[India_Vision_2020] Re: Announcing Corporate Excellence award for CSR initiative

Dear sh Srinivasan,

It is really great to launch awards to appreciate & acknowledge the excellent works even by SME's !!

It would be interesting to know the details.

Warm sunshine to all.
Manoj Tatwadi
Nagpur(MS)
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[India_Vision_2020] Announcing Corporate Excellence award for CSR initiative

 

Dear friends

 

IABC's Gold Quill Awards 2012

 

International Asociation of Business Communicators (IABC), a globally reputed organisation presents awards annually known as 'Gold Quil Awards' to companies at international level.  This is considered as 'Oscar' of corporate awards.  Entries are received across the globe and judged continent-wise.

 

I had the unique opportunity of being one of the judges in the panel for evaluating the entries received from the Asian Countries for IABC's Gold Quill Award 2012. This was done this year in India at Bangalore on last Saturday i.e.on 25th Feb 2012.  The entries were in different categories of communication management, communication skills and communication creatiavityy.

 

Indian companies have great 'untold' success stories

 

To reach the global standards, all the corporates and individual entrants need to make good presentation of their activities and achievements.  At the end of the day, i realised that many Indian companies achieve many things silently, but without proper documentation.  They are not making good caase studies.  Hence, in spite of the achievements, many Indian companies and individuals do not participate in such global contests and show case their achievements.  Even smaller countries present their success stories well.

 

Prime Point's Corporate Excellence Award

 

In order to encourage our Indian companies, including small and medium companies, to show case their achievements in a global standard, Prime Point Foundation plans to introduce 'Corporate Excellence Award' from this year on different categories.  

 

As you know, Prime Point Foundation is already giving Awards for  Parliamentarians every year for their outstanding  performance in the Lok Sabha.  This is under political communication.  Besides, we also recognise 'UnSung Heroes' with awards for their silent performance.

 

From this year, we plan to introduce 'Corporate Excellence Award'.  Being the first year, we want to confine only to social contribution or CSR initiated by the companies..  From next year, we will introduce more categories. 

 

Mr Bish Mukherjee, one of the prpoint group members and Coordinator of Gold Quill Award 2012 of IABC for Asian Region has consented to help us to formulate the scheme, in line with International standards. 

 

Every Comapny, whether they are small, medium or big contribute effectively to the society.  But they do not properly document them.  For our Award Scheme, we will consider the CSR or social contribution made by the companies during the calendar year 2011. 

 

Awards to be presented on 14th April

 

We will circulate more details, format in which the presentation is to be made, etc in a day or two.  Meanwhile, you may kindly keep your company informed about this Award and collate the details of CSR done in the eyar 2011. Even small and medium companies can participate.

 

The Awards will be presented during the  function to  be held on Saturday the 14th April, 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai along with the Awards to Top performers in the Lok Sabha.  Entries will be judged by eminent people and Awards will be presented by the top performing Parliamentarians.

 

Please await more details.

 

Srinivasan

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[India_Vision_2020] Live streaming webinar on topics of common interest - suggestions needed

 

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Prime Point Foundation with the support of various supporting organisations, plans to start a weekly live streaming session on topics of common interest.  For time being, we plan to start with the topics like improving communication skills, improving reading skills, mind mapping exercises, presentation skills, cyber laws, using social media in a safe and secure manner, Safe handling of ATM cards and online banking accounts, etc.  Depending on the response from the audience, we can extend to any topic.

We will line up experts on these subjects to present their sessions through www.livestream.com from their respective centres.  This session will be broadcast live for 30 to 45 minutes.  The listeners can post questions to the experts through chat mode in the livestream.  What the listeners need is only an internet with broadband.  

In order to finalise the topics and schedule, we need the views of prospective audience.  I have given a simple survey with 7 questions.  I will be happy if you can click the following link and go to the survey and give your views.  This may take just 3 minutes.  

http://www.prpoint.com/poll/public/survey.php?name=webinar

This is another humble attempt to make use of the technology effectively for the benefit of the society and for the development of the youth.  This livestreaming webinar is free.  The purpose of this webinar is to enable the aspiring youth to interact with experts comfortably.

If you want to suggest anything further, please write to me personally at prpoint@gmail.com.  Even volunteers are welcome to write to me to take this concept forward.   

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RE: [India_Vision_2020] Look at the positive aspect in every setback - Inspiring interview with Tony Good

 

Hi Sir,

Thanks for this interesting episode of an interview with Tony Good. It was interesting to know some of the facts about how westerners follow the traditions of the indian culture, but how we fail to catch up with our own values. it was nice to know that. It was also interesting to know some of the views with that of Mr. Tom Good.

Thanks for this interesting one, congrats...

Regards

Srsh R. Thumma

PDP Trainer

+91-96182 32931

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Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:20:12 +0530
Subject: [India_Vision_2020] Look at the positive aspect in every setback - Inspiring interview with Tony Good

 

hi 

Please watch the inspiring interview of Mr Tony Good in the following link.

http://www.poduniversal.com/2012/02/accentuate-positive-image-and-eliminate.html

Srinivasan

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"The news coming out of India to countries outside tend to have more of negative aspects.  Hence, India should accentuate the positive image and  eliminate the negative impage through proper PR strategies", Mr Anthony B M Good, popularly known as Tony Good, a global PR legend said in an exclusive interview with PodUniversal.  

He also suggested that Indian youth should look for positive aspect in every setback and grasp the opportunity, available everywhere.  

Mr Tony Good, when he was  young,  joined a leading Airline company   as a Public Relations and marketing  Executive.  He lost his job from  the  Company, for no fault of him.  That triggered a 'fire' in him to start an independent Public Relations Company  to prove his capability.

This  independent PR Agency, which he started 50 years back was 'Good Relations'.  This is the first PR Agency anywhere in the world to get listed in the stock exchange at London.  

From 1970 onwards, he got associated with India through his association with many companies as a member of the Board.  He is presently the International Chairman of  Cox and Kings, one of the top travel agencies of 250 year old.  

In 1986, he  started the Indian arm of Good Relations as an Indian company.  Again, this is the first independent PR and Communication agency in India.

Mr Tony Good  in his  late 70s,  is a great visionary and is considered as a 'legend' in the communication field.

Public Relations Council of India honoured him on 13th Feb 2012 at Mumbai with the coveted 'Life Time Achivement Award' in the presence of a galaxy of eminent communication, media and corporate professionals.  

On the next day, Mr Tony Good was at Chennai for few hours.  Since he was hard pressed for time, I travelled along with him to Airport in his car and recorded an exclusive interview with him on various issues.

In the interesting conversation, he touched about the strength and  weakness of Indian Corporates, his ivews about Indian media, India's image outside, his suggestions to Indian youth and Non Resident Indians.  

PodUniversal  Edition 148

Please listen to his inspiring interview (9 minutes).  This interview can also be watched from the following link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06nsWB9jJk

While watching / listening to this interview, you can also go through the transcipt of his conversation.  (Transcript courtesy by Ms Esther Emil, GRI, Chennai).

Transcript of the interview with Mr Tony Good

Mr.Tony Good, Welcome to PodUniversal show
Very kind, Thank you

Let me congratulate you for receiving the coveted Life time achievement award from Public Relations Council of India 

I feel extremely honored by it. It will be something that I will aspire to, possibly live upto if I can 

Sir, you are associated with India and the Indian corporates almost from 1970 that is nearly 40 years?

Absolutely

You know about the Indian corporates and European corporates. What according to you  are the strong points of Indian corporates? 

I think there is still very much a family tradition in most of the major corporates and I think that is a strength. I think that they've moved with the times in the second and third generation increasingly tending to be educated on an international stage rather than a national one so I think you get the best of both worlds. You get the cohesion that comes from a close knit family business but also though the younger members have gained experience and knowledge abroad which they are bringing to bear in their businesses here. 

What according to you are the weak points among the Indian corporates that prevent them to meet the global standards?

Well, I think increasingly they are achieving global standards. I mean if for example you had told me in 1970 when I first came to India that, for example Tata would own not only Tetley Tea and what was British deal Land Rover Jaguar, I think very few people would ever have believed that. And I've seen the incursion of Indian corporates to the international stage in the most impressive way. 


Do you think the Indian Corporates are building their image properly?

I think, one of the problems that India has is that as a country it is not doing its PR as well as it could and should. Now, you might expect me to say that, but all too often the headlines about India are about their corruption and inefficiency. Now every country has its corruption and sadly my own has been proved recently to be no exception. I think that India has to recognize the need for PR as a country and Indian corporates also need to recognize that they have to promote themselves on the international stage as well as on their local, domestic stage. 

Do you mean to say that India is being projected negatively outside?

I think too much of the news that comes out of India tends to have a rather negative aspect to it, yes. 

What is the solution?

The solution is to promote the positive, what was the famous song "accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative" and I think that in terms of eliminating the negative there is a big job for the Indian government to do in being seen to the grasp the nettle of the corruption that undoubtedly exists but it also exists in many many other parts of the world. 

Now that takes me to another broader question about media. You are seeing the European and the Indian media, What do you think about the Indian Media? Are they more sensitive or more sensational? 


I don't think they are more sensational, no. I think that most of the well established Indian newspapers do a very good job of news coverage. I think if you have followed the phone hacking stories, that I know have been covered here as well as in the UK there is no doubt that some of the practices that have caught on in Britain and I suspect in other European and  International countries I think, Indian Media have a lot to be extremely proud of. Of course they are not perfect, no media are perfect but I've seen them come a long way in a comparatively short time.

What is the suggestion that you are giving to the Indian youth because you are a serial entrepreneur, and  you have built institutions.

Well, you are very kind.

I think Indians have a strong streak of entrepreneurialism in them. It would be presumptuous of me to suggest that I can teach the most entrepreneurial nation in the world about how to be good at it. I think what I would say is identifying the opportunity and seizing it, looking at the positive. 


I mean the most unfair thing that ever happened to me which caused me to lose a job; a marketing and Public Relations job in an airline turned out to be an opportunity to create a business which if you told me it would end up being listed on the London Stock Exchange, and at that time we floated we were the only Public Relations company with a stock exchange listing anywhere in the world, I would have been amazed. So I think my message to young Indian Entrepreneurs would be 

(1) Identify the opportunity
(2) Opportunities are everywhere 
(3) Have the courage to grasp it and
(4) Look for the positives in setbacks 

What are your suggestions for Indians who are working abroad? 


Indian who are working abroad, well I think I would say two things, one is that, and I think they are increasingly learning this, to be infact assimilated into the country as a whole. There was a tendency I think in the past for Indians working abroad to basically gather in small groups, stick together. Now we've seen Indians, my good friend Gulam Noon, who has progressed from an MBE, to a knighthood to a position in the House of Lords. Is, I think a very good example of an Indian entrepreneur who has become absorbed into the environment and has become infact a part of it. And I know of many other successful Indian entrepreneurs who have done exactly that.

Thank you very much for joining Pod Universal Show

You are most kind. Thank you for inviting me. 

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[India_Vision_2020] Look at the positive aspect in every setback - Inspiring interview with Tony Good

 

hi 

Please watch the inspiring interview of Mr Tony Good in the following link.

http://www.poduniversal.com/2012/02/accentuate-positive-image-and-eliminate.html

Srinivasan

Prime Point

9176650273

"The news coming out of India to countries outside tend to have more of negative aspects.  Hence, India should accentuate the positive image and  eliminate the negative impage through proper PR strategies", Mr Anthony B M Good, popularly known as Tony Good, a global PR legend said in an exclusive interview with PodUniversal.  

He also suggested that Indian youth should look for positive aspect in every setback and grasp the opportunity, available everywhere.  

Mr Tony Good, when he was  young,  joined a leading Airline company   as a Public Relations and marketing  Executive.  He lost his job from  the  Company, for no fault of him.  That triggered a 'fire' in him to start an independent Public Relations Company  to prove his capability.

This  independent PR Agency, which he started 50 years back was 'Good Relations'.  This is the first PR Agency anywhere in the world to get listed in the stock exchange at London.  

From 1970 onwards, he got associated with India through his association with many companies as a member of the Board.  He is presently the International Chairman of  Cox and Kings, one of the top travel agencies of 250 year old.  

In 1986, he  started the Indian arm of Good Relations as an Indian company.  Again, this is the first independent PR and Communication agency in India.

Mr Tony Good  in his  late 70s,  is a great visionary and is considered as a 'legend' in the communication field.

Public Relations Council of India honoured him on 13th Feb 2012 at Mumbai with the coveted 'Life Time Achivement Award' in the presence of a galaxy of eminent communication, media and corporate professionals.  

On the next day, Mr Tony Good was at Chennai for few hours.  Since he was hard pressed for time, I travelled along with him to Airport in his car and recorded an exclusive interview with him on various issues.

In the interesting conversation, he touched about the strength and  weakness of Indian Corporates, his ivews about Indian media, India's image outside, his suggestions to Indian youth and Non Resident Indians.  

PodUniversal  Edition 148

Please listen to his inspiring interview (9 minutes).  This interview can also be watched from the following link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06nsWB9jJk

While watching / listening to this interview, you can also go through the transcipt of his conversation.  (Transcript courtesy by Ms Esther Emil, GRI, Chennai).

Transcript of the interview with Mr Tony Good

Mr.Tony Good, Welcome to PodUniversal show
Very kind, Thank you

Let me congratulate you for receiving the coveted Life time achievement award from Public Relations Council of India 

I feel extremely honored by it. It will be something that I will aspire to, possibly live upto if I can 

Sir, you are associated with India and the Indian corporates almost from 1970 that is nearly 40 years?

Absolutely

You know about the Indian corporates and European corporates. What according to you  are the strong points of Indian corporates? 

I think there is still very much a family tradition in most of the major corporates and I think that is a strength. I think that they've moved with the times in the second and third generation increasingly tending to be educated on an international stage rather than a national one so I think you get the best of both worlds. You get the cohesion that comes from a close knit family business but also though the younger members have gained experience and knowledge abroad which they are bringing to bear in their businesses here. 

What according to you are the weak points among the Indian corporates that prevent them to meet the global standards?

Well, I think increasingly they are achieving global standards. I mean if for example you had told me in 1970 when I first came to India that, for example Tata would own not only Tetley Tea and what was British deal Land Rover Jaguar, I think very few people would ever have believed that. And I've seen the incursion of Indian corporates to the international stage in the most impressive way. 


Do you think the Indian Corporates are building their image properly?

I think, one of the problems that India has is that as a country it is not doing its PR as well as it could and should. Now, you might expect me to say that, but all too often the headlines about India are about their corruption and inefficiency. Now every country has its corruption and sadly my own has been proved recently to be no exception. I think that India has to recognize the need for PR as a country and Indian corporates also need to recognize that they have to promote themselves on the international stage as well as on their local, domestic stage. 

Do you mean to say that India is being projected negatively outside?

I think too much of the news that comes out of India tends to have a rather negative aspect to it, yes. 

What is the solution?

The solution is to promote the positive, what was the famous song "accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative" and I think that in terms of eliminating the negative there is a big job for the Indian government to do in being seen to the grasp the nettle of the corruption that undoubtedly exists but it also exists in many many other parts of the world. 

Now that takes me to another broader question about media. You are seeing the European and the Indian media, What do you think about the Indian Media? Are they more sensitive or more sensational? 


I don't think they are more sensational, no. I think that most of the well established Indian newspapers do a very good job of news coverage. I think if you have followed the phone hacking stories, that I know have been covered here as well as in the UK there is no doubt that some of the practices that have caught on in Britain and I suspect in other European and  International countries I think, Indian Media have a lot to be extremely proud of. Of course they are not perfect, no media are perfect but I've seen them come a long way in a comparatively short time.

What is the suggestion that you are giving to the Indian youth because you are a serial entrepreneur, and  you have built institutions.

Well, you are very kind.

I think Indians have a strong streak of entrepreneurialism in them. It would be presumptuous of me to suggest that I can teach the most entrepreneurial nation in the world about how to be good at it. I think what I would say is identifying the opportunity and seizing it, looking at the positive. 


I mean the most unfair thing that ever happened to me which caused me to lose a job; a marketing and Public Relations job in an airline turned out to be an opportunity to create a business which if you told me it would end up being listed on the London Stock Exchange, and at that time we floated we were the only Public Relations company with a stock exchange listing anywhere in the world, I would have been amazed. So I think my message to young Indian Entrepreneurs would be 

(1) Identify the opportunity
(2) Opportunities are everywhere 
(3) Have the courage to grasp it and
(4) Look for the positives in setbacks 

What are your suggestions for Indians who are working abroad? 


Indian who are working abroad, well I think I would say two things, one is that, and I think they are increasingly learning this, to be infact assimilated into the country as a whole. There was a tendency I think in the past for Indians working abroad to basically gather in small groups, stick together. Now we've seen Indians, my good friend Gulam Noon, who has progressed from an MBE, to a knighthood to a position in the House of Lords. Is, I think a very good example of an Indian entrepreneur who has become absorbed into the environment and has become infact a part of it. And I know of many other successful Indian entrepreneurs who have done exactly that.

Thank you very much for joining Pod Universal Show

You are most kind. Thank you for inviting me. 

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[India_Vision_2020] Dr Abdul Kalam on Facebook offcially

 

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Former Indian President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has now officially started his official Facebook page to share his memories and views.  I request the members to visit the following link for his official page.

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialKalam 

There are many FB pages in the name of Dr Abdul Kalam.   They are not official. They have all been started by his fans and admirers.  The above link is the only official fb page.  

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