A recent report from Nielsen Company demonstrated that more and more Americans are spending time on Social Networks. Share of US internet time spent on social networking is 22.7% which clearly dominates the time (as highlighted in the list above) of where users spend their time online. There is an increase of 43% from 2009, [...]

I have been to many conferences and people often tell me that they are extremely scared of Facebook as it has the potential to tarnish your professional identity. But who would have thought that it will become a force for people who are searching for jobs. There has been a lot of talk about recession [...]

Travel is one of my favorite activities – be it for Business, Pleasure or JUST like that. I enjoy traveling a LOT. I am NOT the person who when jetlagged gets uncomfortable or hates air travel. If you are like me, you are smart in reading this post. Here are 3 reasons to travel: 1. [...]

This is an awesome video…Think like a CHAMP. I need not say more…you will GET the point.

I have been blessed with a lot of friends. This is in part that I did my schooling, engineering, MBA, jobs in different states and countries and finally business associates. Every opportunity led to new friends. They enrich my life, never let me quit and share my joys and sorrows BUT most importantly they make [...]

This is that time of the year when we get a chance to reflect back on the year and be grateful for things in our lives. When I started my Diversity and Advancement Of Women journey in 2007, I was clueless of how things will shape out. I knew I loved this work and this [...]

Opting out ,” “off-ramping” and “following the mommy track” are all popular terms to describe professional women opting out leave their jobs to be stay-at-home moms. But do they describe the truth of the matter? Stone, an associate professor of sociology at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, set out to answer this question [...]

According to a recent social media survey by BlogHer, the women’s blog network, along with iVillage and Compass Partners. 42 million women in the United States (roughly 53% of the 79 million adult women in the United States who use the Internet) participate in social media at least weekly. Not surprisingly, the findings of this [...]

There is always something special about your first book. I shared the book with a friend of mine and she said, ” I know it’s like letting somebody hold your first born!”. Why I wrote this book? By 2010, Twitter will have roughly 18 million registered users. What does this have to do with diversity [...]

Make Your Ending A Good One Senator Edward Kennedy knew he was dying of cancer. Though he was the only of the four Kennedy brothers to live into old age, he was clear his end was near. So, according to a piece in the New York Times, he spent his final days enjoying long dinners [...]