Skillabration Podcast

In Episode 5 of the Skillabration Podcast, Nikki interviews Bill Haase.

Bill Haase is a radio show/podcast host for Innovative Strategies. He deals in financial literacy, helping individuals, business owners, and young adults understand how money works and how best to prepare for life personally and professionally. He does public speaking and enjoys two other businesses involving advertising and educating our veterans.

Highlights from Episode 5:

- Going from Wall Street to Main Street

- Becoming a professional speaker and radio host

- What age you should start teaching your kids about financial literacy

- The subprime mortgage crisis

- Being an entrepreneur

Connect with Bill Haase

www.billhaase.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-haase-a506299/

In Episode 4 of the Skillabration Podcast, Nikki interviews Brad Herda. Brad is known for bridging the gap between generations and working in manufacturing. He founded Focal Point Coaching in 2016 where he supports blue collar business owners to increase their profits by communicating how the big picture benefits themselves, their teams, their families, and their organizations.

Highlights from the Episode

• What the youth need to know when considering the trades
• Which trades are in demand
• Generational differences 
• Programs available for the youth to get involved in the trades

Connect with Brad on LinkedIn here.

Visit Brad's website here or here.

She’s been to Paris 29 Times!

In episode 3 of the Skillabration Podcast, Nikki interviews French Teacher Mademoiselle Armour who has been to Paris a total of 29 times, and to France a total of 32 times. She’s visited other French speaking countries as well. 

Mademoiselle Armour shares her experience learning French in high school and how she became fluent on a two-week trip to France. 

She also provides teaching and learning insights from 24 years of working as a high school French teacher.

Learn about where she studied French, the programs she recommends for students interested in majoring in French, and the mindset needed to learn a foreign language. 

Highlights From The Episode

• Personal Experiences Learning French
• Studying Abroad in France
• Teaching French, Language Learning Tips and Methods
• Cultural Insights
• The Mindset for Learning Another Language 

Connect with Skillabration:

Get on our email list! We’d love to hear your suggestions for the podcast. https://skillbox.skillabration.com/p/skillabration-podcast-newsletter

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Key Topics

• Personal Experiences Learning French
• Studying Abroad in France
• Teaching French, Language Learning Tips and Methods
• Cultural Insights
• The Mindset for Learning Another Language

Today you’ll meet Cherry Man Ching Yeung, a Skillabration teacher with over two decades of experience in teaching Mandarin, Cantonese and English as a Second Language.

In this episode, Cherry discusses her life in Hong Kong, Chinese culture, how she learned English, and why she started teaching.

Cherry provides insights into teaching Chinese and the importance of learning a foreign language with a teacher. She shares how she keeps her lessons engaging and uplifting for her students.

Highlights from the Episode: 

• Cherry’s career as a teacher and anecdotes from her life
• The first word she learned in English
• Chinese culture 
• Tips for learning Mandarin
• A sample lesson from Cherry

At Skillabration, we're dedicated to sharing skills with parents to support the youth of today. Let us know who you'd like to hear from on our next episode. 

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Welcome to the first episode of the Skillabration podcast hosted by Nikki Lubing, the owner of Skillabration! In today's episode you'll learn about Nikki's backstory from teacher to entrepreneur, and how she became bilingual.

Through learning Spanish, Nikki acquired 5 unexpected skills that have served her well in life.

Nikki started her career as a public school teacher and later founded Skillabration, an online foreign language school.

While teaching in the school system, she recognized a significant gap between essential life skills and the core subjects that are emphasized in the classroom. She is bridging the gap between school and life with the Skillabration Podcast.

Highlights from the Episode:

• Nikki's backstory from going to Mexico for the first time to studying abroad in Spain
• How she finally became fluent in Spanish, and struggles she went through along the way (Nearly quitting!)
• How she has navigated the job market after graduate school during the 2008 financial crisis, and dealt with unexpected challenges.
• Quitting the public school system and going through various iterations of her business
• The 5 skills she nailed from learning a foreign language ranging from resilience to financial literacy.

Nikki launched the Skillabration Podcast to show that anyone can learn the skills necessary for the real world. She want to give today’s youth a leg up before they graduate.

At Skillabration, we’re not just about teaching languages; we’re about empowering young people to succeed in all areas of life. Her mission is to take kids’ skills from zero to fuego, sparking their potential for success.

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