AmiComm- Communication Skills Newsletter July 2015

Quoting the Motivators: The Amity Leadership

Mentors: Prof. Mamta Srivastav, Addl. Director & Dr. Aditya Tomer, Dy,Director

Editor-in-Chief : Parveen Kumar Sharma

E-mail: [email protected]

D r . As h o k K . C h a u h a n

F o u n d e r P r e s i d e n t

“Amity is not just a

group of institutions

which imparts world-

class education, but

an experience where

everyone associated is

part of a dream, a

mission to see that we

nurture truly great

leaders.”

D r . At u l C h a u h a n

C h a n c e l l o r , AU U P

“We are creating

centres of thought

leadership across the

world, where faculty,

scientists and brilliant

students can explore

and expand the frontiers

of knowledge.”

D r . ( M r s . ) B a l v i n d e r S h u k l a

V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r , AU U P

“At Amity, we focus on each

& every student, to bring out

their full potential and

empower them with a

winning attitude.”

In this AmiComm: Quoting the Motivators, Messages and Motivation, Editorial Note, Editorial Mantra, CSEC-

Introduction, CSEC & AmiComm Team, Featured Article on Careers, Expert Advice, AmiComm Literary, AmiComm

EdTech, Movies & Lawyers (Movie Reviews), AmiComm August Agenda, ALS-II :Events-Planned and Organised,

Invitation to Join AmiComm

http://amicommamity.blogspot.in/

To meet the demand of this dynamic era, a lot of emphasis is being given these days on the

academics, innovations, technology, and value based education. Amity is accelerating

towards achieving the goal of being globally ranked education group.

Amity believes in the all-inclusive development of its students and provides them quality

platforms to nurture talents. The vision of Hon’ble Founder President is to create ambassa-

dors of learning and values, and that is exactly we are aiming at through various academic

and associated activities. Value addition has been a very important part of our education and

Communication Skills remains a priority among the skills imparted to each Amitian.

I am pleased to see that Amity Law School, Centre-II has come up with yet another Amity

initiative to accomplish the Amity vision and mission through this newsletter.

I congratulate the Communication Skills Enhancement Club (CSEC) of ALS-II for initiating

AmiComm- Communication Skills Newsletter, which has the essence of Amity’s foundation:

Competence, Commitment and Self-Motivation.

My best wishes and blessings to the Team of Students and Faculty.

Prof. Dr. Balvinder Shukla

Vice Chancellor

Professor – Entrepreneurship & Leadership

Words from the Motivator

Page # 02/ AmiComm/ July 2015

Communication Skills Enhancement is a

Mission and We are Committed to

Impart the Best Skills to Our Students.


Mentor’s Note:

Communication is the key to success and we at Amity University envision a successful future for our students. Following

the vision of our dynamic Amity leaders, we nurture talent. Students, as well as the faculty who teaches them, need to stay

connected beyond the classroom as well. As students of Law, each student is required to earn the multi-dimensional skill

sets. Communication Skills is most significant in these skills. In this age of Information Overload, AmiComm is initiated to

establish a strong and shared foundation of ‘Communication’. “Amity Communication” becomes AmiComm and this

monthly newsletter is presenting itself as a platform of learning and sharing . It is for Amitians and by Amitians.

I wish to congratulate the Communication Skills Enhancement Club and AmiComm Team of ALS-II for coming ahead with

this newsletter. I am sure that with the active participation of ALS-II students and faculty, AmiComm team will add new

dimensions to learning. Each issue of AmiComm shall bring advice from career experts and will give enough space to stu-

dents to present their learning, observation, legal aid initiatives and will also serve as a monthly communiqué of ALS II.

Dr. Aditya Tomer, Dy. Director, ALS-II

1. Courtesy

2. Consideration

3. Clarity

4. Correctness

5. Completeness

6. Concreteness

7. Conciseness

‘Communication for Management’

Functions: Workplace Management

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Image Building and Public Relations

Inter-Cultural Harmony at Workplace

Motivational Aspects

The 7 Cs of Communication

“Don't watch the clock; do what it

does. Keep going.”-Sam Levenson "If your ship doesn't come in, swim

out to it." - Jonathan Winters

Editorial Mantra

From the Editor’s Desk:

AmiComm– Communication Skills Newsletter, aims at making sense to each one of you. As an Amitian, I am sure that

all our students will join this mission of Skill Enhancement. Through this monthly e-newsletter, we shall be sharing the

best of expert advice for a successful career. Each aspect, that relates to Communication Skills, shall be kept in

AmiComm.

The priority is to assist each learner in establishing a strong foundation of Communicative Competence.

We hope that AmiComm shall serve as a platform of expressions and will be able to initiate the mission of

Skill Enhancement. Let us walk together towards Learning to Communicate Effectively.

Parveen Kumar Sharma

CSEC– Communication Skills Enhancement Club

“Do not ask your children

to strive for extraordinary lives.

Such striving may seem admirable,

but it is the way of foolishness.

Help them instead to find the wonder

and the marvel of an ordinary life.

Show them the joy of tasting

tomatoes, apples and pears.

Show them how to cry

when pets and people die.

Show them the infinite pleasure

in the touch of a hand.

And make the ordinary come alive for them.

The extraordinary will take care of itself.”

(William Martin)

The Most ordinary thing in our life is ‘Communication’!

For us, Communication Skills is not an alien thing to master. We just need to

revitalize our competence and re-believe in what we are!

Remember: ‘None of us is as smart as all of us.’


With determination and sincere strategy to add skills to our communication,

CSEC invites you all to be on board with us. CSEC has only one objective:

To Assist the Learners in the Enhancement of their Communication Skills

With Student Leadership and Cooperation from All our ALS-II Faculty and Staff,

we shall be conducting and Managing Special Interactions, Workshops, Blogs,

Mock Interviews, Communication Skills Practices, Public Speaking, Personality

Development Guidance, Creative Writing, Newsletter, Podcast and YouTube

Presentations….and everything that you suggest to really Enhance the Communi-

cative Competence of each one of us.

We shall be available for honest assistance and will do our best to guide every

Amitian accomplish a skilled ground. We solicit the cooperation of all teachers,

who are in fact our real strength.

Students, who want to join CSEC and want to share their Learning with all, are welcome!

They are also invited to join the Team of AmiComm- Communication Skills Newsletter.

Mail your queries to [email protected] / [email protected] or visit any of the

CSEC faculty members:

To the Students– For the Amitians

Parveen Kumar Sharma

Editor-in-Chief

Assistant Professor-II

Amity Law School-II

Dr. Sumitra Singh

Associate Editor


Amity Law School-II

Lekha Rani Singh

Associate Editor


Amity Law School-II

[email protected]

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A Degree in Law! WHY? ‘Careers and Possibilities’

The Courtroom Career - Criminal Lawyer, Matrimonial Lawyer etc.

Legal Practitioner / Advocate / Legal Advisor

Corporate and Tax Lawyer-Consultant or Advisor

Solicitor for the Government

Patent/IPR related Advisory

Jobs with NGOs

Legal Journalism– Columnist/Reporter/Anchor/Editor etc.

Judiciary/Administrative Jobs

Labour and Employment Lawyers

Education- Teaching & Training

Publishing Industry as Authors/Content Writers/Editors

Legal Outsourcing (Legal Aid/Assistance Abroad)

Mr. Ankit Ahluwalia, Advocate, Supreme Court & Delhi High Court

Information on the Walk...


Featured Article

“AmiComm Confident Communicator”

The first thing you need to realise is that a career in the media is not a regular 9 to 5 job. If your expectation

from your job is regular hours, maybe you need to consider a different profession. Now that is out of the way,

let us look at the basic attributes that one looks for when hiring for the media:

a) Communication – whichever medium you work in, the fact remains that you are in the business of commu-

nication. The ability to communicate an idea to your audience is crucial. More importantly you need to be able

to communicate precisely and succulently. Practice communication. Write draft letters, draft pitches, draft epi-

sode synopsis, movie synopsis. More importantly read what other people have written, because it gives you an

idea of how good communication works.

b) Cultivate interests outside the media : Beyond Bollywood or IPL. The media is about communicating

ideas; and ideas do not develop in the abstract. The best media works are by people who have a variety of inter-

ests.

c) Power of listening and observation – absolutely important to learn to observe and listen. Do not learn bad

habits from broadcast news television – the less you interrupt, the more you listen, and the more you observe –

the more likely you are to develop a good piece of content. Ideas are usually one liners. The success of an idea

depends on how well you flesh it out, and points b) and c) help you to do this.

d) Easy Going – it is only in films that the difficult maverick, who gets on with nobody, ends up successful. In

real life, it is those who are easy going and easy to get along with who end up doing well. The only attitude that

works well is the desire for excellence, and the desire to collaborate with others. Working in the media is all

about working with people, and it is these people who will determine your success (or failure).

e) Curiosity (as opposed to nosiness) – while curiosity may have killed the cat, it helps young entrants into the

media get a great start. Learn your job, understand how others do their jobs, be curious about subjects you work

on – do your research.

f) Passion – is an underrated virtue, but it is always good to interact with those who are passionate about life,

interests and the media. With all things being equal, it is passion that wins the day.

Education and Degrees are important. But being in the media, which is fast evolving, means that you have

to keep evolving and bettering yourself. These are exciting times for the media, hope you enjoy the ride.


Harini Calamur

Head - Digital Content at Zee Media Corporation

A career in the media is exciting. And rewarding. And extremely demanding.

Referring to Legal Journalism as a Career

Expert Advice

Sabba Quidwai (Apple Distinguished Educator)

Director, Innovative Learning

KSM, University of Southern California USA

Let the World Be Your Stage! Technology and communication go hand in hand and over the years our potential reach

has expanded. In our early beginnings communication was immobile - written in stone

visible only to those who were within walking distance. With the 15th century came the invention of the

printing press which allowed information to travel to people. As technology progressed the passing of this

information became faster and faster. However, one’s audience was still limited. With the rise of the

world wide web the world is now your stage and the power of reach lies within your hands. The possibili-

ties for you as a student are limited only to your imagination. In the book, “Show Your Work,” Austin Kleon argues that you don’t find an audience for your work, they

find you. Of course in order for people to find you, you have to be findable. Imagine having shared your

work over the course of your academic career, you never know when a project or blog post may catch

someone’s attention creating opportunities that you may have never thought possible. As a communications student, how can you leverage the power of the tools available to you so that you can

present yourself on the world stage? What can you be doing to become more findable? Share Your Work Kleon argues that people who are able to make themselves findable do so by sharing their work. They

don’t just present a finished product; rather they engage people in their process creating a following. This

following in turn is there to support you through feedback and fellowship. Sharing can often be intimidat-

ing. Will people judge me? Will people like what they see? Will I look like an amateur? Kleon says it is

the amateur who was the liveliest spirit of them all. He opens this section with a quote from Charlie Chap-

lin, “That’s all any of us are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.” Everyone has something to contribute and it is through the sharing of your ideas that your ideas can in-

volve. Great creations do not come at once, they come from the combination of lots of bits and pieces that

when come together create an explosion. Kleon’s advice, “Share what you love and the people who love

the same things will find you.” Why not allow others to witness and share in your journey? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU


Let the World Be Your Stage

Congratulations on the inaugural newsletter and I wish Amity University, its

faculty and students lots of success. : Sabba


AmiComm EdTech (Softwares, Apps & Web for Communication Skills)

OXFORD ADVANCE Learner’s Dictionary: CD- ROM with Oxford iWriter

Take a Look at the Dictionary’s CD ROM which has the Advanced Learning Features

that enables you to Do the same dictionary functions along with some super-special fea-

tures.

The iWriter helps you in working on Presentation, Reports and Resume etc.

The list of 3000 Words, Vocabulary Activities, Grammar, Maps, are some other

features that make Oxford ALD an integral part of our learning system.

Get the latest edition and install the complimentary Software on Desktop/Laptop and

“Communication is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of

thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, visuals, signals, writing, or behavior.

It is the meaningful exchange of information between two or a group of living creatures.

Pragmatics defines communication as any sign-mediated interaction that follows

combinatorial, context-specific and content-coherent rules. Communicative competence

designates the capability to install inter-subjective interactions, which means that

communication is an inherent social interaction.” Active Listening Activity Ideas

Assertive Communication Skill Tips

Communication Skills Activities

Effective Business Communication Skills

https://play.google.com/store/apps/

AmiComm Literary: Experience the Magic of

Words and See How a

Young Writer Captures

the Hearts!

Ankit Kumar, Amitian

(B.Tech.- 2008-2012

Batch) AmiComm

Literary will bring for

you What Amitians have

created and shared with

AmiComm Literary

Blogs & Websites: teengazette.com (News-Views for the Youth-by the Youth)

http://terriblytinytales.com/ (terribly tiny tales brings together a diverse pool of fantastic writers to cre-

ate one tweet-sized story, everyday. We invite readers to contribute a word from which the writer picks a word

of his/her choice )

If you carry Creative

Writing in heart… Bring it in

the AmiComm Literary

Join AmiComm

Philadelphia (1993, Directed by Jonathan Demme)

As a courtroom drama it is extremely effective, and a fine cast, which

includes Mary Steenburgen and Joanne Woodward, stirs the emotions without

sentimental overtones. Arguably, the horror of death from Aids has been

sanitized for popular consumption, but nevertheless it is a brave and

commendable effort.

Soon after Tom Hanks, a young hotshot in a Philadelphia law firm wins pro-

motion, a lesion forms on his forehead. It transpires that he has Aids, and eventually the physical effects

are impossible to conceal from the partners, led by Jason Robards. They fire him, unconvincingly

citing incompetence as their reason. He knows death is inevitable he resolves to sue his old firm on the

grounds that his dismissal was really because of his illness, and therefore unfair. The closed society of

Philadelphia law turns its back on him, and in desperation he goes to a fiercely heterosexual black law-

yer (Denzel Washington) who makes a point of standing up for the oppressed. He is essentially ho-

mophobic but he is also against persecution and after initial reluctance, takes on the case. It gives Hanks

Movies & Lawyers

A Few Must Watches….

12 Angry Men (1957) 12 Angry Men, masterfully directed by Sidney Lumet, begins when Juror # 8

(Henry Fonda) refuses to raise his hand when the other jurors are about to finalize

their verdict – 11 votes against one, which means a delay in sending a man

accused of murdering his own father to the electric chair. Uncertainty, and a bad

defense causes Henry Fonda`s character to have a reasonable doubt about the

entire case, which makes the other jurors reconsider, analyze, and examine each

aspect of the life of an unseen man for the audience.

Even though Juror #8 is certain of his beliefs, he asks the other jurors to explain why they think that

the young man must be sentenced to death for a crime he may not have

committed. It is fascinating to see how all these men express their strong arguments against juror #8.

And, when they dig deep into the story, they understand that nothing is as simple as it seems, and

maybe, just maybe, the 18-year old man did not kill his father. While they argue about his life, a great

battle begins between juror #8 and a very stubborn juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb), who has no intention of

changing his decision under the heavy facts brought up by the rest of the jurors.

What is most amazing about 12 Angry Men is the simplicity of the story written by Reginal

Rose. The character study is done so well and is so educational and inspiring, that the audience will

keep thinking about it even after watching this film. http://moviemovesme.com/2015/02/22/film-review-12-angry-men-1957/

हिन्दी संस्करण : एक रुका हुआ फैसला (निरे्दशक: बासु चटर्जी) Juror # 8 played by K.K. Raina


http://moviemovesme.com/2015/02/22/film-review-12-angry-men-1957/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDozhejlqpI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._K._Raina

Simple-Simple-Simple


Making An Impressive Social Media Profile

‘Ready to Add’ Skills and Communication Tips

Personalities: Inspiring Profiles

Websites/Blogs/Twitter Handles/FB Profiles for Learners

EdTech Integration Tips for Teachers

Conversational English Tips

AmiComm Agenda for ‘AmiComm August’ -Proposed Aspects

AmiComm Literary– Prose, Poetry, Travelogue and Diaries

Legal Aid, General Awareness, Correspondence Tips

Remedial Grammar Tips, Avoiding Common Errors

Article by ‘Confident Communicator of the Month’

There is no end to what we plan and what we toil for…

Join Learning!

ALS-II Achievements & Highlights

Employability Skills Enhancement Tips

Resume Writing, GD & Interview Guidelines

AmiComm Talks

‘AmiComm August’ awaits Your Contribution!

Contact the Editorial Board:

Parveen Kumar Sharma/Dr. Sumitra Singh/Ms. Lekha Rani Singh

Amity Law School, Centre-II

Amity University, Sector-125

Noida (UP) 201313

Students are invited to Write on varied aspects of Communication Skills–Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing– All We have in AmiComm. Share Your Experiences and Observations! Collaborate with Your Communication Skills Faculty– Submit Your Content on Suggested Topics and Themes. Bring Expert Advice from the Industry and Get it Shared with All! Write Short-Stories and Publish them with AmiComm Literary! Or Bring


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#AmiComm

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ALS-II Events/July 2015

10 August, 2015 - Extempore Competition

12 August, 2015 - Workshop: ‘Communication Skills & Lawyers’ 19 August, 2015 - Career Counseling Session

27 August, 2015 - Fresher's Party

Planned

Events:

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