Future Perfect

Comedy of Errors!

2008-03-30T19:53:00.002+05:30

A Malayali was trying to tell a joke with the word 'oil' in the punchline. The poor chap kept repeating "owyil" several times, but nobody understood. Then the light of wisdom dawned on a Tamilian who said, "Oh, aayila?!"

OK, show your stuff!

2008-02-26T23:13:00.004+05:30

If you rank with the best at solving puzzles, this will be a breeze. Every answer is a two-word phrase in which the first word begins with "BE" and the second with "ST".

1. A fairy tale is a popular one
BE_ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _

2. Bovine Soup
BE_ _ ST_ _ _

3. Fairytale legume
BE_ _ ST_ _ _

4. Cause of a red bump on the skin
BE_ ST_ _ _

5. What separates Alaska from Russia
BE_ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ _

6. Star of Night at the Museum and Meet the Fockers
BE_ ST_ _ _ _ _

7. Learning to swim
BE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ _

8. Container of a drink in a bar
BE_ _ ST_ _ _

9. Bright heavenly body in Orion
BE_ _ ST_ _

10. Colourful gem
BE_ _ _ ST_ _ _

11. Noted Wall Street investment firm since 1923
BE _ _ ST_ _ _ _ _

12. Luggage carrier's station in a hotel
BE_ _ ST_ _ _

The Exemplar for the month of January 2008

2008-02-14T05:34:00.003+05:30

Keid Consultancy proudly announces, The Exemplar for the month of January 2008,

Ms. Mary Alexander

Mary has taken a lot of initiatives and shown responsibility in the way she has handled herself and supported the team. She took the initiative of sending in minutes of the meeting, staying back when a fellow trainer was running late, and the only one to answer the quiz on the blog. The management appreciates her contribution to the growth of the team and the company.

Congratulations Mary. Keep up the good work!

"Word Power"

2008-01-24T23:49:00.000+05:30

Solve this and improve your word power!

Three of a kind : The words in each set below share a single feature. For example, a compass, a phonograph and a pine tree all have....needles. The triplets below are tougher, but here's a clue: Each answer is a seven-letter plural ending in "S".

1. Thermometer, college graduate, location on a globe -------s
2. Mattress, health resort, year -------s
3. Television, cricket field, windows -------s
4. Greek building, newspaper, marching army -------s
5. River, nose, denture -------s
6. Ion, credit card bill, cavalry -------s
7. Tennis player, noisy party, mafia ring -------s
8. July, locker room, blessings -------s
9. Bed, sandwich, rumour -------s
10.Crossword puzzle, post office, initials -------s

"Australia In, Australia Out"

2008-01-23T13:24:00.000+05:30

Here are the answers to the quiz, "Australia In, Australia Out":

1. What is the significance of the kangaroo and the emu being the national animal and bird respectively of Australia?

It is said that both the kangaroo and the emu cannot run backwards. Hence the Australian motiff "always move forward".

2. Can you name 5 international brands that are of Australian origin?

Fosters (beer) Quantas (airlines) Simpson (appliance manufacturer)Holden (cars)Mortein (insecticide).

3. Why does Australia celebrate Christmas during summer?

Australia is in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are opposite those in the northern hemisphere. Therefore, while most of the world experiences winter, Australians witness summer and celebrate Christmas in summer.

4. Which world famous sailing event is held in Australia every year?

"The Rolex Hobart Sydney"

5. What do you know about the Ulluru?

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It is one of Australia's most recognisable natural icons. Uluru is notable for appearing to change colour as the different light strikes it at different times of the day and year, with sunset a particularly remarkable sight when it briefly glows red. Although rainfall is uncommon in this semiarid area, during wet periods the rock acquires a silvery-grey colour, with streaks of black algae forming on the areas that serve as channels for water flow.

6. Explain why Australia is also known as "Down Under".

The term Down Under is a colloquialism referring to things Australia. It locates Australia as "The land Down Under" because unlike Africa and South America, that continent lies totally within thesouthern hemisphere and typically world maps and globes show Antartica at the 'bottom', with north appearing to be "up" and south appearing to be "down".

Learning Communication Skills from Animals

2008-01-14T19:45:00.000+05:30

Did you know that even animals could teach us a thing or two, infact quite a bit about communication skill! I was quite surprised too until I read about it! I personally did learn how to manage my class better in terms of maintaining eye contact and how important motivation is.

Click on the link below and know more about, " Learning Communication Skills from Animals".

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Company/Corporate_Trends/Learn_from_animals/articleshow/2663619.cms

" Australia In, Australia Out"

2008-01-08T22:14:00.000+05:30

1. What is the significance of the kangaroo and the emu being the national animal and bird respectively of Australia?

2. Can you name 5 international brands that are of Australian origin?

3. Why does Australia celebrate Christmas during summer?

4. Which world famous sailing event is held in Australia every year?

5. What do you know about the Ulluru?

6. Explain why Australia is also known as "Down Under"

Mail your answers to rajeshsampath@keidconsultancy.com. A surprise awaits the first person to get all 6 answers correct.

Crossword puzzles to build skills in vocabulary, reasoning, spelling and word attack

2007-12-18T23:26:00.001+05:30

Test your English vocabulary and grammar by solving the crossword by clicking on the link below:

http://www.vocabulary.com/VUcrosswordS140L1.html

DOES BLOGGING HELP TRAINING

2007-11-23T13:01:00.000+05:30

I was wondering what everyones opinion would be on blogging. I cannot for the life of me understand the need or fathom the way in which we could make it effective for trainers. Could you think of two good reasons we need to blog to help trainers or for that matter the training industry itself. I for one cant find any... can you?

Successful Training

2007-11-06T16:57:00.000+05:30

What do you think are the essential components for a successful training program?

TRAINING METHODOLOGIES

2007-10-03T10:20:00.000+05:30

Self Awareness

The first step to becoming a good trainer is to know your trainee and the problems commonly faced. List out the lurking assumptions and high yield questions to ask yourself - What goes wrong and how to deal with it?

Q1: Why is my trainee not convinced about the training content?

Q2: Why do my trainees not complete their assignments on time?

Q3: Why are my trainees not willing to relearn?

Q4: Why don't my trainees apply the concepts that they have learnt?

IS IT CORRECT TO BAN HATE SPEECH?

2007-09-16T17:43:00.000+05:30

There as many definitions of hate speech: Speech intended to incite hatred on the grounds of race, colour, sex, sexuality or religion.
Is freedom of speech limited?
Some believe that censorship is a necessary evil, while others believe that censorship is always wrong. What do you think?

Welcome

2007-09-13T18:10:00.000+05:30

Hello Everybody,

Welcome to Keid's blog, a place to share best practices