Social Media help or not?

Hi all



Would like to know how to use SNS, YouTube and twitter to support your business?



How many social media do you use everyday?



Do you use facebook,twitter and blog to promote your business?


I am using blog and SNS.

So far none of business are coming from thoese sources.


According to the independent professionals we have to improve the profiles and blogs.

Those social media can show your opinions, values and your own way of thinking.

It help for many business person who wants to connect the counter-party more.


The more they know about you, the better they can work with you.


So far I am writing one blog in English and two blogs in Japanese.

As you notice, I am not good at keeping update everything.

Some of my friends recommend me some ways to do it.

So I will try those ideas.



Regards

All my friends made my prosperous life

Hi,there.

I hope that every one are enjoying summer.

I just noticed one thing yesterday.

Speaking only one language make our world very small.

But if we understand unversal language (I meant) English world is getting bigger.

I am using three SNSs. Two of them are in Japanese and one of them is in English.

Facebook is one of them and this service made me connect so many friends of mine lost in touch many years.

But most of re-connected friends made me what I am now. They influenced me a lot and made me learned many things.

Especially friends from other countries taught me many things; culture differences, values and language.

That is one of reason why I am very flexible and adaptable to other cultures.

I know that I am a little bid show-off in speaking various language.

But it helped me a lot in career and private.

Our society are built based on the communications and people connections.

Without those simple things we can not eat and live.

Let's talk more.

Let's ask questions to others.

It will lead you prosperous life.

What kind of question would you ask?

Everyday is actually lucky day

Hi, everyone.


I am still on track.

Now I am enjoying hot summer weather in Tokyo.



Summer always reminds my young days.

There were so many good memories, such as Regge festival in Yomiuri land, fireworks, bar-hopping and going to the beaches.


Early 20's I partied a lot, almost every weekend.

It has been twenty years already since my craziest time.

Last three years my view toward the life has been changed.

Especially after I was diagnosed colon cancer and went through the operation and chemo, everyday sound great to me.

It makes me think about the life.

Now I am trying to live fully.

Another day of the life is a lucky gift for me.

I appreciated the people I met today.

regards

Hi, everyone.

It is very nice cozy weather weekend in Tokyo.

How is yours?

Ever since I came back from Singapore 12 years, my life was force to be very Japanese.

Friends around me expected me to do the same things even I don't want to do.

Even if I said to them "No" nicely, they put me the label "Gaijin".

People in Japan are often called that way.

But not many foreign nationals don't know what the word exact meaning.

It literally means "Alien". This expressinsion implies many meaning.

It can be "You are outsider."

It can be "you are not belonging here."

It is very unfortunate that still many shops in Japan show the sign "Gaijin Okotowari".

Without people support and help we can't build our society. If the society accept this kind of ideas, it turn off the people who came from other countries.

Our present legal systems are not easy for people from other countries.

There are so many procedures and steps to have legal rights to stay here.

But once you are getting married with Japanese nationals. It becomes much easier.

It became the loop hole in legal systems.

People who wants to work here or stay here are willing to take easy actions.

Purchasing the marriage.

Getting married with Japanese nationals and acquire the marriage status then can work or study here.

Obviously the number of fake marriages are increasing.

Legal and social system are not working well any more.

Under these situations Japanese government decided to Chinese people can come as individual tourist here in Japan.

I am confused.

Because the government allowed the social atomosphere and people have the discrimination against the foreign nationals.

But the same time promote chinese people to come over Japan.

Wait a second, do the government really think about those.

I think that is total wrong ideas.


Let the policy easier towards other countries nationals who loves Japan more.

I believe it may help the future of our country.


Regards

Translation is not my job

You already knew that I am providing the speeches and the trainings to the organization.

Right now most of my works have done in Japanese.

Last year I had only three sessions in English.

Prior to the training, I usually have the meeting and the consultation with the management.

Those parts are usually held in English.

As the result, I have to prepare the document in both languages.

I am professional trainer, facilitator and speaker.

I am not translator or intepreter.

So it is tough to explain or tell them in both languages.


Most of my HRD theories and methodologies are learned in English.


So some of translations widely used in Japanese don't fit to my understanding.

If I am facing these sitations, I spend the more time to explain.


For exapmle we are using the term "talent management" in HRD professionals.

But it means actors agents in Japanese.

If we are using the term "job engagement", people may misunderstand that employees in the organization fell in love and going to get married.

Some English expressions are used totally different from original meaning.

So we have to be very careful in wording.


I need more deep understanding in both languages.



Regards