Galeria PPI UTM Vol. 01 /
Self-Reflection | Asa's Reflection 1 - Galeria PPI UTM Vol. 01 by ASA ISMIA BUNGA AISYAHRANI

Posted on 20 January 2022, 1:53 PM
Last updated 20 January 2022, 1:58 PM

Galeria PPI UTM Vol. 01 gave me a lot of space to grow and explore many things, both in terms of communication skills, thinking skills, as well as leadership and team-working skills. I as the Editor in Chief need to carefully conceptualize this program before it is held, this really trains my thinking skills. Then when the program was running, it turned out that there were many challenges regarding communication with the contributors, so there I also made various efforts to overcome the problem by using communication skills. For example, asking for advice from the steering committee and then distributing the directions in a kind way to contributors. Then regarding leadership skills, I also had the opportunity to lead the publication process of Galeria PPI UTM Vol. 01 by distributing tasks to several team members, such as layouting, making covers and so on. Galeria PPI UTM Vol. 01 is really a valuable experience that has taught me a lot of life lessons.

The advantages of this program are also very visible, here are the details:

  1. UTM students can develop their potential in the field of literary writing.
  2. UTM students have self-understanding of their abilities, interests and talents to support their future careers.
  3. UTM students gain experience and relationships that support their potential.

However, this program also has some struggles, as follows:

  1. The insufficient number of committees in charge of this program causes the ongoing program process to be hampered
  2. The difference between the estimated expenditure and the original expenditure was quite large because the committee had no experience printing books in Malaysia
  3. Financial affairs must coordinate with the new organizational management considering that the printing of new books was completed the day before the demisioner, so that the Accountability Report was delayed

Which can be handled in the following ways:

  1. The person in charge for this program needs to be added and detailed, especially in the part of the book compilation team
  2. Field surveys related to prices should be carried out so that financial matters become more organized
  3. The arranged deadlines need to be emphasized more so that there are no more delays in the running of the program