Travel, photography, food, technology, economics, sport are some of the most common blogging subjects. But every now and then we come across a blog that is simply outstanding. The simplicity of a quiz blog may not match the visual standards of a photo or food or travel blog, but the content is simply unbelievable. Quiz Master Vincent Augustine D’Souza is a blogger, author, and novelist. What we are more interested in is the blog post that he comes ...

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For they’re a jolly good team ho! For they’re a jolly good team ho! They’re a jolly good team ho! And nobody can deny. Read on to know why. Singing and bellowing away to glory on the bus to Igatpuri, the Windchimes family ushered in their 3rd Anniversary celebrations with much pomp and show. The team was all geared up for a party like never before amidst the pristine and calm ambience of the hill station.                                     The treatment upon arrival was nothing short of majestic. ...

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Facebook has made a radical change to its user interface- the first since the launch of Google +. While it would take some time for the entire gamut of changes to make a marked difference to our experience, let us peep under the hood, at how the Facebook is set to change. Timing the changes The most striking feature is the new Timeline, a chronological layout of the profile/page which shows everything that the user/page has done since getting on to Facebook. It is a more simple and efficient way of checking out a profile or a page. The interface itself is ...

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A journalism student for life, a blogger by choice and a social entrepreneur that is how our Blogger of the Fortnight, Anshul Tewari would like to be known. Anshul founded youthkiawaaz.com in 2008 to voice his opinion about the social and political scenario in our country. Today, youthkiawaaz.com is India’s largest online platform for the youth to express themselves on issues of critical importance. After having worked with leading national and international media houses, Anshul took blogging ...

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Over the past few years, social media has become an important tool of marketing. Big brands have invested in the new media hoping to hook the audience to their products. And, with the success of the platform, the brands are now looking to leverage the tool for enhancing their brand equity via social causes’ route. Social responsibility goes social With growth of Facebook and twitter and the rise of social media marketing, it is no surprise that then this medium would now be used to promote corporate social responsibilities (CSR). While the brands are slowly starting to embrace this route, many ...

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Organizations are wrestling with questions about how to fend off, fit in with or foster the use of social media by employees. Still, many firms haven’t considered some of the potential benefits of using internal social networks as well as external tools like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. These days you can find lots of advice about how to use public social media—such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter—for marketing your company to prospective customers, partners, and employees. However, companies can gain solid benefits from using social and collaboration tools for internal purposes. Setting up Facebook Groups, Internal YouTube channels, Internal blogs and micro ...

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Continuing from where we left of, we shall now see how social media platform can be used to improve the structure and efficiency of an organization. Collaborating for Success With help of any given platform, an organization can help teams work       ● More effectively and efficiently       ● Ensure teams have access to most accurate and up to date information       ● Enable remote working                 Collaborative blog from IBM This not only leads to better work output but also builds connection. When employees feel connected to their ...

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