Digital is Magical and I am Loving It

Ten Years of Digital: 2007- 2017

I began my digital journey in 2007 and recently completed ten years in the virtual world. Here are some of the landmark moments of the journey:-



2007
- Started my digital journey with research on New Media (how TV news channels were using social and digital media) as part of my PhD.
- Started active micro-blogging on Orkut and later Facebook

2009
Joined LinkedIn

2010
- Launched blog “Enlarge Excel Evolve”
- Joined Twitter (@DrAmitInspires)
- Awarded PhD (New Media)

2011
- Blog listed on Alltop Business within six months of launch (2nd most popular blog in business category)
- Stories published on reputed media (Forbes.com, Hindustan Times) about my pioneering journey
- Started speaking on Personal Branding and Storytelling at prestigious platforms starting with DMA (and later spoke at PRSI, STC, Headstart Foundation and so on)
- Started corporate training on "Storytelling on social media" with corporate communications team of Accenture.

2012
- My book “The 7 Joys of Life” is launched by renowned statesman Dr Karan Singh
- Included in 100 Most Influential Indians Online by Pinstorm India Influencers
- Launched personal portal (dramitnagpal.com)

2013
- Addressed CIOs on "Spirituality and Personal Branding" at Tata Communications event. Co speakers included Dr Ram Charan.
- Started digital storytelling content development for clients with AL Services team (clients served include Jaipur Rugs, AMA Herbal Laboratories, ODpedia, BRICS Chambers, leading doctors (of Medanta, Artemis Hospital, and Paras Hospital) etc
- Organised 30 day International Story Blogathon with leading storytellers from the world participating in the competition on my Blog.

2014
- Interviewed by Runa Magnus (Iceland) on "Crafting Your Brand Story" (podcast)
- Invited to speak at Google Hangout by Sherry Nouraini (Founder, Captive Touch, USA) on “Building a Personal Brand through Storytelling”
- Launched eBook "I too want to be a Storyteller"
- Enrolled for Story U Online, USA course in business storytelling under leading global voice Michael Margolis. (2014-15)

2015
- Conducted public workshop on "The Power of Storytelling", Holiday Inn, Mumbai (Antworks Education)
- Conducted a webinar on Email marketing through storytelling (organised by Juvlon)
- Interviewed by Lianne Picot, Voice America on "Inspiring through Story"
2016
- Launched our book “Personal Branding, Storytelling and Beyond” co-authored with Dr Prakash Hindustani (book became an Amazon Bestseller after six months). Multi city launch of the book included Indore, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Surat. 
- Conducted workshop on "Personal Branding for Journalists" at Indore Press Club, Indore.
- Conducted Faculty Development Workshop on Digital Storytelling as a Teaching Tool at BIMTech, Greater NOIDA- Organised "Kinship through Storytelling" with Michael Margolis at New Delhi
- Convener, Blogging and New Media Summit, New Delhi Institute of Management

2017
- Invited by ICF/ International Coach Federation (Delhi NCR chapter to conduct a session on “Personal Branding & Inspirational Storytelling for Coaches”
- Received Dr S. Radhakrishnan Memorial National Media Network Award 2017 (social media category)
- Received Blogger of the Year Award from ASMA, Pune
- Guest on “Economy Today talkshow“ on DD News (Using Digital Tools for Startups)
- Led the digital team for Smart India Hackathon 2017 Grand Finale at NDIM #SmartIndiaHackathon became No 1 trend on Twitter for 2 days.
- Convener- Digital Trasformation in context of New India-The Summit, New Delhi Institute of Management




 Digital is Magical. And the journey continues.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Personal Branding, An Introduction

Image
The article gives an introduction to Personal Branding and the tools used for personal branding. It discuses what is personal branding, for whom it is useful and what are its benefits. To read more click here:- Merinews (The article is the first in the weekly expert column series 'Brand You' on merinews.com, India's pioneering citizen journalism website) _____________________________________ Dr Amit Nagpal is a Personal Branding Consultant with a holistic touch. To know more about him click here:- http://www.dramitnagpal.co.in/p/about-us.html
Read more

How Introverts like Guy Kawasaki & Pete Cashmore are changing the rules of the game with Online Branding?

Image
18th January, 2013 And how a book changed my life forever? Caution-Nobody is a complete extrovert or introvert. These are tendencies and we all are on different points of the scale. We have lived in a world which worships the ‘Extrovert’ and pushes the ‘Introvert’ to become an extrovert, to get success. As 'The New York Times' bestselling author Susan Cain says, “Introversion along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness and shyness is now a second class personality trait.” But many of us have not even realised the world has changed. The credit for this goes to Social Media (aka Facebook, Linkedin Twitter and others), which arrived around 2006. Social Media gives an opportunity to introverts to express themselves from the computer (later they can come out in the open to express their passions.) Sometime back, Raja Choudhury, well known Digital Filmmaker-Director & Founder, Universal Quest & C3CUBE Multimedia, recommended me to read The New York Time...
Read more

So what, if you failed at meditation. Not a big deal

Image
Very often clients and friends have shared that they fail at meditation, in spite of sincere attempts. Nothing to worry. Meditation is only one of the contemplative practices. Depending upon your learning style and personality, you may find it easier to contemplate using a variety of practices such as journaling, music, dance or deep listening. For more details, visit this site and check the tree of contemplative practices and links to the page with detailed description.  http://www.contemplativemind.org/practices/tree Storytelling is also a relational contemplative practice, as per the description. If you are eager to learn storytelling, you can download the free eBook, "I too want to be a storyteller" here:- http://alservices.in/ebook/ Happy contemplation. Happy Storytelling. ----------------------- Profile Dr Amit Nagpal is an Online Branding Expert, Social Media Influencer &  renowned Storyteller . His unique skill lies in inspiration...
Read more