Nandini Shastry

Nandini Shastry is the CEO of Brainy Betty, Inc. and Intellipodcast, Inc. She formerly worked for Honeywell in the areas of IT and e-learning. She was also a political columnist for The Ashland Daily Independent, an associate editor at Onward magazine, and a Prentice-Hall Business author of 2 books. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her technical and creative writing; is a dynamic public speaker; and is very well versed in internet technology, internet marketing, and new media. Innovative, creative, and intelligent, Nandini is passionate about learning new things and helping others do the same. She excels at helping businesses and individuals take advantage of the marketing and knowledge-sharing opportunities of new media. Her work has been featured on NBC's The Office, PC Magazine, and other publications and media and she has been interviewed by John Assaraf (of the movie The Secret) and also by Stephan Jacob (LITR radio). Both media has been captured and can be found at her online press kit site. Her online presskit is available at http://www.brainybetty.presskit247.com/index.asp. She graduated Cum Laude from Marshall University with a major in Public Administration and minors in Sociology, Economics and English Literature. Topics Detail: Building Community: Nandini Shastry will discuss how developing connections and building virtual communities can both grow a business and facilitate understanding among individuals. 5 Simple Steps to Marketing Your Site: With the economy diving, it is more important than ever for businesses to find ways to effectively and inexpensively market their products and services. Nandini will offer 5 simple lessons on how businesses can use the internet to do just that. Virtual Companies: More and more companies are operating virtually. Nandini can explain how virtual companies function and how they can use new media and internet technology to work more efficiently and effectively. Teaching and Learning: Everyone has some knowledge to share with the world. Nandini Shastry will explain how new media gives people around the world the opportunity to share with and learn from others. Podcasting and Vodcasting Basics: Millions of people have iPods, and this offers a tremendous marketing and exposure opportunity for businesses, teachers, musicians, and more. Nandini will explain the basics of how to create and upload podcasts and vodcasts, as well as how to get them into the 7 million + audience of the iTunes directory. Generation Y Employees: Generation Y is forcing great change in the business world. Nandini will share what companies can do to bring in (and retain)Gen Y. Future Trends in Technology: An Internet technology and new media expert, Nandini Shastry has watched the technology evolve and is uniquely qualified to discuss future trends. New Media: Podcasting, vodcasting, social networking. What is all this stuff, anyway? Nandini will explain what it all is, how it works, and how it can benefit both individuals, non profit organizations, educational institutions and businesses.