Monday, November 9, 2009

Strengthening Your People Skills In The Workplace workshop by Casey Tee

Individuals with excellent interpersonal skills rise to the top – in their careers, in their organizations and in life! You’ve probably seen it happen time and again.

Take 2 people with similar skills and knowledge, but one of them has enviable people skills while the other’s interpersonal skills are only mediocre. Which one gets ahead faster and goes further? You know the answer to that one — no contest! What you may not know is that effective interpersonal skills can be learned – just like any other skill.

The ability to build effective professional relationships, to strike up instant rapport, to communicate with tact, and to make a memorable impression are nothing more than a collection of techniques that you can learn and cultivate.

To be conducted by Mr. Casey Tee, Strengthening Your People Skills in the Workplace is an intensive new workshop that provides you with ways to gain the essential people skills you need to push ahead in your career.

This workshop is...
Organized by: Training Zone Dot Com Sdn Bhd
To be conducted by: Mr. Casey Tee
Date: 12 & 13 January 2010 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Venue: Grand Dorsett Subang Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
 
Click here for more information about the Strengthening Your People Skills in the Workplace workshop.

Click here for more information about the trainer, Mr. Casey Tee.


Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The top 10 recommendations in Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2010 guidebook

The world's largest travel guide book and digital media publisher Lonely Planet has released their 208 pages Best in Travel 2010 guidebook, and you can find it in Amazon.com online bookstore.



Being the 5th in their annual collection of the best places to go and best things to do for the year ahead, this traveller's guidebook highlighted 850 trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for year 2010.

"Malaysia is a clever choice for travellers on the lookout for a bargain”, they commented in the guidebook.

And here are their picks:

Top countries:
  • El Salvador
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Malaysia
  • Morocco
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Portugal
  • Suriname
  • United States
Top regions:
  • Alsace, France
  • Bali, Indonesia
  • Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
  • Goa, India
  • Koh Kong Conservation Corridor, Cambodia
  • Lake Baikal, Russia
  • Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Southern Africa
  • The Lake District, England
  • Southwest Western Australia
Top cities:
  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Charleston, United States
  • Cork, Ireland
  • Cuenca, Ecuador
  • Istanbul, Turkey
  • Kyoto, Japan
  • Lecce, Italy
  • Sarajevo, Bosnia
  • Singapore
  • Vancouver, Canada

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

8 common technology capabilities that IT organization needs

The technology capabilities that IT organization needs might form a very wide and deep list, varying based on the business strategies in place.

Richard Brennan, managing director of Denver-based technology strategy and advisory firm Tipperary Partners, has come out with a list of 8 common technology capabilities for our reference.

  1. Operational: Expert in operating systems, networks, data centers; scaling them efficiently while appropriately managing risks.
  2. Development: Expert in leveraging the appropriate technology to code and deploy complex systems.
  3. Innovative: Expert at introducing technologies and processes.
  4. Project management: Expert at managing and delivering complex projects within budget and timeframe.
  5. Architectural: Expert in designing reliable, scalable and extensible applications and systems.
  6. Data management: Expert at collecting, managing, organizing and providing access to data.
  7. Process: Expert in establishing and managing operational and business processes.
  8. Agile: Expert in reacting quickly to the changing technical/business environment.
This list is good enough for organizations to use as reference to determine and define technology capabilities of their own need. It is also a good evaluation/assessment list for both employers and employees.

Bear in mind that we might not be able to master in all of them. It is better to pick at most three to four items in the list and excel in them.

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