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Debates and G.Ds

-The path to pursue-This presentation is a part of the VJC Pre-placement training modules.

Unauthorized usage, copying or adaptation either in part or whole without the

written permission of the copyrights holder will can attract legal action.- Vj

Communications

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GD/Debate could be:

An evaluation tool of your personality

A quick check of your confidence levels

Your ability to respond to challenges Your empathy skills quotient

Your crisis management skills

Your team building skills How street smart are you

Out-of-the box, innovation dimension

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GD/Debate could be

Your stress handling ability

Flair for Current affairs

EQ levels Attitude and time management skills

Impact and business sense that candidate

possess.

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G.D v/s Debate

GD:

The number of

participants usually varies

from six to ten.

You dont have to take

any side

Less aggression's

involved

A GD usually aims at

coming to a common

conclusion

Debate:

One-on-one format or

two-on-one format

You have to take sidesessentially

The level of aggression is

greater

There is no commonconclusion in this case

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G.D v/s Debate

Time allotted for a GD

is more than that of

time allotted for a

debate The focus could be

diluted and diverted

easily because of the

multitude of opinions

Time allotted is lesser

The focus will not be

diluted or diverted

easily

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Group Discussion

Its the process of

exchange of ideas in

a group for coming to

a common conclusion You should not be too

aggressive in your

attitude

A GD will not go on

forever

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Essentials of GD

Wait for your chance

When two peopleclash, a pause follows

immediately, thatsyour chance

Speak withdetermination

Initiation orconclusion will be abonus

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Essentials of a GD

Take others opinion

into consideration

Be emphatic,

connect, appeal andconvince

At any point of time,

dont be frustrated/

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Essentials of a debate

Its not a war, its just an event

You have to win over the judges and the

audience not the person with whom you

are debating

Give strong and valid points

Numbers, facts and figures are detrimental

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Essentials of a debate

Vary your tone to the

maximum extent

possible

Ask rhetoric questions Involve everyone

Think and respond,

dont merely react You have to win

minds, remember!

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Skills development path

Reading at least

two biz mags

One leading daily

national-TOI/IE

View sharing/Peer

teams

Mock

debates/GDs

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Skills development path

Thesaurus

General reading

Review/Evaluation360 degree way

Ensure you dont

get over confidentalong the way

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Path ahead

Watch n learn-the

big fight,NDTV

Think big-Do big

Participate to the

maximum extent

possible

Learn-Unlearn;Re-

learn!!

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Whom to watch-Iconic

examples Navjot Singh Sidhu- On cricket being

given more prominence

Rajdeep Sardesai-CNN IBN

Barkha Dutt-We the people

Barack Obama-HOPE!

Rahul Bose/Aamir Khan-Narmada BachaoAndolan

Rajeev Bajaj-Chetak to Pulasr

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And then,

Adapt whats good Dont imitate-You loose your originality

Subtle observation

Make notes/Keep reminders

See that you evaluate/measure every

adaptation/new step youre taking like a

change in the accent/ change in the paceof speaking

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Con-Current

Use and misuse of social networking sites

Youth and Politics-Clean or Dirty

Is creating new states the path todevelopment-Read Telangana

Organized retail v/s Unorganized retail-

Where are we heading? Using recession as a key to exploit human

resources

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Con-Current-2

Pride n Gay- Are we really liberal

How many Satyams really exist? Will we

ever know

Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid.

Brand Loyalty-Is it slowly ceasing to exist

The changing face of bollywood, thechanging phase of bollywood.

Indians still dont love, love marriages

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Thank You

Questions PLzz.