Business Communication Today, 14th Ed.
Prologue
"One of the most common reasons for holding a meeting is to solve a problem.
"In this intermediate Business English Pod lesson, we look at ways to give and ask for opinions.
"This is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series that explores the use of many different language techniques in the context of a merger.
"As a non-native speaker of English, you might often find yourself in situations like this: You’re sitting in a meeting or a teleconference, and some of the participants are native English speakers.
"When it comes to building your personal brand online, you have to constantly examine whether or not you are being presented in the right light.
'You’ve succeeded in getting a social media strategy in place, you’re sharing amazing, relevant content – and then WHAM! Someone posts a negative comment, and you feel like all of the wind has been let out of your sails.
"In this Business English Podcast lesson we’re going to look at useful language for handling the practical details of a business visit, such as airport pickup and restaurant or hotel booking.
"The New Yorker's Maria Konnikova explains the science behind why we need to sleep more, waste less time on the internet, and stop multitasking.
"In addition to your resume, everyone should have a professional bio," writes Marie Raperto (photo, left).
"Have you ever taken on additional responsibilities when your schedule was already fully booked?
"If you don't have a digital presence today, you don't exist," writes Tom Cochran (photo, left), Chief Technology Officer with Atlantic Media.
Julie Bort (photo, left) covers the seamier side of reputation management.
In this Business English Pod .
"With the growth of such customer review sites as Yelp and TripAdvisor, and e-commerce sites like eBay, anyone with access to the Internet can potentially make or break a company's reputation.
We're seeing more and more recruiters use the web as a place to search for talent and conduct employment background searches.
There are four things that the most successful professionals have in common.
When someone earnestly complements you, how does it make you feel?
This Business English podcast is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions.
Here is a fun online infographic creator introduced to us by Jacob Share in a post at PersonalBrandingBlog.
This is the last in our three-part Business English Podcast series on cold calling.
Are you building a database of prospects or friends?
In creating your personal brand, it’s important that you have a story.
Whether you’re looking to increase awareness of your personal brand, drive traffic to your website, increase opt-ins, or find new leads, success lies in creating a compelling, consistent message and approaching your audience from multiple angles to circumvent the unrelenting, ambient noise of the competition.
Roger Parker (photo, left), writing for PersonalBrandingBlog.