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...

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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