I'm quite eager to share several aspects from my experience being a keynote speaker at the National/International Conference on 'Agility of Humanities and Social Sciences in a VUCA World' at Burapha University the past week ka. Here they are ka:
1. Happy run-through: It was virtual via Zoom and Facebook live but I decided to be at the faculty studio which was a good decision to see the process and the overall management ka. I admired the whole team for its determination to offer best online delivery. MCs, moderator and myself had a run-through several times to ensure that each transition would be smooth. The technician crew was great ka...they asked for keywords for the transitions (which also meant we must keep it the same/or at least similar!)
2. Nice moderated keynote session: For my session after the virtual opening, they assigned one moderator (Dr. Sutraphorn Tantiniranat-Kwan, our Fulbright alum) to chat with me about the topic and my focus before I gave my talk. I sure love this style as it made me feel more relaxed and helpful for participants to know what to expect besides prepared synopsis in Thai and English ka.
3. Gist of my talk: Since it was a platform for research presentations, my talk focused on the following:
1) looking on the more positive side on Vision, Understanding, Clarity +Agility +AI for the overall world environment of 'Green VUCA++',
2) stressing not 'people' not 'situations/issues',
3) paying attention to "Triple M's", comprising Mindset, Management professionally by CRMO-- Chief Research Management Officer (not to underscore the importance of big picture, networking, integration, and knowledge), and Mentoring/Coaching
4. Prepared Q&A: Questions were from one Specialist....Fulbright alum ka:)).....working with the faculty last year, one from zoom chat. Others were from my moderator and myself to the moderator. Even when we may expect to have some questions or comments, we need to have our own questions na ka.
My moderator asked me what was the most important out of my Triple M's....mindset definitely ka. She wondered why I didn't mention another 'M-Money'. I told her that thinking of money first could block our creativity for good initiatives. I believe that a good project will invite funding by itself ka. When there was no more question, I asked her to let me know what three keywords she got from the talk. She got quite a few, including empathy and ethics ka.
5. Relationship renewed: The invite was really special for me to reconnect with Dr. Suchada Rattanawanitpun, Dean of the faculty who I've known over the 2 decades, working closely with her on AUN and IQA plus several little activities ka. Great to have an opportunity to know several more ka!
One little story that made me feel so good ka....one of the two MCs told me she recalled sitting in a session I shared about Fulbright during her senior year at the Faculty of Arts, Chula. Deejai loei ka.
Happy me, happy Monday na ka, everyone.
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