If I as a Television Producer What Should I Do?

If I as a television producer, I want to be “The Best a Television Producer in Malaysia” and I’ll be in charge of planning shows, news segments, documentaries or episodes to air on television. I must be responsible for gathering all of the important components needed to produce a program, including research materials, scripts and props. I’ll also help cast the main actors and hire other production members for my show. Beside that I must closely supervise my crew in order to ensure that production runs as efficiently as possible and stays within a set budget.

If I as Producers I must take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks and involved with the day-to-day workings, participating in activities such as screenwriting, set design, casting, and even directing.

  

To be a television producer it must be well organized and often work long, unpredictable hours in a high-stress environment. Also must have excellent managerial and business skills to devise ways to fund their programs, need to think quickly and creatively to fix any production problems that might arise during the course of filming and should possess confidence when making important decisions regarding the direction of a particular TV show. For me this work is really interesting and must have a high level of confidence to manage all types of tasks. It also must have self discipline.

How do you see yourself in 5 years time?

I always was wondering what I’m going to be in the future. Everybody has their own dreams that they are dream for their whole life. The way I see myself is different from the others see me. Always dreaming for the gracious good things, that is me. But I don’t expecting more from that worthless dream but I do hope that maybe some of my dream will come into reality. In several years ahead, I see myself have just graduated from public university as a degree holder and at that time looking for a job that suit my qualifications. 

Everyone in this world has dream for the best things in their life and that goes the same with me. Executive or officer in government linked company or agency that related to government is always being my aspiration in life. I like to meet and solve other people problems. That makes me feel happy and relieved when I saw their problems gone. In five years from now, I will become a successful worker in Government Company and I will build a happy family. For some people, it is not a great time to build a family or getting married when we are just starting our career but it different for me. I think family can give me support and can accompany me when I needed. Establishing a good career and happy family was not an easy task but I will make sure that I do my best to achieve what I dream for in my life and my determination to success will not ends here but they will always glittering in my heart and my soul.

How to Start a Business

Starting your own business can be an exhilarating adventure, one that will challenge the entrepreneur in you. You can increase your chance for success by following these basic steps.

1.    Find an idea you believe in.

Start with something you know: a hobby or an enterprise based on your work experience. Pick an area you will become expert in this year, and use that to build revenue in your business.

2.    Learn everything about your business.

Research the market on the internet. Attend classes and workshops, study books and publications, join a business start-up group, network with established business owners and ask for advice.

3.    Adjust your business idea to fit the realities: Possible competition, your resources and the practically of your dream. Don’t be naive. You are putting your time, ego, savings and credit, and maybe someone else cash, on the line.

Investigate start-up cost. Estimate the cost of setting up and running your business for the first year. Consider rent, equipment, materials, suppliers, payroll, marketing, advertising, shipping and taxes. Adjust your plant to fit your financing. Keep your “day job” if necessary. Start small.

4.    Write a business plan.

Examples and tools can be found online and in books, publications and software.

5.    Search for funding.

Determine what you can afford to contribute, and then approach family and friends, possible partners, banks, venture capitalists, investment groups and the Small Business Administration.

6.    Stay focused on revenues building activities.

Whatever you are doing, you must understand how it is related to the bottom line. Whether it is buying an information product, signing up with a mentor, or attending a live event, make sure you understand where the opportunities are.

7.    Decide on the best structure for your new business.

Sole proprietorship means you own and control the business. A partnership allows you to share the load and benefit from another person’s expertise, and a corporation protects your personal finances. Hire a lawyer to help you.

8.    Create a name for your start-up.

Aim for one that describes what you do. Then file the proper paperwork for your business name and your chosen business structure. Check your local authorities’ websites for instructions.

How to improve English among Student College.

The ways to improve English among Student College are:

• Mass media can help in some ways. Television, radio, newspapers, and magazines can expose you to everyday English and give you information on topics you can discuss with other people news events, social trends, athletic contests, and so on. Game shows, dramas, and even non-fiction shows like those found on Discovery Channel or the History Channel are great choices for developing vocabulary and following the content at a faster pace. There are ways. It might be a good idea to use English as the medium of instruction in non-exam subjects. In addition, schools need to promote the love for reading which will lead to the love for knowledge, and somehow will improve the language.

1.    Reading- At this beginning level, the language learner can also start reading children books, beginning with the simplest, and progressing to harder reading. 

2.    Writing- So far we have discussed listening and reading, and now it is time for writing. Encourage your students and other language learners with whom and practice to keep a daily journal. I encourage language learners to write about anything of interest, and especially about his or her daily journey in language learning. This journal develops writing skills on a daily basis, integrating vocabulary from the day, and also helps ease the frustrations of learning a new language and living in a new place.

3.    Speaking- Speaking is often the most intimidating part of leaning a new language because it is active and apparent to those around you. English language learners may find that it is intimidating to go shopping, make friends at school or speak up in class. It is essential the student connect with those who speak English in order to practice. For adults, there are many community groups that may provide common interests where language learners can connect with other native speakers for natural practice and friendship. 

4.    In addition to these practical every day steps, an online tutor may be a great help to the language learner. Many students fall behind in class because they have trouble understanding the vocabulary for the content. A tutor can work with the student on assignments and also act as an English practice buddy. 

5.    Daily language practice in listening, reading, writing, and speaking will accelerate the rate at which the learner acquires a second language. With English fluency and confidence, the English speaker will be ready to meet the opportunities available in the English speaking world.

Persuasive speech

My Group consist 3 members including me, we choose our product is “Isotonic Drink” an isotonic drink that is perfect while doing sport. The benefit of our product is when people train with weights; they force their bodies to break down muscle. Their bodies will then try and repair the muscle so that it grows back stronger—the result is muscle gain. Therefore, it is essential that the body is provided with the proper foods to enable it to grow.

The post workout meal should include protein and carbohydrates. The protein is essential as it provides the muscle with amino acids required to repair the damage done by heavy lifting in the gym. Carbohydrates, which are found in a sports drink, provide the body with an insulin spike which increases the uptake of amino acids by the muscles.

Return to Shaolin by Mathew Polly

Return to Shaolin by Mathew Polly

In 1992, when Mathew Polly was 21, he went to China for two years to learn Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple, birthplace of both Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism. He recently travelled back on a personal ten-year reunion. 

The Shaolin Temple had a rough twentieth century. Located in the Songshan mountain range in Henan province, the temple was occupied and partially burnt in the civil war of the 1920s and further destroyed by Japanese in the early 1940s. Mao Tse-tung, who wanted break with China’s feudal past, banned kung fu in the 1950s.

The temple was an abandoned wreck in1981 when actor and martial art expert Jet Li made Shaolin Temple, a movie celebrating the legend of the 13 Shaolin monks who rescued a Tang emperor from an evil warlord. It was a Asian blockbuster.

In 1999, a well-connected and controversial new abbot named Shi Yongxin recognized that Shaolin’s reputation and spiritual life were undermined by the commercialism. He called in his markets inside the army and police force and they eventually removed the merchants and their buildings. Shaolin was always unique in having two types of monks: the Buddhist monks and the martial monks. It seems they now have a third type: the performance monks. Two of the martial monks who used to be on team, Little Wang and Baotung, are now running their own kung fu school in nearby Dengfeng. A group of monks has gathered for evening prayers. A sixth-century Indian Buddhist missionary, Bodhidharma, known as Damo in China, is said to have meditated in cave for nine years, and then taught the shaolin monks that sitting meditation was the key to enlightenment. Because the monks’ muscles went soft from sitting all day, he introduced 18 callisthenic exercises, from which Shaolin Kung fu evolved. Training would begin at 6 a.m. and continue for six hours, broken only meals and post-lunch nap. Ten thousand of us did the same thing every day at the same times. We ran. We stretched. We practiced our kicks and punches. We hardened our bodies. We learned how to spin our weapons. 

Shaolin Facts

·         Shoalin means “young forest” because the original monks planted tress there after clearing the surrounding forest to build the temple in A.D. 495.

·         The monastic order dates to A.D. 540 when a Buddhist missionary from India visited China.

·         China’s communist rules banned all martial arts as superstitious practices in 1949. Many monks left the temple.

·         The temple officially reopened in 1981 and tourist flocked to Shaolin.

·         Shi Yongxin ordered the destruction of the tourist traps surrounding the temple in April 2003 so it could win a place on the World Heritage List.

My first experience giving a speech.

My first time experience, I’ll giving speech in front of the public when I was in secondary school. I as a prefect in my school and I have been asked to be MC every Sunday morning. Before that my teacher guards me to be a preparation such as how to overcome the nervousness or fear when we talking in front of many people are before. The first thing that we must do is try to be relaxed in the first step on the way to the stage. Calm as we can. Take a very deep breath and of course think what we are going to say. But wait. I remember that I had not mention yet about the preparation for the public speaking. Of course the preparations are the most prudent step for the public speaking. Now I will tell step by step that what the preparations are.   Step number one is rehearsing. What I mean here is practice first in front of a group of peoples. U can try it in front of yours friends too. Try to imaging your friends are the audience and talk. My advice is not to practice in front of a mirror because it is very distracting. Always remember this one thing ‘practice makes perfect’. The second step is using your body gesture well. U can connect your audience with the body gesture such as the way your hand winding. The third step is use eye contact. Eye contact does not mean to look in to the eye of every each audience but the way u move your eye. Try to see the audience’s forehead or try to see their shadow. That way you would not feel distracted. And the last step is to not seek for the good response from the audiences. Just because the audience did not knock or smile means the audiences are not listening to you. So it is matter of time when the speech is over.

Public Speaking

What is Public Speaking?

• Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. It is closely allied to "presenting", although the latter has more of a commercial connotation.

BENEFITS OF A PUBLIC SPEAKING COURSE

Many college  graduates look  back  on  all the  courses  they took  in college  and say that  public  speaking  was one  of the  most  valuable.3  Here  are  some  of the reasons  why this course  is considered so important.

1.    You learn how to speak to a public audience.    Knowing how to stand up and give a talk to a group of people is a rewarding skill you can use through- out your life. Imagine yourself in these public speaking scenarios:

• For a research project in one of the courses in your major, you must explain your findings in a 30-minute presentation to faculty and students.

• To 50 colleagues at work, you give a brief speech appealing for contributions to the United Way charity drive.

• In court you explain to a jury why a traffic accident was not your fault.

• At a retirement banquet for a co-worker, you give a brief talk praising her accomplishments.

• To a gathering of neighbors, you explain your ideas for curbing crime in the neighborhood.

You will encounter many such occasions that require public speaking ability.

2.    You learn skills that apply to one-on-one communication.  Although the emphasis of this course is on speaking to groups, the principles that you learn also apply to communication with individuals. Throughout your life- time you will be obliged to talk in situations such as these:

• In a job interview, a human resources manager says, “We’ve got 50 applicants for this job. Why should we hire you?” If you know how to give a reply that  is brief,  interesting, and  convincing, you obviously improve your chances  of getting  the  job (assuming, of course,  that  your qualification  are  as good  as those  of the  other 49 applicants). In a public speaking course, you learn how to organize and present persuasive messages.

• You sit down with a bank executive to ask for a loan so that you can buy a new car. The  skills of nonverbal communication (such  as eye contact  and  facial expression) that  you learn  in a public  speaking course  should  help  you convey to the  banker that  you are  a trustworthy and  reliable  person who will repay  the  loan.

After taking  a public  speaking  course,  many students report that  their new skills help  them  as much  in talking  to one  person as in addressing a large  audience.

3.    You develop the oral communication skills that are prized in the job market.   When you go to a job interview, which of the following is most likely to impudence the employer when he or she decides whether to hire you?

• The reputation of your school

• Your grade-point average

• Letters of reference

• Technical knowledge in your field

• Oral communication skills—speaking and listening

• Written communication skills —reading and writing

4.    You practice and gain experience in an ideal laboratory.   Just as carpenters become experts in their trade by learning woodworking skills and then practicing them, effective speech makers become adept by learning certain skills and then practicing them.  The classroom is a good laboratory for practicing your skills because it is an unenlightening setting no  one  will deny you a job or a raise on  the  basis of your  classroom  speeches, and your audience is friendly  and  sympathetic through the  same  experience.

Extremely valuable to you are the critiques given by your instructor (and, in some cases, by fellow students). If, for example, you say “um” or “uh” so often that it distracts your listeners, you are probably unaware of this unconscious habit.  Being told of the problem is the first step toward correcting it.

5.    You gain self-condense.   Giving a public speech is a challenging task, so if you learn to do it well, you gain an extraordinary amount of self-assurance. The situation is similar to the experiences of many participants in Outward Bound, the program that teaches city dwellers to climb mountains and survive in the wilderness.  “After Outward Bound,” one graduate of the program told process a speaker me, “I can take on any challenge.” Many students have the same feelings of conveying a message pride and self-worth after completing a public speaking course.

6.    You develop an ability that can provide pleasure and satisfaction for yourself and others. While attending a funeral service for a beloved  aunt, Karen  Walker heard the  minister  give a brief  eulogy  and  then  say, “Would anyone  like to say a few words at our  ‘open  mike’?” A few people went to the microphone and shared some reminiscences, but most audience members were silent.  “I wanted to pay tribute to my aunt, but I was too scared,” said Walker.  “Most of my relatives had the same reaction. I felt really bad because there were a lot of important things about my aunt and her life that were never said.” A few years later, Walker took a public speaking class and a year or so after wards, she attended another funeral for her grandfather. “This time I vowed that I would not pass up the opportunity to honor a wonderful person. I asked to be part of the service, and I spoke about my childhood memories of my grandfather.”

The eulogy, said Walker, was enjoyed and appreciated by her family. “A lot of my relatives  told  me that  I expressed beautifully  what they would have said if they had  had  the  courage and  skills to stand  up  and  speak.  It gave me a good feeling to know that I could represent the family in this way.”

Being able to speak in public offering a toast, sharing information, providing encouragement, attempting persuasion can bring pleasure and joy to you and to others.  Walker said that her success was possible because of what she had learned in her public speaking class.

ELEMENT OF THE PROCESS

Speech communication can be viewed as a process, with seven distinct components.

1.    Speaker

When you are a speaker, you are the source, or originator, of a message that is transmitted to a listener. Whether you are speaking to a dozen people or 500, you bear a great responsibility for the success of the communication. The key question that you must constantly ask yourself is not “Am I giving out good information?” or “Am I performing well?” but rather “Am I get—ting through to my listeners?” And when you get through to your listeners when you engage  their  hearts and  minds make  sure  you give them  a worthwhile  message,  not  torrents  of words that  are  quickly forgotten.

2.    Listener

The listener is the recipient of the message sent by the speaker.  As we have noted, the  true  test of communication is not  whether a message is delivered  by the  speaker,  but  whether it is accurately  received  by the  listener. “A speech,” says management consultant David W. Richardson of Westport, Connecticut, “takes place in the minds of the audience.”12  In  other words, no  matter how eloquent the  speaker,  no  matter how dynamic  the  speaker’s  deliver y, if the  listeners  don’t  receive  and  interpret the  message  correctly,  the  desired  communication has failed  to take  place.

Who is to blame for such failure:  the speaker or the listener?  Depending on the situation, the blame could be placed on either, or both.  While speakers share  part  of  the  responsibility for  communication, listeners  also  must  bear some  of the  burden. They must  try hard  to pay attention to the  speaker,  fighting off the  temptation to  daydream or  think  about  personal  concerns. They must listen with an open mind, avoiding the tendency to prejudge the speaker or discount a speaker’s views without a fair hearing.

3.    Message

The message is whatever the speaker communicates to the listeners.  The message is sent in the form of symbols-either verbal or nonverbal.

Verbal symbols are words. It’s important for you to recognize that words are not things; they are symbols of things. 

Channel

The channel is the medium used to communicate the message.  A speech can reach an audience by means of a variety of channels: radio, television, the Inter- net, a public-address system, or direct voice communication.

4.    Feedback

Feedback is the response that the listeners give the speaker.  Sometimes it is verbal, as when a listener asks questions or makes comments during a lecture. In most  public  speeches  and  certainly  in the  ones  you will give in the  classroom, listeners   refrain   from  giving  verbal  feedback   until  the  question-and-answer period at the  end  of the  speech.

Listeners also give nonverbal feedback. If they are smiling and nodding their heads, they are obviously in agreement with your remarks.  If they are frowning and sitting with their arms folded, they more than likely disagree with what you are saying. If they  are  yawning  and  looking  at  you  with a glazed  expression, they  are  probably   bored or  wear y. (“A  yawn,” wrote  English  author G.  K. Chesterton “is a silent shout.”)

If you receive negative feedback, try to help your listeners.  If, for example, you are explaining a concept, but some of your listeners  are shaking  their  heads and  giving you looks  that  seem  to  say, “I don’t  understand,” try again,  using different words, to make  your ideas  clear.

While some audience feedback, such as a bewildered look, is easy to under- stand, there are times when audience behavior is difficult to decipher. If a couple of listeners are dozing, it does not necessarily mean that your speech is boring. It could  mean  that  the  room  is stuffy or that  these  listeners  stayed up late the  night  before  and  are  drowsy.

5.    Interference

Interference is anything that blocks or hinders the accurate communication of a message.  There are three types:

• External interference arises outside  the  listener:  someone coughing, a baby crying, people talking  loudly in the  hall,  or an air-conditioning breakdown that  leaves the  listeners  hot  and  sticky and  preoccupied with their  discomfort.

• Internal interference comes from within the listener. Some listeners might be daydreaming or worrying about a personal problem. Some might be too tired to expend mental energy on listening.  As a speaker, you can help listeners overcome internal distractions by making your speech so lively and interesting that the audience feels compelled to listen to you.

• Speaker-generated interference occurs when the speaker uses words that are unfamiliar to the audience, or that are interpreted in a way that the speaker did not intend. If the  speaker  wears bizarre  clothing, some listeners  might  scrutinize  the  attire  instead  of concentrating on  the speech.