The Art of Business English

Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of The Art of Business English, this is Andrew Ambrosius here again for another useful and inspiring episode.

Today I have a not to be missed episode. We often associate business with success and winning and all the great things that come with building an empire and making lots of money. This is the wonderful side of business that everyone aspires to reach.

One the other hand, what about failure. As Robert F Kennedy once said, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” On the path to success there are so many train wrecks along the way. With every new idea there is always a big chance of failure. However, remember, it only takes 1 idea out of a thousand to be a success for you to make it big.

Making it big sounds great, but today, we are talking about failure. The train wrecks and disasters on our path to greatness.

Got a project that is going down the drain? Have an employee who is a complete disaster? Got a business idea that has turned into a major headache? If that sounds familiar, then check out today’s episode where we explore idioms for talking about failure.

As always, I have divided this episode into the follow parts:

Firstly, we will be looking at collocations for talking about failure.

Then in the second part I will cover some adjectives for failure.

Thirdly, I want to share 6 expressions you can use informally to talk about failure with your friends or colleagues. These phrases are not your everyday expressions and your probably haven’t heard them before.

To wrap things up I will be showing you some business scenarios where you can apply this vocabulary in your everyday working life. Plus, I’ll give you some tips on how to learn them and put them into practice.

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Art of Business English This week we are going to work on some useful skills for maintaining a conversation with an individual in English. I know that many people find it difficult to feel confident in social situations and trying to maintain a conversation can be difficult when you are not sure what to say or when you are not feeling very confident. This can be made worse if you are talking to a native person.  

If you are the type of person who struggles with social English or you find yourself not knowing what to say, then you are going to love today’s episode. In the episode I will be showing you how to listen for key words and how to use open questions to promote dialogue.

With that being said, let’s look at what is covered in today’s episode. By the end of today’s lesson, you will know the following:

• How to start a conversation with a person
• How to use different question types
• How to use intonation to show interest
• How to use keywords and the power of listening for elaborating on a topic
• Simple questions for maintaining a conversation

Let’s get things started.

Hi there and welcome back to another episode of The Art of Business English. This is Andrew Ambrosius here for another interesting and useful lesson. Today I really want to share some tips with you on how you can improve your international business communication.

Are you the type of person who has to attend meetings with lots of people from different countries? Do you have to use English as your common language? Do you often find yourself talking to non-natives in English? If this sounds like you then today, you are going to love my tips.

Did you know that most conversations in business English situations today occur between non-natives? That’s right, most international groups are using English as the common language, yet most of them are non-native English speakers.

So, how does this affect me?

Well, if you’re a non-native speaker and you find yourself talking to other non-native speakers then you should find it easier to communicate. If you are talking to native speakers of English, then you may find it more difficult.

In this episode we are going to look at what you can do to help make yourself better understood and also give you some tips on how you can make others, especially native people, communicate more clearly.

In this episode we are going to cover the following:

1. How to promote better communication
2. The importance of good pronunciation
3. Why speaking fast can be a negative thing
4. Using synonyms to simplify expressions
5. Avoiding abbreviations
6. How you can encourage native people to speak more clearly
7. Some common vocabulary and expressions from this episode

So, let’s get started!

Hey everyone, it’s great to have you back at the Art of Business English podcast, for episode 45, wow, I can’t believe we are almost at 52 episodes, which will mark our 1-year anniversary. As always t is a pleasure having you join me, and I am really honoured to be able to help you.

I love hearing from you and I really love answering your questions and helping clarify whatever you find confusing. So, please when you listen to this week’s episode send me an email straight away and let me know what questions you would love answered. I will be dedicating some future episodes to directly answering those questions, so send them through.

Right, let’s get started with this week’s material. Some of you have been replying to my emails and asking for more vocabulary and expressions, so with this in mind and to better serve you, I have developed another episode on useful collocations.

This week we are going to be looking at business collocations for talking about success. We will be looking at language you can use to motivate your team as well as warn them if they are not pulling their weight.

This week I have divided the episode into four main parts. We will be looking at the following:

1. What is a weak vs a strong collocation
2. Inspirational business collocations for success
3. Using reverse psychology for motivation
4. Some sample sentences in use

Ok, let’s get started by looking at the difference between weak and strong collocations.

Hi there and welcome back to another episode of the Art of Business English. Today I have a great episode for you. We are going to focus on business collocations with Make and Do. Remember, if you haven’t taken a look at the episode on the difference between make and do then check it out. It is one of our most popular episodes and it is really useful. We will put a link to it in the show notes.

Many people struggle with collocations, so if you’re one of them, then you’re going to love today’s episode. Furthermore, we are going to be looking at one of the most difficult collocations. Deciding whether you should use make or do.

In today’s episode we are going to cover the following four points:

1. A quick review of the difference between make and do
2. Business collocations with make
3. Business collocations with do
4. Example sentences with some of these collocations in context

So, let’s kick things off by reviewing the differences between make and do.

Hey there and welcome back to the Art of Business English. Today I have got a special episode for you. We are going to look at how we can prepare a value proposition. If you don’t know what a value proposition is then don’t worry, today I will be explaining it to you in detail.

So, do you want to become more persuasive with your potential clients? Are you tired of your boring elevator pitch? Today I am going to show you how you can convert your elevator pitch into a value proposition and help you make your pitch much more persuasive and engaging.

At the end of the today’s lesson you will understand the following:

• The difference between an elevator pitch and a value proposition
• How to write a value proposition
• How to get people to ask you questions that position you as an expert

So, let’s get started with what is the difference between an elevator pitch and a value proposition.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Art of Business English. I hope you’re all having a great week.

Are you a small business owner? Do you have to give short company presentations? Have you ever thought about how you could make a short company presentation more attractive without spending a fortune on a professional? If this sounds like you or even if you would like to learn how you could make your presentations a bit more interesting, then today’s episode will be super helpful.

I was faced with the same dilemma, I was thinking to myself. How can I make a presentation more engaging? Instead of just sending a PDF attached to an email, I thought, what if I record myself giving the presentation on my PC, then send that video direct to my potential client.

If this sounds like something you would like to do then today you are in for a real treat as I show you a behind the scenes look at how you can develop your own in house presentations without spending a fortune. All it takes is a little know how and creativity and you’re on your way.

And this was how the idea for today’s episode was born. Today we are going to cover three main areas:

1. What you need for a basic video
2. How to prepare your PowerPoint
3. Where to host your finished video

If you need help with your presentation vocabulary and expressions, then please take a look at episodes 39, 40 and 41. There we cover all of the language that you need and the steps you should take to create a captivating presentation.

Let’s get started with what you need.

Hi there and welcome back to another episode of The Art of Business English. Today I have the third instalment on presenting for you all. We are going to be looking at the vocabulary and techniques for closing our presentation and taking questions.

If you haven’t already checked out the previous two episodes, 39 and 40 on presenting then go and take a look. They will help you to get a complete picture of the presentation development process.

As usual in this episode we will be covering three main parts. Today we will be looking at:

1. The importance of summarising and closing arguments
2. Key expressions for the closing stage and question taking
3. An example of a closing

Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of The Art of Business English. This week we are going to continue with our mini-series on presentation skills. Today I want to cover how to develop the body of your presentation and cover some essential language to help you confidently move through the delivery of your presentation.          

If you’re the type of person who struggles with confidently delivering an effective presentation in English, then this episode will arm you with the tools you need to present like a champion. If you haven’t taken a look at episode 39 on how to open a presentation, then I encourage you to do that. There is some very important information that will help you to better develop this stage of your presentation.

In today’s episode I will be covering the following:

1. Key elements to a successful presentation body
2. Expressions to help you have a more fluid and controlled presentation
3. A short example of how we can bring the language together to create a clear and concise body

OK, let’s get started by looking at the necessary elements.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Art of Business English. Over the next few weeks I will be dedicating the episodes to working on some techniques for giving a solid presentation. This series is perfect for intermediate level students who want to work on improving their presentation skills and gain more confidence giving a presentation in English.

If you have to give presentations at work, whether it be to a small or large group on varying topics then this series is perfect for you. Today, we are going to start with the basics and look at the language and techniques we can use to open a presentation.

So, today I will be covering the following:

1. The purpose of our introduction
2. Expressions for opening a presentation
3. Structure and example of the introduction

 OK, let’s take a look at the type of language we need to open a presentation.