Gimme THE money.

please?

How do you convince a sponsoring body that your work is worth funding?

It's not an easy job.
You'll have to come up with some seriously sugar-coating-whipped-creamed-with-a-cherry on-the-top, reasons to persuade them to give you their bucks.

A reasonably detailed business proposal would lead you to it.
My group and I are working on ours and hope to perfect it by the finale presentation day.

It's always easy if you have a product that everyone can connect with.
But then again, you can have the best idea in the whole wide world, but not get the funding.
Why?
It's all comes down to how well you're prepared and how well you get the message across.

All the best for our finale!

Third week in a tiny nutshell

I feel the system in which recruiters select a candidate from the thousands a bit prejudicial in our country. What with the absolute necessity of including a passport-sized photo in one's resume. it somewhat implies that if one's looks do not comply with the standard, then the person won't fit with a company. What if one is not blessed with good looks but have the brains to rule the world?will recruiters just ignore the goods you can offer and focus on the bad?

I don't have an answer.

Despite this biased method, applicants including myself are driven towards believing that it is the right way and hence must follow suit.

Undoubtly, a person could produce a perfectly well-written resume but lack in presentation skills.
Good Preparation is undeniably one of the early steps in becoming a good presenter.
The use of quotations as well as staggering statistics could also boosts one's presentation skills.
Being nervous is only normal, and sometimes helpful because it will only make a person become more aware of the situation, hence, brush up on their preparation.



Of course credibilty plays a role, but being too proud of qualifications and achievements would only flush one down the drain.

On another note, we all strive to become leaders of the industry one day. If not so, being parents, a husband or wife will also require us to lead.

Bradgeline, famous parents.


Obama, one of the best public speakers of our time.


So, What makes a good leader?

Effective communication.


Finally, grooming is also an important aspect in the professional world.
I agree with one of our speakers that the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" is pure bullshit.
Because in actual fact, everyone, to some extent, indeed jumps to conclusions by viewing the physic of a person.
Therefore, the practice of dressing and behaving according to normal conduct is expected.

Yeah right.

Conducting an effective meeting

I was quite surprised about the focus of this session.
The examples of meetings used by the speaker were Annual Grand Meetings(AGM) of public-listed companies. Although it was a very informative presentation, I was still confused at the end on how useful all the information received would be when starting a career. Even a fellow trainee agreed that the examples used were probably a bit irrelevant to us because we were not even close to being shareholders of a public-listed company.

I was expecting a more down-to earth presentation which focuses on meetings that happen regularly in a company-the kind of meetings that we would be involved in. Although the typical office meeting was not stressed upon, I think that the fundamental ideas are similar even if not practiced enough daily.
In order to conduct an effective meeting one must first send an early enough notice about the meeting which must include the agendas that would be discussed.
In the meeting, one must put forth a motion if a new idea/suggestion is introduced.
I agree that one must be fully-prepared before attending a meeting so that he/she will be actively involved in the decision making process.
If the fundamental ideas were what was trying to be put forth, then I think I have(hopefully) grasped the basic points.

The Art of Public Speaking

A lot of us were impressed by our Public speaking trainer, Mr Hisyam because he was good at reading a person's personality just by looking at them and knowing their names. When asked if he was psychic, he denied, and said he merely guessed based on appearance and humbly recognized his years of experience interviewing people as being helpful.

I thought the session where we were required to draw the first thing that popped out of our minds was interesting. The 10 trainees that gave a 5 minute impromptu speech on what they drew did a good job albeit being unprepared.

To make things fair, each of us are required to prepare our own 5 minute presentation on topics that were assigned to each group. I will have to talk about something under the food technology umbrella and present it come December 21st.

How to Reach an Audience Through Blogging.

The first thing a blogger should think of when reaching out to his audience is to consider the type of readers he is writing to. A younger audience may require simplified language and more visual aids while an older, more mature and knowledgeable group would be comfortable with an extensive vocabulary pick and longer paragraphs.

A catchy title is also important to attract readers. Titles should be concise and precise, acting as a somewhat overview of what lays ahead. Titles are usually the first things readers see, as it is usually in bold and in a larger font size. Therefore, it is worthy to spend time on thinking about the perfect title to attract a crowd to read one's blog.

In addition, asking a hypothetical question is helpful in attracting readers because it triggers the reader's mind to think about the issue, and thus, keep on reading. This could be done right away by utilizing the title and transforming it into a question-type title, or one could end with an intriguing question that would keep the readers dumbfounded by the issue in hand.

Besides questions, colorful and vibrant pictures could aid in the process of conveying a message to the readers instead of just endless paragraphs of words. Pictures could be used to help simplify processes that involve numerous steps to complete. An example is when one is writing up a recipe to share;It would be very helpful if each step is accompanied by a picture of the ingredients or outcome of that particular stage in the cooking process. Not only is it a method to attract readers, pictures also help readers navigate through the reading process. It acts like a fullstop or paragraph, indicating the possibilities of new ideas being introduced next.

What sport are you?

I have always been an athlete who plays a sport which require equipments.
I am an avid field hockey player, but since an injury I encountered after skidding through the slopes of Mount Nittany, the future of field hockey seems a bit far-fetched. Plus, there are not a lot of casual hockey players that you can gather to build a team in a short time.
Playing soccer would also have to be put on hold until after I get my knees fixed.

Sports that require rackets, therefore, have grabbed my attention almost instantly.
I have been looking into Badminton in particular, what with the spanning growth of badminton courts around Klang Valley area. Also because, the movements involved in badminton are straight angles(front to back, side to side) ie don't require me to twist my knees as much like kicking a ball for instance.



The thing is, I need a racket. I have a really old hand me down racket which does not really vamp my spirits to play. Hence, the need for a new one. heh
I have been googling the right kind of racket for my use and have found a helpful article to help me out. check it out
If any of you have ideas on finding the right racket, please share!

I'm not a really experienced badminton player as I am more of a tennis player.
I've played badminton as a kid on our backyard, on the streets and occasionally on courts(usually without a proper net).
I'm excited to really venture into this sport and grab as many friends along the way to join in the fun.
Call me up if you need a partner!

Three

It's saddening how authority figures treat their subordinates in our country. It is not in my intention to generalize, but from my friends, families and my own experience,
I can safely say that quite a handful of powerful people are not a very friendly lot.
I have found in some job interviews I have been to that the interviewers, who are usually the managers or bosses of the companies to be degrading and discouraging. You may say, it may be their way of provoking, but believe me, I have been provoked, mentally and intellectually. Degrading one's qualifications and experiences on the other hand, is far from provoking, but is just pure rude and a form of bullying.

Another scenario I have found is that, they(authority figures) do not respect a candidate professionally. Let's say an interviewee answered a question inaccurately; instead of explaining the right answer or pointing out where one went wrong and could have improved, the interviewer would "kindly smile"(or some would just make it obvious you were wrong by their smirk), note something on their pad and move on to the next question.

It's no wonder students are afraid to answer questions in class. It's because there still exist in our community, this group of negative people.