Communication skills training in India – Speak First leads the way

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Improving business success and transforming lives

Speak First is proud and excited to be involved with the Indian School of Integrated Learning (ISIL) – the first of its kind in India. Through the school, we’ll be bringing high quality communication skills to professionals and students across the country. Our vision is to improve business success and transform lives.

Speak First Managing Director, Amanda Vickers is enthusiastic about the venture: “India is a vibrant country brimming with potential. We are delighted to be involved with helping people develop much needed soft skills throughout India through our alliance with ISIL.”

Following in the footsteps of CREMA
ISIL is the brainchild of Mr Vijay Moza the man behind CREMA, the highly successful Indian clinical research and management academy. Just as CREMA has helped thousands of students to gain employment and progress their clinical research careers, ISIL will equip students and professionals across all occupations with the skills to succeed in their own careers and businesses. Helping students get their dream job
For students graduating from university with a wealth of technical skills, getting their dream job can be difficult without the right communication, interpersonal and business presentation skills. By enrolling at ISIL, students will learn how to make the best possible impression on potential employers, whether via their CV, in an interview or once they’re in a business setting. They’ll benefit from a program developed by Speak First that furnishes them with vital skills from our portfolio, including: effective communication, cultural awareness, personal impact, presentation skills, successful interviewing and management skills. Having completed the program (on either a part-time or full-time basis), students will be equipped with the confidence and skills to get the job they want and deserve and to be highly successful in their careers.Providing first-class training to Indian businesses
Through ISIL, we will also be working with a wealth of corporate clients in India, to provide them with Speak First training and coaching that has been hugely successful elsewhere in the world. All courses will be adapted where necessary to suit the Indian environment and will be delivered by a mixture of Indian and Western trainers. Organisations can choose from our wide range of communication skills courses to enhance the business effectiveness of their people.

Speak First stood out from the crowd
Speak First was chosen as the sole training provider for ISIL due to our whole-hearted commitment to making a success of the project, our long-term approach and our unwillingness to compromise on quality in delivery. Mr Moza was impressed with the standards set by Speak First, in terms of content, delivery and trainers and selected us from a range of potential providers.

See a short film of Mr Moza introducing the Speak First partnership with ISIL.

Speak First International
With trainers based around the world, speaking a wide range of languages, and with our Asia Pacific headquarters in New Zealand, this partnership with the Indian School of Integrated Learning emphasises the international status of Speak First. We look forward to really making a difference to students and businesses in India and to continuing our work across the world.

If you’d like to know more about the Indian School of Integrated Learning, visit the ISIL website.

Contact our London (EMEA) or New Zealand (APAC) office if you require communication skills training or coaching for your people anywhere in the world.

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Internet Service - Your First Month's Bill

When you see a promotion advertising the rates for Internet service so low, it's hard to resist the low pricing being offered. Before signing up for an offer there are some items you may find yourself paying for when you get your first monthly bill. As we all know, money is nothing that can be wasted these days.

Before we go into this article, I just want to let everyone know that this is not to bash any particular ISP or cause an discouragement from ordering Internet services. This is just an article designed to inform the public of additional expenses they may come across when signing up for Internet. It should be noted that many of these fees and expenses can be attributed to bundled Internet packages and not just a single high speed Internet connection.

One first expense not often put into consideration as common as it is would be the installation fee. Expect to pay $20.00 or more for your installation fee, which many may not realize is going to show up on their first bill. Make sure you understand how much this installation fee is going to be, and prepare to pay it entirely when the first bill arrives along with the monthly access rate.

A broadband modem is essential to Internet connectivity these days. You will be probably needing to use a modem from your Internet service provider, more so than ever if you plan on purchasing bundled broadband phone and Internet services. Because of this factor, your modem will more than likely be a rental. The cost of a modem rental will usually be added to the promotion so be prepared to add this to your monthly bill costs. Modem rental fees can be as high as $10.00 or sometimes even more per month.

A fee most common but not commonly analyzed is the franchise fee. Franchise fees can be just under ten cents or run as high $10.00 or more, depending on the location. This fee the ISP has no control over and is charged by local city or county government. The Internet provider is charged this for doing business within your area. Pretty much everyone on both sides would prefer to not to have to endure this charge but it exists regardless.

There is one bill cost that is all too common and known in the consumer world. State sales tax is charged on your bill per item in the bill, especially bundled cable Internet packages. So expect to pay more than one instance of sales tax per bill if you have a bundled package. Sales tax will appended to your Internet service, then on your phone, and finally on your cable TV package. What you pay in sales tax will depend on the state you live in and the kinds of services you buy from your Internet service provider.

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Why a Pager Is a Must for First Responders

By Leslie Prichard and Jon D. Word Leslie Prichard
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Leslie is a freelance writer, social media manager and paralegal with 20 years experience. She also combines her legal experience in jury selection with social ...

In this age of technology it seems there's an overload of communication devices: cell phones, PDAs, email, websites and the list goes on and on. While it may be tempting for companies to allow employees to use these devices that isn't true for the medical industry, especially first responders.

First responders do not always need two-way communications, in fact, sometimes the two-way communication devices can cause more danger and hazards for the first responder. In addition, these devices can be inherently unreliable, which presents another set of issues for a first responder to manage. For these personnel, it's critical to have a safe, dependable and tested form of communication. These individuals need the best resource for communication, which is still the pager.

Pagers remain to be one of the most reliable methods to transmit information to first responders who may be in dangerous and chaotic situations. Pagers also have greater reliability and work in situations where cellular phones will fail. Paging systems feature high power transmission of up to 3,500 watts effective power, while typical cellular systems have power of 100 watts. Additionally, the simulcast network a pager operates from provides simultaneous delivery of a radio signal from several transmitters providing wider coverage area and better in-building penetration than other technologies. In comparison, cellular type networks assign a single channel in a single transmitter to a mobile connection with a smaller range and then rely on the network to "hand off" the call to another tower, if there is a channel available and not overloaded. Paging systems can easily designate priorities and block or limit non-critical users automatically for periods of time when it's imperative the emergency users have priority access. Pagers are also not subject to terrestrial failure. Should a tower go down for pager communications, one can easily and quickly be erected and done so even in the back of a pick-up truck. The same does not hold true for cell phone towers.

What does all this mean to the first responder? It means the safety and ability of first responders will not be compromised by equipment failure. Emergency personnel deserve and need to have reliable and effective communication in any given situation. Cellular services are not as reliable. Whether inside a building, a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, an underground structure, a rural location or just a dead or overloaded cellular zone of a neighborhood, the pager will still work so messages and essential information can be relayed to those on the front lines. Pagers also have a long battery life and a first responder will not find himself/herself in a situation where the communication device needs to be charged and won't work. It's also been proven time and time again, that pagers are the only effective way to communicate mass message simultaneously whether those messages are going to first responders or other groups of people who need emergency information. In situations of natural disasters, this type of communication is not only necessary, but can mean the difference between life and death. And, in situations where flammable chemicals are present, pagers are nonincendive and incapable of releasing sufficient electrical or thermal energy to cause an explosion. This provides safety and comfort for those putting themselves in harm's way.

For first responders there really is no other reliable, safe and effective means of communication than a pager. They are intrinsically safe devices, dependable and durable. The pager has withstood the test of time and proven itself as the leader in communication devices year after year for the most important people in any emergency situation, the first responder. When other communication devices fail, the pager will keep on working to ensure the first responder does their job like the professionals they are. Pagers for first responders are a must!

Jon D. Word, a twenty plus year veteran of the paging, cellular phone and wireless telecommunications industries, is currently President and CEO of SelectPath, Inc., a wireless service provider,paging carrier, and tower management company. Contact Wireless, a SelectPath subsidiary is a paging carrier that provides service in the States of New Mexico, Colorado and Texas. Another SelectPath subsidiary, Wireless Repair, Inc. provides repair and refurbishment services for wireless companies nationwide. Mr. Word holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Technology from Texas A & M University. Mr. Word was elected Who's Who in Denver Telecommunications in 1990 and Who's Who in Telecommunications in 1996. Mr. Word can be contacted at http://www.contactwireless.com

Leslie Prichard is a freelance writer who consults with corporations in order to prepare articles and web content for their industry and specific needs. Leslie's work has been published throughout various media including websites and magazines. She has also won awards for her writing. In addition, Leslie has been a paralegal for twenty plus years and holds a B.A. degree from Texas Tech University. Leslie can be contacted via email at onenoseybroad@gmail.com

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