Let's be outrageous - let's misbehave!

What's the story, morning glory? Just a quick little randomness for you guys - a few photographs from here and there. Huh, the pressure i'm under right now is a bit overwhelming (I'm applying to the graphic design department of Estonian Academy of Arts and the competition is..well.. insane), so i'm just focused on keeping my head on straight and not losing it. But i'm doing my best to keep up with the blog and finally posting the Q&A's. So bear with me and enjoy these photographs!

( I was wearing a green ruffled tunic made by my friend Anni, skinny jeans, pearl earrings from seppälä and my all time favorite necklace from truebirdsjewelry.com)

"day at the office"
Also some photographs I took during my internship in Tallinn.

There's something wild about you child,
that's so contagious!
Let's be outrageous - let's misbehave!

( I used CanonEOS 400D and 50mm lens for the pictures)
Tal Bachman - She's So High

Perseverance - is not just a cliché

We’ve all heard the quote, “at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”. While it is a popular cliché in business, it doesn’t count out the reality that perseverance is an important leadership skill.

Perseverance involves people sticking to their path regardless of the obstacles placed in their way. They maintain their drive, enthusiasm, and determination and know how to handle a crisis in a confident manner.

Effective leaders demonstrate an ability to persevere even if the odds are stacked against them. After all, if certain leaders did not persevere during tough times, we wouldn’t have chocolate “kisses” to give out every year for Valentine’s Day, or ever supported a talking mouse.

Yes, the respective founders of the Hershey Company and Walt Disney Company had to endure obstacles to reach success. They struggled, almost went bankrupt, and had to prove the skeptics wrong. However, they depended on their own efforts and perseverance rather than good fortune. And as you know, both experienced huge levels of success and prosperity, plus made huge differences in the entertainment and candy industries.

Think about your own leadership traits. Are you a role model for innovative thinking and push others to take risks? Or do you resist making decisions for fear of failure?

If you want to become more of a take-charge person or could use a reminder of why perseverance is important, take a look at our development tips.

· Instead of getting frustrated when things don’t go as planned, expect change, ambiguity, and frustration at least part of the time. This is normal. Develop your sense of humor; learn not to take yourself too seriously.

· You need to be able to persevere during the hard times if you are convinced you are on the right course. Before you make a big change, consult with other leaders about the decision and analyze what impact the change will have on the organization (both positive and negative).

· Think positively. Instead of telling yourself a task is impossible, tell yourself that you have reached a momentary impasse and that a solution does exist and will eventually come to you.

· If you tend to change course too often, practice handling ambiguous situations and learn to wait out your anxiety.

· Persistence does not mean banging one’s head on an obstacle until one or the other gives way. It does mean finding and applying strategies that will move you forward. Apply your problem-solving skills and brainstorm possible solutions to the problem. Form a team to help identify obstacles and develop alternatives for overcoming them.

Mega Job Fair - FEB' 2011


Date: 26/02/2011 - Saturday Morning
Eligibility: Engineering, MBA, Under graduates

Participation: 24 MNC's from Tamilnadu and Other Companies.
No Entrance Fee.

Venue: NPR Group of Colleges. Uluppakudi,
Natham - 624 401
Phone: 04544 - 245422 / 423



1. Nokia
2. Aditya birla
3. CTS
4. Allsec Technology
5. Emarald India Ltd
6. Eureka Furbes
7. Fenner India ltd
8. Mahendra Satyam
9. Pizza hut
10. Reliance Communication
11. Royal Enfield
12. Ing Vysya Bank
13. Cholomandalam
14. Axis bank
15. Residency group of hotels
16. Hotel Sangam
17. Inida Infoline
18. Sparsh Technologies
19. Lucky Aviation
20. Next wealth

Enroll and get placed in good company. Share Your Experience

All the best for Job Seekers !!

Coaching Multipliers: Are You Developing Geniuses or Genius Makers?

Every month, we put together our ReVolve newsletter. The goal of ReVolve is to provide you with industry relevant information in the form of white papers, case studies, book reviews, or just interesting trends and random tidbits that will bring value to your inbox.

For the February 2011 edition of ReVolve, we featured a very special guest writer - Liz Wiseman, President of The Wiseman Group and Author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. In the book, Wiseman and her colleague Greg McKeown, used a combination of research and case studies to explore the differences between two distinct leadership categories – Multipliers and Diminishers.


Some background on Liz - she advises senior executives and leads strategy and leadership forums for executive teams worldwide. A former executive at Oracle Corporation, she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development for 17 years.

In her article for ReVolve, Coaching Multipliers: Are You Developing Geniuses or Genius Makers?, Liz said perhaps the most important role a leader can play is to multiply the talent and capability of their organization. As the business environment becomes increasingly complex and as knowledge sharing is exploding and growing exponentially through electronic networks, she said we need leaders who use their insight to invoke the genius of others and build viral, collective intelligence.

With highlights from her research, Liz explores a very relevant topic for the current state of leadership. Read the entire article here.

Oh wow.. lovely! / B-day blog - 1 year marker!

This calls for a celebration - my blog hit the 1 year marker yesterday! I have to say that this year has been exeptionally lovely - that ofcourse all thanks to you guys. So I wanted to thank you all so much for following and supporting me! I appreciate it so very much! So here's a little collage of the photos I've taken over the year, I also wanted to make a recap of all the outfits, but I coulnd't find some of the older ones, I guess they went missing in action - when switching them between my new hard drive and my old computer. But I hope you enjoy this post and be sure to tell me what you think! :)

Thank you so much sweethearts!
- Kerti.

I'm only gonna let you kill me once.
Also a quick outfit post. These pictures were actually taken back in autumn, but I never published them for some reason. Oh well, better late than never, right? Anyways I'm wearing a lace blouse and a sparkly skirt from Iwearsin.com, tights from welovecolors.com, circle scarf from Reserved, belt from second hand and boots from NewYorker. You can also find this on lookbook HERE. Enjoy!

( I used CanonEOS 400D and 50mm lens for the pictures)
Ida Maria - Oh My God

Improve Communication Skills

In modern world, students want to focus on communication and personality skills. It must be essential to qualify for the entrance test as well as for getting a interview.It doesn’t mean that good communicator can get a job or to college entry,but the candidate should have bettercommunication to talk with others or in public

Scoring good marks is the essential thing to get into college or job.After entering into college we must take initate to present seminar in class or participate in other college events, so that we may get experience in taking seminar or any kind of presentation.It shows better presentation and communication skills. If you have any mistakes,you can rectify in next presentation.

Communication plays a vital role in getting a job or in college studies. Lack in communication will suffer to get a job.It means the candidates are not taking steps about their academics and future career. Kindly encourage the students to take some classes so that they can avoid stage fear or lack in communication

How to improve our communication skills?

Initially,developing our communication is not an easy task but its not possible to improve within one day.First speak about the improving communication and form a discussion group.Start talking about the general topics later continuing regarding subject titles and current affairs. Try to talk in English in your discussion panel and if essential you can use mother tongue but it is not suggestable by experts.

Some tips to be follow in improving communication as given below

Be confident on your thought

Speak only in English

In discussion, talk only about your topic and conclude the topic with some related message or quote.

Don’t hesitate to speak in front of public

source: http://www.chils.in/

Export Samples

Identify your Importer and sending Free Samples:

Identify your Importer from the importer's list available with the respective Councils and Write letter with samples of buyer's choice to the selected buyer.

The buyer may require for product sample before placing a confirmed order.Hence, it is essential that the samples are made from good quality raw materials and after getting an order, the same quality to be maintained.

To avoid the risk in sending a costly product sample for export, extra care should be taken and while sending a sample, secrecy is an important factor,especially risk of copying the original product is there during export.

An exporter should also know the Government policy and norms for export of samples,before sending a product sample. Always advised to send samples by air mail to avoid undue delay in sending a product sample to the buyer. By cheaper mode it can also be sent through Indian post.

Samples marked Not for Sale are allowed freely for export without any limit.

Samples of value more than Rs. 25,000- It becomes necessary for the exporter to obtain GR/PP waiver from the Reserve Bank of India.

Floating coffee grinds and … feedback

Feedback is a popular topic; however, sometimes an interesting way to illustrate a point is to provide a personal example. Let me explain how my recent experience with coffee grinds resulted in feedback.

I’m an avid coffee drinker. For a long time, I made coffee the standard way – measuring out coffee grinds and water. Last year, I became spoiled when I received a Keurig one-cup coffee maker for my birthday. I no longer have to worry about measuring coffee grinds; I put the K-cup in the dispenser and within seconds receive a fresh cup of coffee. No work or mess to clean up.

When I started at TBC, I noticed the company had a standard coffee maker – the type where you measure out the coffee grinds and water. I didn’t think it was a big deal to make coffee in the typical way again; after all that is how I used to make coffee. Still, when it was my turn to make the coffee, I could not remember the correct ratio of coffee grinds to water. The result? Extremely bitter coffee. But I learned from my mistake and became better at making coffee.

However, all was not what it seemed.

I made coffee the other day and I didn’t think twice about it, until the next day when a coworker asked who made the coffee the day before. While I was surprised someone would inquire about coffee from the past, I still anticipated a compliment of some sorts. So I smiled and said I made the coffee.

The coworker did not smile back, but instead asked, “Did you notice the coffee grinds floating around in your coffee cup?”

Hmm I did notice it, but I didn’t think it was a big deal. Some cups of coffee have a few floating coffee grinds, others don’t. I never really thought about it before.

He then playfully joked the coffee was more like eating coffee grinds than actually drinking coffee. To back up his point, he informed me when he cleaned out the coffee maker there were clumps of coffee grounds on the bottom.

My ratio of coffee grinds to water was a complete fail.

We eventually found out the reason for my coffee disaster. When I made the coffee, the coffee filter was not placed properly in the container, therefore not all the coffee grinds made it through the filter, and it was not brewed efficiently. The end result was floating coffee grinds in each cup of coffee. Yum.

I was a bit embarrassed but also grateful that my coworker told me about the issue. Without that feedback I might have made coffee the same way, which may have produced plenty of coffee grind snacks, not exactly the coffee experience we all would like.

Feedback is so important. Without feedback, we all operate with blind spots, which can get in the way of performance.

Now with the awareness I received from feedback, I know how to make a better cup of coffee.

Signs you are a bad boss

As I was searching for leadership development articles to share on our twitter handle, a Wall Street Journal article caught my attention – “Five Signs You’re a Bad Boss”.



The article states that many bosses are simply clueless about their own appearance and behavior to their employees. Here are a two of the five signs the article points out with a bit of our commentary mixed with it.



Most of your emails are one-word long: If you’re in the habit of answering emails with a simple “yes” or “no” – you could come off as unapproachable and possibly alienate your employees. You may definitely be in the doghouse if you only answer the emails with a “y” or “n”, because while you may view your “y” as yes, the recipient may view it as “why”. Talk about confusion.



Okay, we’re not asking you to compose a novel in your emails, just make sure your message is clear to the recipient. Also, remember that a simple “thanks” goes a long way.



Lack of face-to-face time: Technology is great. However, if the last time you talked to your employees in person was before Christmas, it might be time to talk with them face-to-face. After all, managers gain trust from their employees through face-to-face time.

So put the BlackBerry down and go talk to you employees – in person. Get to know your employees. Ask them about their backgrounds, experiences, education, and so on. Be willing to share this type of information about yourself.



Additional TBC Commentary

Here are the other three signs the article listed: yelling, your employees are out sick a lot, and your team is working overtime but still missing deadlines.



This article also caught the attention of TBC founder Dr. Daniel Booth. He had a few more poor management practices to add to the list.



#1. Failure to set compelling goals, keep them current and make sure employees are bought in and aligned. We all want our work to be personally meaningful and in this climate it is equally important that we know our work is important to our organization.



#2. Failure to collaborate with the team. Giving lip service to participative management doesn't cut it. Collaboration doesn't mean consensus on every decision. It's an attitude about employees' capabilities and motivations and an intention to harvest those ideas whenever possible and practical.



Conclusion

Here’s a tip - solicit feedback from your group members about how you can improve your own performance. 360 Feedbackcan enable managers to identify weaknesses that need to be improved as well as strengths that can be leveraged.

Listen carefully to the feedback - it may help you go from "bad boss" to "good boss".



If you want to see the complete WSJ article click here.



Sources: Daniel Booth, Ed.D., Founder, The Booth Company, WSJ

Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule


World Cup Cricket in Three Nations: India, Srilanka, Bangladesh

Venues in India: Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Mumbai
Venues in Bangladesh: One from Dhaka, Fatullah or Mirpur.

Cricket Teams in Pool A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya.
Cricket Teams in Pool B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.


Total Matches - 49
League Matches - 42
Quarter Finals - 4
Semi Finals -2
Final Match - 1

Date - Match - Venue
19-Feb - Bangladesh vs India - Dhaka
20-Feb - New Zealand vs Kenya - Chennai
20-Feb - Sri Lanka vs Canada - Hambantota
21-Feb - Australia vs Zimbabwe - Ahmedabad
22-Feb - England vs Netherlands - Nagpur
23-Feb - Pakistan vs Kenya - Hambantota
24-Feb - South Africa vs West Indies - New Delhi
25-Feb - Australia vs New Zealand - Nagpur
25-Feb - Bangladesh vs Ireland - Dhaka
26-Feb - Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - Colombo
27-Feb - India vs England - Kolkata
28-Feb - West Indies vs Netherlands - New Delhi
28-Feb - Zimbabwe vs Canada - Nagpur
1-Mar - Sri Lanka vs Kenya - Colombo
2-Mar - England vs Ireland - Bangalore
3-Mar - South Africa vs Netherlands - Mohali
3-Mar - Pakistan vs Canada - Colombo
4-Mar - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe - Ahmedabad
4-Mar - Bangladesh vs West Indies - Dhaka
5-Mar - Sri Lanka vs Australia - Colombo
6-Mar - India vs Ireland - Bangalore
6-Mar - England vs South Africa - Chennai
7-Mar - Kenya vs Canada - New Delhi
8-Mar - Pakistan vs New Zealand - Pallekele
9-Mar - India vs Netherlands - New Delhi
10-Mar - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - Pallekele
11-Mar - West Indies vs Ireland - Mohali
11-Mar - Bangladesh vs England - Chittagong
12-Mar - India vs South Africa - Nagpur
13-Mar - New Zealand vs Canada - Mumbai
13-Mar - Australia vs Kenya - Bangalore
4-Mar - Pakistan vs Zimbabwe - Pallekele
14-Mar - Bangladesh vs Netherlands - Chittagong
15-Mar - South Africa vs Ireland - Kolkata
16-Mar - Australia vs Canada - Bangalore
17-Mar - England vs West Indies - Chennai
18-Mar - Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - Mumbai
18-Mar - Ireland vs Netherlands - Kolkata
19-Mar - Australia vs Pakistan - Colombo
19-Mar - Bangladesh vs South Africa - Dhaka
20-Mar - Zimbabwe vs Kenya - Kolkata
20-Mar - India vs West Indies - Chennai
23-Mar - First Quarter-final - Dhaka
24-Mar - Second Quarter-final - Colombo
25-Mar - Third Quarter-final - Dhaka
26-Mar - Fourth Quarter-final - Ahmedabad
29-Mar - First Semi-final - Colombo
30-Mar - Second Semi-final - Mohali
2-Apr-2011 - Final - Mumbai

Who will win the World Cup 2011? Any Guess
All The Best India. Share Your Comments

Source: http://fullytimepass.com/2009/11/09/2011-cricket-world-cup-match-date-time-table-schedule/

Export Promotion Council (EPC)

Next step is to join as a Member in Export Promotion Councilslisted below and utilise the services of the councils according to the material export to be exported.

Export Promotion Councils are non-profit organisations for the promotion of various goods exported from India to international market. They are in close contact with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, and functions to bride the gap between the exporting community and the government.

It is inevitable for every exporter or importer to obtain a registration cum membership certificate from the Export Promotion Council. An application for registration should be accompanied by a self certified copy of the IEC number. Membership fee should be paid in the form of cheque or draft after confirming the amount from the concerned EPC. The certificate is valid for five years ending 31st March of the licensing year, from 1st April of the licensing year in which it was issued and shall be valid for five years.

You can find the list of Councils with addresses and select the council according to the material as given below

Lead under pressure

One of my favorite shows on TV is Top Chef on Bravo. Okay, so the show has not turned me into a gourmet chef, and most of the time I watch it while eating takeout, but I still enjoy viewing what type of meal the chefs come up with each week.

Each week, chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges in extremely high-pressure situations. Some chefs yell, flame out, and make rookie mistakes, and others maintain their cool and cook some fantastic meals full of creativity and inspiration.

Competing to win tons of cash and the title of ‘Top Chef’ can bring out the worst in certain chefs. Interviews with these chefs reveal their bad behaviors and pushy attitudes toward other contestants were due to the competitive atmosphere. However, it could just mean these chefs act like a jerk under pressure, and who wants to work with that?

The need to work well under pressure is not just reserved for kitchen competitions; it is a fact of life for many organizations.

Working under pressure is tricky. Emotion, pressure, and passion, can easily be used to excess. Many leaders fail to understand how to apply pressure effectively, and often their efforts can undermine employee motivation.

Most work requires cooperation with other people so mistakes are bound to happen among teams. Leaders who push too much and are overly critical of mistakes might fall the risk of alienating people. On the flip side, leaders who are too easygoing or are overly tolerant of mistakes may be perceived as too forgiving of below average work.

The solution? Understand when to use push and pressure tactics in the workplace.
Pressure is an important tactical skill that should be used to communicate urgency, importance, and accountability. Effective leaders must push occasionally, and it is important they learn how to do that successfully.

Here are few tips:
· Pressure is a skill that should be used sparingly and strategically. Are you comfortable using pressure at strategic moments? Experiment using pressure and get feedback about its impact on your peers.

· Help peers maintain timelines for achieving goals so that extreme push is not needed as the deadline approaches.

· Monitor how others perceive you when you are excited or expressing passion about a particular idea or action. Sometimes passion becomes confused with excessive drive or aggressiveness.

· Look at your goal setting and planning processes to see where you can stress the importance of achieving goals.

· Study ways to critique work that are constructive rather than perceived to be destructive by others.

How do you lead under pressure?

How to get a job in job fair or interview? Explain

After finishing the school life,the students are entering into college which they are interested.They can select the college and course based on the mark which we scored in public examination.Students in college are so jovial and not interested to learn and work.If a student study based on the interest, it will increase their ability and performance.Most of the parents are not allowing to study on his / her interest.Student who are educating based on the interest will create good future.

Before going to campus interview or company walk-in,the guy must ready with all the document required. If you are in confident, you can face the interview very easily or it will be tough. Be prepare for the question arise in the interview panel.Take your interview in easier way so you can get a job.The questions may vary for technical and non-technical job profile.

Strong knowledge in your subjects and resume preparation will leads to get a job in company interview as well as in career fair.

All the best for all the job seekers !!!

Details: http://chils.in/showarticle.php?id=13

MISS PEACH OF THE KELLY SCHOOL

One of our first television jobs together was working with Emmy-winning, former Muppeteer *Danny Seagren on adapting the Mel Lazarus comic strip MISS PEACH OF THE KELLY SCHOOL into puppet form. Advertising giant J Walter Thompson got behind it and it was syndicated through METROMEDIA.
First class production all the way. We shot 4, 1/2 hr holiday-themed specials in Toronto. A fella named MARTY SHORT was one of the voices - - debuting his Ed Grimley character voice as an intellectual turkey who's song and dance skills ultimately save him from the Thanksgiving table.
Debbie Grover played the live on-camera Miss Peach herself, and Second City veterans (Robin Duke, Mary Long, Ben Gordon) portrayed several other voices live-in-studio while we puppeteered. We of course did many of the voices live as well. Sammy Cahn wrote the theme song and Ed Sharlack (Mork & Mindy) co-wrote the specials.
Eren Ozker, Canadian content stand-in puppeteer, Olga Felgemacher, Danny Seagren, and Craig Marin

We loved doing these specials. Went on to do a one hour NBC After School Special. And I really enjoyed bringing MEL's amazing character's to life. I asked him if he would sign my script, and he said, "uh, yeah. . ." and walked away. When we wrapped, he came up to me and said "here you go." And on the cover he drew Arthur saying "Without Craig's hand, I'd have that empty feeling." It's one of my treasures, framed, and hanging on the wall. Thanks, Mel!!
*Danny Seagren has remained a dear friend to this day. Not only is he our son Gabriel's Godfoddah, but, he was also SPIDERMAN on Electric Company.
I'll see if I can post some PEACHY excerpts in the near future.

Anna University Job Fair 2011


‘Job Expo' of Anna University of Technology:

When to attend? : February 12 (Saturday) Morning

Where to attend? : Raja College of Engineering, Madurai
Svs College, Coimbatore.

Who can attend?: Students of engineering colleges (all branches) & 2009 and 2010 batches can attend

Who are all participating?: 17 companies which offer 4,000 jobs (expecting)

Interview Round: Competitive Exams - Aptitude Test - Personal/HR Interview

List of Companies Participating in job fair on 12/02/2011,
1.WIPRO
2.Sundaram Motors
3.Tvs Industries
4.Tvs Tyres
5.Advance Construction
6.Vgn Homes
7.CSS Slash support
8.Glaxo
9.Csc
10.Cccl
11.Excellocom
12.Allsec
13.Orchid Chemicals
14.Addeco

For REGISTRATION FORM: http://autmdu.ac.in/news/PLACEMENT_LTR_12.02.11_copy.pdf

Confirm the company's participation before you enroll.

Interested students contact:-
Ashwin 98404-46806
K.Raman 94440-16081.

Refer Today's Dinamalar

No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight.

Wanted to share some photographs I took this week. My classmates came to visit so we went walking in the old town, visited some galleries and had fun. Tallinn is such a gorgeous city - some might say it can get a bit depressing and grey during winter, but I think you just need find the magic. Anyways I'm wearing an oversized coat from NewYorker, thrifted statchel, scarf from reserved and mittens that Annu gave me as a gift. You can also find this look on lookbook HERE. Hope you enjoy the pictures and be sure to tell me what you think :)

(I used CanonEOS 400D and 50mm lens for the pctures)
Metric - Sick muse