I skipped a heart beat the moment I landed up with two other team mates on Mumbai Airport at 1:00 am on June 7, 2008. It was raining cats and dogs and the airport has turned into a huge but shallow pond. If it continues who will come to the event for which we were working for the last one month, namely, Moderators Union.
All those late night meetings for defining process of registrations, invitations, devising communication strategy, planning, goodies shopping, everything seems to be floating away with the empty paper cups near the coffee vending machine at the airport.
Thanks to the spirit of Mumbai and Mumbaikars (as they rightly say the city just never stops) we had an amazing turnaround at the event and the event was HOUSEFUL! :)
All those late night meetings for defining process of registrations, invitations, devising communication strategy, planning, goodies shopping, everything seems to be floating away with the empty paper cups near the coffee vending machine at the airport.
Thanks to the spirit of Mumbai and Mumbaikars (as they rightly say the city just never stops) we had an amazing turnaround at the event and the event was HOUSEFUL! :)
As usual we started the event with an official welcome from IM Swaminathan, Director Communication and Community Products, Yahoo! India and then came the most interesting part of the event – Moderators Introduction.
I was so touched after listening to each and every moderator, after realizing their enthusiasm for being on stage and speaking publicly for the first time in their life, after witnessing their passion for the cause for which they are running their respective group and above all after feeling their love for Yahoo! and me. Without any hesitation, I can proudly say that I am one of those few lucky ones who got the opportunity to receive an ocean of love in a four hour event. Some of the feedbacks have really touched my heart and soul.
After four rounds of introductions with interesting quiz and cool prizes, Raj Reddy, Product Manager Yahoo! Groups from Sunnyvale, US has given the updates on upcoming features in Yahoo! Group and two brand new Yahoo! India products were showcased to moderators. Yahoo! India Local and new Yahoo! India Search called Glue.
We wrapped up the event with even more goodies and a sumptuous dinner.
Special thanks to Dr. Leo Rebello, who distributed his book on Yoga to every moderator.
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4 comments:
wish i was there :D
missed being part f event :)
Even we missed the smart guy who collected most of the goodies last time - this time there were more and better goodies :)
I am sure you would have taken half of them ;)
It was really a Grand event that took place at sahara star hotel & it was so enchanting than the
last event at bangalore, You are doing some great job in Yahoo india & i must also thank you for giving me a chance to share my experience with some older ppls & i was happy to hear from some moderators that they started their group for some noble cause like DR.abhishek having group dealing with blood banks etc & some unique group like the bike normads , illaiyaraja,The_development_cafe, i was lucky to have look at product launch of Yahoo! locals
,Really i had nice time there, once Again Thanks for inviting us to such a grand event .
Thanks a lot for your kind words Arun :)
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