Before you begin writing your business proposal, follow these six rules to improve your writing style and to organize your thoughts more effectively.Tip 1. Identify your competitive strengthsPast studies at Yale University claim that many decision-makers and thought-leaders advise to curb the length of your written proposals to no more than 8 minutes of reading, irrespective of its importance.This is a valuable competitive discriminator for the proposal, especially in the Executive Summary section. You must manage those 8 minutes to express your...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
What do you think of this self-portrait? Who do you think painted it?If you like the singer, Adele's self-portait, unfortunately, you missed the chance to buy it for £5,000.00!Adele painted this picture as part of the FaceBritain project:Children aged 4- 16 were invited to create their own special self portraits in aid of the project, entitled Face Britain, in the hope that they would be able to explore their...
Saturday, May 26, 2012
In a previous post, I wrote about an impressive blog: http://takeaphotoand.wordpress.com/A while ago, Fiona Mauchline, manager of that blog, contacted me after I left a comment on one of the posts. She asked me if I'd be interested in writing a guest post for the takeaphoto blog. I replied that it would be a pleasure and finally, 4 months later, this became a reality!So, here is a link to the post. I think that you'll find it relevant, especially if you're preparing student for the Cambridge English: Preliminary or Preliminary...
Friday, May 25, 2012
Sorry not to have been with you for a week but my week has been a bit busier than usual! (= awesomely busy!!!)'Awesome' is not a word I normally use regularly. How long has the word 'awesome' been around? 10 years? 100 years? How can I find out?One very quick way of checking is to visit the Google Ngram Viewer: http://books.google.com/ngrams/If you feed in the word 'awesome' like I did, you get a graph like this:From...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
When you watch the news on television, although some of the stories shown might be suitable to use with children and young teenagers, others are definitely NOT.One great source of news items for students of these age groups is CBBC (BBC Children)'s Newsround. The home of news and fun facts for kids.I remember watching this programme myself when I was growing up (so it's been around for a long time!)The start-up page for the website...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Blogging is the act of sharing thoughts and ideas with others in written form online. How do you start? Here are some tips to help you with the process.1. Decide whether you want to be a serious blogger. By this I mean do you want to make a commitment to blogging? This is very important as you will spend time luring readers in and then leave them flat, and they won't return if you don't take it seriously. If you are unsure about this, try to start out slow. Blog just every once in a while and get used to writing in the blogging format. Some people...
Monday, May 14, 2012
What does the number 'four 0 four' mean to you? Four minutes past four? Four hundred and four? A room? If you're on the computer, 404 is bad news! It's an error page, where you get to when your search is unsuccessful, if you've mistyped an address or the webpage has a broken link.I'm subscribed to TED talks (I've mentioned these before in my post about listening sites for Advanced students) and when I have time, I try and...
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Before you begin your search for the most suitable van to meet the requirements of your relocation it is absolutely vital that you the specifications of the vans available out there, with such a vast array of options for you to choose from to suit a whole plethora of varying needs. By planning ahead you can be sure to obtain a vehicle that will provide you with the necessary resources in which to make your move as stress free and efficient as possible. The best thing about hiring your own vehicle out for the purpose of moving homes is the fact...
Saturday, May 12, 2012
I have met Emma Heyderman several times in San Sebastian and in Bilbao. Photo: http://ylandtsig.ning.com/profile/EmmaHeydermanI have never been in the live audience at her seminars, but she has been part of my audiences at seminars, and I hold a lot of respect for her and her publications.As so often happens these days, I was looking up something else (well, actually - I think I was preparing the previous post for this blog come to think of...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Just had a quick check of my emails. This was in one of them a (teacher) friend sent me, along with some other good ones. I thought I'd share my giggles with you!The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:'Take only ONE . God is watching.'Moving further along the lunch line, at the...
Monday, May 7, 2012
Just back from Oviedo. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip along the coast on Saturday morning. My session was the last one of the morning, so I had the chance to pick up some very useful tips and ideas from Karen Elliot and Borja Uruñuela who were 'on' before me.Karen shared some great story and story telling techniques with us. We were treated to her 6 'voices' when she entertained us with some stories. Another important number in stories...
People, who are running an online business, need good content to grab the attention of their target customers. Many business owners try their hand at writing the content on their own but very soon realize that this expert's job must be delegated only to the professional content writers. The importance of copywriters has never been underrated because of their ability to create a variety of write-ups. They not only help business owners to start...
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Have you lived a life which merits a memoir? Perhaps you have risen from poverty to riches, or have accomplished a first you want people to be aware of, or you wish to celebrate memories from a lost world from a bygone era. These are great reasons for writing a memoir, but the task can be a bit daunting and even impossible for some. Perhaps you have started to write and are lost in the shaping of an intdresting memoir. Or, maybe your schedule is so...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
If you've read the previous posts on this blog, you might have guessed that pictures are an important part of my teaching tools.I thought I'd write a quick post about the session I'll be giving in Oviedo on Saturday.I'll be giving a very practical session called Take a Picture. Pictures are used in the coursebooks we use and feature prominently in the Cambridge ESOL Young Learners English Tests. In the classroom, we can use pictures for a huge...
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