One of Most Visible Company in the World

Business is an organization in which basic resources (inputs) such as materials and labor, are assembled and processed to provide goods or services (outputs) to customers. Business come in all size, from a local coffee house to a United Tractor which sells several billion worth of trucks and tractor each year. You can probably list some examples of companies like Indofood, Antam with which you have recently done business. Your examples might be large companies, such as The Coca Cola Company, Dell Inc. or Amazon.com. In this article, I will tell you about a well-known company which help our daily problems with a million of answers. It is Google.

One such successful company is GOOGLE, one of the most visible companies on the internet. Many of us cannot visit the web without first stopping at Google to get a search listing. As one writer said “Google is the closest thing the web has to an ultimate answer machine.” And yet , Google is a free tool - no one asks for your credit card when you use any of Google’s search tools. So, do you think Google has been a successful company? Does it make money? How would you know? The information tell us that Google is a very successful company that make a lot of money, but not from you and me. Google makes its money from advertisers.

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google has also developed an open source web browser and a mobile operating system. The Google headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California. As of March 31, 2009, the company has 19,786 full-time employees. The company is running thousands of servers worldwide, which process millions of search requests each day and about 1 petabyte of user-generated data every hour.

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4^th , 1998. The initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising $1.67 billion, implying a value for the entire corporation of $23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy and positive employee relations have been important tenets during the growth of Google. The company has been identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work, and as the most powerful brand in the world. Alexa ranks Google as the most visited website on the Internet.

Google's mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". The unofficial company slogan, coined by former employee and Gmail's first engineer. Paul Buchheit, is "Don't be evil". Criticism of Google includes concerns regarding the privacy of personal information, copyright, and censorship.

How to Make a Good Formal Letter (Part 2)

On the part one, we have discuss about the part of formal letter. Here is some information about how to make a good formal letter.

The style of formal letter in America and UK is different from some aspect.

	American Style	British Style
Heading	According to the format, but usually aligned to the left	The heading is usually placed in the top right corner of the letter (sometimes centered)
Date	January 17, 2009 (month-day-year) According to the format but usually aligned to the left (two lines below the heading)	17 January 2009 (day-month-year) Usually placed directly (or one blank line) below the heading.
Salutation	Dear Mr. / Mrs. Ana: Dear Sir or Madam: Gentlemen: After the salutation there is a colon (:)	Dear Mr. / Mrs. Ana, Dear Sir or Madam, Gentlemen, After the salutation there is a comma (,)
Complimentary close	Sincerely, Sincerely yours, Yours truly,	Sincerely, Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully

            The format (layout) is the visual organization of a business letter. You can follow many different formats when you create business letter. Be aware that there are often differences depending upon location. The main business letter formats are :

v     Full - bock Style

All the elements are aligned to the left margin and there are no indented lines. This is a standard block-style format that is accepted by most business.

v     Modified Block Style

The return address, date, closing and signature start just to the right of the center of the page or may be flush with the right margin. All body paragraphs begin at the left margin.

v     Indented or Semi Block Style

Similar to the modified block business letter style except that the first line of each paragraph is intended.

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 Example of Informal Letter

Here is some examples of Informal Letter which usually we send to our friends, parents, relatives or anyone else.

Dear Patrick,

I was very glad to hear about your recent Supersemar Scholarship. I know how hard you have worked and learned, and you certainly deserve it. It is a great pity that I can’t visit you to celebrate it because I have a lot of task to be done. But I’ll call you when I have finish my task. Meanwhile, all the very best for your future.

Yours very sincerely,

Jimmy Januar Iqnatius

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Dear Mr. Komarudin,

I have just heard the splendid news about your appointment as a Member of Parliament. I am happy that your talent and hard work especially on the campaign time have been rewarded. It is a great pity I’m going to Bali for two weeks with my family, but I’ll give you a ring when I get back. Meanwhile, I wish you every success.

Yours very sincerely

Jimmy Januar Iqnatius

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Dear Maria,

Great news! I was thrilled to hear about your first daughter. I know how long you have been waiting and now your pray has been answered. I regret that I can’t visit you and your baby because I’m going to Kalimantan to do my office work for a month. But I’ll call you when I get back. Meanwhile, congratulation once more and God bless you and your baby.

Yours very sincerely,

Jimmy Januar Iqnatius

How to Make a Good Formal Letter (Part 1)

Have you ever read a formal letter? Or you have make a formal letter? Formal letter is a kind of letter which formally send by institution or company to the others. Now I want to give some information about the part of formal letter that would help you to write a formal letter. Usually a formal letter consist of :

v           The Heading (The Return Address) or Letterhead.

Usually use printed paper where heading or letterhead is specially designed at the top of the sheet. It bears all the necessary information about the organization’s identity.

v           Date of Writing.

The month should be fully spelled out and the year written with all four digits, example : October 12, 2005 or 12 October 2005 - UK style. The date is aligned with the return address. The number of the date is pronounced as an ordinal figure, though the endings st, nd, rd, th are often omitted in writing. The article before the number of the day is pronounced but not written. In the body of letter, however, the article is written when the name of the month is not mentioned with the day.

v           The Inside Address

In a business or formal letter you should give the address of the recipient after your own address. Include the recipient’s name, company, address and postal code. Add the job title if appropriate. Separate the recipient’s name and the title with comma. Double check that you have the correct spelling of the recipient’s name.

The Inside Address is always on the left margin. If an 8 ½” x 11” paper is folded in thirds to fit in a standard 9” business envelope, the inside address can appear through the window in the envelope.

v           The Greeting.

Also called the salutation. the type of salutation depends on your relationship with the recipient. It normally begins with the word “Dear” and always includes the person’s last name. Use every resource possible to address your letter to an actual person. If you do not know the name or the sex of your receiver address, you can use “Dear Madam / Sir (or “Dear Sales Manager or Dear Human Resources Director). As a general rule the greeting in a business letter ends in a colon (US style). It is also acceptable to use a comma (UK style).

v           The Subject Line (optional).

Its inclusion can help the recipient in dealing successfully with the aims of your letter. Normally the subject sentence is precede with the word Subject: or Re: Subject line may be emphasized by underlining, using bold font, or all capital letters. It is usually placed one line below the greeting but alternatively can be located directly after the “inside address” before the “greeting”.

v           The Body Paragraphs.

The body is where you explain why you’re writing. It’s the main part of business letter. make sure the receiver knows who you are and why you are writing but try to avoid starting with “I”. Use a new paragraph when you wish to introduce a new idea or element into your letter. Depending on the letter style you choose, paragraphs may be intended. Regardless of format, skip a line between paragraphs.

v           The Complimentary Close.

This short, polite closing ends always with a comma. It is either at the left margin or its left edge is in the center, depending on the Business Letter style that you use. It begins at the same column the heading does. The traditional rule of etiquette in Britain is that a formal letter starting “Dear Sir or Madam” must end “Yours faithfully”, while a letter starting “Dear” must end “Yours sincerely”. (Note: the second word of the closing is not capitalized).

v           Signature and Writer’s identification.

The signature is the last part of letter. You should sign your first and last names. The signature line may include a second line for a title, if appropriate. The signature should start directly above the first letter of the signature line in the space between the close and the signature line. Use blue or black ink.

v           Initials, Enclosures, Copies.

Initials are to be included if someone other then the writer types the letter. If you include the other material in the letter, put “Enclosure”, or “Enc”, or “Encs”, as appropriate, two lines below the last entry. Cc means a copy or copies are sent to some one else.

Continue to part 2. .

Bravo Holistic

“What do you mean with holistic Dela?” It’s the first question which came out from my mouth when I suggested by her to follow a training called holistical intelligence develop training. “Ouch, So do I Jim, I think it will be the best answer.” It’s Dela’s answer which I think couldn’t answered my question. With a confusion and vexation fulfilled my heart. I tried to found out the answer. I turned on the computer and browsed in the virtual world to eased the confusion and the vexation. From many source, I got some brightness point to answer my question. Holistic is similar with entirely, so I guess the holistical intelligence development meant a self development which could give us a good result and benefit if we developed it. But some question appeared again in my brain, what kind of intelligence needed to be developed? And what kind of good result should we get if we do it. Besides that, as an owner of a not bad GPA, what should I developed more? Is not it enough to proved me as a clever student? But although the question still fulfilled my heart, I decided to sent a short message to Dela, “OK Dela, I’ll go!”

Tuesday morning, August 18^th  I followed the first activities. My breakfast menu is holistical intelligence seminar. The big question mark start to melted because of the information was given from the expert which is competent in their ability I thought. They are Mr. Seto Mulyadi and Dr. Budi Matindas from Indonesian University. The training which held for three days at Wisma Hijau, Cimanggis became my next meal after the seminar. At there, I received the knowledge and information about holistical intelligence which was a mystery for me. What it meant with holistical intelligence development was built our intelligence entirely intelligence aspect, emotional aspect and also the spiritual aspect. Another knowledge which I got was the three of them must be develop harmoniously, because it is nonsense if you are clever and rich but you are unhappy because always jealous with the other or ungrateful with our own. this training also fulfilled by creative and positive activities, such as discussion, movie session, and art performance. My team won the first place from the art performance because we shown a creative musical drama. After followed the training for two days, my heart and my soul fulfilled by positive energy which was ready to released and shot out.

On the third day, me and the others visited Panti Wisma Tuna Ganda Palsi Gunung which located at Bogor main street. At there, I saw many friends which unfortunately born with physical and mental defect. Most of them have leaved by their family. My heart so touched when I saw their happiness and cheerfulness when they were played. They also must followed a physiotheraphy to keep their bone straight, but their spirit and their struggle so touched in my heart. I admired with Yunas, one of the Palsi Gunung occupant which always smiled and showed a peace pose like a photo model when taken on photos by my friends. his spirit and cheerfulness remembered me that I must grateful to my life with cheerfulness and full of spirit like him. It is also remembered me to be a grateful person to God. At Palsi Gunung home, I also met with Yunas and frinds’ caretaker mother which took care Yunas and friends with smile and sincerity and faithfulness. I shocked when I heard one of the caretaker mother had took care Yunas and friends for 30 years. What an extraordinary faithfulness.

In the end, the holistic activities which fulfilled with positive energy and activities must be ended. I went home, but without an emptiness. I brought a new vision and mission in my heart to be a holistic intelligence person. I want to be a better person with higher sociability and responsibility. I want to be a more gratefulness person and knew my life’s purpose. I want to be a cheerful person like Yunas and the other in Palsi Gunung home. I also want to be a sincere and faithful person like the caretaker mother in Palsi Gunung.. So many things I want to be changed in my self and I want influence it to my friends. Thanks to Direktorat Jenderal Penddidikan Perguruan Tinggi as the promoter of this positive activities, the comitee from Gunadarma University and all of the participant wich had gave me so may great experience. I hope this activity can be held again in the future to make another holistic intelligence person and to make a better and a brighter future.

Bravo holistic!

Written by

Jimmy Januar Iqnatius

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Menjadi Pribadi Holistik Seutuhnya

“Holistik itu apaan del?” Pertanyaan itulah yang pertama terlontar dari mulut saya ketika ditawarkan oleh seorang teman untuk mengikuti Pelatihan Membangun Kecerdasan Holistik. “Waduh, gue juga gak tau Jim, mendingan coba lo ikutin aja deh!” Begitulah jawaban Dela yang menurut saya sama sekali tidak menjawab pertanyaan saya. Dengan rasa penasaran merongrong di dalam hati, saya pun menyalakan komputer dan segera browsing di internet untuk mengetahui apa itu holistik. Dari beberapa sumber yang berhasil saya dapatkan, hal yang dapat saya simpulkan mengenai holistik adalah pengembangan pribadi secara keseluruhan yang apabila dilakukan dapat memberikan hasil yang baik, tetapi beberapa pertanyaan mulai bermunculan lagi, apa yang dikembangkan dan hasil apa yang bisa saya dapatkan menyembul keluar dari otak saya. Selain itu, sebagai seorang pemilik IPK yang menurut saya lumayan, bukankah itu sudah membuktikan kalau saya ini cerdas? Jadi untuk apa ditingkatkan lagi. Walau deburan pertanyaan masih bergelung dalam pikiran saya akhirnya saya membulatkan hati dan mengirim SMS kepada Dela, “OK Dela gue ikut.”

Selasa, 18 Agustus 2009 saya mengikuti rangkaian kegiatan pertama, yaitu Seminar Membangun Kecerdasan Holistik. Tanda tanya itu mulai terjawab lewat pemaparan para nara sumber yang menurut saya sangat kompeten di bidangnya, yaitu Kak Seto Mulyadi dan Dr. Budi Matindas dari Universitas Indonesia. Pelatihan selama 3 hari pun menjadi santapan kegiatan berikutnya. Disana saya diberikan pembekalan materi mengenai kecerdasan holistik yang selama ini menjadi misteri buat saya. Ternyata yang dimaksudkan adalah membangun kecerdasan kita secara menyeluruh baik dari segi intelektual, emasional, maupun spiritual. Ilmu lain yang saya dapatkan adalah ketiga kecerdasan tersebut harus kita miliki secara selaras dan seimbang, karena percuma saja jika kita pintar dan bergelimang harta, tetapi hati kita tidak bahagia karena selalu iri dengan orang lain. Selain pemberian materi, di pelatihan ini juga terdapat banyak kegiatan yang membuat diri saya lebih kritis dan kreatif, seperti diskusi, pemutaran film dan pentas seni. Setelah 2 hari mengikuti pelatihan ini selain teman-teman baru, saya juga merasakan diri saya penuh dengan energi positif yang sudah siap saya tembakkan.

Pada hari ketiga, saya beserta teman-teman yang lain diajak untuk berkunjung ke “Panti Wisma Tuna Ganda Palsi Gunung” yang terletak di Jalan Raya Bogor. Di sana saya melihat banyak teman-teman yang kurang beruntung karena dilahirkan dengan kekurangan baik secara fisik maupun mental. Kebanyakan dari mereka sudah ditinggalkan oleh keluarganya sendiri. Hati saya terenyuh ketika menyaksikan keceriaan mereka bermain di ruang kelas dan semangat mereka ketika menjalani fisiotherapi. Saya teringat dengan Yunas salah seorang penghuni wisma tersebut yang dengan senyumnya yang khas dan pose peace khas orang narsis setia melayani permintaan teman-teman yang mengajaknya berfoto. Semangat dan keceriaan mereka seperti memberikan tamparan telak di pipi saya bahwa saya tidak boleh kalah dengan teman-teman di Palsi Gunung dan juga menjadi pribadi yang lebih bersyukur kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa. Di rumah Palsi Gunung saya juga bertemu dengan ibu-ibu pengasuh yang dengan tulus dan senyum membantu merawat dan menjaga teman-teman di rumah tersebut. Bahkan saya sempat terkejut ketika salah satu ibu pengasuh mengatakan bahwa ia sudah mengabdi selama hampir 30 tahun. Sungguh pengabdian yang luar biasa dan membuat saya terharu.

Akhirnya rangkaian kegiatan Pelatihan Membangun Kecerdasan holistik yang menurut saya penuh dengan muatan positif ini harus berakhir. Saya pun pulang ke rumah tetapi tidak dengan tangan hampa. Saya membawa visi dan misi baru dalam diri saya untuk menjadi pribadi holistik yang seutuhnya. Saya ingin menjadi pribadi yang kritis dan kretif di manapun saya berada. Saya ingin menjadi pribadi yang lebih baik lagi dan dengan rasa sosial yang lebih tinggi lagi. Saya ingin menjadi manusia yang lebih bersyukur kepada Tuhan dan menyadari arti keberadaan saya di dunia ini. Saya ingin menjadi pribadi yang ceria dan penuh semangat seperti Yunas dan kawan-kawan di Palsi Gunung. Saya juga ingin menjadi insan penuh pengabdian tulus sepeti ibu-ibu pengasuh. Begitu banyak hal yang ingin saya ubah dalam diri saya dan ingin saya tularkan kepada teman-teman yang lain setelah saya mengikuti Pelatihan Membangun Kecerdasan Holistik ini. Terima kasih kepada Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi selaku penyelenggara, panitia dari Universitas Gunadarma dan seluruh peserta yang telah memberikan begitu banyak arti dalam diri saya. Semoga kegiatan ini dapat terus dilakukan di lain waktu, agar lebih banyak lagi pribadi holistik yang seutuhnya untuk mewujudkan masa depan yang lebih baik.

Bravo holistik!