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Mentoring Session for the Finalists - Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Challenge 2016

Starting the journey with 100 innovative teams competing for one grand prize, in the end, Janashakthi Appathon has come to the final 5 teams consisting 20 of the most brilliant and innovative minds. Just before their major presentations for the judges to decide if their ideas are worth the 1 million grand prize, Sampath Thrimavithana, Head of Learning & Development at Virtusa had a coaching session which focused on presentation skills and pitching an idea the right way. The event was held on 17th of October 2016 at Cinnamon Grand Hotel premises.
Mentoring Session for the Finalists - Janashakthi Full Option Appathon Challenge 2016



Starting the journey with 100 innovative teams competing for one grand prize, in the end, Janashakthi Appathon has come to the final 5 teams consisting 20 of the most brilliant and innovative minds. Just before their major presentations for the judges to decide if their ideas are worth the 1 million grand prize, Sampath Thrimavithana, Head of Learning & Development at Virtusa had a coaching session which focused on presentation skills and pitching an idea the right way. The event was held on 17th of October 2016 at Cinnamon Grand Hotel premises.

From the beginning of the presentation, Mr. Thrimavithana made sure that the crowd is engaged with him and what he says, urging them to apply the same methods when they do their presentations as well. One of the key methods he demonstrated was called AIDA, for short which included grabbing the Attention, Interest, Desire and Action from those who the presentation is aimed at. We took the crowd through each of the steps in detail, showing them how they can be used practically through his own experiences.

He further spoke about how personality matters when someone presents an idea to an audience, along with how body language works. He explained how most people unknowingly and sometimes unconsciously go for habitual actions such as constantly adjusting hair or one’s tie, and how that can distract the audience from the message the presenter wants to give to the audience. The session ended with an entertaining and informative video on how the usage of excessive graphics, graphs, and images within the presentations can be harmful.

From the way one dresses, to how they hold themselves on the stage, avoiding excessive movements, keeping eye contact to not doing distractive actions, Mr. Thrimavithana made sure the crowd gathered was well informed with the way a presentation is done perfectly and to the point.

17th of October 2016
Cinnamon Grand




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