The sleek ethnic necklace adorning the neckline of a woman can stimulate the sexy look in her. Ethnic jewelry that is culture specific is now being modified into fashion ethnic jewelry for the woman belonging to any part of the world with ethnic necklace playing the key role. The innocent body language of a lady gains prominence when the precious metal of her necklace takes twists and turns over the curves of her neckline. Your ethnic and bohemian look can be enhanced with the finely molded ethnic necklaces with patterns based on the culture of a particular country embedded on them. There is no wonder that ethnic necklaces can also add flair to your fashion. Each time you put on these charms and pendants adjacent to your culture you wear an old look in a graceful manner. Traditional earrings are also one such type of ethnic necklaces that can remind you about the culture you belong to, over and over again. They are also fashionable and bear the reflection of your heritage so that you can feel your nearness towards it. Ethnic necklaces comprises of the colorful beaded necklace, crystal necklace, simple gold chains with heart pendants on them, Lariat necklaces, Sapphire Pendants and lots more.
The specialty that makes ethnic necklaces so close to the heart even after the large-scale promotion of the other types of necklaces is the essence of any particular region that these necklaces carry. The tribal in the African forests since a long time back has been creating masterpieces out of the colorful stones that existed in nature. They have now learnt to use their immense creativity to draw out figures and images on these stones boosting their demand. Similar to that Indians are also known for the ethnic items that are created in the cottage industries. The technologically sound western people, being impressed by the charm of the Indian and African designs, bag variety of items in loads. Bead works on the jewelry is a specialty among the Americans who consider these beads as one of the essential items to decorate their fashionable necklaces. Every region and culture has got its individual sense of jewelry making where necklace is the keystone. Precious stones and metals like, diamond, platinum and gold are also the favorites of women. But the ceramic, glass and beaded items are getting a lot of popularity, nowadays. If they have flair for ethnicity then the hype generated, increases.
Ethnic necklaces are lustrous if they are handmade with finer works of art embedded on them. The Tibetan necklaces are usually used as the fashionable jewelry with the wrappers and long skirts. Some people also prefer to put them on with light colored Capri. Huge pendant with big coffee colored beads inserted into it and frames with silver can be an exclusive collection of the tribal necklace that almost all prefer to wear. With the increasing demand of the ethnic jewelry, a number of efficient designers are also cropping up in almost all the corners of the world. They are trying to implement their best effort to produce something unique and worthwhile. Beads of glass, spildle whorls and brass surrounding the antique beads can look amazing when organized together in the right way possible. The Arabian people prefer carnelian beads that are excavated near Timbactu. These are cheaper as per the material used in concerned but prices when the craft is valued. Contemporary beads from places like Amsterdam and Chili can also create some of the exclusive ethnic necklaces.
Garnet and pearl is a fusion collection of some of the exclusive necklaces that are found in almost all designer shops. Pearl is primarily used in southern India while garnet is more English. Their combination can produce a radiant looking ethnic necklace that can make the lady more gorgeous. Lily, one of the most essential components of Minoan Civilization can be styled in such a fashionable way that it would ensemble the thoughts, ideas and features of civilization in every aspect. As people of this civilization depicted their women in every creation of art, necklaces and other jewelries were also included in the series. Belly dance that is practiced in almost all the parts of the west Asia including Egypt makes use of the ethnic necklaces of golden coins arranged in the series to create a V shape. This is popular among the women of that region and is also gradually percolating in the other countries. Women of the present generation are however getting fascinated by the charming contemporary ethnic necklace. Outstanding ethnic Copper Pendant on multi-strand necklace can enhance your look brightening up the way you look.
Among all other jewelries that a woman wear necklace is considered to be the most beautifying one. The elegance that it bears is simply incomparable. It is definitely a matter to wonder that a simple necklace can speak a lot about the culture, heritage and craftsmanship of the people of the region to which it belongs. Be it a square cut shell, ceramic ball, bones or garnet, everything can be molded into a set of fashion jewelry. Ethnic necklaces can never become outdated. The fashion that they hold in them will remain evergreen for ages. Though not precious but they carry the fragrance of the people who have created it. Those materials that are available in the nature become the basis of their creativity. A section has ample access to the shell near the sea that they tie beautifully to create ethnic necklace while those in the desert collect unique stones for their necklace and those in the forest can get a mileage for collecting wood to create mind blowing works on them. Natural stones inlay in any ethnic style can also make the jewelry extremely wonderful. Necklaces of this sort look delightful and amazingly stunning. These region- specific necklaces are now being exchanged all over the world to bring a change in style statement for a better look.
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Friday, April 18, 2008
How can I pick the right leadership training program?
Leadership covers a vast range of specific skill-sets, almost all of which come under the heading of what trainers call "far transfer training." That means that you have to go all the way back and use them on the job to learn them completely. With that in mind, here are my recommendations for choosing a good program for you.
Specific Skill Areas
Forget about those general leadership workshops that cover everything. Instead, pick a program that will develop a specific skill or set of skills that you need. Here are some general skill areas.
The transition to leadership. Dealing with your boss. Understanding people. Communication. Managing performance. Coaching. Networking. Law. Personal Productivity.
Make sure you pick a workshop that will let you practice skills the way you ll use them on the job. Ropes courses, cooking and other novelty programs may be fun but they don t leave you with much you can use when you get back to work.
When you research potential workshops, write out your own statement of what you ll learn from each workshop you re considering. That way you can determine if there will be specific and helpful learning and if the learning will help you achieve your personal development goals.
Format
A good workshop should have conceptual learning, assessment, and role practice in the specific skill area. You ll learn the most at courses where you learn through exercises, rather than through lecture.
For example, in many leadership workshops, the instructor will tell you what the traits of a great leader are. In my workshops, and many others, you d work with others in the class to develop a list of such traits. Then the instructor might help you understand how your list compares to the results of research studies.
Sometimes there s no alternative to some form of lecture to get information from the instructor s head to your own. When that s the case, ask how many concrete examples will be used. As human beings, we re wired to learn best from concrete examples.
Don t be shy about finding out in advance how instruction is handled. It can be the difference between a workshop that helps you develop and one that s a waste of time and money.
Follow-Up
A good program will provide you with something you can use after you get back to work. This is important because you ll never remember everything you learned at the training program.
There should be some kind of follow-up to help you apply what you ve learned when you re back on the job and then improve your ability over time. That may involve evaluation by an expert or by your peers, or perhaps even your subordinates.
Reminders can be helpful, too. They can be as simple as an outline of what to do or a checklist. Or as elaborate as a series of computer-based job aids.
You can make up your own job aids to help you. Try putting key points or lists of the steps in a process on individual index cards and then carrying those cards with you. Making up the cards is a good review and the cards can be really helpful when you don t have your full notes handy.
Critique Your Own Performance
No matter how good the program is, it s up to you to do your own follow up and take charge of your own development. I suggest to trainees of mine that every time they apply what they ve learned in the program, they answer the following questions in writing.
What was the situation? What did I do and why? How did I do it? What happened? How will I do things differently next time?
The "writing" doesn t have to be much, just enough to provide thought discipline. You ll be amazed at how much this simple practice can increase your learning.
Most leadership training will be more effective if you have a mentor or peer to discuss things with when you get back on the job. Plan to do that.
Well-chosen and effective leadership training can help you become the leader you want to be. Poorly chosen or ineffective training is a waste of time and money. It s your responsibility to choose the leadership training programs that meet your needs.
Wally Bock helps organizations improve productivity and morale. He is the author of Performance Talk. He writes the Three Star Leadership Blog, coaches individual managers, and is a popular speaker at meetings and conferences. Click here to request a free copy of Wally s Workshop Evaluation Grid.
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Specific Skill Areas
Forget about those general leadership workshops that cover everything. Instead, pick a program that will develop a specific skill or set of skills that you need. Here are some general skill areas.
The transition to leadership. Dealing with your boss. Understanding people. Communication. Managing performance. Coaching. Networking. Law. Personal Productivity.
Make sure you pick a workshop that will let you practice skills the way you ll use them on the job. Ropes courses, cooking and other novelty programs may be fun but they don t leave you with much you can use when you get back to work.
When you research potential workshops, write out your own statement of what you ll learn from each workshop you re considering. That way you can determine if there will be specific and helpful learning and if the learning will help you achieve your personal development goals.
Format
A good workshop should have conceptual learning, assessment, and role practice in the specific skill area. You ll learn the most at courses where you learn through exercises, rather than through lecture.
For example, in many leadership workshops, the instructor will tell you what the traits of a great leader are. In my workshops, and many others, you d work with others in the class to develop a list of such traits. Then the instructor might help you understand how your list compares to the results of research studies.
Sometimes there s no alternative to some form of lecture to get information from the instructor s head to your own. When that s the case, ask how many concrete examples will be used. As human beings, we re wired to learn best from concrete examples.
Don t be shy about finding out in advance how instruction is handled. It can be the difference between a workshop that helps you develop and one that s a waste of time and money.
Follow-Up
A good program will provide you with something you can use after you get back to work. This is important because you ll never remember everything you learned at the training program.
There should be some kind of follow-up to help you apply what you ve learned when you re back on the job and then improve your ability over time. That may involve evaluation by an expert or by your peers, or perhaps even your subordinates.
Reminders can be helpful, too. They can be as simple as an outline of what to do or a checklist. Or as elaborate as a series of computer-based job aids.
You can make up your own job aids to help you. Try putting key points or lists of the steps in a process on individual index cards and then carrying those cards with you. Making up the cards is a good review and the cards can be really helpful when you don t have your full notes handy.
Critique Your Own Performance
No matter how good the program is, it s up to you to do your own follow up and take charge of your own development. I suggest to trainees of mine that every time they apply what they ve learned in the program, they answer the following questions in writing.
What was the situation? What did I do and why? How did I do it? What happened? How will I do things differently next time?
The "writing" doesn t have to be much, just enough to provide thought discipline. You ll be amazed at how much this simple practice can increase your learning.
Most leadership training will be more effective if you have a mentor or peer to discuss things with when you get back on the job. Plan to do that.
Well-chosen and effective leadership training can help you become the leader you want to be. Poorly chosen or ineffective training is a waste of time and money. It s your responsibility to choose the leadership training programs that meet your needs.
Wally Bock helps organizations improve productivity and morale. He is the author of Performance Talk. He writes the Three Star Leadership Blog, coaches individual managers, and is a popular speaker at meetings and conferences. Click here to request a free copy of Wally s Workshop Evaluation Grid.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Using Joint Ventures to Build Your Opt-In List
I know you have heard it a gazillion times: The Money Is in the List. Well that is easy for those to say that have the huge opt-in lists already. In fact you are probably on several of those lists. But what can you do to get your own opt-in list started or growing? There are unlimited numbers of experts who will let you in on their secret list building secrets. The catch is that most want to charge you for the information. While some of their techniques do produce results, there is an easier and cheaper way to start growing your own opt-in list. I use joint ventures to encourage people to give up their name and email address.
There are two kinds of joint ventures. One is where you actually mail another person s offer in exchange for the same from them. More or less this type of joint venture is a partnership. The other type of joint venture is the one I use. This is where you sign-up as a joint venture partner and provide a gift to give away to anyone who is interested. So how do you get people on your list by giving them a gift? The short answer is that to get your gift, they must provide you with their name and email address. So for every person that wants your gift, your opt-in list has grown by one. And every time your list grows by one, your online business has just acquired a new customer.
You should always strive to give away good gifts. Some joint ventures will require that the gift be a certain dollar value. The problem with most joint ventures is that they tend to offer the same products over and over. So when participating in a JV, try to offer different products. If you are just starting out with your online business and you don t have anything to offer, then sign up for one download some free gifts and then begin giving those away. Always make sure that the product is allowed to be given away. Some contributors will state in the opening page of the e-book that the book is not to be given away. Always respect the wishes of the author of the e-book, software or membership. To do otherwise will get you nowhere quick.
To collect the recipient s name and email address, I use a lead capture page. This page is tied to my autoresponder. In my case I require the person verify they requested the info before sending them my first email which includes the link of the item they requested. It sounds a bit complicated, but after a couple of times you will be capturing more names and email addresses for your online business than you ever thought possible. And it is totally FREE. Joint ventures are truly one of the last best free resources for growing your online business. So the best way to learn is to just jump in and sign-up for the first one.
There are usually several jvs working at any given time. Once you get started, you will be receiving invitations regularly so I always keep a folder full of freebies. I even list all the current joint venture give-aways I am aware of on my website. This is a great way to help those on your list stay up to speed on the latest and greatest ventures.
One final note about joint ventures: Most only last for a limited time and the more people you send to the site that sign-up, the higher up the list your product is placed. So it is in your best interest to promote the venture in order for you to get your gift ranked as high as possible. If you don t have a list to promote to at first, don t panic. You can use safelists or other ads to promote. Once you get your list established, just send out the promotion to your lists and repeat the process over and over.
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There are two kinds of joint ventures. One is where you actually mail another person s offer in exchange for the same from them. More or less this type of joint venture is a partnership. The other type of joint venture is the one I use. This is where you sign-up as a joint venture partner and provide a gift to give away to anyone who is interested. So how do you get people on your list by giving them a gift? The short answer is that to get your gift, they must provide you with their name and email address. So for every person that wants your gift, your opt-in list has grown by one. And every time your list grows by one, your online business has just acquired a new customer.
You should always strive to give away good gifts. Some joint ventures will require that the gift be a certain dollar value. The problem with most joint ventures is that they tend to offer the same products over and over. So when participating in a JV, try to offer different products. If you are just starting out with your online business and you don t have anything to offer, then sign up for one download some free gifts and then begin giving those away. Always make sure that the product is allowed to be given away. Some contributors will state in the opening page of the e-book that the book is not to be given away. Always respect the wishes of the author of the e-book, software or membership. To do otherwise will get you nowhere quick.
To collect the recipient s name and email address, I use a lead capture page. This page is tied to my autoresponder. In my case I require the person verify they requested the info before sending them my first email which includes the link of the item they requested. It sounds a bit complicated, but after a couple of times you will be capturing more names and email addresses for your online business than you ever thought possible. And it is totally FREE. Joint ventures are truly one of the last best free resources for growing your online business. So the best way to learn is to just jump in and sign-up for the first one.
There are usually several jvs working at any given time. Once you get started, you will be receiving invitations regularly so I always keep a folder full of freebies. I even list all the current joint venture give-aways I am aware of on my website. This is a great way to help those on your list stay up to speed on the latest and greatest ventures.
One final note about joint ventures: Most only last for a limited time and the more people you send to the site that sign-up, the higher up the list your product is placed. So it is in your best interest to promote the venture in order for you to get your gift ranked as high as possible. If you don t have a list to promote to at first, don t panic. You can use safelists or other ads to promote. Once you get your list established, just send out the promotion to your lists and repeat the process over and over.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Home Theater Decorating Tips For Comfort And Function
A home theater needs to be functional before it s anything else. Those who have put in the expense to build a "theater" in their home need to be sure the sound and visual and placement of seating is just right before they ll delve into decorating, but when that time comes, there are some tips to add to the room aesthetically without taking away any of the functionality.
A room of this sort is bound to have floor speakers, and speakers that surround your peripherals and centrally located speakers for both the front and back of the sitting area. In some of the newer homes or the more expensive remodels, some, if not all, of these speakers may be placed in the walls of the home. Yet usually the floor speakers will remain out and near the television. The tops of which may be a prime opportunity for knickknacks when decorating. There may be shelving on the walls in this room for speakers or for remote controls. Those shelves are also a great place for decorative touches.
A typical theater room is designed something like this: The television is centrally located either mounted on the wall or standing just in front of it. There are floor speakers on either side of the television and another smaller speaker centrally located above the TV. There will be more speakers either mounted or on stands placed on either side of the seating area and one more speaker centrally located behind the seating area. Finally, there will be a special speaker called a subwoofer placed somewhere to the side of the seating area. The seating area is located around what some refer to as the "sweet spot" because during the action scenes in intense movies when the music swells, the vibrations of that sound are felt in the seating area. All of this is necessary for the functionality of the theater room. What s left is what you have to decorate.
In order to keep the functionality of a theater room, you must realize that the room needs to be dark. This is no room for growing plants or bright colors painted on the wall. Rich earthy tones will work here. Along with this, keep knickknacks to a minimum. This room is for viewing the television, not your china collection. Do not place fragile things in this room. There will be much vibration in this room and that may cause a fragile item to fall from its perch and break. Keep your decor simple here. Use rugs to add color to the room and hang pictures to add depth to the walls. Do not clutter up this room with much more than this.
Before anything else, a home theater needs to be functional. If you ll also entertain in this room, keep your decor to a minimum and use unbreakable items. Add color through the means discussed above and be okay with a sparsely decorated room. It will provide much enjoyment and sometimes simple really is best.
Article written by Lee Dobbins.
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A room of this sort is bound to have floor speakers, and speakers that surround your peripherals and centrally located speakers for both the front and back of the sitting area. In some of the newer homes or the more expensive remodels, some, if not all, of these speakers may be placed in the walls of the home. Yet usually the floor speakers will remain out and near the television. The tops of which may be a prime opportunity for knickknacks when decorating. There may be shelving on the walls in this room for speakers or for remote controls. Those shelves are also a great place for decorative touches.
A typical theater room is designed something like this: The television is centrally located either mounted on the wall or standing just in front of it. There are floor speakers on either side of the television and another smaller speaker centrally located above the TV. There will be more speakers either mounted or on stands placed on either side of the seating area and one more speaker centrally located behind the seating area. Finally, there will be a special speaker called a subwoofer placed somewhere to the side of the seating area. The seating area is located around what some refer to as the "sweet spot" because during the action scenes in intense movies when the music swells, the vibrations of that sound are felt in the seating area. All of this is necessary for the functionality of the theater room. What s left is what you have to decorate.
In order to keep the functionality of a theater room, you must realize that the room needs to be dark. This is no room for growing plants or bright colors painted on the wall. Rich earthy tones will work here. Along with this, keep knickknacks to a minimum. This room is for viewing the television, not your china collection. Do not place fragile things in this room. There will be much vibration in this room and that may cause a fragile item to fall from its perch and break. Keep your decor simple here. Use rugs to add color to the room and hang pictures to add depth to the walls. Do not clutter up this room with much more than this.
Before anything else, a home theater needs to be functional. If you ll also entertain in this room, keep your decor to a minimum and use unbreakable items. Add color through the means discussed above and be okay with a sparsely decorated room. It will provide much enjoyment and sometimes simple really is best.
Article written by Lee Dobbins.
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