von Christine Burgmer | Jan. 24, 2023 | Sparks, Uncategorized |
Questions To Break the Ice We often use icebreakers at the beginning of our online meetings, workshops or other group events to help our participants feel more relaxed, connected and engaged. We want to help our people get to know each other, break (or rather melt)...
von Christine Burgmer | Jan. 23, 2023 | Sparks, Uncategorized |
The Powerful Word „Because“ „Because“ is a magic word if you want to get people to do something. Imagine this You’re lining up in front of a photocopier waiting to make copies. A person approaches and asks: Excuse me. I have 5 pages. May I use the...
von Christine Burgmer | Jan. 20, 2023 | Sparks, Uncategorized |
Why Learn Languages? Kevin de Bruyne appreciates the value of multiple perspectives: I ask why so many European footballers seem better educated than their British counterparts. Perhaps the difference is languages, he says. “There are a lot of people from different...
von Christine Burgmer | Jan. 19, 2023 | Sparks, Uncategorized |
What Do You Say Before a Meal? Most people are surprised to hear that we don’t say anything. Of course, after having lived in Germany for so many years, I have to say something (and, of course, it can’t do any harm). So what might I say? I might say...
von Christine Burgmer | Jan. 18, 2023 | Sparks, Uncategorized |
What’s Cooking? „What’s cooking?“ is a phrase we use as a way of asking what is happening or what is being planned. But that’s not the topic of today’s Spark. Today I’d like to talk about an app I’ve just discovered:...
von Christine Burgmer | Jan. 17, 2023 | Sparks, Uncategorized |
How Can We Have Better Conversations? Tanmay Vora created a wonderful sketchnote based on Celeste Headlee’s TED Talk on how to have a better conversation. Here are some words/phrases you might not know: Don’t pontificate – Don’t speak in a pompous or...
