Oxford Young Leadership Course

Yesterday, an event organized by Oxford Center for Leadership took place at Heritage Hotel, Ipoh. And i, who was given the opportunity to come, came in order to see the difference between this course and the other leadership courses that i attended. And below is the comment, honest comment from me about this program.

SPEAKER.

The speaker was awesome, but i think the allocation of time was not enough for some speakers. So in the end the speaker need to squeeze or compress everything that he/she need to say in one single slide which for me is not very good. The presentation was good but if we slip in a little activity and question and answer session, it would be better. The slide content should be minimize because too much words on the slide makes me a little fuzzy, but that maybe because i actually need a spectacles. In scale from 1 to 5, my rating is 4.2.

HALL

If you enter the hall, yes it was beautiful. But the arrangement is not quite right. The chairs were arranged so that it will face the speaker but since the speaker's content was on the slide, so we need to look at the slide as well. If the arrangement somehow include the speaker and the slide, it would have been better. The hall is big but you used like half the overall area. Please maximize the usage of the hall. You pay for the hall and might as well use every square inch of the area. In scale from 1 to 5, my rating is 3.8.

LOGISTIC AND MEDIA

This one got a little bit of problem. You see, suppose the mic doesn't work, immediately change it with another one, don't let the person who use the mic do the testing check. It's inappropriate. Then there is this strange voice coming i don't know from where, but please check because it's a distraction. How you manage the mic whether it's sensitive or not is also important. Some speaker like to hold their mic while some just love standing there. Just look at the situation and adjust the mic properly. I give 2.7 for this particular category.

FOOD AND BEVERAGES.

This is awesome. I'm not gonna talk much as by far this is the most satisfying service that i got when i was here. My rating is 4.9. (Less 0.1 because the tea and the coffee is very hot and you don't provide ice cube or plain water.)

REGISTRATION.

For me, this is also important because for first time comer, they will need you to show and efficient work, so that the standard of this program will rise even more. Some improvement that can be made, first is by using a computerize data to register who's coming and who's not. The person will just come and say his/her name and you will type "yes" or "attend" or something like that. Then you could tell where they should go instead of just scattered in front of the registration counter. Provide categories in the registration so that it would be simpler and easier to manage. This part will only be 3.6 for me.

I think that's the four categories that need comment for this event. As i said, my view may not be the same as yours. So everything is depends on how you view it. But i hope that a change is made so that the event will be more successful in the future.