“The Elicit”
To be a
good leader there should be a good leadership, experience and opportunity. On
the other hand Leoism stands for all those three things. However people have
stereotyped Leo as something which only encourages community service. But Leoismis
beyond that.“The Elicit” is the best example to prove that.
Phase 01
“The Elicit” is the
initial research based project of the Leo Club of University of Colombo with
the intention of discovering the impacts of the social media to the interpersonal
communication skills of the society. The first phase of this enviable project was
held on Friday 26th of January 2018 from 12.15 pm onwards in the new
computer laboratory of the Faculty of Management and Finance.
The supreme objective of this project is to produce knowledge relating
to the impact of social media usage on interpersonal communication skills of
the youth based on the information collected throughout the research. 
As the initial step
we had to select a suitable topic for this research. From all those
options we have selected Impact of social media on interpersonal communication. With the instructions
given by the lecturer we had to obtain some information from the articles in
the internet. After collecting the relevant information we formed our hypothesis
as impact of social media on interpersonal communication is negative. After completing the
formation of the hypothesis the next step was preparation of the questionnaire
to gather the information from the sample.
To launch the initiate
phase of the research we chose the New Computer Lab of the Faculty of
Management and Finance because we needed to find a venue which is enriched by
IT facilities. Even though firstly we decided to print questionnaires, according to an
idea suggested by our club president we decided to create a google form and a
QR code (Quick Response Code) to use the new technology for data collection. With
that we would be able to reach a wider audience and we got the opportunity
to diffuse the Google form through the all social media.
To attract a wider audience, we have
displayed posters around the faculty premises and in that poster we have
mentioned the UR code also. It provides the opportunity to the audience to
directly link to our google form. In addition, to invite our members to the
event we created WhatsApp messages and those were shared in our LEO official
group. Moreover fliers were shared through social media like Facebook and WhatsApp.
We shared all those messages and flyers before two days from the launching
date.
On the event day morning all the preparations were done before the
project commenced. Sharing the google link to the network, placing the QR codes
templates, and preparing to the presentation were done. We launched the
research at 12.15 p.m. in the New Computer Lab of the Faculty of Management and
Finance with a huge number of students including Leos, Leo prospects and
Non-Leos.
It was a brand new experience for our club
as well as to the Elicit committee. Therefore it provided us an extensive
knowledge on how to drive a research and implement a project
strategically, work with
superiors such as officials of the club and senior lecturers. Moreover it
helped us to develop our IT skills and we were able to learn how
to enhance our leadership skills and we understood the power of teamwork
throughout this project as well.
Phase 02
The research report publication was done on 8th February 2018 day at the Faculty of Management and Finance as a second phase of this project.According
to the agenda the event was started by the chairperson, Leo Amali Poornima.
Throughout her speech she mentioned about the background of the project and the
objectives of it. Further she drew the attention about the first phase of this
project.
After her speech, program was addressed by the Club President Leo Tharindu Jayasinghe. In his speech he talked about the importance of this valuable project. After the Club President’s speech, Chairperson Leo Amali Poornima handed over the research article to the President.
Later on, committee
member, Leo Poornima ccontinued the presentation about the analysis of the results of the questionnaire.
Throughout her speech she mentioned about the general information of the
respondents who participated to the research. Moreover she talked about their
usage of the social media.
Thereafter, Leo Anjana continued the analyzing session and she draw the attention about the Interpersonal Conflict Resolution, participants 'Preference for Online Communication vs. Offline Communication, Comparison of Social Media Preference in participant’s generation and elder generation in the youth’s perspective and she mentioned some solutions to get ride from the conflicts which are occurred due to the social media.
“The
Elicit” phase 2 is the publication of the research article and it should be
mentioned that “The Elicit” is the initial research and development project
undertaken by our own club, Leo Club of University of Colombo and the Leo
District 306 C. It was a brand new experience for our club as well as to the
Elicit committee. Therefore It provided us an extensive knowledge on how to drive a research to
implement a project strategically, work with superiors such as officials of the
club and senior lecturers, also it helped us to develop our IT skills and We
were able to learn how to enhance our leadership skills and also we understood
the power of teamwork throughout this project.
