Not yet fully capable of overcoming difficulties when it AMIKOM Yogyakarta have to face the so-called crisis in 1998. My experience together friends in times of crisis, perhaps even a little can we use as a lesson. The simple lesson that hopefully broaden the horizon in making us a successful entrepreneur.
A marketer of one of Advertising Agencies in Yogyakarta came to me, complaining "We now have difficulty Pak Yanto to be an ad from university". "Why the difficulty?" I asked. "A lot of answers from the public relations or advertising that is not the same. Student crisis situations that come to Yogyakarta bit. So they Pak Yanto "said the marketer of the Advertising Agencies. "Oh really" I replied. "If Mr. Yanto thought how in a crisis situation like this?" He asked me. I tried to answer with a positive mental attitude "I gathered my staff and I explained to them that the amount that a candidate such as triangles, which can be divided into three parts, namely the top is a small triangle was a prospective student from the class, the center is a trapezoid is a group of prospective students from middle class and the lower trapezoidal part of a larger applicant underclass "I explained with a drawing in my room blackboard. "What to do with the crisis, sir?" He continued questions. Then I explained "If a crisis, the upper class part falls into the middle class, middle class partly down to the lower classes, so that prospective students for the middle class and lower class become greater". "That is how Sir?" He continued questions. "Because of the targeted AMIKOM middle class and lower class, then it will be added AMIKOM number of students. That's what I explain to my staff to stay motivated for a candidate, because the chances to be better than no crisis. While we we are accompanied by prayer "I replied with a positive mental attitude. "Then Mr. Yanto would advertise?" He hoped. "Yeah. I will advertise "I replied. "Thank you Mr. Yanto. Finally there is also a pair of ads. I have been a headache to find ads "sighed from these marketers.
Marketers from one of Advertising Agencies finally make ads that will order my pair, while being happy, because finally there is a tide. When finished, and then order that I signed and then handed me a sheet and the one that brought marketers. After that, he took leave to go home. I reached the entrance to among the leading AMIKOM and I wait until he was riding his motorcycle. AMIKOM in front of the building, he waved his hand and I replied with a wave. He headed into the street and a moment later he had left the building AMIKOM.
After the end of the acceptance of new students, students who do the registration in AMIKOM Yogyakarta 779 students, a year before the 639 student registration or increased more than 20%. I think the increase is quite remarkable, I did not expect, because the other High Pergurun, many of which experienced a decline. Positive mental attitude and prayer has been proven to be able to make the impossible possible and making the threat into an opportunity.(By M. Suyanto, STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta)