The Magic of Motivation...Unveiled!

Many of us as communicators often face the challenge of motivating our internal stakeholders, the employees, the members of our team.  We have all digested Maslow's theory and what motivates an individual.
Here's another visually interesting presentation by Dan Pink, who engages you with his masterly idea.  Give them freedom. Give them a purpose. And see the magic happen.  Enjoy.

Video from KarmaTube

Free Online Research Center for Social Media

Since the time the social media has hit the web world, the public relations practitioners have been pushed into the cyclone, some fully prepared, many unwillingly, leaving a still few to wonder at the nuances of social media.

To help the PR practitioners, Institute of Public Relations has launched an absolutely free resource today...the Online Research Centre for Social Media Science. 

An excellent storehouse of research articles, books etc, that benchmarks the veritable tools like facebook, twitter, linkedin, digg, etc and how these can be effectively deployed in PR practice.

7th Global PR Conclave

The preparations are afoot for the Public Relations Council of India's 7th Global PR Conclave at Hyderabad in 17-18 February 2013.  Our heartiest congratulations to Mr MB Jayaram, Chairman Emeritus PRCI, Ajai Agarwal.National VP, Capt Rakesh Gulati, Zonal Chairman South & Mr Narayanan Chairman Hyderabad Chapter.
The calendar is full for PR practitioners to be part of various knowledge series.  While Bangalore has engaged various colleges to be a part of PRCI student wing, Varanasi under the leadership of Dr. Vishwanath Pandey is organising a two-days workshop at Benaras Hindu University in January 2013, on "Paradigm Shift of PR".
Get ready to be a part of the event.

Hyderabad gets ready for 7th Global PR Meet

The preparations are afoot for the Public Relations Council of India's 7th Global PR Conclave at Hyderabad in February 2013.  Our heartiest congratulations to Mr MB Jayaram, Chairman Emeritus PRCI, Ajai Agarwal.National VP, Capt Rakesh Gulati, Zonal Chairman South & Mr Narayanan Chairman Hyderabad Chapter.
The calendar is full for PR practitioners to be part of various knowledge series.  While Bangalore has engaged various colleges to be a part of PRCI student wing, Varanasi under the leadership of Dr. Vishwanath Pandey is organising a two-days workshop at Benaras Hindu University in January 2013, on "Paradigm Shift of PR".
Another international conclave, 4th Glocal Communication is scheduled for March 2013 in Bangalore.
Chandigarh Chapter is having a two-days conference on "Media and Human Development: Need for Change in Priority" on 22-23 September 2012 in association with MICCI and FES.
Get ready to be a part of these events.

How to make SlideShare an Effective Communication Tool

SlideShare is a great web application that helps the PR practitioners in letting their client's slides and their own slides go viral on the social media network.  It is a great tool for education and elearning and you can share your training slides with the peers and the world.
SlideShare has emerged as one of top 10 tool for education and elearning.  Its founder Rashmi Sinha recently announced a new product which takes SlideShare to an entirely new level...Zipcast.  It helps you, in its Basic version, share your slides with the world, and you can chat, talk, and share visuals. In Pro versions you can make your presentations ad free and private so that only select invitees can interact with you.  Check out what you can do with SlideShare in this presentation:

SlideShare 101 from Amit Ranjan

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