Jaya Prakash,
Maybe a 5 Star as an early bird prize, but nope, not a dictionary.
Thanks for starting this off though
Vivek
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Apple contd.
Apple
I am delighted to inform you that we made our first revenues from the Apple appstore today, and there’s a box of chocolates for anyone who is able to guess which of our titles was the first to be sold in that environment. There’s a small number of people who are in the know, and they are of course, disqualified.
If you can guess the amount to within Rs.100, you get a toothbrush as well.
Send your entries to me
Vivek Govil
Green Building is a broad term encompassing ideas such as energy conservation and selection of low-impact materials. Although new technologies are constantly being developed to compliment current practices in creating greener structures; the common objective in designing green buildings is to reduce the overall impact of the construction on human health and the natural environment by:
• efficiently using energy, water and other resources
• protecting occupants’ health and improving employee productivity
• reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation
The enthusiastic students were full of questions about how we save trees and why we are a green building. They also had many queries about what we do to reduce pollution.
They were taken on a tour of the entire office and it was explained how Pearson Longman uses eco-friendly technology for efficient use of office resources, while promoting healthy practices like prevention of smoking. They were also informed that employees are encouraged to use the company’s cab pool rather their individual cars. They were also shown a movie on the technologically-advanced mechanical and electrical systems used in constructing and designing this environment-friendly office space. The students realized how Pearson Longman celebrates Earth Day every day by using an environment-friendly office space.
What they learned about:
• light sensors which change based on the weather
• light-bulbs that use far less energy than others
• computer settings, which automatically put computers into the "sleep" mode when users are not around
• multi-function machines, which can fax, email, copy, scan and print, while using 80% less energy
• the use of e-mailing as opposed to paper memos which entails computer storage rather than filing endless reams of paper
• all the active and passive features of a classic Green Building such as double-insulated glass, vertical fins and insulated roofs
The inherent design principle of the Knowledge Boulevard strives to balance environmental responsibility, energy efficiency and resource efficiency, with the comfort of the occupant and community sensitivity.
At the end of the day, the students and the teachers walked away with the awareness of how their own knowledge partner, Pearson Longman goes the extra mile not only by giving them quality educational products, but also in practising a sustainable and environment-friendly working philosophy.
Rambling
I was in Chennai today to visit the Anna Centenary Library - its the kind of project that gives you hope for the country and its reading habits. Its a project on a grand scale, 8 floors of books, both physical and electronic. A separate floor for children's books. Someone has even planned a separate area where the seating style is more comfortable for the elderly. Logu and his team have been beavering away with support from Vibhor and our US colleagues to ensure that our e-books are well represented.
Chennai was hit by Cyclone Laila last night. The first I knew of it was when our plane made its first aborted landing!
One more day at the office and I'm off on leave for a little over a week. I'm going on a safari to the Masai Mara and the Ngorongoro Crater (look it up!). That's something I've wanted to do for the last 40 years. I hope you fulfil your travel dreams a lot faster than I did!
Vivek
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More feedback
And here's a note from a school principal in Bangalore:
"I must first thank you for sharing the information about the Dyslexia workshop with me. I attended the training programme on 15th April 2010 at Bangalore. It was absolutely useful for us.
Interacting with the experts was eye opening, the workshop has left an everlasting impression and shows Pearson's commitment to improve the quality of education in our country. I could strongly sense that Pearson is looking at education in different dimensions. Pearson should organise many more such workshops.
I felt that the duration of the workshop should be lengthened because there was too much of information to be grasped within a day. To my knowledge, i think such kind of workshops to schools is, first of its kind in south india. I once again thank you and your team for the valuable information. If not you, i would have missed something so very informative."
Vivek
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Customer feedback
It’s always great when you are appreciated by customers – here’s feedback to our Higher Ed sales team in Mumbai. Well done!
“To all of you......
A personal note of thanks for excellent service ....in my experience - certainly beyond compare....
You have brought us the best books almost as soon as we asked for them, over the last 3 revisions of syllabi - with resources to make teaching learning fun.
We have the TYBA Cognition and Counseling books way ahead of time - unbelievable - right in time for our workshop. The teachers will be delighted to be have these books in hand.
A sincere thank you for all that you have done for Psychology in Mumbai....
Look forward to a continued association with Pearson”
If you have some happy comments to share, why not post them on this blog?
Vivek
NSM 2010 photos
The HE NSM2010 Pattaya photos shot by me can be viewed at http://picasaweb.google.com/pearsoned.co.in
Regards
Kapil Kant Kaul
Manager, Learning & Development
Pearson Education
7th Floor, Knowledge Boulevard
A-(8A), Sector 62,
Noida 201309 (U.P.)
INDIA
Ph: +91-120-4190287
Fax: +91-120-4190350
Web site: www.pearsoned.co.in
Take a deep breath.
Now, try saying this in one go:
If you could actually say that in one breath, well done; you have excellent lungs! As a prize you may claim one packet of cigarettes.
We hear, that this unpronounceable wonder of a place is where the Higher Education people are headed for this year’s NSM. There are two reasons why the people going on the other NSM need not turn green with envy.
First, we won’t have to achieve tonsil-twisting feats in order to tell concerned friends and relatives where we’re going.
And second, we hear, we’re off to
Enjoy your NSM, you who are off to Krung-whatever!
Delirium, once Delight