On January 25, 2010, I took stage at the INSPIRE International Media Seminar 2010 at MOP Vaishnav College, Chennai to speak on Corporate Communications to an audience drawn from India and Asia. The theme of my presentation read: Corporate Communications and the Media Industry - The Road through 2010... and Beyond.
Anywhere in the world, you will find that the most searching questions come from the keenest minds: students. INSPIRE exemplified that spirit of enquiry. Every presentation I experienced was rich with insight and exchange. In a three part presentation—video, presentation and podcast—I spoke on the emergence of Corporate Communications and its strategic importance in our new era.
The key take-away for me were the rich insights and ideas that students brought to the platform of interaction that INSPIRE was. Beyond its global panel of speakers, INSPIRE drew the likes of N. Ram, Chief Editor, The Hindu (India's National Newspaper), Srinivasan Jain, Managing Editor, NDTV (One of India's top Broadcasters) and Vijay Xavier, Vice President, Lintas Lowe (One of India's premier advertising agencies). And, the iconic Mr. Parthasarthy, who inspires us in his 92nd year with his youthful spirit of learning and enquiry.
Kudos to the Management and Faculty of MOP Vaishnav College--its dynamic School for Communication and Media Studies--for the Vision to realize INSPIRE!
