Posts Tagged ‘Connectedness’

The Warp and Weft of our Connected Lives

November 10th, 2017 by Bita Milanian - Leave a Comment

On October 30th, the company I have contributed to for several years (GENBAND) merged with another company (Sonus), to form a combined global communications brand we named Ribbon Communications. And this week, I was proud to represent the newly combined companies on a panel regarding the importance of diversity in the workplace, and the opportunity for […]

This Is How We Can Roll: Inspiration in India Drives Shrey Fadia to Design a Smart Wheelchair

July 23rd, 2017 by Bita Milanian - Leave a Comment

21-year-old entrepreneur Shrey Fadia had an idea which came to him after seeing first-hand, people’s’ daily struggles when using a wheelchair and decided to do something about it. India is the second most populated country in the world, and is challenged, as are all countries, to find ways to efficiently help make the lives of […]

Filed Under:: Be the Change, Real Time Communications Innovations, Social Responsibility, Technology
Tagged With:: be the change, bita milanian, collabrizm, Connectedness, Humanitarianism, india, iot, netfoundary, non-profit, Real Time Communications, science, smart wheelchair, STEM, tata communication, technology

Reflecting Back, Looking Forward

December 31st, 2014 by Bita Milanian - Leave a Comment

2014 has been a year of tremendous change, challenge and collective progress across many dimensions in my life, and today I am especially full of gratitude for a growing circle of friends and colleagues. As part of my professional journey and choice to re-enter the “corporate” world and as part of my life’s plan to […]

Made with Love

May 20th, 2014 by Bita Milanian - 2 Comments

As our series profiling visionary leaders who are mashing up business and giving around the world continues, I am honored to feature Chid Liberty, and his Liberty & Justice sustainable .com / .org model. In his twenties, Chid, who is now 34, returned to his home country of Liberia in 2009 to cofound the country’s […]

Filed Under:: Be the Change, Companies, Cultures, Leaders
Tagged With:: africa, Change, charity, chid liberty, Connectedness, economy, empowerment, fair trade, fashion, ghana, human rights, Humanitarianism, liberia, non-profit, women right

Channeling Greatness – Women In Communications Getting It Done!

April 25th, 2014 by Bita Milanian - 4 Comments

It was an honor last week to address one of my favorite organizations in the communications industry – Women in the Channel. I shared with them a vision for the future of “real time communications” delivered in new ways, with new technologies including WebRTC. The worlds of IT and telecom, which are blurring, have long […]

Filed Under:: Be the Change, Real Time Communications Innovations, WomenIntheChannel
Tagged With:: Channel Partners, Connectedness, Gratitude, Humanitarianism, IP, Real Time Communications, Software, Storytelling, Telecom, WebRTC, Women

Living a Connected Life

April 17th, 2014 by Bita Milanian - 10 Comments

My friends have been encouraging me to start a blog for many years, and a recent change in my career path has finally triggered this first post today. After spending more than a decade in the telecommunications industry starting in the late-90’s, which we called it at the turn of the century, I accepted a […]

Filed Under:: Real Time Communications Innovations
Tagged With:: Change, Connectedness, Humanitarianism, ICT, Iran, Iranian, Persian, Real Time Communications, Software, Storytelling, Telecom, Women