Monday, December 28, 2009

SMILE - the leadership program

Delhi based SMILE foundation was holding a workshop for it's downstream NGO activists. The goal was to imbibe a leadership, self-sustaining culture in the participants. And I was asked to deliver a 1 hour session which was converted to a full day session for the teams after I made the prelim presentation to the management.

The session was warmly received and their was an active participation from the audience as we went thru exercises, simulations and management principles for NGOs ... and life success....

And If I contributed to their thought process, these social entrepreneurs have catalysed in me the thought of contributing to the society as well. Watch this space for more information...

For my presentation notes, speaker assignments and f/thru information - feel free to write to me on aggarwal.ashwini@gmail.com

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Taking wings...


Last year post leaving HP has been a fascinating adventure - one, in which, I found my wings and took my first flights in my passion area of trainings and marketing services. One of the highlights of the training practise has been to develop customised training programs for discerning clients. Negotiation Skills program - Getting to Yes, was an adaption of a Harvard Negotiation Skills initiative that was customised with role plays and simulations. Among the first clients of this program (Getting to Yes...) were the PC Solutions Pvt Ltd team persons. The program was executed at Hotel Claremont, Gurgaon with a flair in November end. And we have followed up with an OMR based event report + pdf notes to the user base. We expect to add f/thru content and sessions...and the focus is on inculcating the process so that it comes naturally in field situations...

"Sometimes, the right thing is to decide on what is the right thing and then do it...".


Ashwini Dec'09