Traditionally, TeamNUS Summit 2021 is an opportunity for all sports leaders to meet offline for four days while making new friends and being introduced to foundational leadership principles. This year, after the postponement of last year's Summit, heralded a new and innovative approach to the conduct of Summit.
Held from 20-22 September, TeamNUS Summit 2021 was anything but languid and one-dimensional. From the moment the online camp inaugurated, participants were brought through a myriad of e-activities and personal reflections. Participants were also couriered Summit 2021 Tee-shirt and treated to a bento lunch daily. Coincidentally, International Day of University Sport happen to fall on the first day of camp!
Learning from one another
Student leaders aligned their values within their teams in break-out rooms within Zoom, pinned ideas on boards in Miro and voiced to each other their most passionate convictions whilst being facilitated by professional facilitators online.
Participants were challenged to raise standards and expectations for themselves as well as that of their teams through learning about Kouzes & Posner’s “The Leadership Challenge”. Many traditional challenges introduced in past Summits like Keypunch and Zoom were re-created online and used to great effect.
Said Pricilla Ang, Projects Secretary of NUS Students’ Sports Club: “It was my first year attending ....at first, I was a little sad that it was online, [but] I'm glad that I got to bond with the Sports Club Management Committee and had the opportunity to do a refresher on The Leadership Challenge' practices which reminded me to use the five practices when leading.”
The two-and-a-half-day Summit culminated in a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity that involved completing challenges for the groups to earn virtual money used to obtain daily essential items to be supplied to real life beneficiaries.
At the end of the Summit, an e-collage of still shots and videos delighted the participants and recapped the past few days of fun, learning and interaction – all in the comfort of their own homes.
Elaina Ong, Captain of Esports summed it up: “The Summit, through its diverse activities, allowed me to learn better how to be open to differences in opinions and come to a compromise with various other leaders that have their own talents, mindsets, and values they bring to the table.”
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