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A Large World!

I have had the pleasure of interacting with quite a few renowned professors from the Ivy League universities in my professional life. I also had the privilege of having an online interaction with two world leaders in breakthrough innovation from the University of California at Berkeleys Extension centre, just a few months back. To be honest, for the first time, I felt that the world wasnt shrinking, after all! I realised that the world is huge, and we know so little about so few people! I got the same feeling while interacting with four first generation entrepreneurs whom we had invited for a panel discussion to our entrepreneurship club, ACE.

While there are celebrities in almost every field who are known to people of all age groups across the world, there are so many relatively unknown talented individuals who are experts in their own domains, who are respected in their small industrial and academic circles, as well as recognised and valued in their closed community of friends and relatives. Isnt it a big challenge then, to make others know about your presence and availability as a resource?

Why Blog?

Of course, there are appropriate forums, to tell the world about your availability, your talent and your capability. Your resume should be uploaded on job sites. Your profile should be updated on LinkedIn. But is that enough? What if you arent looking for a job change at the moment? What if you are still building up on your skill-sets and continuing to explore your range of interests? What if you just want some biggies – be they successful industrialists, great personalities, Nobel Laureates and renowned celebrities to sit up and take notice of your presence, knowledge, skill and competence? Or you just wanted a former classmate, a relative, a colleague, a teacher or a potential recruiter or partner to know about your credentials and credibility.

Welcome to the simple ICT solution that is available at hand – a professional blog of your own! This would be your showcase to the world.

Hard Facts:

The empirical research conducted by me on over 150 students doing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various streams of Arts, Science, Social Work and Mass Communication, proved that less than one percentage of the student community has a professional blog of its own apart from their email ID, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp presence! You might be shocked to know that the data is nearly the same when it comes to working professionals!

Although blogging is an indulgence and a pastime for many office-goers, it is more of a casual, stress-relieving banter that people indulge in, while gossiping on issues of mundane matters or spicy sensations. Hence, the professional blog is virtually non-existent, and so, its the right time to get started and create one right away!

Professional Blog?

Whether you are a professional working in the ICT sector, or represent the academia as a professor or a student, it is good to have your own webpage which bears your photograph, shows your qualifications, and highlights your knowledge, skills, publications, projects and experience. Moreover, it doesnt mandate any upfront monetary investment, as required for creating a website.

Additionally, you could provide hyperlinks to your articles, publications, videos, programmes, live sites and other works through a seamless and effortless fashion. You could present your thoughts, opinions, ideas, beliefs, and creations in positive light, in the best manner possible! This is the idea of a professional blog: No careless chitchat, no foolish or funny comments or images – only professional content, decided by you - in the order of priority that you assign.

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