Garnish your presentations with visual splendors

Excel and PowerPoint are The God's gifts to mankind.

However, PowerPoint  often gets transformed in to a toxic weapon for mass production of transient zombies out of energetic corporate citizens. The paradox is , the chief ‘Execution’ officer aka the presenter is unaware of the weapon’s destructive persona and its outcomes despite his/her noble intentions.

Well, there are ways to make your ‘Power’ Points minimally lethal and positively effective.

We all know that 'content is the king' .Apart from that, a wise use of pictures and clip art can enhance the value of the content.

That’s where ShapeChef from Wolsoft comes handy.

Shape chef is a PowerPoint add-in for  2007,2010 and 2013 versions.

This chef is an expert in garnishing your presentations and can spice up your content with Pics and can make visual splendors out of PowerPoints suffering from Acute Textitis. (Inflammation due to profusion of text)

 

Wolsoft introduces an awesome add-in , ShapeChef that can be handy in collecting, organizing, sharing and choosing the right clip art for your message.

With ShapeChef at your disposal,

• You can download hundreds of clip arts, shapes, editable maps, stick figures with emotions, icons, symbols and many other and use them in your presentations.( well, more and more are in store for you with newer versions of  Shapechef)
• All the clipart available with ShapeChef are sketched ones. These hand sketched clip-art can add a dash of beauty of their own.
• You can organize clip-arts in to categories and sub categories for easy access.
• You can create your own clip-art using the shapes and store and share them.
• The best part is the Maps !  and, these are editable !
• You can also share your collections-online in the cloud. So, you have anytime any where access to your clips.
• You can invite others and others can invite you too… that means, you have access to many more creations from others too J
• Using ShapeChef is easy.
• Download the trial version. Here.
• I recommend that you download the trial version, check its awesomeness,get satisfied and then buy it. I usually do not recommend any software to be bought . But, ShapeChef is one exception :-)

When installed, it gets loaded in to PowerPoint as an Add-in and shows up as a menu in your PowerPoint menu ribbon.

• You need to download the Cliparts once and they reside on your computer.
• Drag and drop them on to your slide.
• Increase / decrease their size as per your need
• Cook visual spenders with your PowerPoints using ShapeChef.

Shape chef introduction

Here is my quick Gyan as a demo of Shape Chef... I created it in flat 10 mins....

Power and points from Mahesh Satya

Wi Fi

Wi-Fi from Satya Mahesh Kallakuru

Glad to share that this presentation featured on Slideshare Home Page :-)

How to Transfer / share very BIG files over net ?

Big files ? WeTransfer

Need to transfer a file of size over 1GB ?
Here is a free tool. Wetransfer.
You can transfer files upto a Max of 2 GB size!!! Absolutely free.
The procedure is very simple.
as simple as....
Add .Transfer.Confirm.
Watch the demo video....

The "r" in "Dr" for Debit

It's customary to write Debit on the Left side and Credit on the Right side in double-entry accounting system.

The difference between the total of all debits and the total of all credits is the "Balance". 
The genesis of these words dates back to a little over 500 Years and the credit goes to an Italian named Friar Luca-Pacioli.
Friar Luca-Pacioli. is the first to use the Latin terms
Credre  meaning "to entrust something"‘: Short form "Cr" and
Debere  meaning "to owe someone"  : Short form "Dr" 
(That's how "r" in Dr from Debere ).
Later, these words got transformed into ‘Debit and Credit’.

Auto Back up Excel Working : No surprises :-)

When you work with large files or huge quantum of data in excel, you may have experienced that the excel is struck and all that you have is Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Here comes a good tool that does a backup of all excel files you open. ( works with Excel 2003, 2007)

Author is Filipe Zeferino (filzef@gmail.com).

Thank you Filipe.

It’s an excel add in.

You can download it from @Downloads.

Download from Author's site: Autobackup Excel

Follow the simple procedure to load it.

• Save the file on the desktop
• Copy it. Go to My computer > C: drive and paste it there
• Open an excel workbook
• Go to Tools>Add-ins>browse
• Locate the file in C: drive and then click OK
• The auto-backup add-in loads. Follow a simple menu to complete the install.
• Now just don't worry..be happy :)

The proverbial powers that rule the world : Money-Muscle-Mind

The Hindu Mythology Personifies the Proverbial Powers that rule the world as TRIDEVI (Three Goddess) 

1. The Lakshmi , Goddess of Wealth Signifying "Money" 
2. The Pravathi , Goddess of  Power Signifying "Muscle"  and 
3. The Saraswathi , Goddess of Knowledge Signifying "Mind"

Goddess Lakshmi - Goddess Parvathi  - Goddess Saraswathi

Does the combination of " Money-Muscle-Mind"  sound quite familiar?

Well, they are the powers mentioned in Alvin Toffler's Power shift.

Lord Krishna ! Whats up ?

We all  read about Whats-app in the recent news. It reminded me of a story from Indian Mythology .

Here is the story....

Satyabhama, one of the eight wives of Lord Sri Krishna, performs a ritual to possess Lord Sri Krishna all to herself.

The ritual ends by donating Lord Krishna to a sage named 'Narad' in the name of charity and reclaiming him back with anything that equals his weight measured with a simple balance.

When Lord Sri Krishna was weighed, Satyabhama failed to equal his weight in Gold, Money and All other Material Possessions. 

In an last attempt to salvage, she pleads Rukmini, another wife of lord Sri Krishna to give something that can weigh or rather outweigh Lord Sri Krisha .

Rukmini , Lord Sri Krishna's wife and his devotee, places a “Tulasi twig (Basil Twig) embedded with all her devotion” in the other pan of the balance.

This small Tulasi Twig embedded with devotion outweighs Lord Krishna.

This miracle ( Leela) by lord Sri Krishna is a demonstration that Devotion outweighs all Material possessions.

No doubt, this story from Hindu Mythology has similarity to the present marketing world.
We often see Million dollar marketing programmes by corporate Giants evaporate and the one solution with rich insight and intent to serve the customer is the winner.
Does it Ring any bells ? 
Whatsapp and Google hangouts!!

For a better narration of the same Mythological story. take a look at this blog post from 

kshetra puranas and other stories

An idea to improve full vaccination rate in India

An idea to improve full vaccination rate in India from Satya Mahesh Kallakuru

Bitstrips of Mahesh

Bitstrips of Mahesh from Satya Mahesh Kallakuru

The New Age Resumes n' Resignations :-)

People are re-inventing resume. That’s what I see happening on the web world. At least, a part of the world appears to have moved away from traditional curriculum vitae.
A New Age Resume can creatively harness the power of communication channels to get you the right job you love.

Before I talk about new age resumes, 

I believe, one must have a primordial Google Resume.

Google Resume : 
If you are not on Google you do not exist.

Yes, At least in the corporate world. So Google is your primordial resume.
Manage it with your presence on WWW.
Give more to W3  & Get Richer on Google.




Coming back to Resumes, I believe that a resume should answer the 5W-1H’s

A New Age Resume?

( Who,Where,When,Why,What and How)

It should represent
Who you are, 
Where you work , 
When you did What ,
Why you are the best, 
What you are good at, 
How you can bring in value. 
In essence, It should showcase your Knowledge, Skill and Will. 

Here, I present you  creative ways of "selling you and your story"

~  Video Resumes

~   PowerPoint Resume
~   Webinar Resume
~   Live Resume
~   LinkedIn Resume
~   Infographic Resume
~   Other Awesome Resumes 

Video resume : 

is a most comprehensive way to present one's self. You will not only be able to showcase your skills and abilities but also show the prospective employer ..how you look and behave. 
The advantage of a video resume is .. It aids you to showcase your positive body language.

PowerPoint Resume : 

is the easiest, most effective resume. Get inspired by these Powerpoint resumes on Slide Share. I am sure, it can bring in lots of value and creative ideas.
Get Inspired: 30 Best Visual PowerPoint Résumés for your Inspiration

Webinar Resume : 
It is a mix of visual, audio as well as PowerPoint. It can showcase your knowledge on a subject.
Use Google Hangouts, Slide share Zipcast or TeamViewer or anymeeting to conduct Free webinars and get noticed.

Live Resume :
You can make your Online presence your resume. Your website, Your Facebook, Your Twitter, Your Pinterest, Your Scoopit, Your Blog, Your LinkedIn, Your Comments on social media, Your likes and Your responses on online forums ..is your Live Resume.
Your website can be your CV, Your online creativity can become your CV.
We all should know our profiles on Linkedin are our resumes, Live and Kicking....

Philippe Dubost created that is a look-alike of Amazon Product page. 
It's gone Viral. Take a look at his live resume....

Phil Dub's Amazing Resume

Take a look at this post in Business Insider...to get Inspiration...

13 Insanely Cool Resumes That Landed Interviews At Google And Other Top Jobs

LinkedIn Resume : 

Fortunately, LinkedIn offers many features to garnish your profile, showcase your work ( of course without conflict of interest with your present organization)

The three rules for the best resume on LinkedIn are..
   1. Complete in all aspects. ( Take LinkedIn suggestions/ Improve your profile wizard)
   2. Showcase your work
   3. Get Recommendations

Infographic Resume :

Infographic is using an image to communicate data or Visualizing Infirmation

Creating infogram  is easy...Use 

Infogram  : http://infogr.am/ or

Visually : http://visual.ly/

Here are Visualizations on Pintrest to get inspiration
Infographic Visual Resumes on Pinterest

If you find it difficult to create your own visualization,

you can try the easiest   Vizualize.me 

or try out the brilliant  Resum.Up
Where  visualization of your resume is made easy and you can get awsome Visual Resumes.

Other Awesome Resumes :

Twesumes : 

Twisume is 140 Character Twitter message that is a crisp Bio-data coupled with the hash tag #twesume.

Take a look at this Twisume of Santa Claus

Santa Claus: World traveller and toy expert. 300+ years management experience. Looking for a position in the entertainment industry. http://tinyurl.com/c9ursdp #twesume

as it can connect the prospective  recruiter to your Twitter account, Your profile and tweets showcase your Skill, Will and Knowledge...

Look for more on  Mashable article on Twisume

Phone App as Resume :

a Good idea to explore.Still a niche.. but a creative way to do so.. to showcase your skills.

Creative Resumes : 
Here are some very very creative resumes showcased in  Bored Panda 
Here is a sample...

The new age resignations...

In the new age of communications, even resignations are made sensational... Thus sometimes making them as Heroes and New Opportunities knocking their doors despite their controversial yet, creative resignations.

Musical Resignation that had gone viral....




However, I caution... Do not emulate...
Why the ‘Joey Quits’ Video Is A Seriously Bad Career Move
Here is a Dancing to Resignation that also had gone viral....

If you wish to know more about resignations read  the article 
Five 'kick a__' resignations that went viral...

Epilogue: Resume or Resignation... Win Hearts... Let people remember you for the Right Reasons....