WHAT’S YOUR TALENT?

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Name : INTRODUCTIONStudents from our organization were the pioneer groups breakthrough in International level prestigious competitions

Organization : http://talentdevelopment.org.my/

Building the talents in the students meaning in multiple sectors. Science, sports, Arts, Essay writing, Cartoon drawing, Innovation, ICT, Short story writing and others. Creativities are vital to produce an excellent project prototype. Through our society, we provide proper incentive and inspiration for the pursuit of scientific and creativity knowledge in vigorous way by broadening their general outlook. We provide opportunities for bringing students close to the society and to acquaint the people with the services and contribution of the Creativity in their life. The main purpose to develop among the student the spirit and attitude of healthy competition for the individual and social cause. We help the students in imbibing the habit of self- reliance, self-dependence and love for manual work. We provide opportunities for the development of the constructive, explorative and inventive faculties of the students. Other than that we make the students understand the values of time and to help them in the proper utilization to their leisure hours. The objective is to create interest in latest inventions, Art and discoveries of science in various fields. Thus this is to develop students, interest and participation in the competition. Nevertheless to create opportunities to prove themselves and show their talents in national and international level competition which will develop higher thinking students and confident. Encouragement and advise to develop their idea by guiding them to a proper channel to be future entrepreneur.

WHAT’S TALENT ?

Talent is a set of personal characteristics that enhance one’s ability to achieve expertise in an accelerated manner.  These traits allow one to improve at quicker rates than others in their field that are at the same level of expertise/fitness/skill, etc.  This is because talent is one’s ability to adapt to training and develop skills in their

specialized field.  Talent exists when strong genetics and a desire to practice come together to create superior ability for a specific activity.  It can only exist along with a deliberate interest.  Because of this, talent will often only become apparent after a moderate amount of practice as this is when one’s ability to adapt and improve is more clearly visible.  Talent is not merely one’s “base” ability at a task – this comes about often as a result of exposure to skills and experiences in one’s early days.

Invention and Innovation

The Difference Between ‘Invention’ and ‘Innovation’“ In it’s purest sense, “invention” can be defined as the creation of a product or introduction of a process for the first time. “ Innovation” on the other hand, occurs if someone improves on or makes a significant contribution to an existing product, process or service.”

*Our intervention strategy for developing youths in our host communities is aimed primarily at equipping the youths with appropriate skills necessary for creating outstanding youth, employment opportunities and places emphasis on self-reliance

and entrepreneurship.

Design

“In our innovation, the upper and lower arm is connected with a lever, which is connected to a pulley that rotates the arm .It is a very simple mechanism. The students came up with the idea of developing an Iron Man-like robotic suit, which would help the beggars lead lives like normal people and become independent.

This umbrella which could be held by two children from two sides under which other children can stand and thus go to school together without getting drenched.

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ICT

Concerned by the sight of overflowing garbage bins, students have come up with an idea of a dustbin with separate slots for bio-degradable and non bio-degradable waste with a message sending facility to the municipality once dustbin is filled up to a preset level.

Sometimes accidents occur when a passenger puts his body part outside the bus window. An idea of an alerting system for the bus driver, which enables them to know which passenger has put his hand or head outside the bus window.

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TECHNOLOGY

Mahua flowers have many medicinal properties and are also used tomake pickles, jams, and now ice creams as well. A manual device like a lawn mower, which can collect Mahua flowers,which are otherwise picked up by hands, which is a time consuming and tiring process. The device, which looks like a lawn mower, has a handle to help pick up the flowers.

 Idea is of a gas lighter, which can sense and indicate gas leakage before it is lighted, thereby preventing accidents. According to the idea, if there is a gas leakage, the lighter would not switch on and give out a siren, instead.

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Grassroot

Idea is to have water purifiers attached to public taps for free access to safe drinking water.

Plucking or collecting the leaves of Tendutree is one of the important sources of income for people living in the tribal regions of India. This is done manually and is a tedious procedure. The leaves of Tendu have many antimicrobial properties. This idea is to develop a Tendu leaf plucking machine, which can cut the leaves and collect them in a container. He also suggests a sorter, which can separate leaves according to their sizes.

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Solar

A device for efficiently threshing matured pulses and grains such as green gram, black gram, arhar and horse gram, without using electricity or fossil fuels. A solar thresher that is expected to help Indian farmers save time on threshing and use the wastage as bio- manure in the field.

A solar powered seed drill, which can undertake plantation for different size of seeds at variable depth and space between two seeds. The machine has a seeding unit, which has a hopper filled with seeds. There is a wooden roller on which holes are drilled. When the seeds fall from the unit on to the wooden roller, it will transfer the seeds to connected hoses and transfer them to the ground.

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ANSWERS

Writers

Writing short story, essay,Poem or comics

Appreciation of literature and language: reading and being read to daily; learning about the lives and work of authors and illustrators;

Involvment: observing parents reading, writing, and editing; listening to books on tape and audio lectures on literature and language;

In action:visiting libraries and museums with literature-theme exhibits; viewing and analyzing films made from popular books

Opportunity: to write, draw, create stories with a wide variety of materials and in a large number of different formats

Encouragement: to create stories, write, draw

Practice: consistency, time management, organization

Refinement: instruction, editing, rewriting

Recognition: validation through public acknowledgement

Competition: taking part in prestigious competitions

Entrepreneur Kids of Malaysia is a fascinating new concept designed to inspire, excite and

provide kids ages 10 through 18 with a real life opportunity to start their own business.

Why “Entrepreneur Kids of Malaysia Project™” is So ImportantMalaysia was built by entrepreneurs, but schools don’t teach economics and never give kids the idea that they could one day be job providers. We need to inspire our youth to get creative and innovative and have the ability to achieve their dreams and ideas!Planning for ParticipationKids are encouraged to create products or to research a retail item to sell. Each child is encourage to sell their product to shops locally. “How to Become an Entrepreneurial Kid”, is provided at no charge. The simple, 20-page book will take kids through all the steps to ensure they have a good understanding of how to proceed, making this a very educational experience!What to ExpectIn addition to reviewing the business plan, each child will need to complete a simple application and include a photo of their products. Parents need to be involved with this process to help their children understand and to be successful. Kids will keep all proceeds from the sale of their items and services.

There will always be certain entrepreneurs who will succeed in going against the flow, and

who will remain solid and successful, but because very few Malaysian are offered the

opportunity to realize the possibilities of being their own boss, we have so many people

involving in NGOs. Children are Malaysia’s great hope! Kids are natural entrepreneurs, and

it only takes one entrepreneurial experience to awaken that spirit that dwells in so many of

us. This opportunity to present “The Innovative Kids of Malaysia Project” to participate in

multiple competitions. I plan on working with fairs all over the country to inspire kids to start

their own businesses and taking part in related competitions. “The Kids of Malaysia Project”

changed those ten kids’ lives forever, and the sky is the limit for success. This was

Malaysia’s entrepreneurial spirit in action, and the parents were thrilled! Help me work some

Great Malaysian Magic, and let’s create a pro-small business movement and take back our

country one small business at a time!

Art

10 TOP TIPS TO ENTERING ART COMPETITIONS

  

1. Make a checklist Make a list of everything you need to include in the submission. And make sure you know the deadline! Work out text in Word or other computer software so you'll have a copy if anything happens and your entry is accidentally deleted before you submit it.   Believe me, you'll thank me for this. 

2. Do your homeworkRead the Call for Entries...ALL THE WAY THROUGH!  If there is a Prospectus, read that, too, to make sure you understand everything that's required and what you're agreeing to.  If possible, check out the artwork already entered or the artwork from previous competitions to get a sense of the kind of work that has already been liked and selected. Check out the juror(s) to see their background and area of interest. Hey, you want to play in the big leagues...no slackers allowed. 

3. If you're not sure, ask questionsCall or write to clarify any doubts about the criteria or theme.  It's generally not a bother and it's better to ask than to get it wrong.  While there may be stupid questions, the one that should have been asked but wasn't is a worse offense.

 

4. Understand the themeEnsure that your artwork really applies.  Be selective - not all artwork applies to all themes.  While art and competition themes are subjective, you have a better chance of being selected if your work has an obvious connection to the theme.  If there isn't, but you feel strongly that it does apply, make a case for it in your title or artist statement.  Jurors do often read them if they like the entry but have doubts about whether if relates to the theme enough. 

5. Follow all the criteriaMake sure your particular medium is accepted, check to see if there are restrictions like the age of the artwork, whether or not it's available for sale or has been exhibited before.  Again, be selective - the more your work applies to each criteria set the better chance it has of stacking up against other competitors. 

6. Use professional looking imagesEven if you don't have professionally taken photos, only enter images that look professional: high resolution, in-focus, no frames, no extraneous items in front/next to/behind the artwork, proper lighting without flash reflection. 

 7. Title the file as requestedWith hundreds (or even thousands) of entries it makes it easier to be reviewed and correctly attributed.  If there are no specific instructions, you can't go wrong putting your name and title of the piece.  Trust me, this makes it idiot-proof and helps not to piss off the people processing them! 

8. Enter your bestMake sure it's work you're really, REALLY proud of. It should be exciting, different, have a fresh perspective on the subject/theme, or have an interesting slant.  Face it, no one is really interested in a hack derivative of Van Gogh's sunflowers.

9. Proof everythingBefore pulling the trigger, read over everything you've filled out; make any corrections needed, fill in anything forgotten; if an entry fee is required, make the correct payment. 

10. Don't give upIf you don't win, don't stop there...learn from the experience. Check out the winners/finalists and see how the quality/look of the work compares to yours and how they addressed the theme.  And remember, jurors are people with subjective likes and dislikes that MAY have no bearing on the quality of your work.  Don't be a Debbie-Downer. Persevere and try again.  And enjoy doing it!

What does it really take to get into the Ivy League?

Extracurriculars

This is the foliage of destiny.

 What does it really take to get into the Ivy League? While tests and grades are the most important part of your application, they alone are not enough to distinguish you from all the other kids who are applying. As difficult as it may be to get the grades and scores required to be considered by Ivy League schools, there are tens of thousands of high school students who do it every year, and there just aren’t enough spots at the top for all of them. This leaves the admissions officers with a problem: how do they pick one candidate over another? Thus begins the applications arms race of extracurriculars, personal essays, recommendation letters, etc., etc.This part of the application can be hard because you can’t measure how well you’re doing with a number or exam score, but if you keep in mind what the admissions officers are looking for, it can be easy to know what you need. So, what are they looking for? Remember, Ivy League schools want kids who are going to go on to be “successful” – rich, famous, powerful, prestigious. Yes, being smart is an important ingredient here, but it’s not enough to be a study robot that does nothing but make good grades and ace exams. You have to be able to get people to like you if you want to be successful. You have to be “well rounded.”

There are thus three main types of extra curricular : creative, athletic, and volunteering activities. For each activity you do, admissions officers are looking for three additional dimensions: commitment, leadership, and recognition. Some colleges give you an entire page to list your extra curricular : don’t be intimidated and try to fill all that empty space. With extra curricular, less is actually more. You really don’t need more than five extracurricular activities, so stop stressing out about how to fill that page.   You do need to do those few activities for real though.First, let’s examine the three dimensions and what they mean.

Commitment is how much time you spend doing an activity and for how long you’ve been doing it. You need to do an activity for all four years of high

school and practice/participate in it regularly. This is the most important dimension, and the least complicated to achieve.

Leadership comes in many forms.

Leadership mostly applies to clubs or organizations to which you belong. Colleges like it when you have some official position in at least one of the organizations you participate in – for instance, getting elected President of one of the clubs in which you participate is a classic and highly desirable option. The kind of success that admissions officials are looking for often includes having impressive titles, making decisions, and bossing people around in real life after college, and they think that being President of a high school club might indicate future success in that direction (these admissions officials make many such leaps of faith – but with so many applicants they have to choose somehow). Getting elected to a position also shows an ability to get people to like you, which is a big plus as well. Student government always looks good on an application (even if it doesn’t have any real power). Who knows, maybe you’ll get elected President of the U.S. some day (this is really how their minds work).

You have to admit, she really does do a great Margret Thatcher impression.

Recognition is related to leadership, but it usually takes the form of prizes, awards, and accomplishments. Winning an award in one of your activities is a way to try to prove you are actually good at it that is easy to document on a resume or application. Remember, on paper it doesn’t matter how good you are at something unless you have an award to prove it, and college admissions, job applications, and so many other things in life are primarily conducted on paper (it’s just the way things are).

So, what kinds of activities should you pursue? First let’s discuss the “creative” type. These  are the most important type, and can include any arts activities you do, including things like: visual art, music, dance, theater, etc. If you’re not artsy, though, don’t worry: computer programming, building robots, astronomy, the school newspaper, yearbook, chess club, speech and debate, and even math club could potentially count here, too.

South Korean gamer Jang Jae Ho is a Warcraft III and Starcraft II world champion.

The trick here is to take whatever you like to do in your spare time and make it sound prestigious on paper. Saying “I like to play video games all day” is not that impressive, but saying “I won a prize at a video game competition two years in a row, I review games each week on my blog (www.gamesnobbery.blogblog.com), I’m president of my school video game club (which I founded (with my friends so I could put it on this application)), and I am very interested in programming, designing, and revolutionizing video games as a career” sounds very impressive. You just have to make it fit the format that they are looking for. Preferably, this type of activity will be something you actually like and care about, and it’s great if you have more than one.

If there isn’t an organization dedicated to your chosen activity at your school, try to find one outside it or even create a new one (president and founder sounds extra fancy – if you can start a club, maybe you can start a company someday!). You should also look for summer programs dedicated to your activity. Anything you can put down on paper is your friend.

American gymnast Nastia Liukin won gold at the Olympics in 2008.

The athletic type is pretty straightforward: join one of your school’s sports teams, and do it all four years. If you do a sport that may not have a team at your school, like gymnastics or taekwondo or weight lifting, try to find a local organization dedicated to it, and make sure you go to competitions and win some kind of prize (it can be sixth place at the local level or something – you don’t have to be state champion, although it’s great if you are). Getting a trophy or letter jacket is a nice award to rack up in this department (you don’t always have to be good, either – I did my time and got to be a relay alternate on my swim team at regionals, so I got a letter jacket without even getting wet!). This is another way to show them that you are well-rounded, or even a “team player” (you can work with people/get along/have basic social skills) if you do team sports.

Mother Teresa famously said to “find your own Calcutta.”

As for volunteering, this theoretically shows that you are a good person (or that you really want to go to Harvard), and is a good way to rack up leadership, since volunteering often happens through organizations that you can advance through if you want. If you belong to a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or some other religious community, this is often a good place to find volunteering opportunities (religious youth groups can also be a good place to get leadership points, since leadership positions may be less competitive than in school clubs). There are many non-denominational ways to find volunteer opportunities as well, of course, and there are probably numerous clubs and organizations for volunteering at your school. It’s always best, of course, to volunteer when your heart is truly in it, and you might try to find a way to tie your creative extracurricular into your volunteering. For instance, if you love to play the piano, you might volunteer to play at a hospital or retirement home once a week. The important thing is to pick something and do it regularly all four years of high school to show commitment.

So, what did I actually do as far as extracurriculars? Here they are:

Played Violin in the school orchestra, 3 years, conducted the orchestra playing a piece I wrote, participated in playathon fundraiser

Music composition summer camp, 2 years, wrote music for a ballet in collaboration with the local ballet academy, had a piece I wrote played on a professional concert

High School Swim Team, 4 years, received letter jacket, went to regionals for 100 Butterfly

Debate Team, 1 year, won trophy in novice Lincoln Douglass debate Economics challenge team, 1 year High School Quiz Bowl team 1 year, undefeated, went to nationals**Note: Quiz Bowl is another tried and true Ivy League favorite for extracurriculars.

That was the main stuff. Notice I didn’t have any volunteering, and not too much leadership either (I guess you could count conducting the orchestra. I don’t know what it is, but people just don’t vote for me). Not many real awards, either (although the professional concert might count as an accomplishment/recognition). The main thing is that I had two activities, music and swimming, that I was committed to and did a little something to distinguish myself in (composing also isn’t that common, which helps). The others are mostly prestigious things that look good on paper, even if I didn’t do them for very long.

The Whiffenpoofs at Yale are the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the U.S.

So, if you have at least a few things that you do seriously you should have a good shot during this part of the admissions process, but I would personally highly recommend that you do at least one creative, one athletic, and one volunteer activity regularly for four years, since if you manage your time and start early it’s really not that hard to rack up extracurricular experiences that look great on your application. If you haven’t been doing one of these, start now – one year is better than no years. For your other activities, try finding a small club at your high school that you might be interested in, and be a member of it for all four years of high school. If it’s a small club and you are generally friendly to everyone in it, you are bound to get a leadership position by your senior year. Also, remember that the more intellectual or prestigious sounding your activity is, the better. Student government, debate, newspaper, yearbook, quiz bowl, and glee club (especially glee club – I don’t know why, but students at the Ivy League just love a cappella) are all stereotypical Ivy League activities. Also, professional experience can also count as an extracurricular (especially if you do one of your creative activities professionally).

The main thing is to show commitment in whatever it is you do. We live in a time where awards for kids are cheap, since everyone’s a winner. Do your time and take advantage of any leadership or award opportunities that

come along. If you stick with three or more things for four years, you’re bound to get something eventually. Also, always remember that grades are more important than extracurriculars. Never sacrifice grades for extracurriculars.

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