Archive for August, 2010

Webinar, as the name suggests is about conducting seminars on the web. Not just seminars but also meetings, training sessions and presentations. The communication during webinar series is usually one way. Audience participation occurs through the net and the webinars very often feature polling or question and answer sessions.

Webinars are mainly used for generating sales leads or for training purposes.

Webinar series may include power point slide presentations among other things. These presentations could take place in the shape of picture slide shows or text demonstrations. During a sales’ conference, for instance, the slide presentations could render a web conference lively by displaying sales figures real and projected in a colorful and interesting way.

Webinars may also be conducted in real time by audio conferencing calling via VoIP with the use of speakers and headphones. ‘Virtual’ conferences of this kind are more interactive and lively; they also induct new ideas that help businesses to thrive and prosper. As most of us know, speaking is better than seeing, especially if you are trying to get your head around a conundrum besetting your business or simply trying to make it grow. One can even conduct family business meetings by conference calling.

Webinar series may also feature text chats as well as live, real time, question-answer sessions. Internet chat sessions are a popular means of communication between individuals dispersed over various locations. Chat sessions, also known as internet relay chat sessions, owe their nascence to Jarkko Oikarinen of Finland who developed chat programs way back in 1988. By 1989 as many 40 servers had pressed chat software into service. Today, internets relay chatting has become one of the most popular means of communication, especially between individuals from varied geographical locations.

Some webinar series include among other things, screen sharing, application sharing or desktop sharing activities. Some screen sharing applications can be really versatile allowing for desktop control on a remote basis. In the main screen, application, or desktop sharing activities allow participants to observe whatever the presenter displays on the screen.

Webinars are becoming increasingly popular as they are cost-effective and time-efficient. They are also capable of a far wider outreach compared to conventional seminars or conferences.

Webinars have yet another edge over their conventional counterparts. Being digital in character they may be recorded, played back and reviewed at leisure.



In recent years, Rattan furniture has become increasingly popular. It is a style that will compliment any room at a price that anyone can afford.

Rattan furniture is extremely durable. When it is taken care of properly, it can last up to fifty years. It beats out any other type of furniture including leather or fabric. Another benefit to Rattan furniture is that you can have it custom made. It may take a little longer for delivery, however it will be made to your design. This assures that it will fit into any d



You have heard of Hazcom, Hazchem and Hazmat in safety. Now we have Haztoon. That’s right. Cartoons deliver safety messages with impact.

It is very challenging to communicate safety in a work environment. Accidents are not cheap. In fact, they can be very, very expensive! Think about insurance claims, loss days, production loss, reports, manpower disruptions, morale…

The root of the problem is people. It’s not easy to get people to follow safety rules.

The personal protective equipment that companies provide is practically useless if workers are not using them. Safety guidelines are useless when they are not followed. The keyword is willingness. A willingness by the workers to observe good safety practices when nobody supervises.

Somehow, people need to get it into their subconscious mind to want to follow safety rules and regulations. It is an uphill task for the safety practitioner – how to drive the message through.

Researchers have found that people remember 50% more in what they see than in what they hear. Visuals get people’s attention. The many images on billboards, magazines, newspapers or even on the internet are testimonies that advertising visuals are so effective.

Humor effectively drives a point. Accident situations cannot be photographed. Only stuntmen are crazy enough to perform risky activities that can potentially result in accidents.

Cartoons can effectively illustrate dangerous situations that might be near impossible to capture on film.

The successful safety poster first captures people’s attention with the graphics and the color. Next, it lets them enjoy the images to relax their mood. Finally, it presents the safety message for the finale.

If done well, people will remember the messages in safety posters for a very long time. When people are exposed sufficiently over a long period of time, the messages sink into their subconscious mind. It becomes second nature to them.

This fact has been used in advertisement and propaganda – all for one purpose – to influence people’s opinion or buying behavior. Cartoon posters do influence people’s behavior. It’s fun too.

The challenge is to find such posters that are both cheap and good. The easiest way out is the diy approach – print them yourself. A good computer color printer is all that is ever needed.



Independent School Fairs are conducted every year during the admission season. They are very informative events for parents seeking admission for their children in independent schools. Many schools participate in these events so that they can diversify their applicant pool and have a rich mix of diversity among their students.

A large number of families visit these fairs, and it is a great opportunity to possibly meet parents who have their children already attending one of these schools. Parents might also get an opportunity to meet student representatives who would share their personal experiences about their own school. Attending these fairs can also provide parents with insight that goes far beyond the information in the brochures. A number of schools in the region are usually present at these fairs. It is a great way for parents to meet admissions directors from all these schools, under one roof, at a single venue.

These independent school fairs (or expos as they are sometimes called) offer a wonderful opportunity for parents and children to get a better idea about the schools that they are interested in. The fairs would showcase schools catering to a wide variety of needs such as boarding, coed, single sex, and also special schools for children with special needs.

Parents can have their questions answered about the academic curriculum followed by each school, the financial aid opportunities available, and the unique features of each school that would make them the ideal institution of choice for their children’s education. Some fairs also feature panel discussions that parents and students can have with the director of admissions of each school.

Since independent school fairs can provide parents and students with a lot of information, it is important to go prepared to collect as much information as possible in a systematic manner. In other words, parents need to know how to navigate independent school fairs effectively to make the most of the opportunity presented.

Even before attending the fair, parents need to make a list of schools that they wish to gather more information about. They should also have a clear picture of the type of school they are looking for. Is it a boarding school, or a single sex or coed school? Does their child have special needs? What is the school’s perspective on diversity that they are looking for? Do they want a progressive or a traditional education? Are they looking for a k-12 program or a k-8 program? These are some of the factors that parents need to decide on, at the very outset.

Having a clear idea on the type of schools to look for can prevent parents and children from wandering around the fair aimlessly. If a large number of schools participate in the fair, it would be impossible to spend adequate time visiting every school table.

Parents who have done their homework well would be able to navigate through the maze effectively and gather all the information that they are interested in. Attending an independent school fair can greatly help parents and students in short-listing the schools that would be most suited to their needs.



Osram is a chief creator of car light merchandise. Their products are often used as the standard bulb for top auto manufacturers. However, it is not widely known that Osram has more than their standard headlight options. In fact they have just improved their variety of light bulbs for motorists, by offering better lighting and style performance to their bulbs.

There are three improved styles for the headlight bulbs. These are Osram Silver Star, Osram Cool Blue, and Osram Night Breaker. Each of these bulbs has been determined as legal for the road and has the European testing standards E1 branding. These lights are designed to replace the standard equipment, thus they fit directly into the connectors and holders without need for a tool or modification.

Before deciding on either the Osram Silverstar, Osram Cool Blue or Osram Nightbreaker bulbs, you will need to find out which type of headlight bulbs you already have fitted in your vehicle. Normally you can find this information listed in the owners manual, although if you type Car Bulbs Finders into Google there are now a lot of good online automotive bulb retailers that have an interactive car bulbs guide built into the site.

The Osram Cool Blue series are designed for drivers who want to stand out from the crowd and give their headlights a really distinctive night time look. The Cool Blue bulbs have blue filtered glass, which emits a blue tinted light that is very similar to high intensity discharge xenon bulbs.

It is important to note the ECE rules limit the level of blue tint permitted on headlight bulbs, so the Osram Cool Blue headlight bulbs are some of the darkest street legal bulbs you can find for your headlights.

The Osram Silverstar bulbs are tailored to improve a drivers night time visibility, and is a considerable improvement over the standard halogen headlight bulbs. Crucially the Osram Silverstar is designed to produced 50% more light onto the road, especially in the 50 to 75 meter range therefore enabling a driver to react earlier to hazards, road signs and potential obstacles.

The flagship of the Osram upgrade headlight bulbs range is the Osram Night Breaker series, which uses pressurised xenon gas, instead of halogen, and a re-engineered filament. The results is an award winning headlight bulb that produces 90% more light, projects 35 meters further into the darkness and is 10% whiter.

Keen motorists who want the best sight and performance from their headlights should make the choice of the Osram Night Breaker.

By choosing the upgraded lights like Osram Cool Blue, Silver Star, or Night Breaker you will have better night driving safety and lights that fit your needs.