The M.Com department of the College organized a six hour certificate course in ‘Personality Development, Communication Skills and Public Speaking’ from 13th to 30th August 2018 for the students of the department. The resource person for the course was Mrs. Manika Pereira, Enrich Service Solutions. The sessions were attended by the students of M. Com Part-I and Part II.
In the session on Personality Development, Mrs. Pereira explained the meaning of personality and created awareness about the strengths and weaknesses of personality. Later she also explained how one should have self-awareness within oneself and how one can overcome one’s weaknesses and convert them into strengths. Mrs. Pereira focused more on having a positive personality, accepting responsibility, thinking win and win, smiling and being kind. Having a positive personality involves being a good listener, giving honest and sincere response and making mistakes but accepting it.
In the session on Communication Skills, Mrs. Pereira began the session on communication with a group activity. She helped students understand the communication gap and how to avoid such a gap by writing the matter, which is the key point. Apart from communication skills, she also elaborated about other skills such as listening skills, asking questions, nonverbal signs like smiling, nodding one’s head & being candid. For communication one needs to focus on body language, para-language and words.
In the Public Speaking session, topics were assigned in advance and students were asked to present on any one of the following topics:-
- Happy v/s Successful
- Smart work v/s Hard work
- Life is full of cacti, but you don’t want to sit on them.
In the session on Public Speaking,Mrs. Pereiraasked students to present and students were then evaluated for the presentation. In this session she also discussed about how to speak in public, being confident and the importance of maintaining eye contact.
Development of one’s Personality, Communication Skills and Public Speaking Skills are very essential no matter which field an individual may decide to venture into. The short term course proved to be beneficial for the students as it helped them to develop their potential and improve upon their skills.
