http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.72-Formality2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on the different levels of formality in spoken English. Think about how you speak in your first language. Do you talk the same way to your colleagues as your wife? Or the same to your friends as your boss? Of course not. Differe ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.71-Formality1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on levels of formality in spoken English. Imagine you are looking for a job, and you have an interview at a big company. You walk into the interview room and say to the panel of interviewers: “hey there, how’s it going?” Believe ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP334-Projects-10.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on project management English for debriefing a project with your team. Project management can be a messy business. You can plan, but you can’t really predict all the challenges and obstacles that will come up. So on every project, and ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn some ways of clarifying what someone means. Sure, you can just nod and smile when you don’t understand. People do that all the time. But they also feel foolish later, especially when the speaker realizes what has happened. Or when you have to ask a question that clearly shows you didn’t ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP333-Business-Development4.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to follow up with potential partners. Everyone knows that business is a competitive world, sometimes brutally competitive. But it’s not all “dog eat dog,” as they say. Good business people know that one of the keys to ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP332-Business-Development3.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on following up with prospects. English for Business development is all about the art of conversation. A smile, some chit chat, and a few good questions should be able to tell you if someone’s worth following up with. And wh ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn how to clarify something you didn’t hear properly. If you don’t hear what someone says, the easiest thing to do is just let it go. Move on. Let them keep talking. But that can be a very dangerous strategy. I mean, what if they asked you to do something important? Or what if they told you ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP331-Advice-Idioms2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod. My name’s Edwin, and I’ll be your host for today’s lesson on business English idioms for giving advice and warnings. People don’t usually deal with problems or make big decisions on their own. No, they usually turn to those around them for advice. A ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP330-Advice-Idioms1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on Business English idioms for giving advice and warnings. Everyone needs a bit of advice from time to time. Maybe we’re dealing with a difficult colleague, or maybe we’re deciding whether to accept a job offer. At some point we al ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.70-Communicating2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on how to communicate clearly in English.. There are times when you want to impress people with your language abilities. But there are actually far more situations that require the opposite approach – situations where you do ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.69-Communicating1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on communicating clearly in English. Did you know that most of the conversations in English happening right now are between two non-native speakers? There’s a German doing business in Malaysia, and a Russian talking on the p ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP329-Projects-9.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on project management English for handing over a finished project to the client. Nobody forgets to hold a kickoff meeting to get a project started. But unfortunately, many teams fail to hold a final meeting to bring their project clean ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP328-Projects-8.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on negotiating solutions during a project. Wouldn’t it be nice if every project went exactly as planned? But that’s simply not realistic. Projects are just as diverse as the people involved. And every project runs into hurdles, challen ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn how to make requests in English. There’s a reason why making requests is one of the first things English-speaking parents teach their children. It’s because we can’t get along in life – and that includes work – without asking people to give us things or to do things for us. In some situa ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn how to make an offer in English. There’s give and take in every relationship. And giving involves making an offer. It might be something simple like offering a cup of coffee. Or it might be something big like help with a project. In some situations – like offering a drink – we can make t ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEN41-Data-Privacy.mp3 The digital age has brought unprecedented access to information and new online services. And in exchange, people have proven very willing to provide personal information and to have their online activities monitored. But is it worth it? As Wired reports, more and more people are questionin ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP327-Expressing-Opinions.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on expressing opinions in English. Imagine you’re in a difficult meeting where everyone is disagreeing. Tension is high. And the boss turns to you and says “so what do you think?” In this situation, you need to express your op ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP164R-Football-Idioms2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on business English idioms that come from football, or soccer. Since sports and business are so similar, it’s easy to see how there could be so many related English idioms. Companies are like teams; employees are like players. I ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP163R-Football-Idioms1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English idioms related to football. Have you ever stopped to think about how many similarities there are between business and sports? Groups of employees work together as teams. Teams, or companies, compete against each other ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn how to ask for and give advice in English. Everybody needs a little help sometimes. And when you need help, you shouldn’t be afraid to ask for advice. Maybe you ask a friend or colleague, or maybe you ask a boss or mentor. Whatever the case, I want to give you some good ways to get advic ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP326-Business-Development2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on networking in English with potential partners. Every business development professional knows that doing business in English means knowing how to work a room. You go to events, parties, and gatherings. You smile, shake han ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP325-Business-Development1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to talk with customers in English. Potential customers, that is. If you work in sales or business development, a big part of your job is meeting new people in search of new customers. That might include cold-calling, ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.68-Group-Decisions2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on how to lead a group meeting to make a decision. If you’re leading a group meeting to make a decision, you should expect a few obstacles along the way. For one, people can get a bit personal and attack the person, as opp ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.67-Group-Decisions1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on Business English communication skills for leading a group to a decision. In fact, it might be better to say we’re talking about how to lead groups to good decisions. After all, any meeting chairperson can push for a qui ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP324-Company-Performance2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s Business English vocabulary lesson on how to describe company performance. Every company’s goal is to make a profit. But how they go about that is different. Different industries, different business models, different approaches… The ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP323-Company-Performance1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English for talking about company performance. The economy is in a state of constant change. Companies grow, and companies shrink. New companies are born, and old ones disappear. And you don’t have to be an investor to get ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn how to talk about abilities in english. There are lots of opportunities at work to talk about your abilities. And I don’t just mean job interviews. That’s an obvious one, but there’s also work planning, project meetings, and just discussing who should do what on a daily basis. 925 Englis ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP322-Debriefing-Users.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English for project management and debriefing user testing during a software project. Ask anyone in the tech world and they’ll tell you that user testing is the key to good software development. In fact, that’s not quite true, ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP321-User-Testing.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English for project management and launching user testing for a software project. At the heart of every software project is the user. If the user finds the software confusing, or if it doesn’t do what the user needs it to do, what ...…

In today’s 925 English video lesson, we’re going to learn how to talk about extremes using superlatives such as “best” and “worst.” Business is a competition. And in competition we are always talking about who or what is at the top, or the bottom. Usually this means comparing with adjectives. I mean we’re talking about how small something is or ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP320-Certainty2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English idioms for expressing degrees of certainty. There’s an old saying in English that “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” The idea behind that expression is that we can’t really be sure of anything. Of course, that does ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP319-Certainty1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English idioms for expressing degrees of certainty. There’s an old saying in English that “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” The idea behind that expression is that we can’t really be sure of anything. Of course, that does ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.66-Stickiness2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on making your ideas stick. Have you ever been in a meeting or listened to a presentation where someone talks about their big idea? And then, forty PowerPoint slides later, you’re still not quite sure what they’re talking a ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.65-Stickiness1.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on how you can make your ideas stick. Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a dozen. And just having a great idea doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t get other people to believe in it. And before you can get anyone to believe in it ...…

In this lesson, we’ll look at business English vocabulary related to product management. In many companies, product managers help promote a product. Companies do market analysis as well as competitive research in order to develop a business case for a product. A product roadmap lays out the plan for developing a product, including the go-to-mar ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP032B-Discussing-Solutions2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on discussing solutions to a problem during a teleconference in English. Have you ever been in a meeting where everyone just wants to complain about a problem? And maybe they criticize every solution that is suggested? Well ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP032A-Discussing-Solutions1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to discuss solutions to a problem during a teleconference in English. It’s not enough just to find problems or talk about problems at work. We need to figure out how to solve them. And problem-solving is one of the m ...…

In today’s 925 English lesson, we’re going to learn how to make comparisons and talk about differences in English. Life and business is full of choices. And any time you make a choice, you have to compare the options. You might think about how they are similar, as we did in our last lesson. And you might look at how they are different. 925 Engl ...…

In today’s 925 English lesson, we’re going to learn how to make comparisons and talk about similarities in English. Every day, we compare products, companies, jobs – all kinds of things! We talk about how they are different, and how they are the same or similar. 925 English is a new series of English lessons for beginners. 925 English lessons f ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP318-Socializing-Clients2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on socializing in English with your clients on the phone. There’s an old saying that you should never mix business and pleasure. And sure, it might not be a good idea to get too close to your customers and clients. But if you ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP317-Socializing-Clients1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on socializing in English with your clients. Business is all about relationships. And the stronger your relationships are, especially with customers or clients, the more successful you’ll be. This is why we call up our custom ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEN40-Renewables.mp3 Early energy sources were simple; fire was discovered to heat things, and then along came conversion – such as fire under a kettle producing steam. But times have changed, and the impact of using non-renewable sources of energy, or fossil fuels, is one that we can no longer afford to ignore. ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP316-Discussing-Marketing2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English collocations for discussing marketing plans and activities. As author and marketing master Seth Godin once said: marketing is a competition for people’s attention. And in today’s hyperconnected world, that competi ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP315-Discussing-Marketing1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on English collocations for discussing marketing activities. Great marketing is at the heart of business success. This was just as true 100 years ago as it is today. Of course, the digital age has brought new methods of mark ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.64-Metaphor2.mp3 Welcome back to the Skills 360 for today’s lesson on using metaphors in English. If you tuned in last time, you’ll remember that a metaphor is when you compare something you’re talking about to another idea. A classic example of a metaphor is “time is money.” But, if you really want to use m ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.63-Metaphor1.mp3 Welcome back to the Skills 360 for today’s lesson on using metaphors to make your speech more powerful. Have you ever heard of Alfred Sloan? He was the head of General Motors during the Great Depression. He once gave a speech where he talked about GM at the time as a “great ship in a fierce ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP314-Scrum-Meetings2.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on participating in a scrum stand-up meeting. Most people I know would agree that the best meetings are those that are short and focused. And that’s exactly how a daily scrum meeting is designed. Scrum is an approach to project ma ...…

http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP313-Scrum-Meetings1.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on conducting a scrum stand-up meeting in English. Not everyone likes meetings, and for good reason. Many meetings are poorly organized and poorly run. But meetings are a necessary part of work and business, especially in project ...…

In today’s 925 English lesson, we’re going to learn how to talk about your family in English. In business, and in life, everything is about relationships. And to build relationships, we often talk about our background and our personal life. Of course, you can’t get too personal, but family is a topic that everyone loves to discuss. For most peo ...…

In this lesson, we’ll look at business English vocabulary related to artificial intelligence or AI. AI includes machine learning, which may rely on neural nets for deep learning and use complex algorithms. AI also includes autonomous applications and machines such as bots, which use natural language processing for interaction. Premium Members: ...…