Just woke up after a good night's sleep which is what was somewhat missing with calls, emails etc going into the night for the past week. No photos yet since I don't take pictures with my cellphone usually. However I can report that it was quite a foot tapping evening and we had a decent turnout. Here's what happened.
We had a talent hunt with about 20 odd participants. These were all HR professional/post graduate students who are very talented in arts like stand up comedy, instrumental music and of course dance. Alongside was the more serious part of the carnival called HR Showcase where more than a dozen companies talked about some of their HR challenges and how they overcame them. Then we had the games and fun portion for kids and kids at heart. I could not find time to get my caricature done ... next time maybe. I must mention our event managers. "Event mechanics" who did a fabulous job.
Our chapter president Harish D suddenly asked me to speak and I stumbled big time... Public speaking was my Achilles' Heel and remains so in spite of friends giving me many opportunities to improve...This stuttered speech was to get the souvenir released and acknowledge those who contributed to it . I forgot a few and remembered most. There were smiles all round and I took them to be genuine. And the souvenir looks professionally done.
I thought I worked hard on the souvenir. When I saw the results of the carnival and the scale, I realised that my colleagues in the EC like Anuradha Mahesh, Siddhu and Gubbi have earned the right to rest for at least two or three days to recoup. I never thought I would say this... but the timing of this Bandh is fortuitous... And that is my last word for now.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
HR Carnival---The fraternity is headed to NIMHANS!!!!
Today, July 4, 2010 is the day when the hectic activities of the past 2 months culminates. We are part of National HRD Network and are in the EC ( Execution committee.... those who get executed for not doing things and even doing things...)
Our annual day has been delinked from our AGM and has now been dedicated to pure networking, fun and maybe some learning. We are ready with everything from cotton candy to erudite HR Showcases. I was involved in getting the souvenir ready and it is being released today as well.
I did some writing, some detective work, a trip to printers, learnt about fonts. Learnt a few tricks used by advertisers etc. Hopefully it will hava all the advertisements ond only minor mistakes. I shall post the events of today by tonight.
In the meanwhile we are headed to NIMHANS. We are also hoping that the HR fraternity in Bangalore also heads that way to visit. BY the way, many of our spouses who are not part of this function of HR believe that this is the right place for us. And we have quite a few doctors to treat us as well.
For those who are not familiar with Bangalore, NIMHANS stands for something like National Institute for Mental Health And Neuro Sciences and it is a top notch place in this field.
Our annual day has been delinked from our AGM and has now been dedicated to pure networking, fun and maybe some learning. We are ready with everything from cotton candy to erudite HR Showcases. I was involved in getting the souvenir ready and it is being released today as well.
I did some writing, some detective work, a trip to printers, learnt about fonts. Learnt a few tricks used by advertisers etc. Hopefully it will hava all the advertisements ond only minor mistakes. I shall post the events of today by tonight.
In the meanwhile we are headed to NIMHANS. We are also hoping that the HR fraternity in Bangalore also heads that way to visit. BY the way, many of our spouses who are not part of this function of HR believe that this is the right place for us. And we have quite a few doctors to treat us as well.
For those who are not familiar with Bangalore, NIMHANS stands for something like National Institute for Mental Health And Neuro Sciences and it is a top notch place in this field.
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