Sidra Iqbal personifies grace, elegance and confidence. She is a Pakistani youth icon as well as a well-known media celebrity. On July 25, 2011, she conducted a four-hour long workshop at The Royal Rodale Club with the basic objective of providing tips and techniques to become a better public speaker and to do it with confidence. The participants of the workshop were people from all walks of life including students, professionals as well as those who juggle both studies and work. The workshop was first of a series which will be held in the future.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
YLC’11 – What are the Young Leaders saying?
The Young Leaders’ Conference 2011 has come to an end after 6 action packed days of non-stop learning and development. The participants will remember the words “Emman”, “Ittehad”, “Tanzeem”, and “Inqilaab”, the theme of the conference, for a long time to come. After many months of hard struggle for sponsorships and other methods of financing, the participants came to the conference with a lot of excitement and expectations. We talked with a few participants and facilitators about their aspirations and expectations from the YLC’11.
Sagar Malik from Khairpur was one of the participants we got a chance to talk with. Sagar is also the current president of the Rotaract Club of Khairpur. “YLC is a platform that will enable me to develop into a confident professional, a team player, allow me to make new friends, and will teach me how to deal with tough life situations. I have already made a few friends and looking forward to make many more”, said Sagar when asked about his YLC experience.
Nosherwani Mazari from Sadiqabad expressed his views on Day 1 of the conference: “It has been a great experience so far. We are having a lot of fun and learning new things. I further expect to open up my mind and look at the world in a new way. When I go back home after the conference, I want to take back with me leadership skills. We expect everything to be done by the government, by the president, or the prime minister. But the fact is that we need to play our own individual roles for the betterment of the society”. When asked about the diversity of participants from all over the country, he said, “I have met people from Swabi, from Kohat, and even from Waziristan…it’s truly amazing”.
Another participant we got a chance to catch up with was Hamna Qureshi from Islamabad. “It’s been a great experience so far, I’ve met a lot of people and I’ve made new friends. I’ve interacted with people from places that I didn’t even know existed in Pakistan, so I feel great that I’ve got a chance to learn about the different kinds of people, cultures, and traditions that exist in our country. The diversity I’m witnessing here has opened up my mind” she said. When asked about what she expects to get out of this conference, she said, “I hope to learn leadership skills, gain confidence, and public speaking skills”. About the rest of the participants at the conference, she said, “I have found them to be very cooperative and friendly. They’re easy to talk to, down to earth, be it people from different cities or villages, they’re all very accommodating and helpful”.
The kind of talent we saw at the YLC’11 from all over the country, gives Pakistan great hope for times to come. Witnessing the Young Leaders of 2011 debate on different complex issues that exist in today’s Pakistani society and hear them talk about their hopes and aspirations about their country was truly heartening. Surely, the future of Pakistan is in good hands.
Written By: M. Athar Ali Khan
YLC’11 so far
We’re more than half way through the Young Leaders’ Conference and it has been a very enlightening experience so far. Participants and young leaders from all over Pakistan and a few other countries including Indonesia and Mexico, have gathered on a single platform to exchange views and learn from some of the top leaders and sharpest minds in the country.
Day 1 started off with an inaugural session, after which representatives from the sponsoring companies were introduced and expressed their opinions and hopes about the conference. The participants divided into teams and were engaged in ice breaking activities so that they could be introduced to each other. There was a session on Life Coaching by later in the evening followed by Dinner by Bank Alfalah. The day ended with a session on identifying your own potential.
Day 2 and 3 were just as exciting and intense and included breakout sessions by different renowned personalities. The highlight of day 3 was the Power of Expression series where different breakout sessions were conducted on dance, theatre, music, film and street power.
It was an interesting turn of events when the participants reached the Countryside Chalet from Sheraton Hotel on Day 4. The participants encountered some problems with the facilities at the venue and had to be moved back to Sheraton Hotel for Day 5.
It has been an exhilarating experience so far and young leaders from all over Pakistan and abroad have put forward their diverse points of view. We have witnessed some heated debates on gender equality and discrimination on Day 5. Mr. Javed Jabbar, in his session, encouraged the youth to believe in an alternate world, to take full advantage of the explosive growth in information technology and media, and equip themselves for the future. He also talked about believing in Global Humanism and universal tolerance.
There’s surely much more to come in the remaining day and a half of the YLC’11. Please stay up to date on twitter by following us @DawninEducation and through our Facebook page http://Facebook.com/Dawnineducation
Kalaam: Intercultural Dialogue
An Intercultural Dialogue with the Ambassadors of Change, and boy was it surely an eye opener as a morning session dialogue/ session on a Sunday Morning.
We had guests from across various fields and each one of them are captains of their own ship,sailing it to a point where they want to take it, and how they want to take it is surely not decided by the winds of tide,but by their own inspiration, passion and the common sense which keeps knocking on everyone’s head.
A very dynamic panel starting off with Ms. Sidra Iqbal. She need not require much introduction. A famous face in the Media Industry with her eloquent talk shows, especially in the field of business and management. Sidra is also known to others as an internally acclaimed public speaker, who was and still is a passionate debater since her school days. She held the honor of being the youngest finalist amongst 167 participants from all over the country at the Prime Minister’s Shield 1999; the most coveted All-Pakistan Debating Championship.
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(Picture Credit Masood Akbar from Zsuzsanna Fajcsak DrZsu Album)
We had the pleasure of Mr. Deepak Parwani, who needs no introduction, is known as one of Pakistan’s well-reputed and brilliant fashion designers. He is more famous for men’s dress designing and is amongst those who established men’s fashion in Pakistan. His most claimed statement is his Signs that represents Power and Men’s confidence; but in a stylish way. He never follows the traditional or ongoing Fashion statement of the country; rather he makes his own. He tells people ‘what to wear’ and ‘how to carry’ what they wear.
Dr Zsuzsanna Fajcsak is the founder of ALIVE™, that aims to build entrepreneurs, applied health practices; provide executive coaching services and is involved in several developmental projects in Pakistan.
Zsuzsanna has been schooled in Europe and the USA, and holds a Doctoral degree in nutrition, as well as Master’s degrees in Teaching Physical Education, Exercise Physiology and Clinical Nutrition. She is a Certified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and Time Line Therapy™ Coach, Certified Nutrition Specialist (Member of the American College of Nutrition), Certified in Functional Diagnostic Medicine, who is passionate about the human mind and its power over physical health and performance.
And not to forget our very own notorious Khalid Malik of the Breakfast Show at City FM89. Khalid started off his career at a very early stage, and in his very young age, Khalid Malik has made huge strides. He is an actor, presenter, RJ and producer. His achievements include acting in movies like Superman Returns, Shanti, Love and Ice Tea, and Me and on TV for MTV and several other dramas and comedies. As an RJ, he has been on the Indian Link Radio in Sydney and currently hosts the Breakfast Show on City fm 89.
Among the celebrities he has interviewed are Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Lara Dutta, Ayesha Takia, Javed Jaffery, Pooja Bedi, Manisha koirala, Kabir Bedi, Arbaaz Khan, Meera, Shiamak Dawar, and many many more. Also amongst Khalid’s success stories have been his involvement with Chalo Australia and MTV Pakistan on World Music Chart shows and breakfast shows.
The session was moderated by none other than Mr. Abbas Husain, who is an M.A. in English Literature and M.Ed. (Teaching English to speakers of other languages) from Manchester University, UK. Abbas Husain received professional training at the Universities of Toronto, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Chicago. He served as Lecturer and Assistant Professor from 1981 to 1992 in Department of English at Karachi University. He is one of the founder members of SPELT and has participated in all national and international conferences from 1987 to date.
Abbas Husain is a corporate trainer and has been a guest speaker at the National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan Navy Staff College; Pakistan Air War College, at NIPA, Karachi. He has been a consultant for UNICEF at the Regional Conference in Khatmandu, Nepal. He has presented on GEO TV, Indus TV, NewsOne, PTV and DAWNNEWS in educational and religious programs. As Director, Teacher’s Development Centre, he has conducted Master Teacher’s Courses and has so far reached over 35,000 teachers all over Pakistan and contributed 320 teacher trainers to the national pool of trainers. He is recognized as a source of original thinking in education and has been invited by several education institutions as a speaker across the country and internationally.
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Corporate Kacheri
The Young Leaders Conference Participants will have an open session with the corporate giants, asking them about the corporates involvement in creating a friendly environment.
The YLC Participants will get to speak with:
Mr. Sohail P. Ahmed – Chairman of House of Habib who is a Mechanical Engineer with Post Graduate qualification from Rotterdam. He is also an Alumnus of INSEAD, Fellow of Institution of Engineers and Member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was the Founder President of “Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers” (PAAPAM).
He has been the Chief Executive of Naya Daur Motors and Mack Trucks, under Ministry of Production and of Allwin Engineering, Agriauto Industries Ltd, Thal Limited in the private sector. Currently he is Vice Chairman, House of Habib. He is also Chairman of Pakistan Auto Sector Skill Development Company and a Director on many Boards in public & private sectors. He has been a member of the Senate of Dawood College of Engineering & Technology and Syndicate of NED University Karachi.
Adeel Hashmi – Head of Communications at Nokia
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