Keep It Professional!!!

Of course it is risky to be entrepreneur during these chaotic times but it is also the best time to learn. Sooner or later the situation will normalize and when it does we have to make sure we are ready and have acquired every skill there is to be successful. And one such skill is Communication, the most important and most basic skill but still is rare to find.

Today we had a session with another NITIE alumni, Nikhil Kulkarni, 2005 batch pass-out, worked with KPMG for 11 years and left that to become an entrepreneur and founded DarwinTech in 2016.The session was about the Importance of Communication.How important it is to know to communicate with other to be successful in professional as well as personal life.He owes most of his success to communication rather than technical skills he acquired in life. There is no doubt that technical skill are important but what is more important how you use communication to make others understand about complex things in simpler way, how you get their attention.Communication is not just speaking, it is transfer of ideas through images, videos, data etc.

So coming back to the session, the highlights were

• Communication in corporate world

It is more important to have relationship or connection than communication in corporate world.It is important to have not only technical skill but also how you present your ideas to the team with whatever tool you are using which creates long lasting impact on listeners. 

• Articulate or structure your thoughts

Whatever you are speaking should have an order and flow.We should be aware of context and who are we addressing to. We should follow MECE(Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive) wherein we should cover all aspect without repeating anything so as to make it crisp and to the point.

• Personal Branding

Whatever you do should have your mark on it. People should know what you are, what you are capable of and how you approach things. You should have a defining characteristic which makes you stand out in Crowd.

• How to create Impact

Whoever come in contact with you should have a long-lasting impression of you and the way to do that be unique in your approach. Be visual, use images, use videos during presentation as they attract more attention and make an impact on listeners

 The things we learned were very insightful and will be helpful during the next phase of our assignment wherein we are making a video about local product.

We know how can we make our product stand out by focusing on its uniqueness and to target the proper crowd instead of making a generalised video. How can we use social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube to our advantage and reach out target audience and convey our product and message.

A big thank you to T. Prasad Sir for giving us opportunity to learn from such experienced industry professionals.