Community Engagement

Dewansh Poddar | Co-founder | Young Engine

What is Community Engagement?

There are many nuances of a Career in Community Engagement. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Community Engagement actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Community Engagement. The most authoritative source of information on Community Engagement is someone with real experience in it.

Co-founder Dewansh Poddar invested 2 years & 2 months in Community Engagement. According to Co-founder Dewansh Poddar, Community Engagement is:

Community engagement is a dynamic relational process that facilitates communication, interaction, involvement, and exchange between an organization and a community for a range of social and organizational outcomes.

How Co-founder Dewansh Poddar got into Community Engagement?

I have done B tech in Mechanical Engineering. During college, I was passionate about starting my own business and so I co-founded Hajaam which provides solutions for augmented reality and beauty products. I have also formed a community by the name Young Engine which is a community of youth.

Co-founder Dewansh Poddar's Talk on Community Engagement

Starts with what is:
1)	Community Engagement

Next, it covers Education. This Talk is unique because it talks about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in Community Engagement and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into Community Engagement. It discusses following headings for Education in Community Engagement:
2)	Human Values
3)	Psychology
4)	Biography of People

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Anyone aspiring for Community Engagement needs to understand that Skill development is crucial for success. Here is a list of Skills required for Community Engagement:
5)	Communication Skills
6)	Gregariousness
7)	Listening Skills
8)	Decision Making

Community Engagement has an interesting list of Positives. This Talk explains these Positives of Community Engagement:
9)	Constant Learning
10)	Meeting People
11)	Opportunities
12)	Confidence
13)	Optimism

There are a few Challenges in Community Engagement which one needs to be cognizant of:
14)	Difficulty in Making People Understand
15)	Meeting Requirements
16)	Making Everyone Happy
17)	Difficulty in Being Yourself

In the final section of the Talk, Dewansh Poddar talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
18)	Community Engagement

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How to get into

Community Engagement?

If you are want to get into Community Engagement, start by investing in a Career Plan.

The 14 hour process, guided by a LifePage Career Advisor, will help you introspect and check whether your interest in Community Engagement is merely an infatuation or is it truly something you wish to do for the rest of your life.

Next, your Career Advisor will help you document how you can get into Community Engagement, what education and skills you need to succeed in Community Engagement, and what positives and challenges you will face in Community Engagement.

Finally, you will get a Career Plan stating which Courses, Certifications, Trainings and other Items you need to do in the next 7 years to become world’s best in Community Engagement.

LifePage Career Plan

14 hour personalized guidance program

Your LifePage Career Advisor facilitates your guided introspection so that you systematically explore various Career options to arrive at a well thought out Career choice.

Next: your Advisor helps you figure out how you will get into your chosen Career and how will you develop the skills needed for success in your Chosen Career.

LifePage Plan will not stop at saying "to become an Architect study Architecture". It will guide you on which Certifications, Trainings and Other items you need to do along with your Architecture education to become the world's best Architect.

Links for this Talk

Co-founder Dewansh Poddar's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/dewanshpoddar

LifePage Career Talk on Community Engagement

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/community-engagement-1

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20190222-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9XZKIcZ0A

(Community Engagement, Dewansh Poddar, Young Engine, Co-founder, Group)

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