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Ambassador Stefano Baldi was born in Città della Pieve (Italy) on April 8, 1961. He is a career diplomat in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna, 4 January 2021.

He was Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2020 and previously Training Director at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation from 2011 to 2016. He was Head of the Science and Technology Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.

From 2006 to 2010 he was First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the European Union, responsible for legal and financial aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as Relex Counsellor.

He has also served at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva and to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York in charge for disarmament affairs. He has been the first head of the Statistical Office of the Ministry from 2000 to 2002.

He has lectured in with many Italian universities (Roma La Sapienza, LUISS, Roma TRE, LUMSA, Trento, Pavia, Firenze), holding seminars and courses in international affairs, particularly in multilateral diplomacy.

His most recent researches focus on diplomatic management, Social media for International Affairs and Books written by diplomats. He is author and editor of more than 30 books. His recent publications include several books on the activities of diplomats (Diplomatici, 2018) and a book on Management for diplomats (Manuale di management per diplomatici, 2016). He has also published, both in Italian and in English, the results of a comprehensive research on books written by Italian Diplomats (Through the Diplomatic Looking Glass, Diplo, 2007). His most recent books concern a photographic research on Italian Diplomatic History.

From 2013 to 2016, he has been producer and speaker of a weekly Radio Programme on Diplomats at Radio LUISS. He has a personal website and he is responsible for the Blog on Training “Diplo Learning Corner” and for the website “Immaginario diplomatico” dedicated to historical photos of Italian diplomats.

Og Mandino’s 10 Simple Scrolls to be successful

Augustine “Og” Mandino was a man who lived a very interesting life. He is best known for his bestselling book “The Greatest Salesman in the World” one of the classics of self-help.

The book is not a manual to become a top salesperson, but rather an inspiring tool to motivate yourself to be successful.

Mandino’s 10 scroll principles are easy and life-changing:

Scroll 1 – Today I begin a new life.
Scroll 2 –  I will greet this day with love in my heart.
Scroll 3 –  I will persist until I succeed.
Scroll 4 –  I am nature’s greatest miracle.
Scroll 5 –  I will live this day as if it is my last.
Scroll 6 – Today I will be master of my emotions.
Scroll 7 –  I will laugh at the world. (Keep perspective)
Scroll 8 –  Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
Scroll 9 –  I will act now, I will act now, I will act now.
Scroll 10 –  I will pray for guidance.

The full text of the book is available at Archive.org

Og Mandino's 10 Simple Scrolls to be successful

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7 ways to improve your body language in public speaking

In a post published by Abhimanyu Das on ideas.ted.com, he summarises how we can improve our public speaking through some easy tweaks of our body language not limited only to our hands and arm gestures.

Here are the 7 ways listed by the author:

1) Lean towards your audience

2) Match your gestures to your words

3) Give your hands a rest

4) Tilt your head

5) Smile like you mean it

6) When you slip up, don’t panic

7) Practice — even when you’re not in front of a crowd

8) Watch this TEDxZagreb talk now

Read the full text here

 

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