Over the weekend of the 27 and 28 March, I had the incredible honour of participating in the University of Sydney Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) FLIP Case Competition. We worked together in teams to present business solutions to industry professionals and met the incredible leaders of BAP as well as many diverse, interdisciplinary peers. Competition participants came from many different parts of the world including China, India and more and studied a variety of disciplines – a mix of Law, Commerce and Science.
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| Teams networking and discussing with one another during the program |
The two-day program was centred around the values of diversity and inclusivity. On the first day, we engaged in debates about workplace diversity and group bonding activities. I learnt a lot from hearing the different perspectives of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. The second day was when we received our case. We put our heads together to brainstorm ideas and construct convincing speeches around them. My team was very lucky to proceed to the next round where we were given another case to prepare and competed against two other teams. I thought we performed even better in the second round as we got over our nerves and could (relatively) calmly face and answer questions from our judges.
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| Team presentation |
What were the highlights?
There were so many highlights. Obviously, the fact that my team won the case (and got chocolates!!!) and I won the Best Speaker Award were huge highlights for me. But the process was just as memorable. I will always remember the heart-pounding hour of brainstorming ideas and most importantly, the lovely people I met that weekend - the BAP leaders, the judging team, and my peers - who all provided so much support and shared with us so much insightful knowledge and experiences.
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| Group photo of all participants |
What was your biggest challenge?
The time limit was a huge challenge for me because firstly, I was working with a completely unfamiliar team that I hadn’t had time to get used to collaborating with and on top of that the case questions were very unexpected. However, I realised that the time limit actually pushed my team to become more cohesive and organised much faster than I anticipated. By the second round, we had already become highly coordinated and developed our ideas effectively and efficiently.
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| Team collaboration time |
What would you say to other students?
Don’t hesitate to join! Even if you think this is something you’re not good at or you’re scared of meeting new people (I was both of these), you’ll find at the end that you’ve gained an amazing experience, learnt so much, and made a huge group of amazing new friends.
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| From left to right: Richard FitzGerald (Senior Director at BAP USYD), David Yoo (FLIP Winner), Xiyu (Eryn) Zhang (Flip Winner), David Zheng (Flip Winner), Sam Hain (Co-President at BAP USYD), Rhys Jennings (Co-President at BAP USYD) |
Finally, I just want to say a big thank you to BAP for hosting the FLIP Case Competition and I look forward to being part of the organising team next year!
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