INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (IJAS)

1. THE EFFECT OF USING A TRAINING COURSE FOR
COMMUNITY LEADERS APPLYING THE SYNECTICS
TECHNIQUE TO ENHANCE MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
SKILL FOR COMMUNITY STRENGTHENING
Fisik Sean Buakanok

2. Introduction What makes an effective “Leader”?
A great leader must have training
in certain skills and abilities
Vision moves forward
Not enough
Integrated Technology to the leader is a
benefit-it’s the means of gaining knowledge

3. Purposes of the study
1. Assess the effectiveness of using a training course for
community leaders in Lampang province, Thailand, applying
the synectics technique, to enhance multimedia production skill
for community strengthening.
2. Assess the effects of the training course in terms of enhancing
creative thinking among community leaders.
3. Assess the community leader’s satisfaction with the training
course.

4. Methodology
• Participants: 30 community leaders from Lukes’ village, Thailand.
Of the participants, 36.66% were female; 63.33% were male.The
participants were between 41 and 65 years of age.
• A 3-day training course.
• The effect of the training was evaluated by means and standard
deviation tests and a questionnaire.

5. A 3-day training course.

6. Data collection
1. Multimedia Skill Test: It was developed by examining related literature and
expert views on the subject matter.
2. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT-test) Forms A : These tests
invite examinees to draw and give a title to their drawings (pictures) can be
used for pre- and post testing. (Torrance, 1968)
3. Questionnaires: The items asked about the demographic information of the
leader and their satisfaction with the process of leader training in the
course.

7. Findings and Results
1. The effect of using a training course (with a 3 day trial length)
Statistics.
Samples N=30
SD Levels
Attention- measures impact of media after it has
48 61 high
been made.
Interest- measures level of interest in the
48 66 high
multimedia.
Desire- measures the level of importance that the
30 67 high
media has
Conviction- measures the confidence in the
40 57 high
multimedia to solve problems
Action- measures the level of action prompted by
15 61 high
the multimedia.
Total 36 62 high

8. 2. Analysis of the scores of the TTCT
Creative Thinking
Post test
Pre test
Fluency Flexibility Originality Evaluation
Pre test
Post test

9. 3. The effect of the training course on the community leaders’
satisfaction
leaders’ satisfaction
Mean
Issue

10. Discussion
Knowledge Training. Multimedia production skills Synectic technique
(CAUCHINO MODEL).