Soft skills for natural scientists
In January 2017 I had the pleasure of conducting a 2-day workshop at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. We focused on becoming a better listener storytelling across disciplines dealing with and resolving conflict recognizing and improving how you work in teams I’d like to present to you how we explored the last of these […]
A Prezi to teach Cialdini’s principles of persuasion
I normally use Powerpoint to teach Cialdini’s six principles of persuasion, but find that Prezi, which lets you zoom in and out, is the better tool to combine a task and reference points in one big picture.
Better visuals for college presentations
An open letter to my Public Management students on how to improve their visuals. Better visuals, better use of text, plus self-assessment: Are your ideas “Made to Stick?”
Steven Pinker on why academic writing stinks
Most peer-reviewed scientific writing commits four sins, says Steven Pinker (link to talk at Harvard University, Steven Pinker: Stylish Academic Writing, May 20, 2013):
Let’s Talk Business workshop
It was a good challenge to give a workshop on B1-C1 books to teachers whose mainstay are A1-2 learners. The teachers were great, and jumped into things. It was very interesting to me to listen to the teachers talk about the unwillingness of their students to go along with activities, even to make the effort […]
Basis for Business wins a bronze medal at the Best European Learning Materials Awards
“Today at the Frankfurt Book Fair the Basis for Business series was awarded a bronze medal in the annual Best European Learning Materials Award (BELMA) competition. We’re delighted the series has received this international recognition and would like to take the opportunity to thank you all once again for your excellent contributions to this highly […]
PowerPot – An English lesson for e-lab technicians
Imagine that you’re on a camping trip out in the wild, far away from buildings with power sockets. You can’t connect any equipment to the power supply. Your mobile phone needs recharging. Luckily, you and your friends have invented a device that will let you recharge it. What technology is it based on? What spare parts do […]
