Wednesday, 20 December 2023

A New Face For Google Chat

 



Google Chat has undergone a redesign, streamlining its navigation and providing new menu options, creating a refreshed app experience. The redesign includes a new bottom bar with four icons for Home, Direct messages, Spaces, and Mentions, as well as a floating action button for creating new chats. The redesign’s substantial changes put Google Chat more in line with other Google apps and software that have been injected with a dose of Material You over the past couple years.

Google released new icons for them. It’s hard to distinguish between most Google apps when looking at their logos, and most of them now feel too similar when using them. Gone are the days of individuality among Google’s software, it seems. Google Chat is for any and all types of users, but it definitely gets its usage the most from business and enterprise accounts. It’s accessible via your Android smart device, iOS-based iPhone or iPad, or favorite web browser, meaning you can use it on practically any device anywhere you go.


Monday, 11 December 2023

Business Mentorship


 

A business mentor is someone the mentee can trust and turn to when they need to make decisions, offering constructive feedback, to keep you moving forward on your journey to business success.

We believe that business mentoring is a key for entrepreneurs if they wish to grow their business. As a business owner, not only are you responsible for the day-to-day operations, but also the key part in helping grow and develop the business to its full potential.

Business Mentoring VS Business Coaching

Business mentors and business coaches are a buzzword we’ve seen a lot recently. Whilst business mentors and business coaches are both there to help you improve your business, there are some key differences between the two. But how do you know which one is right for you?

Whilst business mentoring and business coaching are similar in nature, they are not the same thing. What sets them apart? We believe it's the level of expertise they can provide, and how it can be used to support and add value to your business.

Mentoring is extremely valuable as it uses a peer-to-peer approach to tackling challenges you face. Mentors have been there, had the t-shirt, and know exactly what you should be doing and what you should avoid, based on their previous experiences. Mentors can guide you in the right direction to help you avoid any mistakes you may face on your journey. This will help you achieve more in a shorter amount of time than if you were to try to combat your challenges alone.

Business coaches are often business consultants, who have training or certificates in business coaching, which means they often don't have the direct experience you may require and offer advice based on theories. However, business coaches are also beneficial because they have experience working with entrepreneurs and have helped other coaches come up with solutions in the past.


Friday, 8 December 2023

Life Skills


Life skills is a term used to describe a set of basic skills acquired through learning and/or direct life experience that enable individuals and groups to effectively handle issues and problems commonly encountered in daily life.They include creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, the ability to communicate and collaborate, along with personal and social responsibility that contribute to good citizenship – all essential skills for success in the 21st century, both for healthy societies and for successful and employable individuals.

Basic Life Skills Curriculum for Youth

The Basic Life Skills curriculum for the youth are based in evidence-based psychosocial methodology including cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness and resilience-building activities. These skills can help youth better understand themselves, get along with others, and gain tools to cope with life’s inevitable difficulties.

Self-awareness 

1. Stress management

2. Emotional regulation

3. Positive thinking

4. Self-esteem


Interpersonal Skills 

5. Empathy

6. Listening skills

7. Interpersonal effectiveness

8. Handling disputes

9. Managing relation- ships

10. Confident communication


Thinking Skills

11. Goal setting

12. Decision making

12. Decision making

14. Critical and creative thinking

15. Executive function skills

16. Resilience (bouncing back from adversity)

 

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Climate Finance


 

Climate finance refers to local, national, or transnational financing from public, private, and alternative sources to support mitigation and adaptation actions addressing climate change. The majority of the funds are allocated for disaster adaptation and mitigation.

Climate finance is needed for mitigation, because large-scale investments are required to significantly reduce emissions. Climate finance is equally important for adaptation, as significant financial resources are needed to adapt to the adverse effects and reduce the impacts of a changing climate.

The loss and damage fund is more focused on developing countries, climate financing is indeed an important step that will address these climate crises. Given that India is an agrarian country and that climate change has the greatest impact on agriculture, the new loss and damage fund would aid in the transition.

Climate finance can come from very different sources, which can include: public or private, national or international, bilateral or multilateral. sources of climate finance:

Green Bonds

Debt Swaps

Guarantees

Concessional Loans

Grants and Donations

Saturday, 2 December 2023

First Time Ever....


 

First Time Ever...….

" Innovation is always criticized and never believed to be true, if we have the passion to achieve it, only concentrating on it...now there is an epic achievement made made for mankind "'

An aviation history has been made by flying using naturally sourced fuel. This aircraft has take off from London Heathrow airport using SAF ( sustainable aviation fuels )fuel. The aircraft flew 38000 feet high and landed in new York airport. This is the first aircraft to fly using renewable fuel in its decade and the credit is owned by the company Virgin Atlantic.

This bio fuel is generated by an mixture of cooking oil and farm wastes which will ultimately lead to 70% less carbon release. This is an collaborated innovation done by virgin Atlantic company. The company and government officials have gave official information regarding this historic event, no public passengers were involved in this travel. At a point an believed to be impossible has been made possible.