Todays Women in Business

8 random things about me

Today Anna, my co-host in the Podcast Sisters tagged me to write about 8 random things about myself so here goes. I've decided to write 8 things to do with my name as I get asked lots of questions about it (sorry Anna it's not as random as you might have liked), and having a name that is considered to be "different" has shaped who I am and my personal brand:

1. my given name "Krishna" was gifted to me in memory of both of my paternal grandparents - no I did not make it up or assumed the name in later life!
2. I used to get into trouble from my geography teacher as he did not understand why "Krishna" was not my first christian name - he was very odd and very old
3. my first christian name begins with "L" in memory of my maternal grandfather - you'll have to guess what it is
4. my last name is so short I usually get letters addressed to Mr D.E. Krishna not Ms Krishna De
5. when I got married all of 17 years ago, my husband suggested we put both our surnames together - so now our family name is De-Alker (but I am known as De in business)
6. the orignal spelling of my full name added up to 13 letters, so my mother decided to add another letter onto my first name to make it even - and she wasn't even superstitious
7. when it came to naming our three daughters, we deliberately picked names with different first initials - that way there is no chance we will pick up their post by mistake or visa versa in years to come
8. when I set up my own business, I quickly realised that the Hindu deity "Krishna" was online long before me - that is one of the reasons I started my primary business blog, created a portal website and why I love the service Ziggs which will guarantee you are found in the search engines when people look for you by your name (even if you don't have a website).

So now it's my turn to tag eight people so I'll now ask some of my great "virtual friends" I've connected to through business blogging to share 8 random things about themselves. so it's over to Roger Anderson, Chris Barrow, Michael Port, David Maister, Mitch Meyerson, Des Walsh, Maryam Webster, Andy Wibbels.

The show is on the road!

Well the show is on the road so to speak.

After weeks of planning and research, the new 'Women in Business' Radio Show is about to go on the air later today.

The programme will be aired at 4pm Wednesdays on Dublin Analivia FM which you can also access on the internet here.

We will be interviewing many of our guests on location as they typically have busy careers and businesses and we don't want to disrupt their day with the challenges of Dublin traffic.  so in fact i'll be on the road to bring you the show each week

I won't hear the first show over the air waves as I'll be at the Microtrade Ireland event as a guest speaker on the subject of branding your business.

I hope the programme brings you great ideas and inspiration as we have some wonderful guests all prepared to share their story and expertise.

So whether you are male or female, I do hope you will find the show of interest.  Do post your comments and let me know your thoughts.

As the song said - 'curtains up, light the lights'.....enjoy!