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Kanara Entrepreneurs reaches out to global community via webinar during lockdown

  •   Mon, May 18 2020 10:05:43 AM

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Bengaluru, May 18: While lockdown has impacted lives in many ways, one of its positive impacts is in the area of technology adoption. Zoom calls are now common across family circles. Some families and friends are beating the lockdown blues with Ludo King and other online mobile games.

Considering the additional time, suddenly available at the disposal of its members, during the lockdown, Kanara Entrepreneurs (KE), a nonprofit organization having its chapters in Dubai and Bengaluru, came up with a brilliant idea of educating its members with online Webinars on different business, professional and social topics. Additionally there were chapters held specifically about the impact on business post Covid, stress management and getting back into business after the economic impact of the lockdown.

After the initial success and great feedback from members, KE global board went one step ahead and opened these sessions to entire community. Many community members from Mangaluru, Bengaluru, Mumbai and other parts of India as well as NRIs living across the Middle-East, Europe, Australia, Singapore and US also started logging in and getting hooked on the KE webinars during this global lockdown.

The webinar topics have been relevant and timely and during these 7 weeks of lockdown, KE conducted 10 webinars successfully, reaching out more than 5000 people across the globe and had 3230 registrations for these webinars. All this was done on an honorary basis thereby displaying the spirit of social responsibility by KE.

List of webinars:

1. Working From Home: Challenges & Solutions
2. Effectiveness of Digital Marketing of Startups and SMEs
3. Where should I put my money, Now?
4. Real Estate & Hospitality sector prospects post lockdown
5. Covid-19 & Beyond - The HR Perspective
6. Lockdown impact on Industries and Businesses - A Panel Discussion
7. Sensex - What next (Navigating stock markets....)
8. How to Communicate Confidently in Times of Crisis
9. Mental balance and health during turbulent times
10. Christian Succession Rules and the Importance of Wills

KE got an excellent support from all Christian organizations in promoting these webinars including FKCA Global and its member associations, Dimensions Mumbai and Rachana in Mangaluru.

Archbishop of Bangalore Dr Peter Machado hailed the initiative taken by KE and sent a video message with his blessings to KE and all the attendees. He also leveraged this platform and requested attendees to contribute towards archdiocese initiatives reaching out to the poor and the daily laborers impacted by the lockdown.

Given the partial relaxations in lockdown, KE has reduced the frequency of webinars to once a week, Saturdays 6pm to 7:30pm IST. Ivan Fernandes, KE Global Chairman, who started this non-profit organization 16 years ago in Dubai, feels this is a platform for entrepreneurs and professionals to network and benefit from each other’s knowledge, connections and referrals. KE has around 255 members in its Bengaluru chapter and close to 100 members in Dubai chapter. It has concrete plans to start a new chapter in New York / New Jersey / Philadelphia and other parts of the globe.

These webinars are arranged and profoundly moderated by Pramod D’Souza, associate director KE Bengaluru. KE has been continuously striving to reach out, support, guide and encourage the community members who are yearning to carve out a niche for themselves in various business enterprises.

 

 
  

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  • Mrs.Jane Lobo, Pune , Maharashtra.

    Tue, May 19 2020

    Mr.Robinsons webinar was very enlightening , it gave us an insight of how important making a "Will" could be and how beneficial it can be for us.
    His expertise and relevant examples , give us an better understanding and cleared all our doubts . Thankyou KEL for such an insightful and informative seminar.

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  • Neal Machado, Mangalore / Dubai

    Tue, May 19 2020

    An quick initiative to turn a threat into opportunity by going digital in today's challenging enviroment. Very helpful insights shared by guest and team members for the benefit of members. Kudos to the KEL team for their time and effort in arranging various topics of diversified nature. Great Going KEL team..and keep up the good work

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  • Jane lobo, Pune

    Tue, May 19 2020

    Mr.Robinsons webinar was very enlightening..It gave us an insight of how important making a "will" could be & how beneficialit can be for us . His expertise & relevant examples , gave us better understanding & cleared all our doubts.Thank you Kanara Enterprisesfor such a insightful & informative webinar...

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  • Prince Pinto, Mangalore

    Tue, May 19 2020

    I am Prince, founder of My Road Runner, Mangalore's Start up having Supper App dealing with home delivery and home services.

    It’s been an amazing experience with KE. It’s been 4 years of my entreprenial journey.Since 6 months I have been associated with KE and the support given by KE is priceless. One of the best organisation and proud to be a part of it. I have been really one of the lucky to know and be a part of a group of people where each one is selfless and tremendously helping a startup grow.

    I am so blessed to have such a valuable mentoring from day one and I owe my society a lot to share and help others in future.

    The webinar were really well planned and must needed topics were covered and inputs were a real boost to learn and adopt and grow with time.
    Especially topics covered by Mr. Ivan Fernandes on digital marketing has solved a million hours for My Road Runner..

    I am truly inspired and I request all fellow entrepreneurs to join hands and grow together joining our organisation and get access to large knowledge pool and warm welcome by members and seasoned entrepreneurs who can help you shape your future and to lead a better tomorrow..

    Once again thanks to KE, Special thanks to Pramod D'Souza Ivan Fernandes, Roshan D'Silva and Rohit Fernandes.

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  • Arun Dsouza, Mangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    I am proud of Kanara Entrepreneur organization during this difficult time they come up with above mentioned webinars which are addressing social awareness. Even they are interacting with Q & A session too.
    Thank you all!!

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  • Leslie Quadros, Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    I’ve been tremendously blessed to receive some rich content in this lockdown. Thanks to the Board Members of KE who are constantly making this happen.
    Way to go Daji for featuring KE

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  • Clarence Pereira, Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    What better way than to share knowledge and information during the lock down. Excellent topics and great knowledge sharing. Robinson D'Souza's webinar on Wills was a must see. For those who missed out, please check it out. There is no right time to make a Will. Just do it.
    A big thank you to KE for organizing this.

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  • Rohit, Mangaluru

    Mon, May 18 2020

    It would be great if we could get to watch these webinars now to those of us who missed the earlier webinars. Please provide the links for each of these webinars. Good initiative.

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  • Ivan Fernandes, Ashoknagar / Dubai

    Tue, May 19 2020

    Kindly forward your request to chairman@keglobal.org with the topics that you would like to watch from the list of webinars in the article. We will be more than happy to send you the links to the recordings.

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  • Royden Lobo, Dubai

    Mon, May 18 2020

    KEL leadership and members have always been organizing and engaging the community here in Dubai and Karnataka. Now in these Covid times, they have been even more engaged with regular webinars, these are very effective and a great learning. Being a well-diversified group, means it is easy to get help from fellow members and have your questions answered. It is a privilege being part of KEL.

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  • Stan D Souza, Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    Very informative webinar sessions by KE enabling an opportunity to utilize the lock down time in enhancing knowledge on key topics. Well presented and apt for the time. I am sure many must have taken advantage of these sessions. I think post Covid 19 much of the learning will happen in this mode and KE has set the ball rolling.

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  • Philip Pais, Puttur/Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    This is a great initiative by KE . Highly knowledgeably webinar sessions and specially very helpful during the time of lock-down period . I am proud to be a KE member.
    Thanks to Daijiworld for sharing this news.

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  • Leena, Loreto/Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    During this crucial time, when the whole world is on its knees, having a positive attitude only is the biggest weapon to sail through. Thank you Kanara Entrepreneurs for this initiative which kept us connected with the right knowledge and community spirit. In addition to this, KE's timely response to join hands with the Archbishop for the supply of essential commodities to the needy is commendable. Giving back to the Society - through various initiatives like Entrepreneurship courses for budding entrepreneurs, mentoring sessions, imparting knowledge to the members, stakeholders and society, and now these webinar series have added one more feather in KE's cap.

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  • Vivek Cornelio, Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    This is a brilliant initiative. I am a beneficiary of the online sessions being held. This is really very helpful to budding entrepreneurs. I joined KE after reading about them in Daijiworld. Thanks

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  • Prakash, Mangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    KEL is excellent platform for those start-ups enterprinureship. Thank you all Mangement commitee members.

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  • Arun Fernandes, Madanthyar/ Bengaluru

    Mon, May 18 2020

    KE inititated the open-to-all Start up sessions at different parish levels in Bangalore , just a few months before lockdown. Following the lockdown, KE continues with its yeomen service and is doing a fabulous job by conducting these need based programs, not only for its members but also outside their membership network.... Good job KE in bringing out these encouraging webinar sessions during these low times, and thanks to Daijiworld for sharing these initiatives of KE on a global platform through their media network.

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  • Vinod, Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    I found the KE webinars very useful with lots of information. Request KE to continue with the webinar series and thank you very much for opening the series to the entire community. Thank you KE team.

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  • William G Dsouza, Bajpe/Dubai

    Mon, May 18 2020

    Excellent initiative - well done KEL. Covering varied topics, through informative and relevant sessions adding great value. There is opportunity in every adversity - great going...👍

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  • Elrona D’Souza, Dubai

    Mon, May 18 2020

    Thank you again for the opportunity to present the HR Perspective. It has really been beneficial to be part of supportive business community. Love the KEL spirit.

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  • Natasha D'Souza, Dubai

    Mon, May 18 2020

    An excellent initiative by Team KEL who were quick to launch relevant, high quality webinars as soon as our world moved to lockdown mode. Bravo to the KE leadership team for maintaining this momentum so that we can stay connected and contribute to knowledge-building within the Mangalorean community. As one of the presenters, I must make a special mention of Ivan Fernandes and Connel Pinto who have been hands-on and diligently working behind-the-scenes to ensure everything goes off without a hitch. I immensely enjoyed leading the session on crisis communications and grateful to be able to give back to my community through this forum in some small way! Keep shining KEL.

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  • Peter Anil Rego, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    It is important for Business persons, Executives and Professionals to be networked and leverage the benefits from the connects. Kanara Entrepreneurs is one such platform that fulfils this requirement, effectively and efficiently. By moving a step ahead, Webinars on topics that are useful and also which impact Entrepreneurs have been executed exceedingly well. Appreciate all the efforts of the Board in keeping its members and all participants engaged during this lockdown period. 👍

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  • Desma Rovina D'Souza, Dubai

    Mon, May 18 2020

    KEL has been an excellent platform for entrepreneurs which has now been strengthened even further by the Webinar series. As a presenter of the HR Perspective on Covid-19 & Beyond, it was not just a wonderful opportunity to share my knowledge and experience but also hugely beneficial to learn from the tremendous talent that we have in our community. Very proud to be a member of this group!

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  • Adrian D'Souza, Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    An excellent networking initiative to keep the community engaged in a constructive and beneficial manner.
    By sharing their wealth of experience with their peers , our entrepreneurs have selflessly demonstrated the at of navigating well in these troubled times

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  • Pramod Dsouza, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    Thanks Daijiworld team, you guys are doing a fabulous job of connecting mangalore to the world. Mangaloreans entrepreneurs and professionals living in different regions can benefit from this non-profit networking organization. Interested ones may reach out to me pramod.dsouza at gmail or on WhatsApp +91 98457 87003 Thanks.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, May 18 2020

    May the Almighty bless this Community ...

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