Continuing Education Consultant
Confidential
Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months
Currently, I'm running following three Training & Development projects in this role:
1) iPresent: Frustrated by ‘bad’ PPTs by my peers in the business, I decided to train individuals and corporates in the art of presentation. This has led to my professional project called “iPresent”.
2) Salaried Entrepreneurs:After getting certification from UDEMY on a Career Redesigning course, I help (through Business Modelling) Team leaders or Managers striving to align individual actions with enterprise aims or otherwise proactively manage talent in a fresh way. Plus I also help individuals how to design their career business model in 21st century
3) Actionable BizWorkshops: Each Actionable BizWorkshops module is inspired by a leading business book; one core concept from a best-selling business book is taught and explored through a discussion and series of exercises. These workshops broadly cover areas like; Self-management, Team optimisation, Communication Skills, Innovative Thinking, Peer Leadership, Role & Culture fit etc.
Interest in social entrepreneurship brought me in start-up organization like ASPIRE Education Solutions in 2012 where I served as a Director for Talent & Partnerships. Here I pioneered a Career Development Program to help marginalized students realize their career dreams, specifically by providing them with professional training (e.g., communication, teamwork, leadership, etc.) and industry linkages.
Served as a Strategic Member of the Administration Committee for the first ever historic Toastmaster International District Conference in Saudi Arabia (DTAC-79). This committee played an integral role in the pre-event preparations along with smooth execution of the Conference on the event day. Also contributed in the conference as a Delegate.
Worked as Marketing Manager. Following were the main accomplishments:
• Formulated College’s Marketing Strategic Direction for full one year
• Served as the Chief Organizer for all the College’s International Delegation Visit
• Organized the first ever College Editorial to generate stories that were taken to National Media in form of Press Releases & other Electronic Mediums
Worked as a Volunteer in the Registration Committee of an MAP Event, MARCON 2011(http://www.marconlahore.com), the biggest marketing event of 2011 in Pakistan.
Joined as Marketing Officer for its unique Talent Hunt Programme, National Outreach Program (NOP) . Got promoted to the position of Unit Head in June 2009.
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SELECTED PERFORMACE MILESTONES
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~COMMUNICATION SKILLS~
*Public Speaking: Delivered effective Undergraduate Program’s Presentations to diverse audiences in over 100 schools and colleges across Pakistan
*Public Relations: Developed 18 new strategic alliances for LUMS in 2 years through networking with external customers
*Marketing: Formulated an effective integrated marketing communications campaign for NOP in 2010 that increased the NOP applicants by 40% over previous year
~ORGANIZATION & TEAM WORKING SKILLS~
*Event Planning: Collaborated cross functionally with 30 key members of the various departments to organize & execute major events like Educational Expos, Open Houses & Fundraisers
*Event Management: Coordinated & led a the team of 40 resulting in the timely completion of arrangements for Annual Convocation of LUMS in 2009
~LEADERSHIP SKILLS~
*Team Development: Mentored & trained about 3 team members after restructuring for full one year as a unit head for NOP
*Human Relations: Initiated a unique idea of Situational Programs to highlight & propose solutions for various issues of the department.
*Problem Solving: Designed & established a mentoring system in 2010 to increase the retention rate of the NOP
Joined the Start up Call Centre as a TSR (TeleSales Representative) for Telemarketing of U.S. Based FORTUNE 500 company namely DISH NETWORK. Got promoted to the position of Product Trainer after 6 months.
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SELECTED PERFORMACE MILESTONES
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~LEADERSHIP SKILLS~
*Management: Took initiative of designing and implementing Product Training Programs for other TSRs.
~COMMUNICATION SKILLS~
*Selling: Trained & supervised a team of 25 TSRs which resulted in the team exceeding the sales quota by 28% over previous 3 months
Represented Pakistani Students in a Multicultural Event in Malardalen University in Sweden & presented information about Pakistan with the intention of spreading positive word of mouth about Pakistan. Moreover I did a thesis on Online Gift Retailing. The main achievment of our thesis was that we developed a 3 stage model for online commerce which was used used in the analysis of the online gift retailer.
Directed a Skit “Ramayan Reloaded” in UET while managing a team of 7 persons. The Skit won awards of “Best Director” & “Best Skit” in Annual Drama & Skit Competition in UET in 2004
