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Awarding Excellence

Choosing to give an award is a thought provoking process .  First, there has to be a reason for the award.  Is it for corporate excellence, salesmanship or appreciation?  Or is the award for first place for the largest watermelon at the county fair?  Next, parameters must be set for narrowing down the list of possible recipients.  Then, budget considerations come into play in choosing the award to fit the occasion or the status of the recipient.

Crystal Elegance

To show the highest form of appreciation and for the most dignified and elegant award presentations, crystal awards are the presentation of choice.   Not only is crystal routinely used for fine awards, it's also used in the manufacture of commercial and industrial items.  In addition to the customary desktop or wall mounted crystal award, they  often are presented in the form of necklaces, bracelets and watches.  Because of the material's versatility, crystal awards can often be used to advertise your corporation as well as honor the recipient.  Using the award as such accomplishes the this two-fold purpose in an elegant fashion while the recipient is most pleased to display his award.

Your Corporate Logo

Probably the greatest advantage to using your corporation's logo on any crystal award is that the award becomes an official representation of your company.  Being that the award is crystal fabricated, it's always an elegant addition to any desk or display shelf. Generally speaking, crystal awards are created with areas on the base or on the crystal itself that allow plenty of room for both logo etching and/or appreciation messages.  Additionally, crystal awards make wonderful gifts for highly valued clients who most often place the award for prominent display.

The use of your custom engraved logo on crystal awards has tremendous reward potential.  A few of these benefits are:

• Changing Designs - Nothing in this world remains static; and this is true for crystal awards as well. The designs of standard crystal awards change rapidly over a relatively short period of time.  The array of standard "in stock" awards is amazing, and the ability to produce custom designs from crystal is nothing short of astounding.

• Timeless Enjoyment - Crystal awards never go out of style.  Of course, trends change, but since crystal denotes "timeless elegance", you can count on your award being displayed for a very long time.  If you have included your logo on the award, your company will also enjoy advertising longevity.

• Laser Etching - The advent of the laser has forever changed the appearance of crystal awards.  From pictures to logos to inscriptions, variety and individuality are easy to achieve with artistic assistance from your crystal awards design professional.  If yours is an award for corporate excellence, you will want to make sure your logo is etched in a prominent position on the award.

The use of crystal awards to recognize excellence is common.  Designing the award to incorporate your logo while still honoring the recipient takes time, caring and an understanding of what you are truly trying to accomplish by bestowing the award.

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Things To Consider While Buying Sports Awards

"The winner takes it all”.  
This famous line encapsulates the spirit of an award ceremony. In a grand award function, winners are blinded with camera lights flashing and all eyes are on them and on the dazzling sports awards or trophies they receive! These truly are few moments in life that people wait for and few special people cherish throughout their lifetime. Therefore, it is the duty of the award function host or organizers to make this moment a truly special one for the achievers!
The need for recognition is deeply rooted in everyone. Whether it's a solo performance or a team performance, everyone wants their contribution to be appreciated and valued. Without this recognition and appreciation, a sportsperson loses his/her motivation.
Organizations, by recognizing their good performances and achievements with sports awards, make use of one of the most powerful rewarding and motivating techniques. They not only appreciate them but also establish a long term team loyalty and encouraging commitment for a long time in their young minds. Awards and trophies are the most effective ways of recognizing a talent, skill or good performance.
Since these trophies, awards and medals are souvenirs that are cherished throughout a recipient’s lifetime, it is important to have them made from the highest quality material and with a special personalized touch so that it makes the receivers proud.
To hand out the perfect sports trophies and awards, it is important to know how to select and what to select. The first step is to know what the sports trophies or awards are for:
- Are these awards for recognizing a membership, encouraging an achievement or recognizing an exceptional triumph?
- What is the aim behind the sport award function? Is it to highlight the sport or the activity, the organization or an individual or the team?
- Is the award meant for a group or team or for a particular participant or sportsman?
- Do you want the award to establish a strong brand identity for your organization or do you aim to match with the towering personality of the receiver. Or you want to achieve both?
Sports trophies and awards come in an assortment of shapes, sizes and colours. You can take a pick from different trophy cups, ribbons, desk accessories, medals and medallions and personalized awards.
It is important to keep in mind that a sports prize is an honour that is a cherished memoir. It often occupies an important place in the house or office, mostly a place of pride and honour. Therefore, the trophy or medal must be such that it highlights the achievements and appreciates the contribution of the recipient.
On the other hand, the award must go along with the image, philosophy and reputation of the organization handing out the award.
Apart from the design, timely delivery, quality, workmanship and budget are other important factors to be considered. Keep all the above mentioned factors in mind to come up with excellent sports trophies and awards.

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Finding The Best Motivational Print

Motivation is the pillar of achieving success. In this highly competitive world, motivation plays a great role in driving us forward. Motivational prints are a medium of instilling hope and courage in us. The purpose of motivational prints is to inspire us to strive hard and achieve what is not yet achieved.

Motivation Prints Are Applicable To All

Motivational prints are responsible for providing encouragement to various people all over the world. There are no barriers of class, skin color, wealth and even age. These motivational prints are an object of universal recognition. They can be used by school children. They can be used by people who are working. These prints are a great source of inspiration to teams.

You need motivation to accomplish anything and everything under the sun. Even cooking a meal requires some amount of motivation. Or even cleaning the cupboard requires motivation. So these motivation prints can be used by anyone, even by those who are home makers. They work very hard to manage the home. They are the pillars on the support of which the entire family stands.

They Are A Necessity To Move Forward

Motivation, inspiration and aspiration are the 3 things which determine a person's success. Motivation posters placed in front of us, flash these things before our eyes all the time. The word motivation originated from the word movement. The purpose of motivation is to show you light so that you can move forward. Inspiration has the power to make a lot of difference to us. It definitely improves the quality of our work in a way, either qualitatively or by means of quantity.

There are several types of motivation: Positive motivation, negative motivation, internal motivation or external motivation. The different types of motivation can either construct you or they can even destroy you. Like positive motivation / inspiration can do wonders to you, in the same way de motivation can be equally harmful to you. These motivation prints are inspirational. They never de motivate us in any way.

Funny Motivation Prints: A Type Of Motivation Prints

In several schools and colleges, funny motivational posters are put up. These motivational posters can be bought from several places. These are present not only in schools, colleges or offices. These motivation posters are found in several bill boards; in many organizations etc. these posters perform the task of inspiring people.

These prints can be given to people as motivational gifts. They form ideal gifts for colleagues, students etc.

There is great impact of advertisements on motivational posters. They are beautifully decorated with several colors, graphics etc. they form great tools for advertisement. They can be used to promote the product with a social message.

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Poster Printing Ideas for Fitness Gyms

Posters can deliver a variety of information to a target audience quickly, conveniently, and, effectively. Posters as printed marketing materials can serve as a versatile and efficient tool when marketing a fitness gym. The following is list of poster printing ideas for a fitness gym:

•    Motivational Messages – Posters can be hung along exercise areas of the gym and contain motivational images and text. When morale is starting to get low, these posters can help revive gym members’ spirits and motivate them to continue. Posters with customized messages such as these can easily be printed through the services of online printing companies. Online printing reviews can also provide first-time users with more information about online printing services.

•    Safety Tips – Exercising is a task that should be done with extra care and calculated movements. When inside the gym, it’s best to post safety tips on proper exercise positions and safe handling of exercise equipment. This type of poster information shows gym members that their safety and health is a primary concern for gym owners. For safety information, it’s advisable to print visible and readable posters. Online printing companies print full-color, fade-proof posters with glossy, water-based coatings.

•    Physical Fitness Tips – Posters can also carry physical fitness and health tips for gym members. The messages can be custom-made for each exercise area or they can be hung at the gym’s snack bar or concessionaire areas. Here, they do not only serve as informational tools but they can also promote the gym’s health products. Online printing companies also offer downloadable, read-to-use, poster print templates for more customized designs. Finding a printer in your local state can easily be found using the internet. Let’s say you live in Long Beach, California. Simply search using the phrase, “printing in Long Beach, CA”.

Apart from physical fitness, gym owners also want to spread motivational messages, health tips, and safety measures. Posters are effective and convenient tools that can help convey these messages to gym members.

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Acrylic Frames

Acrylic frames are without doubt the most popular methoed of framing photos and images in 2010. Picture framing has always been a changing market and no more so than in 2010. The big trend at the moment are acrylic photo frames and for many reasons.

Acrylic frames are a spectacular modern trend and this is because the unique visual impact that they have on the image that they are displaying. Acrylic frames interact with light allowing a feel of movement. With most acrylic photo frames they are held to the wall with chrome fixings (standoffs) this gives the frame an extra dimension compared to a traditional picture frame.

So why are acrylic frames so popular at the moment? Acrylic frames have become a designer item but with an affordable price tag. They fit in with any decor of a home that is looking for a modern look. Acrylic frames now come in many different styles the most popular is know as the acrylic sandwich frame, this is where the artwork or image is sandwiched between two highly polished sheets of acrylic or perspex. The back panel of this style of frame can come in a huge range of colours and can be chosen to fit the colour scheme of any decor.

Many people are choosing to use acrylic frames in kitchens because highly polished work surfaces and high gloss kitchen cabinets are incredibly popular at the moment. The back panel of the acrylic frame can often be matched up to the colour of the kitchen cabinets therefore creating a perfect matching picture frame in the kitchen. Acrylic framed prints are also great for the kitchen because of the material that it is made from, they are incredibly durable and once fixed to the wall with chrome standoffs they are not in danger of been knocked from the wall.

When choosing  acrylic prints it is important to shop around as there are different styles and price can really vary. A great website that offers a choice of acrylic frames with different coloured back panels is www.theimagebox.co.uk.

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Highest scorer Dabangg won seven awards at the Chevrolet Apsara Awards 2011

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at the Chevrolet Apsara Awards 2011

The star-studded night at Chevrolet Apsara Awards 2011 powered by Micromax Mobile and telecom partner Aircel, brought the biggest stars of the Indian Entertainment industry under one roof. This eventful night saw the kings and queens of the Indian Film Industry along with Television sirens and charmers walk the red carpet in their most glamorous avatar. Spirits were high as the audience cheered on Priyanka Chopra's sizzling performance on Bollywood's hit songs, Govinda's tribute performance on veteran actor Dharmendra and the King Khan's grand finale performance. Also seen was Katrina Kaif burning up the dance floor for the first time on ‘Sheila Ki Jawaani' which also won two awards for Best Choreography (Farah Khan) and Best Female Singer (Sunidhi Chauhan).

Vidya Balan for Ishqiya shared the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role with Anushka Sharma who danced on her chartbuster number ‘Ainvayi Ainvayi' from the movie Band Bajaa Baraat which also bagged 3 awards for Best Costume Design (Niharika Khan), Best Art Director (T.P.Abid & Sonal Choudhry) and Best Editing (Namrata Rao).

Higest scorer Dabangg which swept seven awards for Best Actor (Salman Khan), Best Film (Arbaaz Khan Productions), Best Music (Sajid Wajid), Best Male Singer (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Tere Mast mast do nain), Best Female Singer (Mamta Sharma for Munni Badnaam Hui), Best Performance in Negative Role (Sonu Sood).

Small budget movies like Peepli Live won the award for Best Story (Anusha Rizvi), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? won the award for Best Performance in a Comic Role (Paresh Rawal) and Love Sex Aur Dhokha won the award for Best Sound Recording (Pritam Das).

Best Non Fiction Series in the television category was won by Entertainment ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega and for Best Drama Series Fiction was won by Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya. Silver screen favourites Dilip Joshi (Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah won the award for Best Actor in Drama Series) and Ankita Lokhande (Pavitra Rishta) won the award for Best Actress in Drama Series. Balika Vadhu won the award for the Best Writer (Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary & Rajesh Dubey-Balika Vadhu) and Uttaran won the award for Best Ensemble Cast.

Ramesh Sippy, President of the Guild, "The Apsara Awards are unique in the fact that the winners are chosen from within the fraternity. It is an honour that the industry bestows upon its best making it a different league of awards in itself. After five successful years of the Apsara Awards, we have seen an enormous growth in the responses received and are certain that these Awards will grow to become a benchmark of talent in the Indian Film Industry. "

General Motors India, President & Managing Director, Karl Slym said, "At the forefront of technology, innovation and design, Chevrolet believes in bringing together the finest elements in its creations and as an extension of this belief, Chevrolet Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards is an endeavor to honor talent, innovation and excellence in cinema and television by the stalwarts of the industry itself. Chevrolet will be celebrating its 100 year heritage worldwide this year and its association with the silver screen has been equally enriching"

Rahul Sharma, Executive Director- Micromax Infomatics Limited added "We are delighted with our second year of association with the Apsara Awards. The Apsara Film and television Producers Guild awards are the most prestigious awards, being the industry awards and we wish all the nominees the very best"

Mr. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel commented, "Telecom is a common thread in Information, Communication and Entertainment and it has now revolutionized our lifestyle taking it to another level with the convergence of technology and innovation keeping us connected, informed and entertained anytime anywhere. It is our endeavor at Aircel to offer our consumers Innovative products and services which are engaging enriching and above all entertaining. With the same spirit, we feel honored to encourage new talent and applaud the seasoned at The Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards."

Sabbas Joseph, Director - Wizcraft International – "We feel privileged to support the Guild in their endeavour to commend the best in the industry. We are pleased to be associated with the Guild in achieving these objectives in India as we strive to achieve the same with IIFA on a global platform. This year the Apsara's will see some of the best and the brightest in the industry perform, making it a truly magnificent affair"

The Award has been instituted by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India with an objective to establish a standard for honouring excellence and achievements in the Indian film industry. The great response to Awards since its commencement is a testimony of how much acceptance this initiative has gained. It is an extremely credible, completely unbiased platform, which had been the prime objective behind instituting the Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards. The Apsara strives to ensure that these awards establish a benchmark that parallels the world's best and meets international standards.

The Chevrolet Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild AwardsTM powered by Micromax Mobile and telecom partner Aircel is promoted and produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The ceremony will be broadcast on Colors, Viacom18's Hindi General Entertainment Channel and the official broadcast partner of the Awards. Gitanjali Lifestyle and the Kingdom of Dreams are associate sponsors for the 6th Chevrolet Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild AwardsTM.

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Trophies and Awards: In Recognition of Hard Work and Dedication

In this cut throat competitive world, companies of all sizes look for any advantage when trying to achieve their goals. For achieving both long as well as short term goals, they require highly skilled and well trained professionals. To keep their employees motivated and push them to put their best efforts forward, companies give out trophies and awards as a token of appreciation. Some of the most popular types of trophies and awards that are popular in the market include crystal awards and glass awards. Organizations show the importance of their top performing employees by giving out trophies and awards on a regular interval to their achievers. Receiving an award or trophy shows that the employee has achieved or surpassed his goals set by management.

What types of trophies and awards should be given out

Most of the people are not aware of it, but it is a fact that different shaped awards are given out to employees for specific occasions. For the salesmen of the year award, organizations use trophies and awards that rise towards the stars. Many of the crystal obelisk awards and crystal star awards fit this category. Glass plaques are usually for noting the long service of an employee and not as much for an individual revenue goal that was met. The top performers in the company usually get some trophies and awards that are custom designed just for that particular achievement.

Raw materials required for manufacturing trophies and awards

The most popular types of trophies and awards are crystal and glass awards. Glass awards are different from crystal awards in the fact that they don't contain as much lead. They can also be made of many different colors. Jade glass awards are very popular green awards. Some of the crystal awards can comprise up to 30% lead, making the trophies and awards much more durable. If you are looking for maximum brilliance and shine, then you optical crystal awards are probably the best choice. And finally, 3D laser engraving can be used to add a design inside the middle of the trophies and awards. These really stand out as unique pieces of work.

Buying trophies and awards from online stores

Buying trophies and awards from online stores can be a hassle free process and very cost effective. Due to the competition among online stores, the vendors offer many services such as engraving and setup charges for free. They also offer quantity price discounts for larger orders. Simply search the internet for trophies and awards and then select one of the top listed companies. In most cases the finished trophies and awards can be delivered within a few weeks time.

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Bring Out the Best from the Employees by Honoring Them with Recognition Awards

Employees are the most valuable resources for the companies compared to market understanding, production capacity, service programs, quality standards, and customer loyalty. It is a proven fact that to achieve tremendous success in business one need to have motivated work force that can offer their best for the growth and prosperity of the company. Thus, it is important for the companies to keep their employees motivated and the best way to do so is by felicitating them with recognition awards. Recognition awards are the best way to appreciate the dedication, commitment and achievement of the employees. From small business owners to Fortune 500 companies to corporate houses all need to keep their employees motivated in order to take out best from them.

The tradition of recognition awards is quite common in corporate houses that time and again reward their employees with corporate recognition awards to increase their loyalty and dedication towards the company. Following their tradition now even small businesses are adopting this technique of motivating their employees and are offering them with recognition awards to keep their morale high. Recognition awards are often termed as corporate awards, which provide the employees with the brilliant opportunity to achieve growth within the organization.  Receiving recognition or corporate awards is a matter of proud that provides immense satisfaction to the employees. They get the feeling of acknowledged and rewarded for their hard work.

Recognition awards are mostly made up of glass and crystals and range from engraved crystal statue to bowl, to vase, to plaque, to plate or even curved glass. It completely depends on the choice of the companies and according to that the recognition awards are designed and manufactured. Recognition awards should always be ordered from a reliable and responsible company that cares and values their customers and offer optimum satisfaction to their customers. The company engaged in the recognition award business should strictly follow the time frame in order to timely deliver the order.

Recognition award is quite important for every big and small company, especially in this challenging economic condition where every employee wants to get acknowledged for the hard work and dedication they put for the company.  This also increases healthy competition among the employees as they will be eager to give their best for receiving recognition award from their employer. From the employer side also it is good to recognize the good work done by the employees as without any appreciation it becomes difficult for the employees to carry on the good work done for the company.

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Employee Awards are a Great Motivator For Employees

After a bad couple of years with the global recession and sluggish economic growth, things appear to be looking up for companies. Job losses are slowly coming down and now the effort should be made to retain top performers, as well as those who saw the worst of times with the company, through appropriate distribution of employee awards. With things getting better, there is every possibility that some of them will try to jump companies for better prospects and that would be a huge drain on those that lose their people.

It is in this context that employees need to be motivated, both in bad as well as in good times. In bad times, their morale has to be kept high so that they do not become depressed, and show laxity in performance. In good times, their efforts need to be commended so that they stay on with the company and contribute further to its growth.

Recognition awards are great motivators to the employee and their family as it means that their efforts have been acknowledged by the company. It is not the value of the award that is of importance here, but the fact that somebody senior in the company has recognised the efforts put in, and that they do this in front of other employees in the company is enough to motivate anyone to be loyal to the company and deliver many more years of sincere work.

Under-motivated workers or employees cannot be good for the company and it is the responsibility of managers to ensure that the staff working under them is always well trained and motivated.

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Art prints are created using different printing processes and help the artist preserve their art work for a long period of time. The photo art prints serve as a medium to cherish the memories of one's life. The technological advancements in the printing industry have made these prints readily available and although impressive and elegant, may be referred to as cheap art prints. The art prints canvas adds to the décor of homes and offices. The photo art prints are available by various famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, Leroy Neiman, Rene Magritte, and Jack Vettriano and many more. The contemporary art prints are also based on various subjects like animals, architecture, fantasy, humor, landscape, music and others.

The canvas art prints range from contemporary art prints to classical art and are available in a variety of sizes. A contemporary art print is ideal for homes as they create a gentle and warm background image. The cheap art prints are very popular among kids as these often feature cartoons, or these may be offered as gift to others. Printing service providers maintain their own gallery of beautiful and attractive images which can be easily converted to canvas art prints.

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Get Creative with Landscape Photography

The advent of digital photography means that many people can now be as creative as they like with landscape photography without having to spend a fortune on developing their prints. In fact, with a reasonably priced camera anyone can take marvellous shots of almost anything and make canvas prints for gifts or to decorate their home.

Wildlife photography will take a little more patience; you must seek out or wait for wild animals, and have the knowledge to get just the right lens and lighting for great photos. But printing those shots costs nothing compared to printing out film in a darkroom. Since the cost is so small you can really get out and take lots of shots and this will help you to quickly find out just what works and what does not.

Beautiful landscape photography is easy to do; all you need is an eye for beauty and a camera – and maybe a few different lenses if you want to get into taking more professional pictures. But even those little point and click cameras are capable of taking some stunning shots for those who have an eye to see the beauty in nature.

It could be an old tree with twisted branches rising against the backdrop of a soft pink sunset that attracts you. Or black rocks starkly silhouetted on a white beach at dawn. Such things are often taken for granted by many, but once you start to look around you with an eye to taking some great landscape shots you'll be amazed at what pops up.

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Art on canvas is the age old form of using canvas as a medium for painting where the artist has the freedom of expression. He could fill the whole canvas with his imagination.

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Leading by Example: Eight Lessons for Leaders Striving to Pull Their Companies Out of the Red

Leading by Example: Eight Lessons for Leaders Striving to Pull Their Companies Out of the Red

Though the forecast for the economy is starting to improve, the plight of recession-weary businesses is still difficult. If you’re struggling to find a way to motivate your employees when offering money isn’t an option, here's some advice for you: Focus on becoming a great leader. There are few things your employees will appreciate more. 

By Charles Garcia 

After months of economic tough times, a glimmer of light is starting to appear at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Rather than being harbingers of doom, economic news stories are now starting to look ever so slightly brighter. This improved economic forecast will likely have many company leaders looking for ways to motivate their employees to keep up the hard work necessary for navigating their companies into calmer waters. Unfortunately, despite the recent economic uptick, most company leaders still can’t offer what they view as their greatest motivational bargaining chip with their employees—the almighty dollar.

Fear not. Money isn’t the only way to rally your troops and boost morale during this crucial time. In fact, positive, strong leadership can often garner far greater results than offering money or other perks ever could.

Too often businesses assume that offering more money is the only way to motivate employees. The reality is that employees value having strong leaders, who motivate them to do their best, just as much if not more. And there’s no greater defense against a tough economy than a workforce motivated to do their absolute best.

As an alum of the White House Fellowship program, one of the most prestigious leadership programs in the country, I know the value of quality leadership.

There’s never been a more appropriate time for the rest of us to look to great leaders for inspiration. The lessons that can be learned from the White House Fellows mentors are universal and absolutely invaluable to any business leader smart enough to heed them.

Remember, all the money in the world won’t keep a hardworking but unhappy employee with your company. But follow the leadership principles that help you better motivate and encourage that employee and she will be just as invested in making your company a success as you are.

Using insightful, firsthand accounts from past program participants, my new book, Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How to Inspire Others, Achieve Greatness, and Find Success in Any Organization (McGraw-Hill, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-07-159848-4, $24.95), explores the leadership lessons that former White House Fellows said they took away from their year working under some of the best of the best in Washington, D.C.

Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows includes twenty timeless tenets of successful leadership, each illustrated by multiple inspiring anecdotes. Here are eight lessons from some of the nation’s greatest leaders:

LEADERSHIP LESSON #1: Energize your people. Your employees have just helped you pull your company through one of the nation’s worst economic periods. They’ve been constantly bombarded with bad news in their own lives and in their work lives. It’s time they had a source of positive energy. Who better for them to turn to for that kind of encouragement than you, their leader? Instead of being the type of leader who sucks the energy away from others, resolve to be the kind of leader who strives to bring passion and positive energy to the workplace every day.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: John Patrick Gallagher

U.S. Major John Patrick Gallagher (WHF 07-08) learned about leadership from General David Petraeus. General Petraeus was a colonel in the 82nd Airborne Division at the same time Gallagher was assigned to the division as a second lieutenant. One day Petraeus called his brigade together and asked them who could tell him the number one leadership priority of the brigade. The answers ranged from integrity to professional and tactical competence to marksmanship until finally someone hit the nail on the head. The answer? Physical fitness.

“We all thought he was kidding, and we couldn’t for the life of us figure out how that could be the number one priority in the brigade,” recalled Gallagher. “But we learned later that he was right. Self-discipline and being able to perform under pressure and exist outside our comfort zone would be the key that unlocked our success.”

Petraeus began leading his troops through seventy-five minutes of intense exercise every morning. And with every pull-up, push-up, and sprint, the brigade became more alert, had more physical and mental energy, and more individual and team pride.

“All those other things we wanted to do well got better, whether it was marksmanship or vehicle maintenance or soldiers going on leave and not getting arrested for DUI,” Gallagher said. “All these other indicators went up when Petraeus created this climate of self-discipline. He boiled down his leadership approach to this: Am I giving my subordinates energy or am I taking it away? Put another way, am I leading in a way that causes my subordinates to be more enthusiastic and creative about doing their jobs—to believe more deeply in what they are doing and why they are doing it—or am I leading in such a way that it is stifling growth and enthusiasm? If the latter is true, the job may still get done by the sheer force of your legitimacy or presence, but it doesn’t get done as well and it doesn’t last after you’re gone. Petraeus knows how to lead in such a way that it gives his subordinates energy. That’s an incredibly powerful leadership tool.”

Since leaving his Fellowship, Gallagher has been using that tool daily in his role as Director for the War of Ideas and Strategic Communications at the National Security Council’s Office of Iraq and Afghanistan Affairs. 

LEADERSHIP LESSON #2: There’s more to life than work. Great leaders have deep reserves of physical, spiritual, and emotional energy, and that energy is usually fueled by a strong and supportive relationship with the people they love, regular exercise, a healthy lifestyle, and setting aside time for reflection. 

Sure, you want your employees to stay focused on moving your company forward, and you might feel like it’s important to keep everyone’s noses (including your own!) to the grindstone right now, but it’s also summer time. There are barbecues and baseball games to attend, warm days to be spent at the park or by the pool, and much-earned vacation time waiting to be used! Encourage your employees to spend time with their families, whether it results from taking an afternoon off or going on a week-long vacation. Doing so will help them power up for the difficult work to come. And remember to give yourself the same respect! 

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Doris Kearns Goodwin

At 6:00 a.m. on a cold January morning in 1973, presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and NBC news analyst Doris Kearns Goodwin (WHF 67-68) received a call from former President Lyndon B. Johnson, with whom she had become a trusted confidante while working on his memoirs.

“He told me to get married, have children, and spend time with them,” Goodwin said. “He talked about how he should have spent more time with his family, because that’s a different and more worthy kind of posterity than the public one that he had been seeking throughout his entire political career. That would be our last conversation, because he died of a heart attack two days later—but what a wonderful thing to leave me with.”

Goodwin heeded Johnson’s words. For example, she turned down the chance to be considered for the position of head of the Peace Corps during the Carter administration because she knew it would require her to travel often and be away from her young children. Over the years she’s concluded that those who live the richest lives manage to achieve a healthy balance of work, love, and play.

“To commit yourself to just one of those spheres without the others is to leave open an older age filled with sadness, because once the work is gone, you have nothing left—no hobbies, no sports,” Goodwin said. “Your family may love you, but they are not in the center of your life as they might have been had you paid attention to them all the way through. And I always argue that the ability to relax and replenish your energy is absolutely essential.”

LEADERSHIP LESSON #3: Put your people first. No organization is better than the people who run it. The fact is that you are in the people business—the business of hiring, training, and managing people to deliver the product or service you provide. If the people are the engine of your success, to be a great leader you need to attend to your people with a laserlike focus.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Mitchell Reiss

Mitchell Reiss (WHF 88-89) has seen firsthand that a leader’s focus on his or her people is an incredibly powerful tool. He learned that valuable lesson during his White House Fellowship from his principal, the National Security Advisor and former Secretary of State and former White House Fellow Colin Powell.

“Two weeks after I started my Fellowship, there was a picnic over the weekend for the National Security Council staff and their families,” Reiss recalled. “We got there promptly, but General Powell was already there helping set up, helping cook the burgers and hot dogs, and personally greeting every single person, not just on the staff but their families. He came over to me and knew not only my name but introduced himself to my wife, Elisabeth, and thanked her for allowing me to work the hours that I worked at the NSC. He told her she should feel that she is part of the NSC family as well.

“That very brief but very personal interaction with Powell had an extraordinary impact on her. After he left, she turned to me and said, ‘You better do a good job for that man. If you need to stay late at work, I will never complain.’ That’s the sort of transformative impact that leadership can have, and I was able to see it up close and personal with Colin Powell. This lesson was invaluable when I later worked at the State Department, where I tried to replicate this sense of teamwork and compassion.”

LEADERSHIP LESSON #4: Act with integrity. In a time when news reports are filled with the stories of private and public leaders who’ve acted inappropriately and have gone against the best interests of their employees or constituents, showing your employees that you value integrity can help motivate them and create a sense of pride for your organization.

Remember, the actions of great leaders are consistent with their words. Saying the right thing doesn’t mean much. Doing the right thing means everything when you want people to follow you passionately. By acting with honor and integrity, you build trust with your followers.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Dennis Blair

During his Fellowship, Dennis Blair (WHF 75-76)—current Director of National Intelligence, former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, retired four-star navy admiral, and former Rhodes Scholar—was one of a group of special assistants to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Carla Hills. He witnessed how Secretary Hills fought to maintain an honest, aboveboard environment despite ample opportunities for duplicity.

“The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been rocked by one scandal after another over the years,” Blair explained. “It moves a lot of money around and sends it down to the local level, where things can get pretty raw…There’s just a lot of potential for corruption, but one of the leadership lessons I took away from that assignment was from the tone that Carla Hills set. She was fiercely, unflinchingly determined to do the right thing and never batted an eye about it. Whenever misconduct came to light, she dealt with it quickly and effectively, firing people if necessary and then moving on.”

During Blair’s year in Washington, President Ford was up for reelection. The president and his cabinet, including Hills, were under intense pressure to run a winning campaign. Although everyone’s job was at stake, Blair saw no one abuse his or her power or resort to cheap tactics to influence the election.

“Carla Hills never came in and said, ‘We’re in trouble in Ohio. I want to push some Section 8 money toward Ohio, and I want a big publicity drive so we can turn out a lot of votes there.’” Blair said. “There was none of that. They played by the rules and fought fair and always tried to do the right thing.”

During his own career, Blair had several opportunities to “shade his principles” for his own benefit, but chose not to. On at least one occasion, doing the right thing cost him dearly. Although he couldn’t provide details, he did reveal that because of his leadership role he had a shot at becoming vice chairman or even chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. To be considered for one of those jobs, he would have had to modify his philosophy and change his leadership style to please a new administration. He chose to stick with the methods and values he had developed throughout his career.

“It wasn’t that difficult a decision,” he said. “Certainly I would have relished the chance to make more of a difference in that higher position, but I was not willing to change my philosophy or my style. I had too much confidence in my approach to change it even though I knew that meant I wasn’t going to move up further in the organization.”

LEADERSHIP LESSON #5: Be a great communicator. If your employees aren’t heeding your advice or company protocols, the problem likely lies with you, not them. Are you using the methods of communication they prefer? Are your messages clear and easy to understand? Leadership is about influencing others, and this cannot be achieved without the ability to communicate. If you’re struggling with communicating to your employees, first work on your ability to influence individuals by choosing words that are impactful to carry your message. Then you need to figure out how to communicate to a larger audience.

Remember to be open and honest with your employees. Communicate to them how the economy is affecting the company and where you would like to take it in the future. And always keep in mind that your actions truly speak louder than your words.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Marsha “Marty” Evans

After learning the value of quality communication from her Fellowship principal, U.S. Treasury Secretary William “Bill” Miller, Marsha “Marty” Evans (WHF 79-80) carried on the tradition in her work with the Navy.

In 1986, former Fellow and Naval Academy Superintendent Chuck Larson (WHF 68-69) tapped Evans to be one of six battalion officers at the Naval Academy—the first female battalion officer in Navy history—placing her in charge of the training and well-being of hundreds of midshipmen. The academy was meant to be a place of discipline and decorum, but occasionally a lower classman would slip up by wearing nonregulation clothing. When Evans saw a third classman in a Budweiser t-shirt one day, she assumed there had been a breakdown in communication.

“I remember the lecture so well,” Evans recalled. “I said, ‘You know, my own basic leadership belief is that people generally want to do the right thing, and if they’re not doing the right thing it’s because they haven’t been trained properly. They haven’t somehow had the benefit of the teaching and the leadership of their seniors. So, I can only come to the conclusion that this youngster is wearing this t-shirt because he has suffered from faulty communication by his midshipman chain of command.’ Each person in the third classman’s chain of command was held accountable and punished.”

Evans’s commonsense approach to encouraging better communication in her organization helped her create a more cohesive team and also garnered the Navy’s attention. She was promoted steadily throughout her thirty-year career and retired as a two-star rear admiral, one of only a few women to attain the rank. Since leaving the military, Evans has used her outstanding communication skills in her roles as director of the Girl Scouts of the USA and president and CEO of the American Red Cross.

LEADERSHIP LESSON #6: Be a great listener. The most effective leaders are the ones who take the time to listen not just to their team members’ words but to the priceless hidden meaning beneath them. Remember that during good times and bad, sometimes your employees just need someone to talk to. Communicate to them that you are always waiting with open ears.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Cesar Aristeiguieta

Cesar Aristeiguieta (WHF 02-03) was assigned to work with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson during his Fellowship. It wasn’t long before the young White House Fellow noticed an important leadership trait in his principal that he hoped to nurture in himself: Secretary Thompson was an outstanding listener.

One example of this came during a meeting with food industry executives who were brought in by Secretary Thompson to discuss their role in the rise in childhood obesity. The executives essentially told Thompson that the government should stay out of their business.

After listening to them for almost an hour, Aristeiguieta recalls that Thompson responded with the following: “‘I’ve heard you. I understand your concerns. Now I need you to tell me how you, as an industry, can help address this public health issue.’ Then he just sat back and listened again. Pretty soon they were talking about how they could step up and participate without being forced into it—how they could begin putting more healthy food choices on their menus and those kinds of things—and by the end of the meeting the tone had changed dramatically. They weren’t attacking the secretary anymore. They were actually pleased, and they felt that they were part of the dialogue, and in fact, they probably went further than the secretary really expected them to go at that point.

“From that meeting I learned the value of listening. I’ve tried to incorporate that into my own leadership style in my work as director of emergency medical services and disaster preparedness for Emergent Medical Associates and also in my role as an assistant professor in emergency medicine at the University of California-Davis.”

LEADERSHIP LESSON #7: Be a problem solver. Several years ago I returned from a business trip to find that my assistant had hung a gigantic fifteen-foot-long wooden sign above his office door. The sign reads, “Don’t Bring Me Problems. Bring Me Solutions.”

I suggest that you post a similar sign and then set about the task of guiding each person on your team toward the goal of becoming a top-notch problem solver during this crucial period. Sure, it takes time and effort to teach problem-solving strategies to your people, but when you experience the payoff, you’ll know it was an investment worth making.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Julia Vadala Taft

In 1975, President Gerald Ford chose former White House Fellow Julia Vadala Taft (WHF 70-71) to direct the resettlement of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos after the collapse of Saigon. The resettlement program brought 131,000 refugees to the U.S. in six months. There was no template and no time plan. The work just had to get done, and Taft directed it all with humor, grace, and a backbone of steel.

During her career as a public servant, Taft helped reshape the Refugee Act of 1980, and helped organize relief for the people of war-torn and disaster-ridden countries throughout the world, including 25 million flood victims left homeless in Bangladesh, displaced people in Burundi, victims of a poison gas incident in Cameroon, the people of the Sahel and Ethiopia who were suffering from a widespread famine after a locust plague, and 800,000 refugees driven from Kosovo.

When she died from colon cancer in 2008, former White House Fellow and longtime friend Colin Powell was quoted in the New York Times obituary section as saying that Julia Taft “was an image of American openness and generosity. Her professional life was committed to people trying to get by on a dollar a day, those who are hungry, without clean water, without medicine, without homes.”

Taft’s obituary in the Washington Post on March 19 stated, “It was her ability to bring order to chaos—plus her willingness to get on a plane, helicopter, jeep, or riverboat to go almost anywhere that enabled her to make a difference. Whether in the White House, a refugee camp, or meeting with government and [nongovernmental organization] officials, she knew how to get people moving.”

LEADERSHIP LESSON #8: Lead through experience and competence, not through title or position. For more than four decades, by pairing young people with established leaders, the White House Fellows program has given hundreds of young Americans the tools, experiences, and mentors necessary for them to become confident, well-prepared problem solvers and leaders.

And if you want to survive the tough economy, that’s exactly the kind of leadership motif you’ll adopt for your organization. Mentor your employees, encourage them, make partners out of them, and your organization is sure to benefit.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LESSON: Arthur “Gene” Dewey

The ability to help propelled Arthur “Gene” Dewey (WHF 68-69) from his post as assistant to a high-ranking military officer into a White House Fellowship at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Dewey’s principal at USAID, Bill Gaud, put him right to work. He sent Dewey to Nigeria where USAID was spending a great deal of money supporting those caught up in the Nigerian-Biafran war, and Gaud wanted to make sure all of the supplies were getting through.

Dewey found that the Nigerian Air Force was shooting down relief planes during the night airlifts, and so he hatched a plan to get food in by using a combination of sealift and riverboats. He presented the idea to Clyde Ferguson, President Nixon’s special representative for Nigeria-Biafra at the State Department. Ferguson asked him to come work for him for a couple of weeks on what was dubbed the Cross River Scheme.

With no previous experience coordinating large-scale relief efforts, Dewey set about the task of making the project safer and more efficient. As the efforts to bring relief to the people of Biafra—just over 3 million people fell under the plan—continued, Dewey became more involved in the diplomacy required to set up a formal, enduring procedure for getting food and other supplies to the Biafrans. Unfortunately, the Biafran leader, Governor Ojukwu, refused to accept the plan even though it was clearly designed to benefit his people. Ferguson and Dewey were heartbroken.

Then Dewey had a fateful meeting with an initially very negative Catholic bishop on the island. The bishop complained that the U.S. was not doing enough to help the Biafrans. Dewey informed him that Ojukwu was the one holding up the agreement while his people suffered. He then explained the Cross River plan to the bishop, whose attitude gradually softened. The conversation closed with the bishop promising that when Ojukwu came to confession later that week, he would have a talk with him and get him to change his mind.

Dewey was skeptical. But just a couple of days later, after he had arrived back in New York, he received a call telling him that General Ojukwu would accept the proposal.

Dewey says that the greatest leadership lesson he learned from his White House Fellowship was the necessity of being prepared and becoming an expert. His title as a White House Fellow meant virtually nothing as he designed and tried to execute the Cross River plan in Nigeria. What counted were his expertise and his attitude.

Just because the economy has been slow and businesses have experienced set-backs, does not mean the fundamentals of leadership need to change. The leadership qualities espoused by mentors in the White House Fellows program translate perfectly to the workplaces and the government offices of 2009 America. Decide today to start motivating your employees by being the best leader you can be and you’ll all go far, despite the bad economy.

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About the Author:

Charles P. Garcia is a former White House Fellow, graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Columbia Law School graduate, and best-selling author. In 2006, he sold his investment banking firm, which grew from three people to sixty offices in seven countries; Inc. magazine identified it as one of the top ten fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. Garcia was named entrepreneur of the year by three national organizations. He is on the board of Fortune 500 companies and serves as the chairman of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

For more information about him, please visit www.charlespgarcia.com.

About the Book:

Leadership Lessons of the White House Fellows: Learn How to Inspire Others, Achieve Greatness, and Find Success in Any Organization (McGraw-Hill, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-07-159848-4, $24.95) is available at bookstores nationwide and all major online booksellers.

About the Author

Charles P. Garcia is a former White House Fellow, graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Columbia Law School graduate, and best-selling author. In 2006, he sold his investment banking firm, which grew from three people to sixty offices in seven countries; Inc. magazine identified it as one of the top ten fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. Garcia was named entrepreneur of the year by three national organizations. He is on the board of Fortune 500 companies and serves as the chairman of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Appreciating Vintage Posters

Understanding the history of posters will make you appreciate more the value of your vintage poster collection. Having knowledge on its history will also help you determine a poster's worth. A poster is any printed material that may be graphic, textual or both. Its purpose is to convey different kinds of messages. This is one of the reasons that posters are made to be very attractive and attention- grabbing.

Different Uses of a Poster

. Advertising Tool.
Posters
are used to advertise different events, like concerts, stage plays and films. They are also used to advertise and launch various products.

. Political groups also use posters to communicate political propaganda and protests.

. Posters are also used for artwork reproductions. Famous works of various artists are reproduced and sold in the market.

Types of Posters

. Political Posters

Political posters are very famous, especially during the first and second world wars. Most of these posters are calling f or awareness and participation of citizens. Examples of some slogans used in political posters are "Uncle Sam wants you" and "Loose Lips Sink Ships".

Political propaganda and motivation are easily communicated through the use of posters. These posters are distributed and displayed on the streets. Political posters had been very effective in raising people's awareness. Examples of political posters that became famous through time are those of the great patriotic war and Rosie the Riveter posters

. Advertising, Events, Film and Affirmation Posters

The most commonly colleted posters are those of movies and concerts. The value of these posters can increase even more as time passes. Posters of dead artists are also given higher value. The limited number of comic book posters also has a high value because copies of this type of posters are very limited. Just like vintage comic books, a vintage comic book poster can cost you a fortune.

Affirmation vintage posters became popular collectibles not really because of how much they cost but because of the messages they convey. Messages like "Hope", "Leadership" and "Love" are some of the most common concepts of affirmation posters.

Cheesecake Posters

As the popularity of posters increases, another type started to circulate the market in the 1920s. These posters usually show beautiful women and commonly have an erratic theme.

A Brief History

Posters have been around for a very long time. The invention of different printing techniques and mechanisms gave birth to the modern posters around 1870. Lithography paved the way to bulk productions of posters.

According to John Barnicoat, with the popularity of posters, they eventually became a vital art form. Almost every artist wants to create a poster. Concepts such as Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Symbolism, Bauhaus and Hippie are commonly used and integrated in posters.

It is said that the Father of advertisement placards is Jules Cheret. He, together with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created numerous poster arts in the 1890s, when the art of poster making started to spread in Europe.

If you want to start a vintage poster collection, it's always a good idea to choose the type of poster you want to collect and build your collection from there. Be careful in choosing posters to add in your collection as there are a lot of fake vintage posters circulating in the market.
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Appreciating
Vintage Posters
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Bell Helicopter, Zip Aviation Announce New Addition to Fleet and Expanded Service From 30th Street in Manhattan

Zip Aviation has taken delivery of its first Bell Helicopter 206L Long Ranger and plans

to use the helicopter for charter service from Manhattan's West 30th Street

Heliport. This will be the first time for a Bell helicopter to be flown from the 30th St.

Heliport.

Itai Shoshani, owner of Zip Aviation stated, "We are very excited about the

opportunities of operating out of this heliport and know we have the right product for

the market. Each 206L has a great cabin area, smooth ride and excellent visibility.

This Bell helicopter allows realization of what I envision for my company; an All

American state-of-the-art product."

"The 206L, like all Bell products, is a very dependable helicopter and on that is well suited for this type of operations. Our

customer's know they can count on the 206 to perform flight after flight", said Bob Fitzpatrick, Senior Vice President for

Marketing and Sales at Bell.

Zip Aviation has been operating in the New York area for 15 years and has built a reputation as the premier charter company,

specializing in discreet charter service and aerial photography. "Many of our clients are celebrities, the rest are just treated like

one", Shoshani added.

Zip Aviation has two more 206L's on order and plans to use them in a similar manner.

For more information please contact Zip Aviation at 1.866.ZIPOVER (947.6837) or at www.zipover.com

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Making a Career in Creative Arts and Commercial Arts

‘Creative and Commercial Arts’ is an upcoming and much in demand field today. Those with creative aptitude and good art skills have no lack of job opportunities with a rise in the media, advertising and publishing sectors. To hone the inherent skills, one can avail the formal training which is available for fine arts at the certificate, diploma and degree level at a number of institutions. The course duration could vary from 1-5 years. Those who want to make a career out of it can pursue courses at institutes across India and abroad. To become a successful commercial artist, one must have a creative bent of mind and an eye for detail. Apart from this, one needs perseverance and an indomitable will power to pursue this field of fine arts as a profession.

Commercial fine arts could refer to painting, sculpting, applied art, graphic interior design, ceramic design, mural design, metal craft, pottery design and painting. It is important to get training as a course helps one nurture and align the creative energy and gives the technical edge and finesse required to survive in an industry where competition is ever increasing. There is training available at both degree and diploma level. For doing a Bachelors Degree course in Fine Arts (BFA), one must have successfully cleared the Higher Secondary Examinations or 10+ 2. Subsequently, for acquiring a Post Graduation Degree in Commercial Fine Arts, one must be a graduate in Fine Arts.

There are many premier institutes in India where Commercial Fine Arts is taught as a subject of study. These include Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art (Mumbai), Faculty of Fine Arts (Baroda), Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan, Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi) and College of Art (New Delhi).

Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art is based in Mumbai. It is a state government college that has four departments which offer training for various types of Degree and Diploma courses. The Department Of Painting offers BFA (Painting) 4 years, Post Degree MFA(Painting ) 2 years, MFA (Painting) (by papers) in Portraiture, MFA (Painting) in Graphic Art, MFA (Painting) in Creative Painting. The Department Of Sculpture And Modelling offers BFA (Sculpture) 4 years and Diploma Sculpture and Modelling 4 years. The Department Of Arts And Crafts offers BFA (Craft- Metal Work) 4 years, BFA (Craft - Textile Design) 4 years, BFA (Craft- Interior Decoration) 4 years and BFA (Craft - Ceramics) 4 years. The Department Of Art offers Teacher Training Art Teacher's Diploma ( A.T.D.) 2 years, Diploma in Art Education (Dip. A. ED.) 1 year and Art Master Certificate Course (part-time) 1 year.

Symbiosis Institute of Design based in Pune offers the following degree programs:  Bachelor of Design (B. Des) in Communication Design, Bachelor of Design (B. Des ) in Product Design, Bachelor of Design (B. Des) in Fashion Communication and Bachelor of Design (B. Des) in Fashion Design. The institute tries to offer an optimum mix of traditional skills, new media skills and soft skills.

Other than these, Jamia Milia Islamia, Loyola College, Amity University, University of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, International Institute of Fine Arts, Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Aligrah Muslim University, University of Jammu, Animation and Fine Arts Academy, Anna University and the University of Delhi offer courses on fine arts.

Those who have acquired a degree or diploma in fine arts, commercial arts or creative arts can work as freelancers. This allows for variety and free hand in their projects. There is demand for specialists in drawing in the publishing industry and newspaper houses as illustrators, cartoonists, and designers. Those who are good at applied art have unlimited opportunities in advertising agencies as graphic artists, designers, visualisers, and creative directors. Trained artists have a wide arena of options in front of them, ranging from working in art studios, advertising companies, fashion houses etc. Other related careers are teaching, direction, photography, television, clothing and fashion, as art directors for magazines, on-line services, software companies, manufacturers, promotion and product design.

In the television and media field, one could design the non verbal presentations for television programmes involving trade figure analysis, election results, etc. A commercial artist can also design stamps and letter heads for government organizations. Software firms in India require experts in commercial fine arts as ‘Graphic Equalisers’.

Apart from working in India, one can also explore career options abroad. One can organize exhibitions and auction his creations abroad. Then, there is an option to conduct various workshops on fine arts and its related fields. Other related option is to be art critic and write reviews for various art magazines which are quite popular abroad. Thus, there is no dearth of job options for skilled and trained artists in creative arts, fine arts and commercial arts. After a course from a good institute, one can land a job with either a good company or work on his/her own and earn name, fame and wealth. This field can give one high visibility and recognition with one good piece of art.

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Geetika Jain writes on behalf of Shiksha.com. Shiksha.com is an education portal that connects education seeker with education provider. Shiksha.com has wide information over Fine Arts and Creative arts courses, its education forums enable its users to seek opinion of students, alumni and faculty of colleges and schools through College Groups and School Groups

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How Custom Retail Store Displays Can Promote Your Brand

Every year there are millions of new products flooding the retail stores and are competing for wanted buyer concern. The ability to drive in the retail field should not be left to chance. Pro-actively work on improving it, emphasize your item, highlight your brand. Keep your store display fixture designs interesting and updated with new trends. Secure a high margin with sophisticated POP display rack solutions and get the most out of your limited store space.

According to POPAI's (Point of Purchase Agency International) latest research publication, most of shopping decisions are decided in the shop. As a matter of fact over 70% of all purchased merchandise are chosen within the shop space.

POP Display Racks that ensure high margin sales

You can distinguish 3 main types of store displays:

Floor Stand Displays are constructed to stand alone on the floor. Depending on their function and the product to be presented, they come in many different forms, styles and materials. From heavy duty wooden POP stands that must hold a lot of product weight to a spinning wire magazine rack. Bigger Floor Displays can also serve to partition your retail space into departments.

Counter Point of Sale Display is often put on top of the cash counter and can effectively attract impulsive shoppers to purchase items. These are ideal merchandising solutions for displaying products on a limited small area.

POP Signage is also an important in-store advertising display. Digital signs, graphics, logos, and glorifiers are crucial to make your brand stick out. By adding eye catching signage features you deliver your brand's message to the customers and accentuate your company's higher value.

Fetching store display fixtures will help your items get recognized. Placing a tailored POP display with well planned positioning within your store, you can favorably impact shoppers mood and convince them to check out your featured item. If your display gets high attention of shoppers then your product is practically already sold.

As a matter of fact in many cases shopping happens impulsively. This behavior benefits products on counter-top displays next to the cash register or on attractive store display racks that stand out in a crowd.

If you intend to distribute your merchandise in several different retail locations, you better go with a unified design for your POP display fixture. The reason going for a consistent display is to support your brand recognition potential against many others in the competitive retail floor.

For the store owner, retail space design and the appropriate choice of retail rack displays will help you differentiate from direct competitors and persuade buyers to shop longer or turn back to your store and make a purchase. Having an attractive shop design using attractive store display racks buyers automatically downgrade your merchandise's value. This will cut your margins substantially.

Depending on the shape of the merchandise you are going to to sell and the customer audience
you are trying to reach, it is recommended to ask several retail display experts and discuss your plans. Together with an experienced visual merchandising solution company you will discover ways how to increase conversions and improve your margins.

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Why Ought to You Use A Custom Pop Display?

You might have seen that in an exhibition a vibrant picture is displayed at the corner of the booth and it is in a position to catch the attention of people. Not all of us are conscious of the fact that they are called custom pop display. Many people in the marketplace call it pop up display. There are different types of custom pop display which are produced by diverse companies. If you are planning to buy these displays, it is highly recommended that you need to do complete investigation, know the price and assess with other people. This is because of the reason that some of the makers make great ones although others do not last for a lot more than three months.

Before buying, it is suggested to examine the popularity of the suppliers on sites as effectively as on the forums so that you can get them from trusted company. There are a variety of other things which you have to preserve in brain ahead of buying. It need to be easy to set up and should not get a lot of your time. They are mostly utilised to display the products and things of the manufactures; so, it is crucial that they should have capacity to hold issues for lengthy time. They are created in such as way that these things can be displayed in more fashionable manner.

They are one of the finest ways to market the merchandise and can be kept anyplace in the shop or showrooms. You can go for custom pop displays as per your specifications and budget. There are numerous components in which these displays can be available these as wooden, metal and plastic. Occasionally, they are even powder coated or have painted finishing. Mostly, people use them for boosting their product sales and therefore organization. They have received positive reviews from numerous people and this is one of the good reasons why they are utilized world wide.

These displays can be used in restaurants or retail stores for letting customers know what they have to give to them. It is advisable to get the particulars about these displays for choosing the best one which can final for long time. Price is one of the important factors as depending upon the durability and size of these displays, the price may possibly differ. However, you will be able to recover the investment once the sales will begin going up. Even many popular organizations use them for attracting customers who visit their shops or showrooms.
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