Welcome

Posted by nindjin

Welcome to my first Blog posting.  As GRAPA chairperson for the Ivory Coast, I wanted to share just a few of my thoughts with each of you.  A
priority for me as chairperson this year is to increase awareness of
GRAPA activities for all Telco professionals in mobile companies in
Cote d’Ivoire.

We have to ask the question as to how best to communicate those activities with one another.  In
my mind, there are two primary methods to accomplish this….first is
through blogs such as this, which facilitate the exchange of ideas one
with another.  Blogging is a good way to let our membership know what I am thinking, and some of my thoughts relating to Revenue Assurance.  It is also a way to let me know your thoughts as well.  By responding to my blog, you can share your thoughts on the same subject with me as well as the GRAPA membership.

Secondly is through town hall meetings, such as those held recently discussing GRAPA Revenue Assurance standards.  These web based meetings allow us to meet together as a group and share ideas via webinar meeting sessions.  Look for additional webinars to be scheduled in the future.

I am excited to be able to communicate with our membership via the blog.  If
you would like to contribute your thoughts as to issues which are
priorities to you, please let me know so that we might exchange ideas
on those issues.

In my next blog, I will be addressing the issues which I feel are most important for the membership in the region.

GRAPA Ghana Chairman Vision for 2009

As GRAPA chairperson for Ghana, I wanted to share just a bit about my vision for 2009. For 2008, we had accomplished several things for GRAPA and the Revenue Assurance Professionals. Ratification of the GRAPA standards as well as conducting several Town Hall meetings discussing these standards was significant. These accomplishments were not without difficulty. We found significant issues with the technologies supporting the webinar system we used.

That being said, the challenge and vision for 2009 is to strengthen our membership, growing in number as well as becoming more active. The only way to learn from each other is to share ideas and communicate — to become more involved in what is happening.

It would be my desire to see each of us communicate more with each other during the coming year. One of the ways to accomplish this is through writing……blogs such as this are a great tool! I encourage you to share ideas and issues of concern to you through this method.

Another way to improve our networking with one another is through group forums, such as the group which GRAPA has established on Linkedin. You can join this group, the Global Revenue Assurance Professional Association (GRAPA) at linkedin.com.
I encourage you to participate, and share your ideas with other Revenue Assurance professionals in Ghana and around the world.