Preparing to be Independent

By Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta.          

The existence of the Stube-HEMAT Program in Indonesia will be lasting for almost thirty years (10 December 1993-10 December 2023) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The next further service challenge for students and the young community is how to be independent and sustainable. The independence of services is closely related to the ability of financial management and the existing networks and how to explore the existing potencies.

For the preparation of the independence and sustainable service within the institution itself, Stube HEMAT held a Training on Management and Finance for Non-Finance on July 12-14, 2023 at Cailendra Extension Hotel-Yogyakarta. The training was attended by Stube HEMAT stakeholders, consisting of executive directors, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta coordinators, and Stube HEMAT Multiplicators coming from Sumba, Bengkulu, Alor, Raja Ampat, and Lampung to improve their skills and knowledge how to manage finances and how to do fund-raising.

Resource persons are institutional board-in-charge consisting of clergy, academics, and practitioners as follows; Rev. Em. Dr. Tumpal M.P.L. Tobing, Mag. Teol., Rev. Em. Bambang Sumbodo, S.Th. M.Min., Dr. Murti Lestari M.Si, Drs. Bambang P. Hediono, MBA., and Ir Hero Darmawanta. M.T. The topics of the training sessions covering Local Potency-Based Business Management, Targeting Relevant Networks and Collaborations, Designing Digital-Based Independent Activities, and Designing Fundraising.

In his presentation, Rev. Dr. Tumpal M.P.L. Tobing, Mag. Teol described the steps to determine an independent program, by ensuring why it is crucial to carry out the program in a certain region, what the processes or steps must be done, and what the objectives that can be seen by the public. In the next session, Ir. Hero Darmawanta, M.T. invited participants to map what market is from the designed program, in various form of products, services, people, places, or images. It is no less important to think about 'consumers' by creating value for consumers. Emphasis on 'consumer oriented' has a marketing strategy by Kotler known as 6P, namely product, places, price, promotion, power, and public relations.

In the session to discuss the 'Management System for Local Potential-Based Businesses', Dr. Murti Lestari and Drs. Bambang P. Hediono, MBA., explained that to be independent in finance, it is necessary to have income sources. This form of source of income needs to see the existing local potencies to be able to get the benefits. Local potency itself is a condition that exists in an area, and this situation can be developed so that it can provide benefits for the community and the area itself. It can be product potency, market potency, and profit potency. So far, Stube HEMAT in Yogyakarta and multiplication areas have been engaged in horticulture/food agriculture, plantations, digital creative economy, creative products of crafts, tourism, and services, so these are the things having potency to be developed.

As a further step to do, Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd. (Executive Director of Stube HEMAT) invited the participants to rethink the potency they have in their regions and design business ventures or even re-inventory networks that can be managed to gain profit as a support for the independence and sustainability of programs in each region. Being independent is not easy, but it’s not impossible to do. ***



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