Presentation and Preparing for Business Activity

This week, we were asked by Pn Rafidah to present our business ideas on the "One Malaysia" iCAAp Competition after a short lecture on debriefing project business ideas. I was actually very nervous at that time as I was one of the presenters representing my group on the "multimedia design" part. Fortunately, Pn Rafidah asked us to be seated in a circle consists of two groups where we can present to and evaluate each other. She then commented on our mistakes and advised us to put in more effort to deliver a better presentation.

On Thursday, Pn Rafidah handed us an assignment on business activity. The theme is Social Entrepreneurship and will be carried out until the end of week 13 of this semester. After briefing us through, we were then given some time to do some group discussions on the project. Initially, we faced a lot of challenges during brainstorming session, mainly in choosing the best ideas and compromising between them. However, after considering the trade-offs and weighing the pros and cons, we have been able to narrow the ideas down. Some of the considerations are cost, time, target market and materials.

I realized that in order to start a business, we need a lot of thinking and considerations. Therefore, time management and team work are some of ways to accomplish tasks effectively. I am concerned that we are not able to come out with good business activities due to the shortage of time, lack of planning and also a small amount of capital. To overcome these problems, I think my group members and I should be more organized. For example, having everything including plans and ideas to be written down on papers. In addition, we can opt to make schedules and of course, try to keep up with the schedules arranged. Checklist of goals can be made to be aware of current status of the project.