GIG1005 Social Engagement
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Name
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TEH
KUAN YOU |
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Matric
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U2003293 |
Transformative Journal
Before
To be honest, I had no idea about this course, Social
Engagement when I was first knowing that it will be the compulsory university
course to be taken in my Semester 2. There are a lot of questions in my mind
but no information about this course until the beginning of semester. I wonder
who will be my lecturer, which occurrence should I choose, what should I do and
what would I gain from this course. Finally, I got my answer from our
coordinator, Dr. Dalilawati Zainal in week 2 and further understanding on the
project from our supervisor, Dr. Ong Lin Dar. I appreciate them for spending
time to organize meeting, brief us the information and guide us step by step
along the implementation of our project. Social Engagement provides every
university student an opportunity to practice their communication, teamwork and
leadership skill as well as contribute what they had earned to the community by
organizing a project beneficial to a specific community. My first thought of
the project was a chance to enlighten and inspire my accounting juniors just like
what my senior had given to me. I hope that this contribution from a senior to
his or her junior will be a non-stop tradition in our accounting course that
never come to an end. However, as a quiet and introvert person, it would be a
great challenge for me to speak out my opinion in the discussion when I’m not
knowing them well. Fortunately, they gave me a very good first impression that
had calm me down from a nervous as they are very friendly, talkative and
smiling. Our meeting always conducted under a low pressure where everyone talk
to each other like chatting with friends.
During
We had decided to present “Corporate Governance and
Ethics” as the topic of our project although none of us had read about the
topic. The topic was suggested by Dr. Ong and chosen by us because it would be
a very useful information and knowledge when we are connecting to the real
world of accounting professions in the future. I had no complained or regret
for our decision when we need to spend extra time to research and study on the
topic because it is a rewarding process to us. Throughout the project, I would
say that my main task was editing the video other than presenting and creating
the slide. I had volunteered for the task as I am interested and intended to
improve my video editing skill. Previous experience and knowledge do not
satisfy my desire to make a better quality video because there is still a large
space or opportunity for me to enhance myself. The greatest result I gained
from this task is the varies resources to obtain difference kind of opening
footage, font and music from the Internet. On the other hand, I think that our
group leader, San Yee had performed the role model of leadership during the
implementation stage. She had always prepared well before our meeting by
stating the point to discuss, distributing task among members, reminding us our
responsibilities and motivating us to succeed the project. Her hardworking
brought us effective and efficient discussion and it was indispensable for the
completing of our project. Moreover, the poster and infographic presented in
our project had amazed me with the attractive design and plentitude information
only on one picture. The posters had played a vital role in our promoting stage
to attract the attention of participants included me. It encouraged me to grab
the opportunity of studying and trying designing in the future.
After
In overall, the most meaningful experience I had gained
during the project was uploading video to the YouTube. I had edited several
videos even before I had been matriculated by the university but this was my
first experience to manage a YouTube channel. I faced few difficulties during
the process such as copyright of music, over length of video and scheduling of
time public. I managed to discover the solutions by spending own effort searching
on the Internet and trying for several methods with hour by hour. Besides that,
it is proved that soft skill is important for every group member in this
project. The soft skill includes interpersonal skill, communication skill,
personality traits, attitude and mindset of a person which help him or her to
work and perform well in achieving a team goal. I feel that the experience of
collaboration with others in this project increases my soft skill by having
more communication and interaction with my team members no matter it is
face-to-face or non-face-to-face. Another personal acquisition from this
project is the confident to speak in front of people. The most terrible is not
giving a public speaking to strangers but a self-denial on our capability that
cause to unconfident. Moreover, I had found out my weakness such as
pronunciation problem and careless through the implementation of project and try
to correct as well as improve myself from the mistake. This project provides me
a chance to practice time management by distributing time to maintain my
academic at the same time conduct an event. After lots of advantages I received
from the project, there is no argument that I would like to engage myself in
community activities in the future. I would be apologetic for the coming year
fresh blood if they have no opportunity to learn through the “Social
Engagement” course.
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