Game Changer Indonesia 2012

On the second day, I attended training at Microsoft Indonesia Office on ISE Building. I was really excited about this opportunity because I could see the working environment on Microsoft. For an IT student like me, working at Microsoft is something awesome. And there, I met my teammate (Yos Steven) which is my acquaintance on mentor training.  The training was begun at 9.15. I was sitting with my team and we got 2 computers on our desk.

First, Mr. Sandro gave introduction about office 365. He explained clearly and he has a good sense of humor. He explained what cloud is and the features of office365. There are four packages on office365. They are Office Professional Plus, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online. I summarized the explanation and I got keyword from each packages. Office Professional Pro is the Microsoft Office complete version. Exchange Online is for email which has 25 MB capacity. SharePoint Online is a feature to share or post the project team. Lync Online is feature which allowed us to video conferencing and instant messaging. Lync Online is the coolest feature office365 has. Through this feature, we can attend meeting without present on the location. We can also use office365 offline. So, in case, I do not have internet connection, I still can work with my document.

After he finished, we had to wait for Mr. Ferro to get prepare for the trial. He explained how office365 transform the business and add a few detail about the features. After his explanation, we had some trial. We made account for office365 online and registered our name. We had one year free trial for our project.

Then, the training was closed by taking picture.. :D


 All of participant of Game Changer Indonesia gave their best smile and everyone look very excited. Hopefully, it can be our sweet memory together. Cheers!!

July 17, 2012

Today, we have an online meeting via Skype. We planned a lot of things. Our leader leads us very well (Thank You, Widy!!) and also all of my teammates are very cooperative. Before we start, Widy had made a few points which have to be discussed. They were when and where we want to hang out, our availability, dividing group for Thursday (July 19, 2012), and role within the team.

My team wants to gather, so we can know each other better and we want to keep this relationship not only for the project but also after the project. After we discussed it, all of us agreed to have lunch on 19 July in Pacific Place.  The next agenda was our availability. In this session, we spoke honestly about our activity during holiday. We don’t want any misunderstanding happen if one of us can’t attend meeting or busy.

On July 19, we have to attend on Microsoft Office and British Council Office on the same time. So, we have to share task. We divided the task based on education background and experience. Those who will come to Microsoft are Ester, Yos, and Evita. Stevani and Widy will come to British Council.

The fourth agenda was defining individual role within team. Widy had divided role into Financial and Government, Documentation, Relationship Manager, and Leader. The leader has function as person in charge for Microsoft and British Council. The leader has to make sure everything is according to the plan and keep the plan’s flexibility.  Widy is the leader, so it is not a problem anymore.  Financial and Government has responsibility for the expanses report and other financial matters.  Ester understands about finance and her major is accounting, then The Financial and Government is the most suitable role for her. Next is Relationship Manager. Relationship Manager has function to maintain the relationship between our team and patrons. Since Yos has experience as Staff of Corporate Relation, he takes this role. The last role is Documentation. Documentation has responsibility on taking photo and video and writing daily journal. Evita is asked for this position and she agrees. Evita will be helped by Stevani too. They have to manage file and write daily journal. Related with documentation, Ester had brilliant idea to make blog. This blog has main function to publish our activity and progress about the project. It would be a very effective way to communicate the idea. We hope our collaboration will bring us victory.

July 19, 2012

We talk about many different things. There are so many unique stories from majors and universities. Start from activities, experiences, until traditional stories. Joke and hoax are made this lunch feels more easy. They make fun and enrich my knowledge. And we also take some pictures (Thank you for Ester and Yos who bring camera. Because of them, this moment can be captured.). Then, we also have a little discussion about this blog. However, before all of the idea split out, time requires us to go to Microsoft.

There is a little change from the initial plan. Stevani who should come with Widy hasn’t come yet. She is still on her way because she is lost (do not ever ask direction to her heheh..). As replacement, Ester will accompany Widy to go to British Council. Evita and Yos go to Microsoft.

Mr. Sandro has waiting for us and he shared his experiences when he was working for Microsoft. Then, he starts the meeting by explaining about our project. Our project is related with Windows 8. Specifically, we have to convince the costumer to buy the genuine product. Our team will be mentored by Mr. Rhesa.

After the meeting is closed, we want to discuss a little about the project. However, it is canceled because Widy is not in a good health and Stevani has to go home. So, Ester, Yos, and Vita are going to home too. On the way, we are still talking about the project. Then, we decide going back to Pacific Place. We sit on @America. The place is very comfortable, quiet, and had layered security. We discuss about the social media that we will use and what the beginning step is. Although, they haven’t been perfect, these ideas can give a big contribution for our next discussion.

So, today we get many lessons and ideas. However, the most important (and above everything) is to keep our team solid. Honesty, understanding, and tolerance are needed. Idea, without friends who support it, isn’t mean much. If the idea grows and is completed continually, then it will make changes. Good luck for us!! :D