My Godrej LOUD Pitch & Key Learnings

We all have hobbies that we have nurtured since childhood or some newly formed ones. But hardly do we get any platforms to showcase our hobbies and where they are acknowledged and appreciated. Godrej organizes a competition for the top B-school students every year named LOUD – Live Out Ur Dream. Students are asked to pitch their application in a form of a story in any format: Video, Audio, PowerPoint Presentation etc. This year I was amongst the students who had participated in this event. I’ll walk you through my journey of video making for this competition.

Before we move ahead, have a look at my LOUD application video on this YouTube link – 

https://youtu.be/Mns4OpyfGwg

Step 1: Believe in your Dream

The process of application started by understanding the requirements of the competition. We need to know the requirements before making any application. Here too, I first understood what I was expected to do and only then started the next steps. A lot of students may feel that their dream is not a “winning” dream and that they have no chance of even competing in this contest. But this is what the first step is, Godrej is looking for people with a passion for their dream. Students might not have won a lot of awards for their respective dreams but if they have enough passion for it, they will surely have something to showcase about their dreams. The dream can be a very common dream related to drawing, painting, singing, dancing, etc but the passion for that dream is what they are looking for. Hence the first step is to believe in your dream.

Step 2: Watch past applications

Now that you have started believing in your dream, the next step is to understand how to convey your dream to the audience. There are various ways of communicating your dream to the audience which includes Video, Audio, PowerPoint Presentation etc. To understand what suits best for you, go through the applications of the students of the previous year who had applied for the competition. These videos are available on the Godrej website here –

https://www.godrejcareers.com/loud/sample-applications

Step 3: Gather your data

After watching the past years’ applications, now is the time for you to gather all the data related to your dream. This may contain photographs, certificates, videos, testimonials, etc. Initially, do not judge on the data that you might find in your old albums. Just understand that now you are just collecting the data. Let’s keep the organizing part for the next step.

Step 4: Make a story from your data

Once you have all the data related to the dream application, start thinking of how you can showcase this data in a proper story. This story is what the audience will be interested in and hence this is the most important step of your application. Dump all the data in a PowerPoint and start working on it to form a story.

Step 5: Final Editing

Once you have the outline of your story ready, move on to make the final editing of your application. If you make a video application, it may exceed 5 Mb for which you can upload it on your YouTube channel or drive and then share the link. If it is in a form of PowerPoint, then it may not exceed the limit and in that case, you may upload the file directly.

Step 6: Watch your Deadlines!

While your application might be on the verge of being the best, it is very important to finish it within the timeline. I would advise from my experience to finish the application one day before the deadline to avoid any last moment changes affecting your application.

All the best for your application.