A FIRST STEP TO PREPARE SALES PROFESSIONALS IN INDONESIA

Indonesia Sales Competition (ISAC) is a special competition arranged for Indonesian students which will be held on November 24-25, 2020. ISAC is aimed to prepare students to be highly skilled B2B Sales professionals in Indonesia who understand the process and ethics in sales. Moreover, it will also be beneficial for industries and companies in Indonesia to obtain university graduates who are able to do sales, especially Business-to-Business (B2B) sales. In the series of ISAC activities, an International Webinar was also held with the theme “Preparing Students Towards New Era of B2B Sales” which aimed to introduce various strategies in preparing future sales professionals in a new era of B2B sales.

Those events are prepared by Universitas Putra Indonesia “YPTK” Padang and SEAMEO Regional Open Learning Centre (SEAMOLEC), also supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) of Indonesia, Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret (UNS), Universitas Bina Nusantara (Binus), Politeknik Negeri Batam (Polibatam), Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (Unpar), Universitas Mahasarakham, Thailand, and Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland. The competition prizes are provided by the supporting sponsors: Gistrav Group, Bank Mandiri Syariah, Gojek, and Silungkang Art Center.

ISAC and the international webinar will be conducted online using Zoom meeting and YouTube Live as platforms. There are 20 students from 5 university members of Southeast Asia Sales Competition (SEASAC) Project Consortium will be participating, they are from UPI ‘YPTK’, UNS, Binus, Polibatam, and Unpar. ISAC committee also on a limited basis invited several lecturers from universities outside the consortium and representatives from the MoEC to participate as judges or observers in this competition. Meanwhile, the international webinar will be opened for public participation, especially lecturers, students, sales practitioners, and business stakeholders in Southeast Asia. There will be no limitation for participants to join this webinar.

ISAC will be held in 3 rounds: qualification, seminal, and final round using Bahasa Indonesia as the main language. The international webinar will have 3 speakers: Benny Kusuma (Microsoft Indonesia), Harri Lappalainen (Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland), and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornlapas Suwannarat (Mahasarakham University, Thailand). The webinar will be delivered in English. Certificate will be available for pre-registered webinar participants.

Important Links:

1. Concept Note for ISAC (in Bahasa Indonesia): https://bit.ly/cnisac2020
2. Brief note for International Webinar: https://bit.ly/isacwebinar
3. Registration for Webinar Participants: https://bit.ly/webinar_seasac