MDeC Training Program - UTAR PJ (2nd Batch) - (Part 2)

STAND UP & SPEAK


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The students really DO STAND UP & SPEAK! To the extent of standing on their chairs just to prove that point.
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Of course, we even had a session on 'Stand Up & Sing'. Btw, the young lady in the picture is Ms. Jessy Man, one of the finalists in the reality show (Malaysia's Most Beautiful). We had a Celebrity trainee with us during the training!
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Seeing how well Jessy sang, the guys insisted on doing a duet also. So, we had a 'Stand up and Duet' session. *Applause* (I'm proud of you, guys!)
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MDeC Training Program - UTAR PJ (2nd Batch) - (Part 1)

December 2006, roughly 6 months after the first batch graduated from the MDeC soft skills training program, the next batch of students signed up for the program. This time, the program was offered to students from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), main campus in PJ. About 28 students signed up for this session.

Training this batch of students was really enjoyable. They were very responsive, eager to learn, keen to develop and improve themselves, and the most important thing was that they showed alot of enthusiasm when applying the key ideas and concepts that were taught to them during the 15-day training.

Part of the program requires the students to organize their own graduation ceremony. What really impressed me about this group of students was that they did an EXCELLENT job in planning and running the event. If you were there, you wouldn't believe that the event was actually organized by the students. *Impressive!*

I really enjoyed sharing my ideas with them, and helping them make certain changes in their lives. To know that I have impacted their lives gives me the satisfaction that's impossible to describe with mere words. I've made so many new friends from this training. They're just absolutely beautiful souls. I'm still very much in contact with a lot of them through MSN messenger. I sincerely hope my friendship with them will continue to grow and strengthen over the years.

Well, enough of me babbling non-stop....here are some photos taken during the training...(Oh yeah...I was actually involved in 3 modules for this program; Self Mastery, Stand Up & Speak, and Creativity & Innovation. So, there'll be quite a number of photos...enjoy!)

SELF MASTERY (Cermas Agro Park, Bentong)

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uV with the bunch of macho, handsome guys...

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uV with the beautiful young ladies...

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This was supposed to be another 'uV and the beautiful young ladies' photo...but somehow, 2 macho handsome guys decided they wanted to be called beautiful young ladies too...so, here I present to you, erm...uV and the beautiful young ladies & beautiful young guys-cum-ladies? haha..

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This activity is called the 'Acid River'... aww... see how close they are...hugging each other...

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Of course, when the guys take part in the 'Acid River' activity, they don't hug each other like the girls do...they 'CARRY' each other...MACHO! I wonder how they still manage to pose with such style even though they were carrying their friends. Oh, btw, this photo was featured in 'THE STAR' newspaper, together with a write-up about the GKWP training program.

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The lead trainer for the 'Self Mastery' program, Encik Zul, looking very MACHO here!

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Finally, a group photo with all the students. After this, it was time to head back to Kuala Lumpur for more Fun learning!

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MDeC Training Program - MMU Melaka (1st Batch)

Somewhere in June last year (2006), I had the privilege to conduct a training for the undergraduates of Multimedia University (MMU), Melaka, under the Global Knowledge Worker Program (GKWP) initiated by Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia, with the support of the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the K-Workers Development Institute (KDI). The students selected to undergo this training were trained on the relevant professional skills and knowledge to enable them to operate effectively in the real-world environment with the ultimate goal of helping them transform themselves into "Knowledge-Workers" and "Results-Driven Professionals" in their respective industries.

There are 6 modules in the overall training program; Self-Mastery, Stand Up & Speak, Innovation and Creativity, Business Communications, Customer Service Excellence, and Workplace Etiquette. Altogether, the training took 15 days, and the 'Innovation and Creativity' module itself was 4 days.

I had the privilege to conduct the 'Innovation and Creativity' module for the undergraduates. I must say that I thoroughly enjoy myself during these 4 days. To be able to share some of my ideas with the students on Creative Thinking and to actually see them grow, see them significantly change their mindsets and see them master the skill of thinking out-of-the-box. No amount of money could ever buy the sense of satisfaction that I get from helping these students make certain changes in their ways thinking, in their ways of doing things and ultimately in their lives. And the best part of all is that, I made so many new friends. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to take many photos, so...here are just a few of them.



Helping the students Think-Out-Of-The-Box. The girl on the left is thinking really really hard *scratch head*...





Getting the students to move their bodies abit and massage their friends after a heavy lunch. *ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzpy* Actually I was the one who was ZzZzpy... and yes, I was also the one who had a heavy lunch...



Turn around and massage the person at the back! Some of them laughed hysterically and said "Geli-lahhhhh". Personally, I can't take someone massaging my shoulders. *GELI*...That's why I always facilitate this activity...so that I don't have to get involved. Haha...



*No comments*...Forgot what I was sharing here. That was like 1 year ago! 12 months! 52 weeks! 8760 hours! 525,600 minutes! 31,536,000 seconds! *no wonder I can't remember*

Token of Appreciation from MIM

As promised, this is the token of appreciation that I received from MIM for my 'No-Fee' talk. It's actually a device that helps promote Creativity. There are unlimited ways to assemble this device. The challenge here is to find the best and fastest way to put it together from scratch. As I always mention in my Creativity trainings, Creativity is about 'Doing Things / Tasks Better & Faster'. The better and faster you can assemble this device, the more Creative you are!

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When I opened up the box that housed this device, I found 7 pieces of weird shaped parts (Fig 1 & 2). There were 3 red parts, 3 white parts and 1 red platform(Fig 2 - Fig 6). On my first attempt to put it up together, I was all hand and legs. It took me 20 minutes just to figure out how the whole thing works (Ok...I'm a slow starter!). As I was about to give up, I remembered one of the definitions of Creativity that I share with my fellow participants during my Creativity trainings; Creativity is about saying 'YES' to Impossiblities. So, I persevered and another 20 minutes later, I was beaming proudly at the end result of my 40 minutes of hardwork (Ok Ok! I admit, I'm an extremely slow starter!). Of course, after a few rounds of practice, I was able to reduce the time needed to assemble this device. Last I tried, it took me less than 15 seconds (So, I guess I'm getting more Creative? Haha). Fig 7 & Fig 8 shows the approach that I used to assemble this device. I experimented with quite a number of ways and up until now, this is the fastest way I've found to put this device together. I'm still searching for more ways though! Never stop looking for better and faster ways of doing things! Striving for Continuous Improvement is one of the keys to Excellence! Fig 9 shows the device (which is actually a round shaped savings box) and the platform on which it rests. Fig 10 is the final product!

Oh, btw...you can actually buy this device from MIM if you're interested. I don't know the price though....I got it as a token of appreciation, remember?