von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 30, 2026 | Sparks |
Nobody is holding a red pen Someone asked me recently what my work feels like after 25 years. The honest answer is that it doesn’t feel like work. It feels like conversations. A lot of people arrive at a first session braced for the red pen. They sit down...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 29, 2026 | Business Blog |
Stundensatz für Sprachtrainer:innen: Warum die Stunde die falsche Einheit ist Eine Trainerin erhöht ihr Honorar. Ein paar Euro, nichts Dramatisches. Zurück kommt die Frage, die alle irgendwann hören: „Für eine Stunde?“ Davy Greenberg hat dafür einen Satz,...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 29, 2026 | Sparks |
Steal the technique, not the accent You watch a TED talk (I love them!) and think, I could never sound like that. So you work on the wrong thing. The voice, the polish, the ease that seems to come with growing up speaking English. What makes a talk easy to follow is...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 28, 2026 | Sparks |
Dear all, and what most people write instead You’ve written „Dear all“ hundreds of times. Nobody has ever complained, and nobody ever will. It’s correct. It’s also a little more formal than you probably feel about the eight people who are...
von Christine Burgmer | Sep. 25, 2026 | Sparks |
Nobody else knew what „ballpark“ meant either The hardest person to follow in an international meeting is often the one who grew up speaking English. They say „let’s park that“ or „give me a ballpark figure“. Everyone else...
