The Telecom Paris English CV HOWTO

The Telecom Paris English CV HOWTO:


"The Telecom Paris English CV HOWTO"

you'll need this information for our "google job applications"

"it's interesting... there are all the terms for things we have here at Telecom... gala, etc." Manel

New York Times Video

New York Times Video

here are the ads for the nominees for president of the us of a....

enjoy

What is BlogThis! ?

What is BlogThis! ?


This can help you to blog more easily!

james

YouTube - The World According To Google

YouTube - The World According To Google


what is disruptive technology??????

Has Google really changed the way companies do business....

Overheard: You have a dominant hand, dominant eye and even a dominant foot. Why not a dominant side of the brain? - Overheard in the Blogosphere

Overheard: You have a dominant hand, dominant eye and even a dominant foot. Why not a dominant side of the brain? - Overheard in the Blogosphere:

"Which way is this dancer spinning? A: Clockwise (to the right) B: Counterclockwise (to the left)"

How do you look at things???

There's no ball passing here...

Overheard: You have a dominant hand, dominant eye and even a dominant foot. Why not a dominant side of the brain? - Overheard in the Blogosphere

Overheard: You have a dominant hand, dominant eye and even a dominant foot. Why not a dominant side of the brain? - Overheard in the Blogosphere:

"Which way is this dancer spinning? A: Clockwise (to the right) B: Counterclockwise (to the left)"

right brain? left brain...??? this is another example of how different people see different things.

from the IT knowledge exchange website...

have a good weekend

james

Human Computation

Human Computation

this is the google techtalk that we began listening to in class... you can click on the cc button to hide the subtitles!

it's interesting!

james

Beat Business Jargon from Monster Career Advice

Beat Business Jargon from Monster Career Advice:

"The project manager says: 'Let's take this offline and drill down to the core value-added proposition. This customer needs a turnkey solution to improve its ROI. We're talking about sea-level change. Ping me later, OK? We'll do a brain dump.'"

The title of the article is "Beat Business Jargon, a Veteran Bullfighter's Tips"... Do you see what they mean?

see you on Monday! hope you had a good vacation!
james

Lesson 3

Just a little summary of our last lesson:

In the beginning of the lesson we watched an excerpt of the movie "What women want" (be careful with the pronunciation!). This extract was divided into two parts. In the first part, Nick the main actor, talks with his boss who was at a board meeting just before.

VOC POINTS:
board meeting = council that administers the company (=conseil d'administration)
a boarding house = a place where you can eat and sleep

(snip..snip)

(james moved the rest of this post to the class writeboard... please see the full version of our class minutes there... Thank you Laure and Jon for a job well done!)

The Google Way: Give Engineers Room - New York Times

The Google Way: Give Engineers Room - New York Times

5 Reasons to Deploy a Corporate Social Network

5 Reasons to Deploy a Corporate Social Network:

This is sort of nice... there's a slide show to get the message across.... what do you think? Facebook anyone? james

"5 Reasons to Deploy a Corporate Social Network Social networking appeals to business users for many reasons. The software makes it easy to find people and information, understand the relationships and communication patterns that make a company tick and create a common culture across large organizations."

Facebook used by business

Facebook used by business:

"Social networking guru dana boyd stirred controversy this summer by writing about class divisions online. The Berkeley doctoral student noted that Facebook is used by kids more likely to go to college while MySpace is more popular among students expected to get a job or join the military after high school.

These broad generalizations about services with millions of users apiece seem to be shared by some buttoned-down financial service companies seeking to tap the youth market via social networks. As social nets gain popularity as business tools within the enterprise, companies continue to reach beyond the firewall and use the technology for marketing purposes as well. For a growing number of big banks, Facebook is the place to be."

It seems that facebook is indeed the place to be... even for banks! read on.... look at the related links too...

"

October 8, 2007

Social Networks at Work Promise
Bottom-Line Results

By Edward Cone

Social networks are thriving within a growing number of companies, and bottom-line expectations are high for the technology and the culture it engenders.

"Some companies discourage their employees from using social networks at work, fearing lost productivity and wasted time. But the nation's fourth largest bank is getting ready to roll out one of its own.

Wachovia plans to introduce its social networking service to its 110,000 workers by early 2008. Like the popular Facebook service, the network will allow users to upload photos of themselves—not just corporate ID mug-shots, either—and personal information. Community-building across the vast company is one of the goals."

EssayEdge.com: Personal Statement and Admissions Essay Help, Application Essay Editing

EssayEdge.com: Personal Statement and Admissions Essay Help, Application Essay Editing:

"The 200 editors at EssayEdge—graduates of the most competitive colleges in the U.S. including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton—have helped more applicants with their admission essays than any other company in the world. Thousands of students have gained admission to their top-choice colleges and universities with the help of EssayEdge"

Jia's contribution.... very useful to improve your writing skills.... there's a free service and a premium service....

The English for Professional Communication Web

The English for Professional Communication Web


this is Julien's contribution... have a look... what do you think of this material????? add comments please!!!!

Doctors click to networking

The following just seemed to me to be a good answer to Stan's question about these "social networking" websites.

US doctors may not have time to be out of the office with colleagues playing golf anymore, but they might be found clicking away online (on a social networking site) instead.

read more on : http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=FT&Date=20071014&ID=7626037

Vatican reveals Templar secrets

VATICAN CITY The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it has closely guarded for 700 years.

It is publishing only 799 copies of the minutes of trials against the Templars, Processus Contra Templarios - Papal Inquiry into the Trial of the Templars, which will sell for €5,900 (£4,115).

The giant work will come in a soft leather case, with detailed reproductions of original Latin parchments and the wax seals used by the 14th-century inquisitors.

“Nothing before this offered scholars original documents of the trials of the Templars,” said Professor Barbara Frale, a medievalist at the Vatican’s Secret Archives.

The Templars were founded in 1119 by knights sworn to protect Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. Legends of their hidden treasures and secret rituals and power have featured in films and bestsellers such as The Da Vinci Code. (Reuters)

India outsources outsourcing | | Guardian Unlimited Business

India outsources outsourcing Guardian Unlimited Business


Welcome to the global professional world!

fx

Merriam-Webster Online

Merriam-Webster Online

Why blogging about an English-English dictionary site (not even a French-English dictionary ;-))?
Because you can hear how to pronounce words! and it is really great.
It is very useful when preparing a talk or when debating with other people on this subject (a few years ago I discussed with one of my colleagues on how to pronounce finite and infinite).

fx

Board Games with Scott » Strategy Games / Eurogames

Board Games with Scott » Strategy Games / Eurogames

OK this is not exactly professional communication in the IT field since Scott tries to 'sell' you boardgames but his videos are quite well done. How many hours does he need to make only one of them?
fx

Blogger Buster: Add a "BlogThis" button to your toolbar

Blogger Buster: Add a "BlogThis" button to your toolbar:

"'BlogThis!' is an easy way to make a blog post without having to visit your Blogger dashboard. It can come in very useful of you find a web page or blog post you want to blog about straight away."

dear students....
here you have the instructions from a fellow blogger about how to add the BlogThis! button to your browser toolbar!

there are other interesting tips on the blogger buster site too...

hth

james

Welcome

hello and welcome

to all the new students who are joining the ONIM professional communication class in the 2007-2008 academic year...

If you receive this message by email... you'll notice a link back to the blog at the bottom of the email... If it's a message about a great new site.... (for example Joost that has just gone into public beta!) then you'll get a link to the site mentioned as well as the link back to this blog.

this is a team blog... so it's your blog as soon as you accept your invitations I'll make all of you admins for the blog... (which gives you more control :-) and lets you invite others and also add things to the template of the blog... like really great links....

One of the links is the link to our class "writeboard" wiki... where we keep a running commentary of what's happening in our classes.


A last tip.... add the "BlogThis!" java-applet to your firefox (or IE) menubar... that makes it really simple to add an interesting site to our class blog... I'll show you in class how it works!

Have a great week.... looking forward to your contributions to our blog!

james

Guillaume and Thomas's interview with a young Mauritian

Interview by Thomas and Guillaume with Kunal, a student from Mauritius

(Where is Mauritius?)

Listen to the recording: kunal_interview.mp3 (32.5 MB )

This recording is a short interview of a young Mauritian named Kunal who studied at the Imperial College of London and then came to Telecom Paris in order to finish his studies and to learn more about IT.

The interview was about his studies and his experience in different cultures: the Mauritian culture, the English culture and the French culture.
We questioned him about his view of the working atmosphere in France and in England, about the main differences in relationships between the employees and the things that surprised him the most in those cultures.
We also tackled the subject of his career goals and asked him to explain his decisions.

We think that this interview is very interesting for various reasons:

- First, it shows us the importance of multicultural work environments in companies today and the way we will have to deal with them in our future professional lives.
- It also focuses on an interesting point: the use of new technologies in the professional world (videoconferences, podcasting…)
- Finally it describes quite well the evolution of mentalities today and how it affects job mobility for young people all over the world. Nowadays we are able to move wherever we want in the world to find a good and interesting job, as has certainly been the case for Kunal.

Guillaume and Thomas
thank you Kunal!

Very Funny Ads

Very Funny Ads


Clement G's ads for you to enjoy!

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http://veryfunnyads.com/ads/24768.html  --> thieves

http://veryfunnyads.com/ads/24932.html -> chocolate condm

http://veryfunnyads.com/ads/25116.html -> Condoms

http://veryfunnyads.com/index.html?id=25221 -> Dog & the tree

FORA.tv - Channels - Education

FORA.tv - Channels - Education

a think tank
to think about

Innovator Interview Keynote - Phillip Rosedale

Innovator Interview Keynote - SecondLife CEO
After the presentation today I thought you might enjoy (re)seeing this:

SecondLife... presented by its CEO and the founder of LindenLabs

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs | D5 | AllThingsD

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs | D5 | AllThingsD:

D5 is the WSJ's 5th Executive Conference called "All things digital" that just ended in Carlsbad California.

Lots of online video interviews of leading IT figures... Larry Page of Google, and even Bill and Steve together... with the video and a transcript!

... An interesting interview!! enjoy

james

"To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different, it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.”
–Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 1984"

Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek Online

Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek Online:
this is the Business Week Apple Blog... but they talk about Intel too!
"Byte of the Apple
Analysis and insight into an industry innovator"

you'll enjoy this visit to Intel's headquarters!
An interesting company to talk about!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvv28t8WR4E

Résumés in Motion

Résumés in Motion:

"Résumés in Motion --
While traditional work histories still rule, the day may not be far off when video pitches become a standard supplement"

here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rAKA7enbwY

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-A5vZL-MM

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo: Emerging Trends - San Francisco - Webcasts

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo: Emerging Trends - San Francisco - Webcasts:

"Didn't make it to San Francisco? Or maybe you just missed the keynotes? Check out replays of every Symposium/ITxpo keynote presentation."

Interesting keynotes!!! check out Philip Rosedale... the founder of Linden Lab, creators of Second Life!

happy May Day

YouTube - Interviewing at Google

YouTube - Interviewing at Google: "Interviewing at Google"

this is the video that David Bizer showed us at the end of today's class...

Let me know what you think!

james

Google's Chief Culture Officier

Meet Google's culture czar | Newsmakers | CNET News.com: "Meet Google's culture czar"

interesting!

....

What do you do as chief culture officer?
Sullivan: I work with employees around the world to figure out ways to maintain and enhance and develop our culture and how to keep the core values we had in the very beginning--a flat organization, a lack of hierarchy, a collaborative environment--to keep these as we continue to grow and spread them and filtrate them into our new offices around the world.

We want all of our employees to play a part in being involved in keeping our culture the way it is today but also growing and developing it. So some of it is coming up with different programs or processes, and just being there to talk with people when they have issues, setting up Web sites where people can report bugs in their culture and ideas on how to improve it, and those types of thing.

It's hard to imagine how you can keep a flat organization with 12,000 employees. But what are the characteristics of the Google culture in general?

Sullivan: I would characterize the culture as one that is team-oriented, very collaborative and encouraging people to think nontraditionally, different from where they ever worked before--working with integrity and for the good of the company and for the good of the world, which is tied to our overall mission of making information accessible to the world.

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

this is an example of a good way to pitch your gadgets!
next week we'll be in either B559 or C131 for the videoconference....

I pitch therefore I am. Making pitches is a way of life for an entrepreneur, and Guy prov his tips for ensuring each pitch is better than the last. His 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint slides is essential.

Sample Business Letters - Modified Block Components

Sample Business Letters - Modified Block Components: "Modified Block Style Business Letter Components

This is the second, more traditional style for writing letters in English.

This sample includes the formal components of modified block business letters. Some of these components are optional for typical, employment-related business letters. You may download or copy samples, examples or templates of employment-related business letters, by clicking on the links below.

"

Letters in English... formats

Sample Business Letters - Full Block Components: "Sample Business Letters
Full Block Business Letter Components

This sample includes the formal components of full block business letters. Some of these components are optional for typical, employment-related business letters. You may download or copy samples, examples or templates of employment-related business letters, by clicking on the links below."

The French Exodus | TIME

The French Exodus | TIME

an interesting article!

have a good holiday!

james

International Business News : Business News, Technology Industry News

International Business News : Business News, Technology Industry News


is Google too powerful?
read it and listen to it....

DEMO.com 's product presentations

dear students, here are the other products that you presented today!
look at the 6 minute presentations online!
have a good week
james


DEMO.com Panjea.TV - Panjea.com:

"Product Description

Panjea enables individual users to create their very own TV channel for free and to invite friends, fans, and colleagues to watch. It’s fun, easy and users can even make money from advertising! There’s no camera required. Users simply log in, surf their favorite video sites, like YouTube, and select the most interesting clips for their channel. They can also add their own videos and choose to have their channel play directly from their personal Website, blog, or MySpace profile."

DEMO.com SONATA - Boston-Power, Inc.:

"Product Description

Introducing SONATA—the first battery from Boston-Power’s proprietary lithium-ion technology platform. The only battery to match the lifespan of a notebook computer, SONATA solves today’s frustrating battery fade problem and delivers a 50% faster recharge time to laptop users. Leveraging a whole-systems approach, Boston-Power provides OEMs access to an unparalleled innovation team with a novel approach to battery products, rapid prototyping, manufacturing and quality control. Complete assurance of safety underpins our entire product portfolio."

DEMO.com Crickett - Seagate Technology:

"Product Description

Small enough to fit in your pocket or bag, Crickett is an ultra-portable 10 to 40 GB wireless storage solution. Crickett works seamlessly with Bluetooth-, WiFi- and USB-equipped handsets to provide substantial capacity without impacting a phone’s design or cost. Crickett will introduce several new experiences and opportunities to the mobile phone market."

DEMO.com Attendio - Attendio, Inc.

One of the four products you presented today!... Next time Your Gadgets!
have a good week
james

DEMO.com Attendio - Attendio, Inc.

Product Description

Attendio is a free event-discovery service that conveniently delivers events of interest via the Web, mobile phones and calendar programs (e.g., Outlook 2007 or Google Calendar). Attendio continually adds relevant local events, invitations, reviews and recommendations from selected friends and expert “Recommenders.” Music lovers can automatically see when their favorite bands are playing or what concerts their jazz-authority friend recommends. Parents can quickly discover child-friendly activities. Never miss out on what’s going on around you again!

Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic - New York Times

Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic - New York Times:

"Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, preferably shutting out the cacophony of digital devices for a while.

Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking."

Transmaterial

Transmaterial:

I mentioned this site in class....
just like the demo.com products (that you each have several documents about) this website shows real products that are transforming our world (and the marketplace)!

"In the United States there are 46,837 miles of highways with miles of sound barrier walls being erected daily to mitigate the negative impacts of highway systems on urban neighborhoods. At the same time, these transportation systems alone produce 1.4 billion tons of airborne pollution annually. With the increasing prominence of this additional component to our highway infrastructure, the public is beginning to demand a more appealing design solution to highway-generated air, sound, and light pollution.

In addition to mitigating sound and light pollution as present highway barrier systems do, the Superabsorber system also absorbs airborne pollutants. Designed by Douglas Hecker and Martha Skinner of Clemson-based FieldOffice, this innovative system has the potential to significantly reduce airborne pollution in urban areas with the application of photocatalytic cement products that have been demonstrated to reduce air pollution in urban areas by 50% when covering just 15% of urban surfaces. The inclusion of this surface application on future concrete barrier systems represents a significant amount of surface area for absorption of air pollution in urban areas."

CEO Technology Guide: Wikis

CEO Technology Guide: Wikis:
"professional communication"????

No Rest for the Wiki

The online tools for building collective
info banks are making deeper
inroads in corporations and
rewriting the rules of collaboration

Wild About Wikis
Intel, Motorola, Sony—they're among the companies using Web-collaboration tools to promote products and foster teamwork among employees

Tip Sheet: Wiki Etiquette
This short primer may help you through the perils and pleasures of collaboration on intra-company wikis

Tapping Wikis for Web Community-Building
Forget reader comments and message boards. Media outfits are warming to wikis to build a solid meeting ground for their Internet audiences

Corporate Wikis Go Viral
Two European companies show how the collaborative practice spreads from early adopters of wikis at work to become mainstream business tools

HBS Professor Andrew McAfee on Wikis
Corporations are using wikis as collaborative software to handle everything from project management to tech support, R&D, event planning, and customer relationship manag"

Hans Rosling on TED Talks

Hans Rosling on TED Talks:

this is a very interesting way of presenting data! an interesting video that you can download!

"Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, he debunks a few myths about the 'developing' world. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)"

Best Companies - FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For

Best Companies - FORTUNE Magazine's Top 100 Employers to Work For:

"100 Best Companies to Work For"

see you Monday! remember class is in B559 please come promptly at 1:30 so that you can meet the British inventors and decide on their gadgets!

james

ps...
Guess who is number one??? have a look! You know next Thursday at Telecom is Google Day!

Google: The New No. 1 Shooting straight to the top in its first appearance on our list, the Best Company to Work For in America sets the standard for Silicon Valley and beyond. (more <-- click here to go to the page and to watch the videos...)
Life inside Google Google is famous for its unique company culture. Here's a quick peek at some of the fun. (more) • A day in the life of a 'Googler' Google's gourmet food The cuisine at Google's 11 cafeterias on its Mountain View, Calif., campus is not only fabulous, it's free. Bon appetit! (more) • The perks of being a Googler	Why Google is No. 1 'Yes, you're going to work, but you're also going to have fun as well...' • Google's meteoric rise Can you pass the Google test? How much do you know about the Best Company to Work For in America? (more) • Working in the Googleplex

20x2 : Twenty speakers. One question. Two minutes each.

20x2 : Twenty speakers. One question. Two minutes each.


What's the secret???

the video we looked at is here...
next week in B559

south by southwest festivals conferences

south by southwest festivals conferences: "SXSW Interactive Festival Panels

have a look!

SXSW Interactive The ever-expanding Interactive Festival panels run from the basics of how to best work SXSW to Keynotes from industry leaders to super-geeky sessions like Why XSLT is Sexy. The Carver Center (1165 Angelina Street) hosts a special free panel on creating a video blog on Friday, March 9 from 5:00-6:00pm. Many of the Interactive Festival sessions will be podcast during or after SXSW 2007.

"

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

media 3.0 online video business models!

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

DEMO.com ZINK Digital Imaging Technology - ZINK Imaging, LLC.

DEMO.com ZINK Digital Imaging Technology - ZINK Imaging, LLC.


this is the demo.com that we began watching....

Jimmy Wales on TED Talks

Jimmy Wales on TED Talks


please look at the rest and maybe choose another tedtalk that you like....

have a good vacation!

Super Bowl Commercials 2007 - AOL Sports

Super Bowl Commercials 2007 - AOL Sports

professional communication?

have a look at the poll results for each quarter....

what makes a good ad?

see you next week for our last class of semester one!

(have a good gala)
j

Get a First Life: A One Page Satire of Second Life

Get a First Life: A One Page Satire of Second Life:

"Got First Life Questions?
We've Got Answers
Are five senses enough?

What's this body thing, and what do I do with the dangly bits?

Why can't I build a dirigible with my mind?

Penguins, spoons and you -- what's life like among the flightless?"