Hello all kaa!
After my retirement, one thing I've been doing quite a bit is to capture my own learning from my work experience. This week I offered my last session to BICS team (OHEC's Bureau of International Cooperation Strategies) as they need to brief foreign visitors and discuss further cooperation.
For many Thais, giving presentations in English means English language proficiency and my 4 sessions have proved that proficiency with content is the best though we tend to suffer from the former or latter still.
To share what we've done in case some of you may find it helpful for your organizations na ka.
We decided to train the whole team from the most senior to the junior staff, all in the same sessions, to make sure that the younger ones would start early in their careers.
Each session, there were 4-5 presenters and one facilitator. Since BICS is the first door to higher education in Thailand, each group was assigned to give presentations on specific topics they all need to know, from Thailand 4.0, National and Higher Education Plans, to quality assurance and internationalization (IZN).
I only gave a little introduction about presentation tips and discussed more extensively after all the presentations were given. I also stressed for non-presenters to pose at least one question to keep them alert and practice how to ask good questions.
For the last session, I managed to get 6 outsiders to be with us, 4 who know IZN well and 2 who're totally outside the higher education fields.
What did we get out of these 4 sessions?
1. Generations
- More senior ones are experienced with rich content to offer. Yet, several could feel a bit unsure about their English.
- Younger members have high English proficiency with full confidence. While it's an excellent signal , I did emphasize a few times for them to be more aware and more eager to focus on content and the requirements of visitors, from their levels to our own strategies and directions for cooperation ka.
- The cross-generation management must be high on the agenda to ensure one great teamwork ka.
2. Hands-on experience
- Learning by doing is the best for them to draw from their practices.
It was the group members who came up with full steps of what to stress and how to deliver fine presentations that are responsive to both the host and the guests ka.
They also brainstormed to identify topics for training and got to think of how to move forward.
It's them to reflect if and how they've changed at all after the 4 sessions. Some didn't quite get it yet but many others expressed how their attitude and their views were influenced by the training.
The results were beautifully made by them!
3. Volunteerism
Guests who joined in the sessions were present to contribute their comments on their sole volunteer spirit. I couldn't be happier to get such great cooperation and to learn from their perspectives ka.
I told the Fulbright team yesterday that I feel grateful to Fulbright for nurturing increased spirit of volunteerism in me too ka!
Happy weekend na ka.
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