JCI Mission:
“To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create
positive change.”
FOCUS
A Flagship Program of
JCI Hosur Lake City
Authored by
JCI Senator Chandrachoodeshwaran

‘When I am inspired by
some great purpose, some
extraordinary project, all my
thoughts break their
bounds. My mind
transcends limitations. My
consciousness expands in
every direction, and I find
myself in a new great and
wonderful world. My
dormant forces, faculties
and talents become alive,
and I discover myself to be
a greater person by far than
ever dreamed myself to be’.
Pathanjali’s Yoga Sutra

Course Objective
The purpose of the FOCUS course is to
empower young people with the
understanding of why 21st Century Skills are
important for the 21st Century Learning and
get high paid Jobs in their future.

Introduction:
Introduce about yourself, your name, your
training level and a very brief introduction to
JCI.

1.My name…
2.My ambition in life…
3.Three skills I have…
4.Three Skills I want to develop…
5.Why skills are important?

Five important 21st Century Skills and Life Skills:
1.Communication Skills
2.Interpersonal Skills
3.Digital Skills
4.Globe Trotting Skills
5.Agility

MULTIMEDIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9lGyTHB9Sw

Module 1
Communication Skills

Communications is
key to trying to solving
the greatest
challenges of our
times.

The Three Cs of Effective Communication
Clear: Say what you have to say to be understood.
Concise: Say what you have to say in as few
words as possible.
Consistent: Build trust and provide the information
that is needed for action to be taken.

lear
• Inform the who, what,
why, when and where
• Divide in opening,
body and summary
• Speak to the entire
audience even when
you are in a small
group

oncise
• In writing you can
“impress” but in talking
you must “express”
• Avoid the use of
“fillers” and “jargons”
• Replace the “over-
explaining,” by
encouraging feedback
and questions

oncise
How long will it take for you to understand this
message?
“I know that you believe you
understand what you think I said, but
I am not sure you realize that what
you heard is not what I meant!”

©Prentice Hall, 2001Chapter 1214
Filtering
Emotions
Selective
Perception
Information
Overload
Apprehension
Language
Communication Barriers

Overcoming
Communication Barriers
• Constrain emotions
• Watch nonverbal cues
• Use feedback
• Simplify language
• Listen actively

Active
Listening Skills
AcceptanceResponsibility
Intensity Empathy

Module 2
Inter-Personal Skills
(Social Skills)

Keep your pride & prejudice aside
The right communication at the right time:-
Appreciate & praise at the right time, listen,
communicate your discomfort, make people
open up.

Sense of humor
Accept the reality
Reliability
Maintain bonding

Module 3
Digital Skills

Digital literacy as 'the ability to find, evaluate,
utilize, share, and create content using
information technologies and the Internet'.

Basic Digital Skills
• Collaboration Fluency
• Information Fluency
• Solution Fluency
• Media Fluency
• Creativity Fluency

Fluency:
Fluency is the property of a person or of a system that
delivers information quickly and with expertise

Collaboration Fluency. One of the
strongest assets any student can
have is the ability to work well within
a team.

Information Fluency is a model that
builds on the skills of traditional digital
literacy, integrating technology with
domain (discipline) specific
knowledge, critical thinking,
presentation, participation and
communication skills.

Solution Fluency is the ability to
think creatively to solve problems
in real time by clearly defining the
problem, designing an
appropriate solution, delivering
the solution and then evaluating
the process and the outcome.

Media Fluency refers to the
ability to unconsciously interpret
the messages contained
within media of all sorts, and the
ability to communicate in multiple
multimedia formats.

Creativity Fluency is the process by which artistic
proficiency adds meaning through design, art, and
storytelling.

Module 4
Agility (Flexibility)

Flexibility is the Thinking Skill that focuses on a child's
ability to adapt to new situations, improvise, and shift
strategies to meet different types of challenges. Video
games can help improve Flexibility by allowing kids to
practice their Flexibility skills while in the midst of a fun
and immersive game experience.

• Think creatively
• Embrace uncertainty
• Exercise emotional intelligence
• Shift Focus

Module 5
Globe Trotting

The action of travelling widely around
the world or places.
Importance of Networking.

Networking is not a list of contacts
“Networking is an organized collection of
your personal connections, their
connections and so on.
Networking is finding fast who you need to
get what you need in any given situation and
helping others do the same.”
Harvey MacKay

Networking is about helping others
- Why will people help you?
- Why do you help other people?
People do business with, help, share information
with and give referrals to people they trust and
value.
Trust turns contacts into connections!

Summary:
Summarise all the five skills and it’s
importance.
Ask 2 – 3 students to give feedback
about the session.

THANK YOU
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