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.

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