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Do You Need to Study English Idioms & Expressions?

There is formal language and then there is informal, casual language. For the school classrooms you need formal, i.e., ‘academic’ language.  For the lunch room and with your friends you need...

How an Online Posting Can Cost You Your Job

When a clothing retailer that employed a man who posted negative comments about the death of Amanda Todd found out about his online activities, it didn’t hesitate to take action. The man was...

People Have Difficulty With Public Speaking

As someone in the business of Communication Coaching, I salute those that are striving to improve their public speaking, pitching and presentation skills. It’s not always an easy thing to do...

Women in the Media (The Agenda Clip)

This is really interesting to me.  I realize men and women often have a different way of processing information and relaying it. Here is a great anecdote on the subject. What do you...

Top 7 Tips for Surviving the Work Christmas Party

‘Tis the season to be invited to Christmas (or “Holiday” or “Festive Season” etc.) parties sponsored by your place of employment.  At first it sounds like a great idea:  take a day...

When Are Bullet Points Actually a Good Choice?

  I got this from a LinkedIn group called “Beyond Bullet Points”    which is all about effective presentation skills.        Thought I’d share this with...

Body Language Analysis of Lance Armstrong

As most of you know, Lance Armstrong is all over the news these days, admitting that he doped during the Tour de France bike races.  It is refreshing to hear him admit his guilt, since we are used to...

Why Teaching Idioms is Important in Business English

Like many of you I have a profile on the networking site LinkedIn. (You can find me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/communicationcoach)  One of the benefits of LinkedIn is...