Social Networking Security..

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Mobile Applications for Twitter

Hi Friends, try these mobile applications – these are really interesting for those who use twitter for personal and professional micro blogging, business management and of course project management.

- Twitter Answers – Enables you to Tweet answers and get responses. Like Yahoo Answers for Twitter.
- Twitter2Go – WAP or XHTML-MP interface that works on Palm, Pocket PC, BlackBerry, and almost any other mobile phone or PDA device.
- Twitterpation – An iPhone application that lets you record mixed voice-and-text Tweets

LinkedIn Takes A Data Dive To ...

LinkedIn Takes A Data Dive To Examine What’s In A Professional Name. #interesting #must read. #in http://bit.ly/dHc7Fu

Social Networking for Schools

Facebook is giving me opportunities for new business always. Recently I saw one advertisement for Social Networking for Schools. By following the link I found an interesting web 2.0 online application called – Twiducate. It is a free resource for educators. The goal is to create a medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom. The service attempts to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment.

Teachers can create a network for them/school and their students and can do the following things using this Twiducate.

Share inspiration, ideas, readings, thoughts
Post discussions, deadlines, homework
Embed pictures, links and video
Keep parents informed
Collaborate on work by providing feedback
Connect with students outside the classroom in a secure manner!

I am exploring this website with one of my friend – she is a teacher, works in a private school. Let me post my observations soon.

Brochure: Simple, cost-effecti...

Brochure: Simple, cost-effective #collaboration and messaging for small and midsize businesses. #solution #in. http://bit.ly/e78VTN

Best Sellers in Management shelf

Recently one of friend introduced me the store manager of landmark at Chennai. We discussed a lot about the change in reading habits of people now days, the growth of new age Indian writers, book exhibitions, and the type of books they sell in recently business scenarios.

I saw these books on stand – and found that these are the best sellers now days.
- Leadership @ Infosys by Matthew Barney
- Destination Work : Getting People Excited About Coming To Work And Working Hard by Harry Paul, Ross Reck
- Being The Boss : The 3 Imperatives For Becoming A Great Leader by Linda A. Hill, Kent Lineback
- Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down by Vineet Nayar
- Marketing 3. 0: From Products To Customers To The Human Spirit by Philip Kotler
- TEN MUCH- Ten Ordinary Processes For Extraordinary Success by A. G. Krishnamurthy
- The Maruti Story by R C Bhargava

Friends, Try these books and let me know your comments.

What they don’t teach you at Harvard Business school

What they don’t teach you at Harvard Business school- by Mark H McCormack is a very famous book in best seller market. 14 Beautiful Chapters on People, Business Management, Sales and Negotiation – makes this book a must read for those who are doing an M.B.A – or working on Management – any domain. There are many practical cases explained with solutions, and lessons learnt.

There is a website http://www.bainvestor.com/What-they-teach-Harvard.html - where you can even get a small business book - Thinking Like An Entrepreneur - How To Make Intelligent Business Decisions That Will Lead To Success In Building And Growing Your Own Company - by Peter Hupalo.

#Microsoft Unveils Tools for N...

#Microsoft Unveils Tools for Next-Gen #Windows #Phone OS, 'Mango'. #development #career #software #professional #in http://bit.ly/gtcf4D

#Adobe And #Zend Launch Flash ...

#Adobe And #Zend Launch Flash Builder 4.5 For #PHP Development. #professional #career #business #in. http://bit.ly/h6Sn51

Social Media – what more…

One of my valuable clients came back again with a new request on Tourism business – using Social Media. There are many websites available already – for ex: WAYN, but they wanted to have a detail discussion on ‘What more can be done’. The discussion happened in their office – for around 6 hours – non-stop with many examples, case studies, success stories, risks, and opportunities.

We discussed mainly about using Social Media (Facebook, Twitter etc) for Tourism based services, Health Tourism management, Lifestyle Programmes, Content Development and Broadcasting, Food and User Generated Information Management. We agreed to develop a framework using Facebook as a platform. I am happy to see some improvements every week.

Gandhi, CEO: 14 Principles to Guide & Inspire Modern Leaders

Two months before one of my friends suggested this book, when we were in Landmark Chennai. I finished reading it just last week. It’s an interesting book from Alan Axelrod. Alan is the author of more than 60 books, including the bestsellers Profiles in Audacity 9781402745317 and The Real History of the Cold War 9781402763021. He has appeared on MSNBC, the Discovery Channel, CNN, Fox, and numerous radio news and talk programs. Axelrod and his work have been featured in Business Week, Fortune, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and many newspapers.

The book is very useful for new generation leaders and practical managers. Gandhi’s Personal Leadership and Institutional management are well explained through his management principles and personal/political life. Learning and Experience, The nonviolent CEO, Deciding, Revaluation and Revolution are very interesting titles to read. Every chapter is having collection of lessons. There are 14 Chapters and 100 lessons – every single lesson is giving a practical path for a leader of this generation.

Bizness Apps Expands To #Andro...

Bizness Apps Expands To #Android To Bring Your Business Into The #Mobile Apps Game. #professional #development #in http://bit.ly/eIOFxT

10 #Free #Sports #mobile Apps ...

10 #Free #Sports #mobile Apps for #Android and #iPhone #ideas #development. #technology #in. http://bit.ly/fu9rwt

How to Motivate your Employees

The business success comes from a team of motivated, hard/smart working employees – in any small and medium size company. In a seminar, I attended few years ago – I noted few valuable points about this topic, and I would like to share them here.

Creating a Positive Environment – Every employee should feel worthwhile and important. Such office environment gives a positive energy to employees, and it makes a productive office. The manager’s office door should be always open for staffs – their questions and concerns.

Career oriented growth – The manager should help the employees to reach to the next level professionally by providing on-site coaching – through their day to day works. There is professional one-to-one counseling available, which can help people learn how to overcome personal and professional obstacles on their career path.

Acknowledge every contributions – A manager can make a very big difference in employee morale simply by taking the time to recognize the contributions and accomplishments of every members in team.

Incentives – Offering incentives to members for best performance is a good practice. It can be something small like a gift certificate, or something more such as performance based bonus. “Employee of the Month”, “Star Performer” kind of treats will help a lot in motivating employees.

In my experiences, I crossed many success stories in my team – of course by implementing the above mentioned ideas.