By Sarah Yusoff
GOMBAK, 7 November 2021: Communication skill was among leadership competencies which taught her to interact with other members of the club in a professional manner and be more tolerant of other people’s mistakes, former Vice President 2 of Inspire Club, Nur Fadhilah shared during Instalk Alumni 2.0.
Nur Fadilah, a final year student of the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), held the post of Inspire Club’s Vice President 2 for the term 2018/2019.
Instalk Alumni 2.0 was held last Friday (5 November), organised by Steadfast club in collaboration with IIUMToday, Inspire Club and Che’gu TV. The programme was hosted by Maria Azhar, a member of Steadfast Club.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Shaifudin said, “What convinced me to be the president of Steadfast Club is the club itself. I intended to grab every opportunity that came in my way and created a good change whenever it was needed.”
He was giving his views in response to the moderator’s question about being a student leader.
“In my case, I was strongly determined to change the term ‘newbies’, a term given for the new comers, into a more sophisticated term, and I successfully achieved my goal as new members of Steadfast club are now known as pelapis,” Shaifuddin explained.
Muhammad Shaifuddin completed his bachelor’s degree in Electronics (Computer and Information Engineering) in IIUM and is now working as a solution engineer at Techdata Systems Sdn Bhd. He was the President of Steadfast Club for the term 2014/2015.
On the other hand, in responding to the same question, Fadhilah said that she did not choose to be a leader. When she was elected as Vice president 2 of Inspire Club, she started questioning herself that “we tend to see the potential in others but not in ourselves”.
Hence, Fadilah said, “I told myself that I should start believing in myself more and take up this challenge. This could help to enhance more on my leadership skills.”
Asked about the programmes that left an impact in their lives, Fadhilah shared that participating in a programme such as ‘Outreach” took her to visit places and randomly approached any teens that they saw. The programme was considered as ‘go-to hangout spots’ for teenagers.
“I came across two young boys and approached them. We played a little game and continued to hang out with them. After a while, they started to open up about their life and shared their problems.
‘Outreach’ might just be a brief programme, but its impact was remarkable. It changed your views and perspective about people and life in general,” explained Fadhilah.
Shaifudin also shared his experience as programme coordinator of Malaysia-Cambodia Educational Project (MACE) 2014, where he had to plan the whole programme flow, right from the very beginning until the very end of it. It taught him a lot on how to coordinate programme smoothly.
Asked about preparations needed before stepping up as the club’s leader, Fadhilah said: “You need to prepare yourself physically and mentally and manage your time well.
You should be aware of your mission and vision and know well about your job scope by asking more from your fellow seniors.”
Shaifudin remarked that he believed that one should gain as much knowledge he/she could before taking up any position. One can gain knowledge through various means such as through following YouTube and reading books.
“Bear in mind that holding a higher position means a heavier responsibility,” Shaifudin added.
Instalk Alumni 2.0 was attended by a total of 72 participants which was conducted live via YouTube. ***