Program Information
TEDxUTM2022 was one of the biggest and anticipated event in UTM each year starting from 2017 up till now. As per name of TEDx, it is an independently organized TED talk event run by talented UTM students. I was lucky to be selected and appointed as Content Creation Department member, connecting the speakers and stage performers with audience of event.
Mini Report
TEDxUTM2022 was held virtually through Gather.town on 2nd of April 2022 (Saturday) from 9AM to 5PM. Multiple talented speakers and performers were invited to present themselves on TED iconic red stage with hope to spread creative ideas and motivations to the dearest members of the floor. This event is supported mainly by UTM students under the name of UTM XCITE, and sponsored by multiple brands all around Malaysia.
With 'Fulcrum' as its theme, it emphasizes the universal finesse of balance that allows us to reconnect, rejuvenate, and ultimately be unparalleled in the lives we live. The invited speakers shared their stories and inspiring ideas circulating the theme with various fields - health, entertainment, finance, arts, academic, socials and more!
Evidence
Graduate Attributes
This is one of the events that really help me a lot in many aspects, especially in leveling up my graduate attributes. Below are the explanations:
- Communication Skills (CS7) : As I had to approach a number of talented individuals as speakers, I was taught and exposed on professional communication skills - verbally and non-verbally. I am proud with the progress I've made when contacting individuals from different backgrounds, beliefs, cultures, and principles they hold in their life. I learnt how to negotiate and come to a mutual conclusion in a discussion professionally too.
- Adaptability (AD4) : Throughout my journey as a member of TEDxUTM2022, I've seen and worked with people with different working styles, which was a culture shock for me. But I did realize how important for me to get back on my feet, catch up and cover on tasks related to my unit. Since it's a teamwork, not all decisions can go by my favor, but I started to pick up on skill and confidence to initiate and implement relevant changes that can benefits the team by majority.
- Thinking Skills (TH6) : TEDxUTM2022 was definitely a big and important event so it's important to be systematic in executing plans and ideas. It gave me the urge on thinking critically, holistically, and systematically to avoid unnecessary critical situations for the team. Multiple schedules and back up plans were made in order to keep track on progress and be active at the same time.
Reflection
I was recruited as one of the members in TEDxUTM2022 back in August 2021 and the event was on 2nd April 2022, I still remember the excitement and firing spirits to do a good job and learn as much as I can. Indeed, the goal is achieved, and almost all the things I learnt are actively practiced by me up till now. The great teamwork and leadership from high committees allow me to grow bigger and braver in making decisions, thinking creatively and critically. I was given opportunities to communicate with different social status individuals, which are eye-opening for me, especially from the way of them interacting. The memory was filled with laughs, tears, stress and patience but those are the elements that made my participation as member in the team memorable.
Position in TEDxUTM2022 - Content Creation Department
After the application and interview session, I was appointed by the Cores as a member for Content Creation Department. This department is a crucial and one of the busiest department among all as we were the ones responsible for recruiting speakers and stage performers. I believed we were also can be considered as the speaker's temporary manager, since we communicated, negotiated, arranged schedule for the speakers and stage performers.
As an initiation, potential speakers were first filtered by the whole TEDxUTM2022 team according to their background, theme-relativity speech contents, and English fluency. This was done to ease our department in benchmarking speaker's potential according to our goals. Then, an invitation email as well as virtual meet and greet was done to get to know the speakers better and gave full explanations for them before officially signing documents to be our speaker. Multiple discussions were made upon their ideas to share with audience as well to make sure it aligned with theme set - Fulcrum.
TEDxUTM2022 were held virtually which was quite difficult to retain the confidence and spirit of speakers, including the technical issues such as Internet connection as well. However, thankfully, with the supports from team and audience, the event was held successfully and received many constructive feedbacks for the betterment in the future.