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Social Media & Online Branding Workshop by DMA

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Greetings!! Delhi Management Association (DMA) is organizing a highly interactive and innovative programme on “ Social Media and Online Branding ” exclusively designed for sales and marketing professionals on 18th April, 2013 (Thursday) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Social Media has become an important tool for building online reputation and brands of organizations and people. It is all the more relevant for sales and marketing professionals which require building deeper relationships with customers and other stakeholders. The program will help the participants to understand the tools required for mega success on social media including content, engagement, platform-specific tips and collaboration , thus helping both the employee and the organization. The program will involve sharing of insights and experiences by social media and online branding expert Dr. Amit Nagpal with the esteemed participants.  For registration, please contact Ms. Tanya Bhatnagar, Pr

Building Resilience-Hug and Nudge

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(Vol IX) Sometimes a warm hug is the answer to our question  and sometimes a gentle nudge is the answer. 'Hug and Nudge' is a fortnightly column with two different perspectives from two different continents and cultures on the same question in personal development area viz.  Jennifer Sertl (based in New York, USA) and Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Question-How does an individual build resilience to face the ever changing environment? A Great Question by Preeti Subberwal, Life Skills Trainer, New Delhi Jennifer Sertl's Answer As you know by now I don’t think of resilience in isolation. I think of resilience in the context of agility = resilience + responsiveness + reflection. However, we can zoom directly to resilience for this post. Building resilience is an ongoing process and there are many ways to foster and buffer this capacity. I will only share a few that I think will have the most immediate im

Focus of the Week-Doctors « Dr Amit Nagpal

Focus of the Week-Doctors « Dr Amit Nagpal

The 'Global Niche' Story-Creating Unexpected Twist for the Creative Entrepreneur

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I have always believed that we are all world class in some area (which I call as deepest passion) and Anastasia calls it our Global Niche.  In any case, the bigger the market we decide to target, the more focused we need to be in terms of target segment (or niche). Fundamentally I liked the idea of discovering our global niche, though I was already in the area of global personal branding for nearly two years. I had been running an interesting interview series on my Blog, “ Vasudhaiv Kutumkam ” or The World is one family. In the series I interviewed wide range of people who were contributing to globalization in real sense of the term-development of global mindset, cross cultural exposure (and respect for other cultures) and making honest attempts to become Global citizens. Nobody is foreign in the Global Village Long back I had come to know about CNN’s  policy of not using the ‘foreign’ word on its international channels. In fact Ted Turner, the founder of CNN had sent a me

Tools for Transformation - Vision Boards

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Two Perspectives on Personal Transformation Two Perspectives’ is a monthly column with two different perspectives from two different continents, genders and cultures on the same topic viz. Janet Smith Warfield (based in Florida, USA) and  Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Janet Smith Warfield's Perspective What is a vision board? A vision board is a unique collage of words and pictures that bring you joy, purpose, and meaning. It is your vision of what your life would be like if it were exactly the way you wanted. Here is what my own favorite vision board looks like: Why do you need a vision board? To refocus your attention and intention on all the good things you want to bring into your life. Your right attention and "right intention," as the Buddhists say, helps manifest these good things in your life. How do you make a vision board? Give yourself a couple of hours. Get yourself a big piece of poster board, a pi