening fun facts about her Pittsburgh family roots, baby elephant petting in Thailand, and love of – wait for it – sloths! To her days competing as a child gymnast against Olympian Mary Lou Retton, we explore LISA’s love of food and adventure. But mostly? We discover how she found her “fork and the road...
2022-05-2252 min
NEXT THING WITH JING11: Using Your Voice For Social Good: KEN SCHNECKSwooning over priceless bar mitzvah “Mom Prom” photos while questioning how “words up to heaven without meaning never go,” tune in as we dive delightfully deep into “KEN-ness” with the fabulously fun and always funny KEN SCHNECK. Join us as Ken stuns and drops the pod mic on big BIG project news and his thrilling “next thing.” (And shares how he discovered his true superpowers as a kid — you heard it here first, kicking off Season 2 of #NextThingWithJing!)
So much fun swapping 6th-grade religion class tales, a.k.a. when Ken was suspended from Hebrew school for “always asking why.” And...
2022-04-161h 23
NEXT THING WITH JING10: Find Your Voice With LIT CLE: MATT WEINKAMFrom “climbing the ladder” changing marquee letters at the Capitol Theatre to literally stumbling his way into the Literary Cleveland offices, MATT WEINKAM gives us a peek into his fascinating journey becoming LIT CLE’s executive director. (Umm, get your tissue box out…)
Matt also shares how “hogging the mood” can be a good thing, and how Literary Cleveland re-imagined and re-invented itself during the pandemic – exploring other voices while discovering its own. Inspired by his 4th-grade teacher Mrs. Robers, Matt shares junior high tales of reading classics like "Gone With The Wind" to earn bonus points and dinosaur e...
2022-04-111h 12
NEXT THING WITH JING09: Fuel Your Fire + Nola Movement: NIKE OLABISI-GREENFrom dancing in Rio to rocking the runway to SambAmor-ing in fab showgirl feathers, I caught up with my multi-talented phenom friend, the one and only fierce Nola Movement fire-starter NIKE OLABISI-GREEN. Celebrating Part II of Women’s History Month + International Women’s Day, we explore Nike’s love of Brazil; her Nigerian-American immigrant upbringing; and her deep spiritual connection “covered” in community, family love, and servant leadership — seeded by her ancestors. A true queen in every sense, Nike (a.k.a. Olanike Adunola Olabisi-Green) shares the touching tradition and regal meaning behind her beautiful Nigerian name embodying “treasure.” We go deep on wh...
2022-03-271h 05
NEXT THING WITH JING08: Greyt Culture + Community: THOMAS FOXI had the chance to catch up with THOMAS FOX, all-around kind Human, Creative Producer, and Idea Enthusiast. But mostly? To playfully dive into his deep love for Cleveland, music, breakfast sandwiches, Vecchio Amaro - Cavassia Cognac Italian cocktails, and of course, all things Greyt Culture. Fresh off his Greyt Big Talk at Limelight Electric Gardens with Thomas’ big brother Michael Fox discussing entrepreneurial integrity, curiosity, and energy, we explore Thomas’ “next thing” with New York-based jazz-electronic-dance saxophone trio Moon Hooch at the Saucy Brew Works Vibe Garden, kicking off spring in the CLE.
THOMAS FOX is a multi...
2022-03-191h 14
NEXT THING WITH JING07: Digital Storytelling In The New Now: JESS WILLIAMSCelebrating International Women’s Day + Women’s History Month, I’m delighted to have multi-talented digital animator + artist JESS WILLIAMS of Brighter Shade of Yellow on NTWJ. Inspired by her second-generation Italian roots, childhood, and immigrant grandparents who settled in Little Italy, we explore the joy of cross-cultural collaboration and how we teamed up to design modern, multi-generational stories and experiences as digital storytellers and content creators. Jess shares her vision and how she was often the only female animator in the editing room and how being the first (and only) female animator to graduate with a digital degree from h...
2022-03-1257 min
NEXT THING WITH JING06: Creativity + Digital Songwriting: JESSE JUKEBOXThis week on the NTWJ pod, we explore brand-building + songwriting – celebrating "Complicated Kids" + creativity for all. Full of funny throwback memories of where it all began, at an impromptu summer backyard party + puppet show debuting an original Other Brown Girl Ukulele “Island” song that I co-wrote with multi-talented JESSE FRIEBERG (a.k.a. JESSE JUKEBOX) + Disney singer-songwriter Maria Christensen over Zoom. (Oh, did I mention Maria also writes for Jennifer Lopez + Celine Dione? How lucky am I to have such musical, magical friends?!)
JESSE FRIEBERG (a.k.a. JESSE JUKEBOX) is a musician, songwriter, recording artist, performer for kid...
2022-02-241h 05
NEXT THING WITH JING05: Be A Role Model Through Theatre: MARCELA RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZI was invited to share an Accelerate TECHNOVATION video update for Cleveland Leadership Center's SPARK: “Grit to Great” Conference last year, which encouraged us all to get out of our comfort zone, get curious + start innovating to “spark” new ways of doing things by taking risks. I was grateful to share Other Brown Girl + met the wonderfully inspiring + talented Marcela Rodriguez-Gonzalez. This week on the pod, we giggle about our childhood role models (Wonder Woman!) our love of tacos, the arts, "the other" + what it means to be a first-generation, creative-at-heart daughter of an engineer + doctor.
As Director...
2022-02-1544 min
NEXT THING WITH JING04: Discover Your Creative Groove: JEN JONES DONATELLISo delighted to have "multi-potentialite," multi-faceted JEN JONES DONATELLI as a NTWJ guest. This week on the pod, we discuss creating your own opportunities, letting your passions guide the way in your career + finding your "next thing." My favorite moments? That time Jen tried out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders + how her childhood days reading "Sassy Magazine" sparked her future career in writing + editing.
Having spanned three cities + various forms of media (from TV to film to print + online journalism), JEN JONES DONATELLI’s career has been what she calls a long, winding + fun road filled with div...
2022-02-0951 min
NEXT THING WITH JING03: Writing + Finding Your Way Back: BRANDI LARSENWhat happens when two multi-dimensional, modern career women find new meaning + connection – exploring their big "why" + "why nots" behind "The Great Resignation" + their own "Greatest Re-Evaluation" moments? Join the conversation as BRANDI LARSEN + I share tips, inspiration + #RealTalk on how to harness your next best steps in the new now. (Spoiler alert! We also share voodoo stories + her first newspaper interview + national published work at just twelve years old.) BRANDI LARSEN is a writer + speaker, building a more inclusive publishing landscape. Her work at Penguin Random House helped create NYT bestsellers + her journalism pieces earned Emmy nominations. Her talks ab...
2022-02-0659 min
NEXT THING WITH JING02: What I'd Tell My Younger Self: JING LAUENGCOWhat would I tell my younger self? Well, I was about to find out. This question is often asked yet never test-driven in real-time. In this NEXT THING WITH JING episode, I share a recent talk that I gave as keynote speaker for Hispanic Heritage Month titled "Find your VOICE. Feel your POWER. Tell your STORY. Empowering + Elevating Women of Culture Leading Colorful + Creative Lives." What would you tell your younger self?
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2022-02-0626 min
NEXT THING WITH JING01: NEXT THING WITH JING + Hello!Wanna design a work like + real life you love again? Ready to find + fuel your next step + next move in the new now? Calling all multi-hyphenates, magic-makers, change agents, storytellers + dreamers. Hola! Kamusta! Hello hello! I’m JING LAUENGCO! Welcome to NEXT THING WITH JING, a podcast about next chapters + new adventures – starting now. NEXT THING WITH JING brings a blend of brand, business + human potential stories through design leaps full of delight. Exploring transformational turning points. From setbacks, to comebacks, to never-going-backs. I’m your host, JING LAUENGCO. Brand Strategist. Chief Optimist. Filipina Founder of Other Brown Girl. The or...
2022-02-0602 min
ไขปัญหาแรงงานไขปัญหาแรงงาน วันพุธที่ 7 กรกฎาคม 25641. ทูต 4 ประเทศผู้ส่งออกแรงงานออกแถลงการณ์ร่วม เรียกร้องไต้หวันพิจารณาฉีดวัคซีนแก่แรงงานต่างชาติโดยเร็ว นักวิชาการไต้หวันร่วมให้การสนับสนุน
ปัญหาการฉีดวัคซีนฟรีแก่ประชาชนในไต้หวันทุกคน รวมผู้ตั้งถิ่นฐานใหม่และแรงงานต่างชาติ เป็นนโยบายของรัฐบาลไต้หวันอยู่แล้ว แต่เนื่องจากวัคซีนที่สั่งซื้อ ส่งถึงล่าช้าและมีจำนวนไม่เพียงพอ ยังดีที่มีวัคซีนโมเดอร์นา ซึ่งได้รับการบริจาคจากสหรัฐอเมริกา 2.5 ล้านโดส และวัคซีนแอสตราเซเนกาได้รับบริจาคจากญี่ปุ่น 2,370,000 โดส รวมกับที่สั่งซื้อและส่งถึงไต้หวันแล้ว ณ วันที่ 8 ก.ค. มีจำนวน 7,041,100 โดส (แบ่งเป็นโมเดอร์นา 3.3 ล้านโดส แอสตราเซเนกา 3.7411 ล้านโดส) เพียงพอสำหรับประชาชน 29% รับวัคซีนเข็มแรก คาดว่า ในเดือนสิงหาคม-กันยายน จะมีวัคซีนส่งถึงมากขึ้น โดยเฉพาะวัคซีน BNT จากไฟเซอร์และไบออนเทค ที่นักธุรกิจและมูลนิธิการกุศลของไต้หวันร่วมกันบริจาค 15 ล้านโดส (เทอร์รี่ กัว ผู้ก่อตั้งฟ็อกซ์คอนน์กรุ๊ป บริจาค 5 ล้านโดส บ.TSMC ผู้ผลิตชิปรายใหญ่ของโลกสัญชาติไต้หวันบริจาค 5 ล้านโดส และมูลนิธิพุทธฉือจี้บริจาค 5 ล้านโดส)
แรงงานต่างชาติที่นิคมอุตสาหกรรมเฉียนเจิ้นในนครเกาสง กำลังต่อแถวรอการตรวจเชื้อโควิดด้วยชุดทดสอบเร็ว
เนื่องจากแรงงานต่างชาติอยู่รวมกันในหอพักค่อนข้างแออัด ทำให้เกิดการระบาดของโรคโควิดได้ง่าย อย่างที่เคยเกิดคลัสเตอร์โรงงานอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ที่เมืองเหมียวลี่มาแล้ว มีรงงานต่างชาติติดเชื้อร่วม 500 คน และปัจจุบัน แรงงานต่างชาติเป็นกลุ่มแรงงานที่มีส่วนสำคัญต่ออุตสาหกรรมการส่งออก รวมถึงภาคครัวเรือนของไต้หวันก็พึ่งพาแรงงานต่างชาติในการอนุบาลดูแลผู้ป่วยและผู้สูงอายุ หากเกิดการระบาดในกลุ่มแรงงานต่างชาติอีก จะส่งผลกระทบอย่างรุนแรงต่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคมของไต้หวันอย่างหนัก จึงมีนักวิชาการไต้หวัน อย่าง ศจ.อู๋ต้าเริ่น ผอ.ศูนย์เศรษฐกิจไต้หวัน มหาวิทยาลัยแห่งชาติจงยัง (NCU) กังวลว่า หากภาคการผลิตได้รับผลกระทบจากสถานการณ์โควิด จะทำให้การส่งออกที่เป็นเสาหลักค้ำจุนเศรษฐกิจของไต้หวันถึงขั้นพังครืนลง จึงเรียกร้องให้จัดแรงงานต่างชาติอยู่ในกลุ่มที่ควรได้รับวัคซีนในลำดับต้นๆ ด้านสมาคมแรงงานสากลไต้หวันหรือที่เรียกย่อว่า TIWA ก็กล่าวว่า นอกจากแรงงานต่างชาติในภาคการผลิตแล้ว ภาคสวัสดิการสังคม โดยเฉพาะผู้อนุบาลต่างชาติ ทั้งในภาคครัวเรือนและในศูนย์บำบัดและฟื้นฟูผู้ป่วยก็ควรได้รับการจัดอันดับได้รับวัคซีนในอันดับแรกๆ เช่นกัน เพื่อป้องกันผู้อนุบาลเหล่านี้ติดเชื้อและแพร่กระจาย
แรงงานต่างชาติที่นิคมอุตสาหกรรมเฉียนเจิ้นในนครเกาสง กำลังรับการตรวจเชื้อโควิดด้วยชุดทดสอบเร็ว
ขณะที่เมื่อวันที่ 29 มิ.ย. 64 สำนักงานตัวแทนประเทศผู้ส่งออกแรงงาน 4 ประเทศหลัก ได้แก่ นายธงชัย ชาสวัสดิ์ ผู้อำนวยการใหญ่สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย ไทเป และนางสาววรัตม์สุดา ศรทัตต์ รองผู้อำนวยการสำนักงานแรงงานไทย ไทเป พร้อมด้วยผู้อำนวยการสำนักงานเศรษฐกิจและวัฒนธรรมอีก 3 ปะเทศ ได้แก่อินโดนีเซีย ฟิลิปปินส์ และเวียดนาม เข้าร่วมการประชุม ณ สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย ไทเป หารือในประเด็นการคุ้มครองแรงงานของตนในไต้หวัน โดยสำนักงานตัวแทนทั้ง 4 ประเทศ ได้ลงนามในแถลงการณ์ร่วม ซึ่งส่งถึงกระทรวงการต่างประเทศไต้หวัน เรียกร้องให้พิจารณาฉีดวัคซีนให้แก่แรงงานต่างชาติโดยเร็ว โดยต้องเป็นวัคซีนที่ได้มาตรฐานโลก และฉีดให้ตามความสมัครใจ
ทูต 4 ประเทศผู้ส่งออกแรงงานประจำในไต้หวัน จากซ้ายไปขวา Mr.Budi Santoso ผู้แทนอินโดนีเซีย Mr.Gilberto Lauengco ผู้แทนฟิลิปปินส์ นายธงชัย ชาสวัสดิ์ ผู้แทนไทย และ Mr.Nguyen Anh Dung ผู้แทนเวียดนาม (ภาพจากเว็บสำนักงานแรงงานไทย ไทเป)
แถลงการณ์ร่วมที่ลงนามโดยทูต 4 ประเทศ (ภาพ
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