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New insights and New Media

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The Saturday ( Bangalore, May 12, 2007) workshop on New Media and Corporate Communications gave me fascinating insights into the current mindset of communicators and students alike. The event was conducted splendidly – thanks to a wonderful effort by the soft spoken Dean of St. Joseph’s College of Business Adminstration – Edwin Castellino. Fr. Aveline D’Souza, the Director of the Institute set the context with interesting nuggets of wisdom.

Peter, my co-presenter was in his elements and held forth with simple examples from his experience.

The participants (36 in total) drawn from leading IT and non-IT organizations were keen to know more about the impact of new media in their day-to-day lives. There was a sense of curiosity on how new media can be tapped or incorporated into their current set-up considering the resistance to change and low levels of awareness.

 Though there was more basic questions around the impact of blogs vs wikis,  mobile blogging, the need for marketing and promoting blogs among others.

 All in all – a great experience for us!

Attended the workshop? Do share your comments…

heatheryoung

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4 thoughts on “New insights and New Media”

  1. It was a great knowledge generating session. The workshop threw light on various aspects of new media and its relevance in corporate communications. Thanks to Peter, Aniisu and SJCBA for making this possible. Wished if it was a day’s workshop so that we could get more insights on this.

    Moreover, I was very impressed with Fr. Aveline’s presence throughtout the workshop. It’s rare to see an enthusiasm like his.

    Cheers!
    Daphne

  3. posting a comment which came via e-mail from a participant:

    Dear Aniisu

    It was indeed a very practical and illuminating session, and all of has found a lot to learn.

    I was particularly impressed by the amount of backgrounding you and Peter had done; it was awesome.

    Count us in for future workshops!

    Regards

    P Shankar
    [email protected]

  4. Hi Aniisu,

    As always, it’s great to exchange ideas and thoughts with you.

    The presentation was really good – Peter and you were right on target…and the sessions were pretty interactive and informative…

    My thanks to SJCBA, Dean – Prof. Edwin and Fr. Aveline.

    Way to go, buddy – cheers to more from you…

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