Game Changer Indonesia 2012

Hi!! It’s been a long time since the last post. There are a lot of things to share and of course about the result of first cut! Surely, you are wondering about the result, right? Hahah.. Before I tell you who’s going to final, I want you to know that Microsoft B is a tough opponent. I think they are a perfectionist team and they were doing research very well. Their number is very strong. And for my team, we put a lot of creativity into our campaign, start from the slide until the supporting media. Generally, we are equal. It must be very difficult to decide. However, there will be only one team go to the final. So, without wasting your time… the winner is… *drum roll* Microsoft Team A!! Yeaah!! We made it to the final! *threw confetti* Hahah.. I was so happy. I never imagined that it would...

Wednesday, September 5th 2012. The day that we will remember forever as a mark of our journey. We finally reached this stage: Final Presentation for our project! After long process of making our Anti-Piracy campaign plan, here’s the next step, present it in front of judges from Microsoft: Manish and Bernard. They will decide which team will pass the First Cut and represent Microsoft at Grand Final of SfE Challenge. Gasp! TWO HOURS LEFT BEFORE... We planned to meet up at 11.00 AM, for preparing all needed in presentation. For the dresscode, Batik is the choice because it’s related with our campaign main idea, Value of Creativity. One by one, we finally gathered at Coffee Tofee in IDX. Tried to calm ourself, yeah this is the first time we meet Manish and Bernard, directors of Microsoft! Such a...

September 3, 2012 That day, we were going to meet Mas Yustinus and Mbak Lisa. First, the schedule hadn’t fixed, but then they had time on 4.30 pm. We came with a few concepts for the presentation. We did some practice and then Mbak Lisa and Mas Yustinus gave suggestion and critic. They had shared many tips and how to make the presentation more attractive. I found that some of the tips are difficult to me. In a short time period like this, I just can only make it as good as I can. Hopefully, we can reach our maximal performance. Moreover, Mas Yustinus shared his experience when he had to present for the first time and told us how he deal with it. You know, the stories was so funny, I laughed many times because of it. It made the meeting not very serious but still meaningful. That’s what I like there. All of this experience makes me so grateful. I learn a lot. This meeting was done around 7 pm. It’s been...

September 2, 2012 Sunday Morning. It is a perfect day to do some exercise or maybe get prepare to go somewhere interesting, hang out with friends, gather with your family, or just stay on your bed all the day. Or if you are a kind of diligent person (or the lazy one), you can do some of your assignment. Essentially, it is out of your routine. Just enjoy your day and get refreshed!! :p And how do we spend our weekend? We choose to hang out. This time FX becomes our destination. The traffic is smooth. I get there half hour faster than my prediction. So, I arrive very early and luckily my friends come not very long from me. Then, we choose Starbucks and start enjoying a cup of coffee. It is a good choice to make you stay awake and work as well. We analyze and try to make some improvement...

Hi!! Maybe it’s been a long time you don’t hear any update from us. Actually, there are so many things we have to do. So, I don’t have enough time to post this. I’m very sorry about the delay and I hope you enjoy our new update. Ok, now let’s start with August 30, 2012. That was Thursday evening. We gathered on Microsoft Indonesia Office, our lovely place to meet amazing people. I was thinking that day would be our usual weekly meeting but my opinion was wrong as I heard what Mas Yustinus (he and Mbak Lisa are our mentor since Mas Resha moved) asked something to the receptionist. We were going to present in front of The Director of Genuine Software Initiative, Sudimin Mina. Surprised and nervous. Yeah, we were going to present without any preparation. However, we were happy that finally we could...

Widyantoko Utomo My name is Widyantoko Utomo, I’m a student in BINUS University, Jakarta, majoring in Industrial Engineering and Management Study. I’m on my 6th semester when I started my experience in British Council Skill For Employability Challenge. I would say that I’m lucky to be able to experience this unique program created by British Council in collaboration with Impact Factory that offers great experience and opportunity for us to understand how it’s like to be in an actual environment of a workingplace that we might possibly going to face as we graduate from university. The participant of this program are actually limited to 40 chosen people divided in 8 groups that will get the chance to meet and being mentored by professional practitioners from across sectors to work on a project given by 5 well-known companies in Indonesia. As each of group are assigned to a different...

August 27, 2012 Hi!! What’s up? It is a good day, right? The traffic is still smooth and I think it is a great time to take a trip. I’m wondering where you would go now. Hmm.. School, office, or maybe some people are still enjoying their free day, a mall or museum? Yeah, wherever you go, just grateful for the traffic because it happens rarely. It’s a perfect time to enjoy Jekardah, isn’t it? How about us? Yup! We don’t want to miss this lucky day too. We are going to take a trip to… our meeting point (sounds boring. But believes me, we have a lot of fun). We arranged meeting at 2 pm on BEI library. However it’s not a very serious meeting. We start to share stories, some full information, some funny, some silly, and some inspirable. I really enjoy my time with my team. Our progress has...