by Christine Burgmer | Jan 8, 2016 | Allgemein |
Do you love a good curry now and again? If you’re from England, you probably have a curry at least once a week. But if you’re from Germany, you might not yet be addicted. Take the BBC’s curry quiz and see how many of the eight questions you can get...
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 7, 2016 | Allgemein |
We have a word for the time at the end of a work day here in Germany. It’s “Feierabend”. So how can we translate that into English? We don’t have a word for it. If you want to wish someone “schönen Feierabend”, you’d just say...
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 6, 2016 | Allgemein |
So what are the worst mistakes you can make when preparing your PowerPoint presentation? The Visual Communication Guy has listed twelve. My list would include the following: Writing too much text Staring at the screen while talking Using too much animation Working...
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 5, 2016 | Allgemein |
Do you have times in your life when you feel that email messages are getting out of control? If so, you might like Tim Ferriss’ email autoresponses. In the first automatic message, Tim informs his readers that he won’t be checking email messages more than...
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 4, 2016 | Allgemein |
“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.” Chinese Proverb
by Christine Burgmer | Jan 3, 2016 | Allgemein |
Are you going to write thank you letters now that Christmas is over? Even if you haven’t written them before, you might like to give them a try this year, rather than send a text message or an email. British etiquette expert William Hanson has some good tips for...
