There
were a total of 38 participants coming from different offices, having different
courses, yet attended to achieve the goal of the said activity.
Mr.
Aeron James De Leon, CCSA President and Ms. Coleen Tala, CCSA Secretary and the
emcee of the seminar, led the invocation or opening prayer as an invitation for
the mighty guidance from the moment forward. Afterwards, a time of inspiration
was given by Mr. De Leon as he formally presided the seminar with an
inspirational story of a patient, a nurse and a doctor that was concluded into
a “help each other” lesson.
The
first talk which is about Stress
Management was given by the Columban College Guidance Counselor for College
of Arts and Sciences and Education (AS/Educ) and College of Computer Studies
(CCS), Ms. Marsha Mojica.
There
were various activities that merely focused on knowing each other as well as
yourself, group activity about stresses, stressors, effects of stress, and way
on how to prevent it, and sharing. Herein, the participants tried to express
themselves and reflect about their diverse environment and work. The output of
the said talk was the realization of each student assistants that the key on
relieving their stresses is to do the things that maybe helpful to them and
refuse the things that making them pale and haggard.
Office
procedures is a must to know among student assistants to improve quality of
works and responsible deeds. Ms. Grace Yanson, CCS professor, was the one who
gave the next talk which centered the discussion to SWOT or Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Each participants enjoyed knowing
themselves further. They share their experiences through a SWOT Analysis.
For
a lot of instruments and office materials that can be found inside the
different work place, files, computers, etc., telephone is one of the most
important thing that an office should have. Communication must be efficient and
effective, however, people whom shall be part of a communication must know how
to use medium properly.
Mrs.
Aida B. Deonaldo, Director of Maintenance Office and CCSA Adviser gave the last
talk which was focused on Telephone
Etiquette. Together with the participants, they do some simple workshop in
answering inbound and outbound calls. Mrs. Deonaldo discussed the procedure in
answering telephone calls in a more formal manner. She explained that the way
of answering the telephone calls represents the character of the one who answer
it and the office where he or she was assigned.
The
tokens and certificates of appreciation were distributed by the officers every
after the session or talk.
Before the
adjournment, there was a picture taking and closing remarks followed by a
closing prayer led by Ms. Tala.
