It's hard to get back into a normal routine after such an amazing weekend. But fun ends eventually and work begins again. Mike and I were back into the office with training sessions, information sharing sessions, emails to answer, etc. Luckily, it was a pretty light day.
One interesting event occurred today. Mike and I were guest judges for Global Village. Global Village is an opportunity for TCS associates to learn more about different topics pertaining to the work they do for Nielsen. They build teams and then create presentations about a new topic each time. This time, each team had to research Advertising in the specific country they support and put together a presentation, along with visuals, to share the information they learned. There were teams from 10 different TCS process teams supporting different groups within Nielsen from Emerging Businesses (my group) to Retail Measurement in Switzerland, Germany and France.
We listened to each of the 10 groups present for about 5 minutes. We were asked to judge each presentation on Quality of Content, Creativity, Presentation and Quality of Visuals. Each team had a very unique take on the topic. We learned about 'hoarding' which is a new word to us but not a new concept. It basically means all the different eye-catching outdoor advertising along the street, sidewalk, etc. We also learned that Switzerland is the largest consumer of print media and that most Swiss people still get the newspaper and several magazines. We learned about the history and evolution of the Mall. It was informative and entertaining.
One of the teams representing Emerging Businesses did their presentation on the Super Bowl and tied it to the Indian Premiere League (cricket). They built a stadium with all the different types of advertising - on the field, on the big screen TVs, on the boards around the field. Each of them dressed in an American flag bandanna. One even dressed up like Ronald McDonald. They did a great job! I love my team!
After work, Mike and I took the leadership team to dinner. We went to a concept restaurant called Barbecue Nation. Upon walking into the restaurant, I thought I was home. It smelled like a backyard barbecue - all smoky goodness. We ordered some mocktails (remember Vadodara is a dry state) and then began munching on the fantastic grilled food - both veg and non-veg. The food was delicious and the company was excellent. We have a great leadership team here!
Kind of an uneventful day today but tomorrow will be full of new stories, I'm confident of it.
Namaste
One interesting event occurred today. Mike and I were guest judges for Global Village. Global Village is an opportunity for TCS associates to learn more about different topics pertaining to the work they do for Nielsen. They build teams and then create presentations about a new topic each time. This time, each team had to research Advertising in the specific country they support and put together a presentation, along with visuals, to share the information they learned. There were teams from 10 different TCS process teams supporting different groups within Nielsen from Emerging Businesses (my group) to Retail Measurement in Switzerland, Germany and France.
We listened to each of the 10 groups present for about 5 minutes. We were asked to judge each presentation on Quality of Content, Creativity, Presentation and Quality of Visuals. Each team had a very unique take on the topic. We learned about 'hoarding' which is a new word to us but not a new concept. It basically means all the different eye-catching outdoor advertising along the street, sidewalk, etc. We also learned that Switzerland is the largest consumer of print media and that most Swiss people still get the newspaper and several magazines. We learned about the history and evolution of the Mall. It was informative and entertaining.
One of the teams representing Emerging Businesses did their presentation on the Super Bowl and tied it to the Indian Premiere League (cricket). They built a stadium with all the different types of advertising - on the field, on the big screen TVs, on the boards around the field. Each of them dressed in an American flag bandanna. One even dressed up like Ronald McDonald. They did a great job! I love my team!
After work, Mike and I took the leadership team to dinner. We went to a concept restaurant called Barbecue Nation. Upon walking into the restaurant, I thought I was home. It smelled like a backyard barbecue - all smoky goodness. We ordered some mocktails (remember Vadodara is a dry state) and then began munching on the fantastic grilled food - both veg and non-veg. The food was delicious and the company was excellent. We have a great leadership team here!
Kind of an uneventful day today but tomorrow will be full of new stories, I'm confident of it.
Namaste
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