
Archive for September 27th, 2016

How to be updated on various happenings around you?

September 27, 2016

There are various ways one can update oneself

*Reading Print and Electronic Media

*Surfing the Net

*Social Media exchange

*Apps on Mobile

*Attending Talks of Eminent Persons

 

There are various ways one can attend these talks which are promoted and extended by numerous organisations as listed below

Manthan Samvaad
http://www.manthansamvaad.com/
Manthan started in 2005 as apolitical and non-partisan, a voluntary initiative providing a forum to promoted public discourse that is vibrant, meaningful and intelligent aiming to engage citizens from all walks of life.

PechaKucha/Pecha Kucha
http://www.pechakucha.org/

Peecha Kucha in Japanese means chit-chat. It is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each. It was devised in February 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham.

 

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)
https://www.ted.com/talks
It is platform where eminent people are speakers where they present their ideas on wide range of topics
in innovative and engaging way often through story telling. Founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks
in 1984.

 

Toastmasters
https://www.toastmasters.org/
Toastmasters International helps in public speaking and leadership development with more than 332,000
memberships from 135 countries.It was founded by Ralph C. Smedley on October 1924.

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