01 · 5 days
NLP Practitioner
When a conversation gets stuck, practise rapport, clearer questions and reframing through Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Explore NLP PractitionerStandalone trainer courses · Kuala Lumpur · 2027 dates
Certified. Capable.
Still not consistently chosen.
Choose one course for the skill you need: NLP, training materials with AI, experiential learning, presentation or workshop design. Each programme is available on its own; Academy membership is optional.
Explore NLP PractitionerCompare all five courses and fees
Participants prepare game materials in a compressed two-day Experiential Learning Designer workshop, with simpler games than the full programme.
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Choose the skill you need next.
02 · 2 days
TrainerX
Work on the materials taking up your preparation time: use AI to develop outlines, slides, activities and assessments.
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Experiential Learning Designer
Bring participants into the learning: design a game, test it and use debriefing to connect the activity to its lesson.
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Stagecraft
Practise delivering a clear message with structure, storytelling and two recorded presentations you can compare.
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MWS Licensed Trainer
Turn subject expertise into a structured workshop with clear learning outcomes, a lesson plan, activities and evaluation.
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Choose one programme for the skill you need. Academy membership is optional. Try the practical guides.
Optional 12-month Academy
Turn your qualification into a working practice.
Have your HRD Corp Train-the-Trainer (TTT) qualification but still need a workshop to offer and clients to approach? In this 12-month Academy in Kuala Lumpur, bring your workshop drafts for mentor feedback, practise with senior trainers, and pursue leads, referrals and business introductions.
An established client list is not an entry requirement. Bring your TTT qualification, subject expertise, and any workshop ideas or delivery experience you have.
Academy admission requires HRD Corp TTT certification and an interview. See the interview steps. Standalone course entry is separate.
The Academy at a glance
Your fee and time commitment.
- Early entry
- USD $4,498or MYR 19,116.50
- Standard entry
- USD $5,328or MYR 22,644.00
- Across 12 months
- 15 in-person days in Kuala Lumpur, a monthly two-hour AMA and work between sessions. Carry Bag is optional.
Early entry: one of five places, registering by 31 December 2026. Academy entry requires HRD Corp TTT certification and acceptance after interview. Standard entry applies after early entry closes.
Both Academy fees include all five programmes and 12 months of mentoring and practice support. Fees include tax and all card-instalment interest and processing charges.
How you’ll practise
Learn. Practise. Prove. Multiply.
Start with one workshop outline, activity or proposal. If you have no client brief, use a fictional scenario. Bring your draft for feedback, rehearse with a peer, and keep your revisions.
Explore a sample month between core programmes
This suggested planning example shows how practice can fit around your work. It is not a fixed timetable; a month containing a core programme also needs its in-person days.
- Week 1 · Prepare one piece of work. Choose a workshop outline, activity or proposal. Write the audience, intended outcome and the question you want feedback on. If you have no client brief, use a fictional scenario.
- Week 2 · Bring the difficult part to Ask Me Anything. Use the two-hour session to bring your draft and question. Record the feedback and choose what to revise, rather than starting several new pieces.
- Week 3 · Join an optional Carry Bag session. Help your cohort crew a senior trainer’s room to learn how to train better. Arrange attendance with the senior trainer.
- Week 4 · Revise, rehearse and follow up. Test the revised activity with a peer, keep both versions and your review notes, and use what you learn to improve your offer or next client conversation.
Alongside this cycle, allow time for your own delivery, design and marketing. A beginner without booked work can use that time for rehearsal, developing an offer and approaching potential buyers.
Come ready to learn, unlearn and relearn. See how mentoring and feedback work.
Where can I get feedback on my workshops and delivery?
Bring a workshop outline, activity, proposal or delivery difficulty to the monthly two-hour Ask Me Anything session. Online mentoring and one-to-one support continue between programmes.
Explore the three ways to get support
Bring a draft to the monthly AMA.
One two-hour Ask Me Anything session each month gives you a place to bring an outline, activity, proposal or delivery difficulty for discussion and feedback.
Learn in a senior trainer’s classroom.
Carry Bag is optional. Each month, your cohort can help crew a senior trainer’s room to learn how to train better.
Continue between learning blocks.
Online coaching and mentoring run throughout the 12 months, with one-to-one support included as needed during the year. Exchange feedback with peers and contribute what you learn to the working community.
Your mentoring support: each cohort has one senior mentor alongside Soo Hoo. Feedback is provided within three business days. Arrange work submissions and one-to-one support directly with your cohort’s mentoring team.
Meet the mentoring team →Participant reflection · Earlier mentoring group
Farah Noordin · Cohort 3
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Farah Noordin shares a spoken reflection on her Bridge-Maker Academy cohort experience.
Developing the whole trainer practice
Farah Noordin describes learning to develop course outlines, build relationships with training providers, and differentiate herself through classes and mentorship.
Read more participant reflections →Inspect an outline, example feedback and a revised version
Fictional teaching example. Created to explain practice and revision. This is not a member’s work, an actual mentor review, or evidence of a client or business result.
Scenario: a 60-minute handover workshop for new team leaders. The learner should leave able to write a handover with a named owner, deadline and confirmation step.
1. Initial outline
- 10 minutes: introductions.
- 20 minutes: slides on communication.
- 20 minutes: open discussion of handover problems.
- 10 minutes: questions and a satisfaction rating.
Gap: participants can discuss handovers without ever practising one.
2. Example review notes
- Replace “understand communication” with something you can observe: write and confirm a complete handover.
- Use one fictional handover case so everyone works on the same task.
- Give participants a checklist, a first attempt and a second attempt after feedback.
- Assess the handover itself. A satisfaction rating cannot show that the skill improved.
3. Revised 60-minute outline
- 0–5: show an incomplete fictional handover and set the task.
- 5–12: write a first attempt individually.
- 12–20: demonstrate a handover with an owner, deadline and confirmation step.
- 20–35: practise in pairs; the receiver checks what is missing.
- 35–48: use the checklist and rewrite the handover.
- 48–55: compare both versions against the same three checks.
- 55–60: choose one handover at work where the checklist could be used.
What changed: the outline now creates an observable practice task and a way to compare versions. It does not establish that workplace behaviour or business results improved.
2027 calendar
Plan before you commit.
All in-person delivery is in Kuala Lumpur. Exact venues are confirmed at least 30 days before each block. View investment and payment details.
2027 programme calendar
11–15 JanCertified NLP Practitioner
10–12 FebExperiential Learning Designer
3–5 MarMWS Licensed Trainer
12–16 AprCertified NLP Practitioner
13–14 MayStagecraft: Speaking with Presence
18–19 MayTrainerX
23–25 JunExperiential Learning Designer
5–9 JulCertified NLP Practitioner
18–20 AugMWS Licensed Trainer
9–10 SepTrainerX
27–28 SepStagecraft: Speaking with Presence
4–8 OctCertified NLP Practitioner
All five core programmes run from 9am to 5pm daily (Malaysia time, UTC+8). Complete each programme once for 15 in-person days, choosing the session that suits you. After completing a core programme once, attend any later 2027 delivery of that programme as a free refresher.
Reflections from earlier mentoring groups
How their training practice grew.
Earlier participants describe developing their delivery style, positioning, professional relationships, and business as trainers. Their accounts include increased training activity as well as changes in how they work.
“Cohort” numbers in these reflections refer to Soo Hoo’s earlier mentoring groups. They identify the group each reflection comes from; they do not indicate ELITE status.
Read Ean’s account and Firdaus’s training-engagement reflection beside the fees →
Watch Farah’s reflection beside the mentoring details →
Read more participant reflections and watch two videos
Facilitation confidence
“Through the sharing sessions, feedback, and conversations with fellow facilitators, I gradually developed more confidence, broadened my perspective, and continued refining my facilitation skills.”Jason Wong · Cohort 3
Foundation
“Knowing my subject matter was one thing, but navigating the training industry felt overwhelming and isolating. The mentorship and guidance from senior trainers helped me build a solid foundation and significantly accelerated my professional growth.”Michael Cheong · Cohort 3
Trainer profile to stage
“From preparing the trainer profile, developing outlines, stage mastery, personal development and so much more, it has been a wonderful journey being part of the cohort.”Kelvin Cheng · Cohort 3
Read three more cohort reflections
Career trajectory
“His guidance pushed me to think sharper, act with more confidence, and take ownership of decisions I would once have hesitated over. The cohort experience reshaped how I lead, how I communicate, and how I carry myself professionally.”Dr Dayana · Cohort 2
Versatility
“Soo Hoo brought the best out of me. Under his mentorship, I bagged the HRDC Trainer Award and enhanced my training versatility.”Grace Boey
Team building
“I've learned how to become a more effective team builder. The feedback from training providers and their clients has been fantastic.”Zahir Danial
Patrick Ooi · Cohort 1
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Patrick Ooi shares a spoken reflection on his Bridge-Maker Academy cohort experience.
Khairul Mazlan · Cohort 1
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Khairul Mazlan shares a spoken reflection on his Bridge-Maker Academy cohort experience.
Current members’ working practice and fees
Current members’ working practice: Soo Hoo reports that most current Academy members deliver around 8–12 training days a month, at RM2,000–RM2,500 a day. They also spend time learning, designing and marketing.
This is Soo Hoo’s observation of current members, not a measured cohort average or a forecast for a new trainer. Delivery fees are not take-home income. These are members’ own working days, not Academy attendance requirements or assignments supplied by the Academy.
Faculty and mentoring
ELITE trainers who do the work.
Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn leads the Academy’s core learning and 12-month mentorship. ELITE team members, who have demonstrated the quality of their training and delivery, support Academy members as mentors and co-trainers in their areas of practice.
Soo Hoo Yoon Hunn
Lead trainer for Academy practice, judgement, and organisational alignment.
Visit Soo Hoo’s websiteMeet the five supporting mentors and their areas of practice
Khairul Mazlan
Mentor and co-trainer in people management, performance coaching, and leadership development.
Visit Khairul’s websitePatrick Ooi
Mentor and co-trainer in sales performance, persuasive communication, and negotiation.
Visit Patrick’s websiteDr. Dhena Doraisamy
Mentor and co-trainer in human development, leadership, and professional practice.
Visit Dr. Dhena’s websiteDr. Dayana Chaskar
Mentor and co-trainer in ESG, sustainability, change management, and behavioural intelligence.
View Dr. Dayana’s ELITE profileZaiyani Abd Malik
Mentor and co-trainer in finance, accounting, and SME financial literacy.
View Zaiyani’s ELITE profileInvestment
Compare the fees and what is included.
Early entryUSD $4,498or MYR 19,116.50
Register by 31 December 2026 for one of five places.
Register by 31 December 2026 for one of five places.
Academy entry requires HRD Corp TTT certification and acceptance after interview.
Compare with standalone learning.
The five core programmes booked separately total USD $4,490. Early Academy entry is USD $4,498 — USD $8 more — and includes all five programmes plus 12 months of mentoring and practice support.
The early-entry fee is for one of five places, with registration by 31 December 2026 and acceptance after interview. This comparison uses the current published standalone fees.
See the five standalone fees
- NLP Practitioner
- USD $1,498
- MWS Licensed Trainer
- USD $998
- Experiential Learning Designer
- USD $998
- TrainerX
- USD $498
- Stagecraft
- USD $498
Standard entryUSD $5,328or MYR 22,644.00
For accepted applicants after early entry closes.
For accepted applicants after early entry closes.
Apply for interview
An enquiry carries no commitment. The interview helps both sides decide whether the 12-month Academy is a fit.
Support to find paying clients
Leads from Day 1.
You start receiving leads from Day 1, with priority for leads and referrals.
Marketing activities with senior trainers and introductions to business partners take place around Chinese New Year (CNY) and Raya in Q1 (January–March).
This support creates opportunities to pursue. It does not guarantee bookings or income.
What earlier participants achieved.
These accounts come from Soo Hoo’s earlier mentoring groups.
Participant reflection · Cohort 5
Building his own signature as a trainer.
“At 27, my first few 5-figure months came out of this cohort, but the bigger shift was internal. Soo Hoo gave me the structure to start, and the belief that every trainer is accountable and unique gave me permission to build my own signature instead of copying his. Being around people who take that vision seriously, reaching 100 million lives through training, coaching, and education has pushed me to take my own work seriously too. I'm still early in this, but the direction feels right.”
Ean Tan · Cohort 5
Ean’s personal account, not a typical or guaranteed result. His reference to “5-figure months” does not specify the currency, whether it means revenue or personal income, or the source of those earnings.
Participant reflection · Cohort 5
Continuing training engagements and new projects.
“Most importantly, the strategies for building relationships and doing outreach actually work , they’ve helped me secure continuous training engagements and new projects.”
Mohd Firdaus Bin Mohd Johari · Cohort 5
Firdaus’s personal account, not a typical or guaranteed result.
What your Academy fee includes.
Review the time commitment and 2027 programme dates.
Your place includes all five core programmes, the 12-month mentoring and practice support, facilitation feedback, admin and back-end support, learning materials, and free refresher attendance after your first completion.
The MWS trainer licence is included in your Academy fee.
Learning resources include simulations such as TheVoyage and TheCORE, and profiling tools such as DISC and TalentCompass, selected to support the work you are doing.
Cancellation: requests are subject to approval. The full individual price of each programme you have attended is deducted when calculating any returnable balance.
Before accepting a place
Come ready to learn, unlearn and relearn. Confirm your selected session dates and, if using instalments, your card issuer’s available plan and approval before accepting your offer.
Your questions
Building your trainer practice.
I have TTT certification but no training clients. What can I do next?
Work on a workshop for a defined audience, practise explaining its value and pursue conversations with potential buyers. Bridge-Maker Academy combines five core programmes with 12 months of mentoring on workshop drafts, proposals and client conversations. You start receiving leads from Day 1, with priority for leads and referrals. Marketing with senior trainers and business-partner introductions take place around CNY and Raya in Q1. See the client-finding support and participant accounts. Enrolment does not guarantee bookings or income.
Who can review my workshop and help me improve it?
Bring your workshop draft for feedback, then revise it. See the mentoring arrangements, response time and sample month.
How do I turn what I know into a workshop I can offer to clients?
Define the audience and learning need, then develop learning outcomes, a workshop sequence, activities and evaluation. MWS Licensed Trainer covers that workshop-design work. Academy adds mentoring on your own workshop drafts, proposals and client conversations across 12 months. If you already have a framework, brand, clients and provider relationships, compare the separate Authority service.
How can I keep participants engaged and present more confidently?
Experiential Learning Designer covers learning-game design and debriefing; you create and test your own game. Stagecraft covers presentation structure, storytelling and delivery with two recorded presentations. Choose a standalone programme for a specific skill, or explore Academy for all five programmes with 12 months of mentoring.
Do I need another certificate, or help putting my training skills to work?
If you already hold HRD Corp TTT certification, the next difficulty may be designing your own workshop, delivering it or finding clients. Academy combines five core programmes with practice, mentor feedback and opportunities to pursue leads and introductions. It is a 12-month development programme for TTT-certified trainers, not the HRD Corp TTT certification course. Review the entry requirements and apply for an interview to discuss fit.
What does the 2027 Academy intake cost and require?
Review the 2027 fees and entry conditions, then check inclusions and payment options and cancellation terms before applying.
Independent routes
Which fits your current work?
Compare Academy, Authority and organisational routes
Bridge-Maker Academy
For TTT-certified trainers still building their own framework and practice.
Review Academy fit →Authority Intelligence
Already have your own framework, brand, clients and training-provider relationships? Authority develops your existing practice through a service, without team entry.
Compare Authority Build and Lab →For organisations
Looking for help with a team or organisational issue? Visit Soo Hoo’s organisational-alignment practice.
Explore Soo Hoo’s organisational work →Academy participation is not required to enter Authority. Organisational buyers can work directly with Soo Hoo without joining either trainer route.
Working in L&D or training inside an organisation? Explore leadership programmes, internal trainer development and personal learning options. These organisational routes do not require Academy admission or team membership.
Your next step
Apply for interview.
An enquiry carries no commitment. The interview helps both sides decide whether the 12-month Academy is a fit.
1. Introduce yourself: share your name, TTT certification, subject area, and the practice you want to develop. Include delivery experience if you have it.
2. Hear back: the team will review your enquiry and reply on WhatsApp within two business days.
3. Decide: suitable applicants are invited to interview. An interview is not an offer of a place.
If this is not your route yet: we will refer you to a more suitable pathway, an individual programme, or the free community.
Apply for interview.Opens a WhatsApp draft for you to complete and send. Prefer email? Email your interview application.