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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.
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