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IBS implements new generation cargo terminal operations system for Emirates Largest IT system implementation
Trivandrum – September 13, 2004 – IBS Software Services (IBS) has developed and successfully implemented Chameleon, a sophisticated new-generation, cargo terminal operations system for the Emirates Group.
IBS has designed Chameleon to handle end-to-end management and monitoring of cargo consignments, from the time a consignment is delivered to the airline till its delivery at the destination airport. IBS has delivered arguably one of the largest and most complex systems using new generation technologies for the airline cargo industry.
Chameleon enables a ground handler to manage all cargo terminal operations from reserving an air waybill to manifesting the shipment on a flight on the export/air side and to receive the cargo from the airline and deliver the shipment to the consignee on the import/land side. Chameleon also supports radio communications through hand held terminals and improves productivity and service levels by defining flexible workflows and monitoring the performance of the different business processes. Thus, Emirates SkyCargo and Dnata Cargo are currently operating with the most advanced Cargo Ground Handling and Warehouse Management IT system in the aviation industry today, providing Emirates with the tools that are needed to achieve its goals of efficiency, profitability and service quality.
Mr. V K Mathews, IBS Chairman and Managing Director said, “Emirates had a very aggressive time schedule for completion, and we are quite delighted that we were able to cut over two large terminal operators from existing systems to the new system with minimal interruptions to their operations. The success of both system development and implementation is a demonstration of our commitment, competence and determination to succeed even under the most challenging circumstances”.
“Chameleon is one of the largest IT system implementations which the Emirates Group has undertaken in recent times, and the project is strategically important for the Group. Understandably, Chameleon was a big challenge, and I truly appreciate and thank IBS for their professionalism, competence and commitment in making Chameleon a great success”, added Mr. Joshua Koshy, Senior VP-IT, Emirates Group.
A multi-million dollar project with over 120 person years of effort, Chameleon’s success could only be achieved through a spirit of co-operation and outstanding team work between ourselves and IBS. They created the product to our specifications and worked with us in implementing the system for the two business units resulting in very smooth transitions for them. As the project owner I could not have asked for more,” added Akshay Shrivastava – Manager-Information Services, Cargo and Logistics, Emirates Group IT.
Special features enable data communication using mobile computers and handheld devices to improve flow control and piece-level tracking, and hence reduce operational errors. The system is expected to improve productivity and service levels by automating the workflow, enabling paperless internal processes, and monitoring processes and performance. It also provides customers, suppliers and other partners direct control over logistics, processes and costs, while offering an advanced tool that boosts productivity and profitability – all of which will help Emirates to quickly boost its cargo revenue.
IBS recently partnered with Cendant Travel Distribution Services (TDS), a division of Cendant Corp. for the marketing of IBS’s new generation Passenger Services System that has been designed to replace legacy technologies.
About IBS Software Services IBS Software Services is a world-class provider of software solutions to the global travel, transportation and logistics industry. IBS has business operations in USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, and Group companies operate out of USA (Atlanta), Europe (London), Middle East (Dubai), Asia Pacific (Sydney) and India (Trivandrum). IBS has a large offshore software production and competence development centre situated in India, which is SEI CMM Level-5 assessed, and ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT certified. The global clientele of IBS includes major corporations like British Airports Authority, Air Canada, Emirates, Dubai Airport, Swiss, Qantas, SITA, EDS, Shell, GulfShare, and Qatar Airways. More information about IBS can be found on the web at http://www.ibsplc.com.
Media Contact: Pradeep P. Suthan Head-Corporate Communications Tel: +91-471-2700080 Email:pradeeps@ibsplc.com
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The world of technology is racing ahead at such an unprecedented pace that it really is starting to become hard to believe what we human beings are creating with our minds and hands. A long time ago we were ecstatic about inventions like the telephone, stereo, and computer. These devices have added dimensions to our reality that once was only dreamed of in science-fiction films-film, another great invention unto itself. Communication, the sharing of information, and the pleasures of sonic enjoyment (We sure do love music!) have increased the quality of life for those who have been privileged to access it, and these days it’s spreading to countries that once were locked into primitive ways of existence. Is this story 100% true? Not many stories are, and I would like to try and see some of the pros and cons of both a life of pure technology, as well as of a life that is attuned perfectly with the natural world around us. Everything is not black and white, and I am hoping that there could be a focus that integrates both ‘realities’ into one healthy future for our species.
I was just reading an article in an Information Technology magazine about the new demand for mobile/cellular phones that also act as MP3 music players. Hey, I’m still blown away by phones that act as palm computers which access the Internet wirelessly! People now want a phone that can switch easily from communication device to music player. An unbelievable gadget if you really think about it. They want it to be able to store up to 1,000 songs, be able to sync up with a computer, and be able to download music wirelessly from the Internet straight into the phone. However, at the time being-and I know it won’t last-there’s been some trouble making this ‘perfect’ phone become a reality because everyone wants a piece of the monetary pie that comes with any incredible new invention. Music labels, wireless carriers, handset makers, and companies like Apple (iTunes) want control over various aspects of this new venture. In the end I’m sure everyone in the developed, and many in the undeveloped world will have these devices. The question that always seems to remain for me is: Are we focusing our great collective consciousness on the right things?
I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll have to say it again, ‘We need to put our energies into an outlook that encompasses both technology and nature, not to mention spirituality’. If you watch or read the News (I try not to do it too much) you will know that a huge number of stories are about problems with the world. Degradation of the environment, conflict between nations and cultures…we are not unaware of what’s happening around us. With the advent of the Internet we now share knowledge like never before. Fear and suspicion due to ignorance of other nations and cultures is decreasing rapidly as boundaries are now crossed freely and easily. I’m just wondering if we might need to put a little bit more of our technical focus and genius (a general focus that currently is a tunnel-vision based around personal gadgetry) into these bigger issues that seem so much more relevant and important when it comes to reaching a level of planetary sustainability and happiness that we can feel secure with. It’s no fun listening to cool songs on your ’super-phone’ if the bus you are riding on is attacked by frustrated people, is it? How about those awesome UV light rays that burnt your skin through the window on your way to the beach in your car that helped deplete the Ozone, as well as your wallet, because of the effects and costs of oil and other
It’s easy for me to say that we could change our focus, but the next question that arises is, ‘What do we get the techno-people to focus on to achieve this more sustainable, happy future? I think the key is probably taking a more spiritual, altruistic, community approach to things. Someone I just spoke to on my lunch break mentioned that if we took all the money that we spend on guns and bombs and put it into the ‘world society’, there wouldn’t be many homeless, hungry people in the world. Why have we become such an aggressive, angry species anyway?
Many of us believe that money is the key to happiness in life. We build things that we think will make us happy (super-phones), and we buy those things for the same reason. Society and marketing tells us that if we own them we will become happy. We are dedicating our huge brains to this pursuit of self-gratification, to the detriment of the world and people around us. By no means am I saying that it’s all bad. The power of information and communication shared in this new age has brought about massive changes for the good of the world. But, how do we take the next necessary step?
It seems like we will have to make it monetarily worthwhile for the geniuses to take the spiritual path of creating technologies for the collective as well as for our future generations. How do we do it? What are some of the paths that we could get them to put their masterful tunnel-vision focus on when in search of answers? How do we make it viable and worth their efforts in the immediate ‘pay-off’ sense? Please send me your ideas in a comment box at blog.m6.net. I want to tap into your individual skills and gifts. You’ve already helped make such progress in the world. I’m interested in what you think about how we can make our future a better one for everyone in our ‘neighborhood’.
Radware Expands its Intrusion Prevention and Denial of Service
Protection Capabilities with DefensePNew DefensePro Inline Security Solution Extends Network Protection from the Data Center to Regional and Branch Offices
Extending security best practices beyond corporate headquarters to safeguard regional and branch locations, Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) the leading provider of Intelligent Application Switching (IAS) solutions today announced the expansion of its DefensePro Product line. Unveiling DefensePro 100, Radware now delivers unprecedented end-to-end security from the network core, through the corporate gateway to the branch and regional offices. With signature matching, regular updates, anomaly detection and DoS/DDoS mitigation, DefensePro protects distributed networks with an unparalleled family of Intrusion Prevention security switches.
“There is an increasing number of application level attacks targeting data centers, network edges, and even LANs. Threats come from all directions – internal, external, or other corporate locations,” said Charles Kolodgy, research director of Security Product at IDC. “As a result, enterprises and carriers must protect applications with proactive Denial of Service and Intrusion Prevention systems that mitigate attacks along the whole network infrastructure.”
Hackers target not only corporate headquarters, but remote locations which often have less security devices deployed. To safeguard against this growing trend, DefensePro 100 leverages all of the Intrusion Prevention capabilities found at headquarters and optimizes them for regional and branch deployments. With the expanded product line, Radware prevents hackers from penetrating the branch and infiltrating through the corporate private network or VPN to headquarters by blocking worms before they hit any point in the network.
“Radware DefensePro protects our critical applications in the network core, and we are excited about the new DefensePro 100 which will extend protection to our network endpoints,” said Ken Myung, IT Manager at Audiovox. “We rely on our network to generate revenue and provide in-house employees and sales people in the field with productivity services, including email and other mission critical applications. DefensePro protection ensures the continuity and performance of both incoming and outgoing traffic, while giving us a unified management tool for attack monitoring and reporting.”
DefensePro features inline security switching and accelerated, stateful, deep-packet inspection – using Radware’s industry leading StringMatch Hardware Engine – to bi-directionally scan and protect all network traffic against application level attacks. DefensePro intercepts over 1,500 malicious signatures, hidden worms and viruses, blocking application attacks at an unmatched speed of 3-Gigabits/Sec. Identifying and mitigating protocol and traffic anomalies in real-time, DefensePro prevents DoS/DDoS attacks and SYN floods, safeguarding against all illicit traffic patterns and hacking. DefensePro isolates attacks by dynamically managing bandwidth to stop propagation across users and resources while ensuring the complete continuity and performance of all secure traffic to proactively control impact and limit damage. Combining high processing power with advanced application security services DefensePro secures mission critical applications across high-speed/high capacity environments.
“The DefensePro Product line now delivers the most flexible and comprehensive IPS offering in the market with protection for all enterprise access points,” said Assaf Ronen, VP R&D, Radware. “As the number and severity of application vulnerabilities continues to grow, Radware DefensePro provides an end-to-end solution security solution that prevents the flow of intrusions, viruses and worms.”
Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) is the Global Leader in Intelligent Application Switching, enabling the full availability, maximum performance and complete security of all mission critical networked applications while dramatically cutting operating and scaling costs.
Radware’s integrated Application Security , Application Infrastructure and End-to-End Connectivity solutions are deployed by over 2,500 enterprises and carriers worldwide. Radware offers the broadest product line in the industry meeting application needs at every critical point across the network including Web and Application Servers, Firewalls, VPNs, ISP links, Anti-Virus Gateways and Cache.
THE RELATIVITY OF TIME Today, the relativity of time is a proven
scientific fact. This was revealed by Einstein’s theory of
relativity at the early years of the 20th century. Until then,
people did not know that time was a relative concept, and that
it could change according to the environment. Yet, the great
scientist Albert Einstein openly proved this fact with the
theory of relativity. He showed that time is dependent on mass
and velocity. In the history of humanity, no one had expressed
this fact clearly before. With one exception though; the Qur’an
included information about time’s being relative! Some verses
about the subject read: They ask you to hasten the punishment.
God will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is
equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count. (The
Qur’an, 22:47) He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth.
Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a
thousand years by the way you measure. (The Qur’an, 32:5) The
angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is
fifty thousand years. (The Qur’an, 70:4) In some verses, it is
indicated that people perceive time differently and that
sometimes people can perceive a very short period of time as a
very lengthy one. The following conversation of people held
during their judgement in the Hereafter is a good example of
this: He will say, ‘How many years did you tarry on the earth?’
They will say, ‘We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask
those able to count!’ He will say, ‘You only tarried there for a
little while if you did but know! (The Qur’an, 23:112-114) The
fact that the relativity of time is so clearly mentioned in the
Qur’an, which started to be revealed in 610, is another evidence
that it is a holy book.
When Manufacturing nets of any type: Going for strength and light weight is a challenge and it has been the compromise of many for so long in the battle to find the strongest net, sheet of plastic to mimic that of a Spider’s web we have endured to no end. It is always and shall be for some time one of man’s most important conquests in many of his fields of endeavors such as fishing. Due to friction of fluid in water, air; All of which is considered in terms of drag (parasite or induced) obstacles which man has to overcome this for speed and stability to properly position.
Plastic Sheeting the same compromises exist for instance in Agriculture such as covering strawberry fields to keep in moisture or covering large above ground aquifers so as to not allow evaporation or for you swimming pool, strength to conquer elements such as a child falling on it or the heat and UV of the sun. Dupont has gone to much trouble and material scientists have spent lifetimes of research on the possibilities of a better, stronger material. More sticky, non-rip able, non-flammable, heat absorbing, salt resistant, etc, etc. For instance this material is incredible and could be used in fishing, agriculture, netting flocks of birds in flight which may contaminate areas with their viruses, etc.
http://www.redden-net.com/vexar.cfm
In our study tonight we are looking for a way to catch a flying model aircraft in flight or a swarm, flock or formation of such, by use of a net. Nets of this type are used at construction sites you have seen them in bright red or orange, ugliest things you have ever seen, but it saves companies from frivolous lawsuits of slip and fall conartists or those Jerry Springer “Gimme My Free T-Shirt” trailer park refugee future guest stars and ambulance chasing sue for a million dollar take 80% on consignment Lawyers. Any way these nets have color dies added and if you take them out you can easily make the net, clear as the blue sky and you can make any design such as a hexagon stacked shape pattern with a fishing wire type horizontal insert about ten inches in diameter, thus no UAV of five inches or more wing span can make it through the net. And of course no innovative company is stupid, you cannot find what you want, we will make it. Now then let us look at 3M products and their R and D, Post it Notes were a mistake, but some young and aggressive marketing genius was unconvinced and today where would we be without post it notes? And they even make downloadable electronic post it notes for your computer “Free Ware.” and don’t say that reading all these bulletin boards does not help make your life easier either.
How would you launch a vertical net like this to catch a flock of virus or pathogen infected birds or a swarm of hostile bio-toxic carrying UAVs? You could launch if with a rocket on both sides, but if you wanted to keep it airborne you could use balloons.
http://balloons.space.edu/habp/project_4/
http://www.aria.seas.wustl.edu/AHAB/AHAB%20MSGC%20Paper.pdf
Maybe the net could be made out of competing materials, very thin, strong and could be electrified to down the UAV or instantly kill the flock of birds, more humane. This way they will not die from hitting the ground and breaking apart bones. One company Japan Corporation has developed a high strength, super lightweight magnesium alloy to compete for high strength plastic piping. CFRP, is a Carbon fiber re-enforced plastic. The industry already about 30 different variations along this theme of re-enforced plastics and some companies are trying to even make materials which supercede the costs to manufacture and out do the performance of CFRP,
http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=4137
Why is it important to have a giant net to fight wars or protect our infantry? Because other countries or hostile states or International Terrorists might use basic materials and hobby shop RC aircraft to attack us or our troops. Therefore this simplistic strategy will work. If our enemy equipped their UAVs with razors on the wing we could still defeat the attack with horizontal fishing wire and even perhaps a vertical one too between holes. Thus they would need lots of razors or it would not work, the more razors the great the weight, shorter the range and thus making the planes bigger and bigger means easier to see by radar, eyesight, larger engines bigger heat signature for SAM handhelds. Thus by having a net on a battlefield we would protect ground personnel and our military hardware from detection by hostile enemy planners. If the ends of each net were launched with Jato-Bottle assisted vertical SUV aircraft such as this, then the net could be launched at the earliest warning. A few pictures and examples of the Vertical UAVs are here;
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/vtuav.htm
http://www.spawar.navy.mil/robots/pubs/spie3577.pdf
http://www.aviationnow.com/content/ncof/ncf_n80.htm -
Nets can catch incoming hostile UAVs, guaranteed, this is how we often recover our own UAVs. Here is a sample of a net used to collect a UAV on a Navy Ship.
http://www.vtol.org/uavpaper/NavyUAV.htm
Nets are also used on ship to catch planes with failing landing gear arresting hooks. Hope you enjoyed this research as much as we did in putting it together.
These are some of our thoughts on nets to catch infected migratory birds or from those who send us small UAVs to watch our every move or to send in a biological attack on our troops.
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Sound in brief but remarkeable terms is a vibration, that our ears percieve by the sense of hearing. Most commonly vibrations travel to our ears via the air. The ear then converts these sound waves into nerve impulses that are sent to our brains, where the impulses become sound. To say all that in a more technical language: Sound “is an alternation in pressure, particle displacement, or particle velocity propagated in an elastic material” (Olson 1957). Sound is also a series of mechanical compressions and rarefactions or longitudinal waves that successively propagate through media that are at least a little compressible. What causes sound waves is known as “the source of waves”. Examples of sounds sources is: A violin string that vibrates upon being bowed or plucked.
The four characteristics of sound are frequency, wavelength, amplitude and velocity.
The frequency of sound is the number of air pressure oscillations per second at a fixed point occupied by a sound wave.
The amplitude is the magnitude of sound pressure change within the wave. Basically this is the maximum amount of pressure at any point in the sound wave. A sound wave is caused literally by increases in pressure at certain points causing a “domino effect” outward, the higher pressure points are the crests in a sound wave, and behind them are low pressure points which tail them. These are known as the troughs on a wavelength graph. Sound’s propagation Velocity depends largely on the type, temperature and pressure of the medium through which it propagates. Because air is nearly a perfect gas, the speed of sound does not depend on air pressure.
The frequency range of sound that is audible to humans is approx. between 20 and 20,000 Hz. This range of course varies between individuals, and goes down as are age increases. Sounds will begin to damage our ears at 85 dBSPL and sounds above approximately 130 dBSPL will cause pain, as a result are known as the: “threshold of pain”. Of course again this range will vary among individuals and will change with age.
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Ryan Fyfe is the owner and operator of My Sound Site – www.mysoundsite.com, which is the best site on the internet for all sound related information.
A Psychologist Speaks
“Are we like sheep? “
Isaiah
If we give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we shall all be blind and gumming. Overtly we are dealing with the issue of crime and punishment. Covertly we are dealing with evil, revenge, and passion. As soon as we get caught in the confused web of revenge masked as justice, as soon as we re blinded by our own evil intentions, good people get lost. Revenge evolved into justice because individuals needed to give over personal retribution for the good of society. The desire for revenge probably exists for all of us in the most primordial parts of our brain, as do other feelings that we chose not to act upon. We chose not to act upon them because as humans we are the only species that can foresee the consequences of our actions. Premeditated execution is premeditated murder. If we kill McVeigh on TV-closed circuit or not—and who is naive enough to believe the film won’t be hacked?— We only perpetuate the most base and heinous of crimes—premeditated murder.
An avenger acts to preserve his kin group. Primitive men and women have always acted this way. As we became less overtly animalistic, we saw ourselves as better than beasts. If we use justice as our excuse for retaliation and revenge, we hide behind our own evil and become less than the animals we claim not to be.
Mourning is a natural process that goes through a series of stages in order to reach closure. One TV host asked me: “How does one avoid the pain of the loss of a loved one?” The answer is simple, but not easy. “You don’t.” One must not bypass the pain, but instead go through it and come out the other side. Those who try to sidestep the agony often wind up living it forever. The only prerequisite to loving deeply is the ability to sustain intense pain. Therefore, mourning a tragedy requires walking through the fires of hell until one reaches healing shores and possibly even the ability to forgive. This process requires more courage than many possess and it is easy to understand if one chooses to stop midway.
The death of a child goes against the natural order of life and thus is rarely fully mourned and certainly never forgotten. As religion and history attest, closure comes in many forms, unveiling, visits to the cemetery, perhaps the birth of a new child or through religious rituals. One does not have to watch the victims’ death throes to have closure.
Why not call the upcoming June 11th event the circus it really is? Call the movie by its rightful name and have participants pay for the play? Make it pay per view, pay to play, sell popcorn and soda, exalt the tailgate parties, and let us live with our own denied evil. Someone will make millions from this event. It may as well be the government. Only then, they too would have to acknowledge their participation in the “show.” We may as well be viewing a film like Gladiator. Watching an execution or ritual murder on closed circuit TV is not so different from going to the latest blood and gore flick, except that some adults and most children can’t distinguish between the reality and fantasy of the event. Studies of children’s reactions to cartoons indicate that when a cartoon character dies and then pops up again, kids expect that if they shoot someone in real life the same thing will occur.They don’t understand why the dead person doesn’t bounce back to life.
There will always be another Timothy McVeigh. However, with notoriety and fame, he or she will get younger and younger. Evil or good, fifteen minutes of fame is what matters in our celebrity oriented society. McVeigh ritualized Waco. Now we ritualize him. We are McVeigh’s puppets, giving him exactly what he requests. Does this make sense? Not only does execution as deterrence not work, but in modern society its application masks the more primitive motives of “justice.” The assertiveness of the minority of the relatives in the McVeigh case and the willingness of officials to acquiesce, allows a glimpse of what is being acted out. However, I suspect, that little, if any of this is their awareness. Attorney General Ashcroft is as pea brained about the human unconscious as Prosecutor Starr was about Kinsey and sex.
As a psychologist it is my responsibility to look at the unconscious, collective unconscious, and evolution as it applies to McVeigh and the families who will witness his death. Simply, what we have here is a case of revenge, not justice. Can there be harm from witnessing his death? “Yes.” It is estimated that it can take many people from three years with help, to five, more, or never without help to get over the trauma of an automobile accident. Many of the loved ones of the 168 people who died must be experiencing more than the trauma endured after an automobile accident. Many are suffering Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, which can get worse under such conditions. No one knows how he or she will ultimately react. Kathleen Kennedy Cuomo was only eight when her father, Bobby Kennedy was senselessly shot and killed. She has said that even then, her only wish was that they did not kill the killer so that another family would not have to suffer. Turn the other cheek? Not exactly. But, to rise above our primordial instincts makes us human. Let us try to behave so.
Life is too hard to do alone,
Dr. D.
Dorree Lynn, PH.D.
About the Author
Dr. Dorree Lynn is co-founder of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Psychotherapy and a practicing clinician in New York and Washington, DC. Dr. Lynn served on the executive board of the American Academy of Psychotherapists and she is on the editorial board of their publication, Voices. She is also a regular columnist for the Washington, DC newspaper, The Georgetowner. Dr. Lynn is a noted speaker and well known on the lecture circuit.
No matter how good you are as a presenter, there will be times when you need to make sure you exude power and authority. If you are ‘the boss’ and want to be certain the staff will do your bidding you will need to come across with power and authority. You will also have to come across authoritatively when presenting at a large conference when your competitors will also be present. Equally you will need to be seen as powerful if you are wishing to make a name for yourself within your industry. However, even though you may want power and authority in these settings, you will not wish to appear arrogant or bossy. Using these ten tips you’ll achieve the right balance.
1. Think the part!
If you believe you have the power and authority to say what you are saying this will help tremendously. You really need to see yourself as brimming with power, authority and gravitas.
2. Dress the part!
Powerful people wear powerful clothes. They appear smart, even in casual wear. They take care of their appearance and generally look good. Purple and blue are seen as powerful colours by an audience.
3. Speak the part!
Use power language. Don’t say ‘perhaps’ or ‘maybe’ be certain. Powerful and authoritative people speak with absolute certainty – even if they are not really sure.
4. Act the part!
When you are on stage stand up straight, look people in the eye and dominate your stage with definite and decisive gestures.
5. Move
Move around your stage. Start off in the centre front and then move so you cover a lot of ground. Static presenters are not seen as authoritative.
6. Create powerful associations.
Link yourself to other powerful and authoritative people by agreeing with what they say. Use quotations if necessary.
7. Be short and sweet
Speak with short sentences and leave pauses for people to absorb what you have said. Long, convoluted language makes you appear unintelligible and therefore you have no power or influence.
8. Have a stunning opening
Start with a dynamic and interesting opening that connects with your audience immediately. Mention them, use a personal anecdote or ask a question.
9. Power pack your ending
Make sure your ending is power-packed. Like a great overture you need to end with a rousing crash! To do this, summarise what you have said and then give your audience an action you need them to take.
10. Stand still at the end
When you have delivered your final words – stand still, centre stage looking your audience in the eye. Stay there and pause for several seconds before leaving the stage.
About the Author
Graham Jones runs The Presentation Business at http://www.presentationbiz.com which helps people become great presenters.
PRONTO North America CEO, Mike Ligudzinski and Thomas R. Cutler, the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist authored a feature article, “Eliminating Waste with Business Process Management Tools.” The Lean Manufacturing feature article can be found in InMFG Magazine. The feature may be located at: http://www.reedlink.com/SingleArticle~ContentId~54542~pub~IP.html.
Pronto North America, Inc. (www.prontoerp.com) based in Eden Prairie, MN, is widely recognized as the authority in technologically driven business solutions and process management. Utilizing innovative implementation techniques and tools, Pronto North America generates increased performance, service, efficiency, and accountability. Through PEER (Process Evaluation Executive Review), Pronto North America captures the values of Lean Manufacturing throughout the enterprise. This functionality is accomplished utilizing a highly-trained world-class staff and an innovative process modeling and automation toolset unmatched in the industry, ensuring the realization of continuous process improvement and profitability.
Pronto North America is the North American Master Distributor of PRONTO-Xi, a comprehensive software system allowing manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to effectively manage all phases of their business. Far beyond just another Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, PRONTO-Xi’s financial and distribution applications are unique and have provided maximum return on investment for a wide variety of organizations since 1976. From PRONTO Production to PRONTO Advanced Warehousing; from PRONTO Planning to PRONTO Quality Management System (QMS); from PRONTO Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) to PRONTO Forecasting Management, the cross-section and breadth of integrated elements addressed by PRONTO-Xi is unmatched in the marketplace and justifies its natural leadership role as the best fully integrated business software solution.
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