ExCEL Report Activity 3

Pengambilan Ahli Baharu Sem 1 (2021/2022) is a association program organized by Persatuan Seni Silat Cekak Universiti Teknologi Malaysia held every semester. For this semester, the program lasted for a month from 17 October until 16 November 2021. The aim of the program is to promote and attract students to join the Persatuan Seni Silat Cekak Universiti Teknologi Malaysia at the beginning of the semester. I have been choose as a Head of the multimedia and publicity unit by the program director. 

In this program, I was a Head of the multimedia and publicity unit which in charge in produce designs and make posters, make a video and blast a program for a month. The committee members held a meeting with high council committee for the job scope and program timeline. The job scope for multimedia and publicity unit are create a main poster, daily poster, countdown poster, social media header and program promotion video.  Before the program date, we design and create a main poster, daily poster, countdown poster, program promotion video for YouTube premier and create a promotion blast captions. The poster and video has been vetted and approved by the high council committee. During the program timeline, we held a premier for the promotion video on YouTube on 18 October 2021 at 9 P.M. Then, we uploading the video on Instagram also blasting the main poster on social media like Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook. Beside the main poster, we also have a daily poster where by we uploading and blast it every day for month during program. After the program end, I need to prepare and submit a unit report after a postmortem. 

It is a challenging program for me as it is because this program is an important program that represents and carries the good name of the association. Thus, it is really important for me and my teams to create an interesting and interactive design for the poster to attract people. The Graduate Attributes that I had learned are Communication Skills, Thinking Skills,  Leadership and Teamworking Skills and Scholarship. Through this event, I had understood my responsibility as a head of unit to guide my teams to produce a great work results.

Pengambilan Ahli Baharu Sem 1 (2021/2022) is a new and challenging program for me because I have been selected to shoulder great responsibilities as head of the unit. I feel that this is the experiences that need for me to learn about leadership and responsibilities to improve myself.

As I was responsible as a head of multimedia and publicity unit, communication skill is very important as I need to communicate with my team members to know and understanding the flow of programs also design and create posters and video. I was able to voicing my idea and opinion with team members. Next, Thinking Skills and Leadership and Teamworking Skills is an attributes that essential part of skills. Every committee members should understand their own job scope and responsibility to run the program smoothly for a month. Me and my teams have to brainstorming in order to come out with the best idea and design triggering our critical thinking skills. The program are involving the public, hence these skills play a significant roles to avoid misunderstanding and unwanted accidents. Scholarship also the Graduate Attributes that I gained from this program. I learn to be complemented by a strong work ethic and commitment to excellence, as demonstrated by outstanding achievement. 

Even though there are some problem occur before and during the problem like less active on social media, late to post a countdown poster and Lack of support from association members for blast the programs, we able to learn from it and come out with an improvement like make sure the poster or video is ready much early, more active in social media, always alert for the blasting time stated and ask cooperation of association members to blast the programs.

Lastly, Pengambilan Ahli Baharu Sem 1 (2021/2022)  provides me with guidance and tolerance which I may use in the future to aid me in my decisions. It is also enables me to develop new skills that I would otherwise may not have been able to develop and give impact in my life by empowering me through the experience.