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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Ganesh Chaturthi eGreetings - 1 September 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
India Independence Day eGreetings - 15 August 2011
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Adopt New Norms For Better Interpersonal Communication
A norm is an expression of the way we do things around us. It’s what is commonly practiced in our work place. Traditional norms are reflective of the culture of most of the organizations. They will not allow or produce remarkable group effectiveness or results. The new norms as listed below are fundamental to being a powerful group or organization. Listening respectfully and generously:
Listening respectfully means paying attention and truly allowing people to finish their thinking and speaking. Listening generously means allowing people to express ideas and views different than our own without resisting their speaking either verbally or non-verbally. This new norm is to be replaced with the traditional " Preoccupied or pretending to listen, thinking we are getting away with it.'
Being honest, authentic and candid:
This means speaking honestly in a way that forwards the conversation. It means speaking as friends. It simply means speaking straight— saying what is so for us. It means not leaving a conversation with something still unsaid that needs to be said. This should be the substitution for the traditional Norm " Not speaking up when we have a concern."
Doing what you say you will do:
Exchanging and honoring specific commitments. This means respecting each other’s commitments and our own. If we are working to create new futures, we won’t always succeed in completing or achieving every commitment, but that does not mean we were inauthentic in committing. Exchanging commitments is how work gets done. This could be the replacement for "Keeping our word only when we feel like it or it’s convenient" which is a traditional norm.
Being on each other’s side:
This is being on each other’s side in the way that parents are on the side of their kids. It’s the way that great coaches relate to each and every person on their team. No matter what happens, we are for each other. A mistake is just a mistake and doesn’t lead to less trust or less relationship. The tratitional norm related to it is "Concerned for ourselves."
Acknowledging and appreciating each other:
This means that each person commits to continuously acknowledging and appreciating the contribution of others and the group itself. This includes acknowledging each other when things don’t work out. This is above and beyond the simple courtesies that are also important. To be adopted in place of traditional norm "Not letting people know that we value and appreciate them".
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Mother's Day eGreeting - www.suryanarayana.com
MOTHER: A word that means the World to all of us
Wish You & Your Mother A Happy Mother's Day [ 8 May ]
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Wish You & Your Mother A Happy Mother's Day [ 8 May ]
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Earth Day eGreeting - Survey - Online Pledge
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Communication Challenges
The more essential part of any personal development effort is to keepup the skill of communicating with others -be it in business dealings, family affairs, and for that matter any relationships. If you often find yourself misunderstanding others or experiencing difficulty in getting your point across clearly, what you say and what you don't say are equally important. Keep the following challenges in mind all the time while communicating with others.
Challenge One: Listen first and acknowledge what you hear, even if you don't agree with it, before expressing your experience or point of view. Acknowledging the feelings and wants that people express in word and mood. Actively acknowledging another person's experience does not have to mean that you agree or approve. Compassionately allow people to feel whatever they feel. People are much more likely to listen if they have been listened to with actively expressed acknowledgments. In order to get more of your conversation partner's attention in tense situations, pay attention first: listen and give a brief restatement of what you have heard (especially feelings) before you express your own needs or position. The kind of listening recommended here separates acknowledging from approving or agreeing.
Challenge Two: Explaining your conversational intent and inviting consent by using one of 30 basic conversational invitations such as, ``Right now I would like to take a few minutes and ask you about... [subject matter ].`` When would be a good time?" The exercise for this step will encourage you to expand your list of possible conversations and to practice starting a wide variety of them. The more involvement a conversation is going to require of the other person, the more you will benefit by sharing your conversational goal and inviting the conscious cooperation of your conversation partner.
Challenge Three: Expressing yourself more clearly and more completely - giving your listeners the information they need to understand (mentally reconstruct) your experiences more fully. One good way is to use ”the five I-statements”: What/how I (1)observe, (2)am feeling, (3) because I interpret/evaluate/need, and now I (4)want to request, and (5)envision/hope for from request.
Challenge Four: Translating your (and other people's) criticisms and complaints into requests & and explaining the positive results of having your request granted. Do this for both your own complaints and the complaints that others bring to you. Focusing on the positive outcome shows respect to the recipient of a request as having a positive contribution to make, and shifts focus from past mistakes to present and future successes.
Help your listeners comply by explaining your requests with a "so that...", "it would help me to... if you would..." or "in order to..." Also, when you are receiving criticism and complaints from others, translate and restate the complaints as action requests. ....").
Challenge Five: Asking questions more "open-endedly" and more creatively. For example "How did you like that movie?" is an open-ended question that invites a wide range of answers. "Did you like it?" suggests only "yes" or "no" as answers and does not encourage discussion. Sincerely asked open-ended questions can open up our conversation partners and allow for a wide range of responses. (How comfortable are you with this suggestion?)
Challenge Six:: Thanking & Expressing more gratitude, appreciation, encouragement and delight in everyday life. In a world full of problems, look for opportunities to give praise. Both at home & at work, it is the bond of appreciation that makes relationships strong enough to allow for problem-solving and differing needs. To build more satisfying relationships with the people around us, express more appreciation, delight, affirmation, encouragement and gratitude. Always remember healthy relationships need a core of mutual appreciation.
Challenge One: Listen first and acknowledge what you hear, even if you don't agree with it, before expressing your experience or point of view. Acknowledging the feelings and wants that people express in word and mood. Actively acknowledging another person's experience does not have to mean that you agree or approve. Compassionately allow people to feel whatever they feel. People are much more likely to listen if they have been listened to with actively expressed acknowledgments. In order to get more of your conversation partner's attention in tense situations, pay attention first: listen and give a brief restatement of what you have heard (especially feelings) before you express your own needs or position. The kind of listening recommended here separates acknowledging from approving or agreeing.
Challenge Two: Explaining your conversational intent and inviting consent by using one of 30 basic conversational invitations such as, ``Right now I would like to take a few minutes and ask you about... [subject matter ].`` When would be a good time?" The exercise for this step will encourage you to expand your list of possible conversations and to practice starting a wide variety of them. The more involvement a conversation is going to require of the other person, the more you will benefit by sharing your conversational goal and inviting the conscious cooperation of your conversation partner.
Challenge Three: Expressing yourself more clearly and more completely - giving your listeners the information they need to understand (mentally reconstruct) your experiences more fully. One good way is to use ”the five I-statements”: What/how I (1)observe, (2)am feeling, (3) because I interpret/evaluate/need, and now I (4)want to request, and (5)envision/hope for from request.
Challenge Four: Translating your (and other people's) criticisms and complaints into requests & and explaining the positive results of having your request granted. Do this for both your own complaints and the complaints that others bring to you. Focusing on the positive outcome shows respect to the recipient of a request as having a positive contribution to make, and shifts focus from past mistakes to present and future successes.
Help your listeners comply by explaining your requests with a "so that...", "it would help me to... if you would..." or "in order to..." Also, when you are receiving criticism and complaints from others, translate and restate the complaints as action requests. ....").
Challenge Five: Asking questions more "open-endedly" and more creatively. For example "How did you like that movie?" is an open-ended question that invites a wide range of answers. "Did you like it?" suggests only "yes" or "no" as answers and does not encourage discussion. Sincerely asked open-ended questions can open up our conversation partners and allow for a wide range of responses. (How comfortable are you with this suggestion?)
Challenge Six:: Thanking & Expressing more gratitude, appreciation, encouragement and delight in everyday life. In a world full of problems, look for opportunities to give praise. Both at home & at work, it is the bond of appreciation that makes relationships strong enough to allow for problem-solving and differing needs. To build more satisfying relationships with the people around us, express more appreciation, delight, affirmation, encouragement and gratitude. Always remember healthy relationships need a core of mutual appreciation.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Happy To Accept 2010 All Star Award From Constant Contact
I’ve been named an All Star by Constant Contact!
A BIG thank you to all of those who support my endeavors!
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All Star Program by Constant Contact recognizes its customers like me each year who stands out among more than 400,000 professionals, small businesses and organizations. These selected "power users" make the most of CC marketing tools—both in how well they use Constant Contact to meet their goals and the results they get in return.
* Update mailing lists often and obtain permission from all their subscribers to contact them
* Have high open and click-through rates, and low bounce rates
* Use mailing list sign-up tools like "Join My Mailing List" on their website or Facebook page
* Use reports to gain insights about their contact list and online marketing activities
* Use social media tools
* For Online Survey customers: have high survey completion rates
* For Event Marketing customers: have a high ratio of invitees who register for their events
* For Partners: make great use of their own or their clients' accounts
As I would have gained more points in the aforesaid criteria, I have been named as one of Constant Contact’s 2010 top performers and most prolific user of its tools, whether within Constant Contact’s email marketing, event marketing, social media marketing, or survey products – or a combination of all four.
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A BIG thank you to all of those who support my endeavors!
It has been a pleasure to have your name in my contact list maintained by me using the Constant Contact - an online Mailing List with tools to email management, survey and allied services on paid basis, meaning that I have been a subscriber to Constant Contact services for over two years.
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Congratulations! You're a 2010 Constant Contact All Star.
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Constant Contact®, Inc., based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA is revolutionizing the success formula for professionals and small organizations through affordable, easy-to-use Engagement Marketing tools that help create and grow customer relationships. More than 400,000 professionals, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and member associations worldwide rely on Constant Contact as their engagement hub for starting and driving ongoing customer dialogs through email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, and online surveys. All Constant Contact products come with unrivaled know how, education and free coaching with a personal touch, including award-winning customer support.
All Star Program by Constant Contact recognizes its customers like me each year who stands out among more than 400,000 professionals, small businesses and organizations. These selected "power users" make the most of CC marketing tools—both in how well they use Constant Contact to meet their goals and the results they get in return.How do All Stars get picked?
All Stars come in all shapes and sizes — professionals, small businesses and organizations from different industries and areas. When Constant Contact chooses All Stars, it looks at the following criteria for success:
* Communicate with customers and members for all four quarters of the yearAll Stars come in all shapes and sizes — professionals, small businesses and organizations from different industries and areas. When Constant Contact chooses All Stars, it looks at the following criteria for success:
* Update mailing lists often and obtain permission from all their subscribers to contact them
* Have high open and click-through rates, and low bounce rates
* Use mailing list sign-up tools like "Join My Mailing List" on their website or Facebook page
* Use reports to gain insights about their contact list and online marketing activities
* Use social media tools
* For Online Survey customers: have high survey completion rates
* For Event Marketing customers: have a high ratio of invitees who register for their events
* For Partners: make great use of their own or their clients' accounts
As I would have gained more points in the aforesaid criteria, I have been named as one of Constant Contact’s 2010 top performers and most prolific user of its tools, whether within Constant Contact’s email marketing, event marketing, social media marketing, or survey products – or a combination of all four.
Thank YOU for all your loyalty, readership and engaging yourself with my regular communications -be it eGreeting or online Survey or Blog Digest or eNewsletters, for that matter any communication that has been sent to you.
Your support is part of what helped me to win this Award and receive the Honor. Being an All Star is a great achievement and makes me one of Constant Contact’s leading users.
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When you become a Constant Contact customer, you and I will each receive a $30 credit to our Constant Contact account! It's their way of thanking customers for spreading the word about Constant Contact.
I have been using Constant Contact paid account since two years. I strongly recommend you to use this service in view of its abundant benefits. Try the trail today and experience yourself.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Once In Blue Moon Dates In 2011
This year 2011 is a very special year as it has many unique dates. This phenomena comes again after hundred years. Similar special dates occurred in 1911 calendar while it may repeat in the year 2111.
- 1st January the date will be –-> 1-1-11 (all ones)
- 11th January the date will be ---> 11-1-11 (all ones)
- 11th February the date will be -->11-02-2011 (2011 in reverse)
- 9th October the date will be –-> 9-10-11 (ascending order)
- 1st November the dated will be --> 1-11-11 (all ones)
- 11th November the date will be –> 11-11-11 (unique number)
- 20th November the date will be –>20-11-2011 (year repeat)
- 22nd November the date will be ---> 22-11-11(date=Month+Year)
- 13th December the date will be –> 13-12-11 (descending order)
Friday, October 8, 2010
An honor indeed
However, the IPA Proficiency Award was presented to me during the 17th Anniversary Celebrations of the Institute of Practical Accountancy [IPA] on 8th October, 2010.
What impressed me and my wife Lakshmi who accompanied me was that the receiving the guests and reception on arrival of Awardees. This well attended function was started well within the scheduled time, the presentation of Awards as the masters of ceremony narrate the citation of the Awardee. I felt it highly honored of receiving from the dignitaries, the Award + Certificate + Shawl + Garland + An Eco friendly bag to keep the things received. All most all Awardees were given an opportunity to make acceptance speeches. In my brief acknowledgment, I have informed the audience about my impressions on nominating me for this award which reminds me and reiterates from time to time my obligation to keep-up and upkeep professional ethics and proficiency in rendering my professional services as Practicing Company Secretary.
The entire proceeding were well planned and conducted with a professional touch. While the festive flavor prevailed in the Auditorium, the Chief Guest Justice Dr Y Bhaskar Rao, Former Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka in his very effective speech appreciated the concept of recognizing the commerce professionals who have been demonstrating professional excellence with service bent of mind.
I congratulate and compliment Shri Prakash, Director IPA who has been brain behind initiation this sort of Awards and the Committee for organizing a function in a grand scale.
I thank you and all my well wishers, friends and relatives for eMessages or SMS greetings or Tele-wishes or graced the function with physical presense.
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