Monday, September 13, 2010

The Hindu : Today's Paper / BUSINESS : Smart sourcing is the new game

The Hindu : Today's Paper / BUSINESS : Smart sourcing is the new game

Indian Rupee Symbol

Thumbnail for version as of 14:23, 15 July 2010It was a very pleasant feeling for me as this was the first time I saw Rupee Symbol being used while business discussion and with great ease as if it had always existed.

This happened when I was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, two weeks back. I was sitting in the office of our business contact Mr Matin, who has several business interests the country. While I was waiting for him to drive me to a meeting with the government officials, there was another person in his office visiting him from India for another line of business. Though, due to basic mannerism, I do not like to overhear a business conversation, which doesnt involve me, the discussion was very conspicuous for me to over look. The Indian visitor was quoting some prices by writing them down in a piece of paper to a manager from Mr Matin's office. While doing so, this visitor was writing the Rupee Symbol against the price quoted, which really impressed me, what impressed me more, the way his Bangladeshi counter part accepted the usage of the symbol without a question.

This was my first encounter of seeing Indian Rupee Symbol going global. 


Lets Dream


After a long gap, more than a year, I decided to give my speech in the toastmasters. It is not that I didn't attempt giving the speech and writing good script. However, every time I sat to write the speech  thoughts were not flowing and I used to leave the draft in the midway, till I committed to deliver the speech on 6th Sep to give the speech on 8th Sep. I sat down on 6th and 7th to write the speech.

The objective of Project 6 is to use vocal variety to make a point. Besides this my personal objective was to make the speech sound natural, conversational and deliver it without memorizing it. Therefore, instead of writing the complete draft I chose to write the speech in power point and with bullet points.

I won the best speaker award. Please find the speech below.