Coding Skills As Important To Many Students As Learning A Foreign Language, Study Finds by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 17, 2022 The future of digital advertising depends on the ability to teach students coding skills, and the importance of data. About 58% of students participating in a study agreed that the ability to write software … Continue reading Coding Skills As Important To Many Students As Learning A Foreign Language, Study Finds
Achim Nowak August 31, 2021 Part 1 Dawn Denvir was the Head of Organizational Learning and Development at UNICEF. Her comment taps into a powerful conundrum. Really, why would anyone resent genuine expertise? Expertise is a potent source of personal power. When deployed with a clear-eyed understanding of social context, it has the potential to … Continue reading The Hidden Language of Personal Power, Part 2
Achim Nowak August 23, 2021 You need to stop being a doormat, Reverend Mona said to me. I was 34 years old at the time. Artistic Head of an internationally acclaimed theatre company in New York. Hot shit, so I thought. For the first time in my life, I had taken 6 weeks off to … Continue reading The Hidden Language of Personal Power
Why International Business Websites Need Foreign Language VersionsAs the internet continues to grow, your business has to stay relevant and visible with professional website translation. Currently the internet has over 4.66 billion active users across the planet, and nearly 65% of the world’s population has access to the service. It continues to grow and any … Continue reading Why International Business Websites Need Foreign Language Versions
Jessica Mehring June 4, 2021 The other day when I was talking with a colleague, she mentioned an incident that happened back in her consulting days. She was presenting a workshop to a group of young developers, and one of the men rattled off a response dripping with industry jargon. My (very smart and tech … Continue reading The Magic of Using the Right Language
Chris Weissman February 6, 2021 Last year will go down in history as one of the most challenging of all time—for business, for marketers, for local communities, for everyone. A shifting landscape made it difficult for businesses to maintain their brands as, simultaneously, many struggled to even stay afloat. In addition, family ties and friendships … Continue reading Speaking a New Language for the 2020s
Language Influences Search Behavior Among Hispanic, Asian Consumers by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 10, 2020 Search behavior is driven by language for many Hispanic consumers. Lack of fluency or not speaking English is the top reason why U.S. Hispanic households ask a relative to search online for a product or a service, and not feeling … Continue reading Language Influences Search Behavior Among Hispanic, Asian Consumers
Instead of using business lingo like “revenue-driver” and “value-added,” sales reps should focus on actionable details like integration and configuration capabilities. Amy Gesenhues on March 12, 2020 “Our solution offers exponential revenue growth opportunities and our customers say it’s super easy to set-up with most any middleware. You’ll be fully operational within a day.” We … Continue reading Speaking our language: How to pitch marketing operations on new martech
Marty Querzoli — November 29, 2019 I swear Bob and I invented buzzword bingo. He was the toughest art director ever and I don’t mean critical or demanding; he was “I’ll kick-your-ass” tough. One day he announced he could beat any of us at any sport. I challenged him to an arm wrestling match, betting … Continue reading Buzzword Bingo: Tech’s Ongoing Language Struggle
Jose Casal — October 10, 2019 There are four key words in the first value of the Agile Manifesto: “Individuals and their interactions over processes and tools” Most of us can spend countless hours debating the value of focusing on people and the dangers related to focusing on processes and tools. Interestingly, in our debates … Continue reading Mind Your Language (If You Want to be Agile)
