10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn for your Business

Here at Workplace ESL we're all about helping employees become more successful at their jobs.  We train managers and supervisors to be better leaders and motivators.  In fact, on our web site you'll see our mantra "Workplace ESL: Making Success the Common Language!" 

We like to teach employees and managers about tools that improve communication, so it would be natural for us to talk about LinkedIn, a social networking tool online where professionals can gather and discuss solutions to common problems.

Below is our list of the Top Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn effectively with your company:

 

  

• 1. Make sure your profile is public, so that even non-LinkedIn-users can find you.
• 2. Publish your LinkedIn profile on business cards, email signatures and your website.
• 3. When you invite people to connect, don't use the generic personal note supplied - write your own unique invitation to more effectively engage a connection.
• 4. Use relevant keywords throughout your profile.
• 5. Frequently answer question posts from other users; this helps to brand you as a knowledge leader in your field.
• 6. Offer to write recommendations for your connections - don't just ask for them. It's more sincere, and more effective for gathering positive recommendations.
• 7. Don't connect with people just to get something from them or to ask a favor; offer to do something for them, like make introductions, write recommendations, etc. Sincerity counts, even online!
• 8.  Join some of the terrific industry groups to connect with even more people in your field. 
• 9.  Keep it professional; share your personal pictures on Facebook or some other social network. 
• 10. Be sure to "friend" our Workplace ESL Solutions teachers and staff!   

For more ideas on how you can improve the effectiveness of your business, go to: 
www.WorkplaceESL.com 

Want to Improve Your Business Writing Skills?

Do you ever receive an email from a co-worker that is laden with grammatical or spelling errors?  How does your perception of that person change?  Do you hesitate doing business with a company when you see misspellings in their advertisements or brochures?  Do you ever cringe when you see errors on a company's web site?  Now the biggest question is....how confident are you that others aren't feeling the same way about YOUR written words?

Emails and official company collateral can say a lot more about us than we even realize.  There are some subtle messages that speak louder than our written words. Do you know what they are?

If you're a manager or supervisor at your company, are you confident that your co-workers are representing your company well in their correspondence with business partners or potential clients?  Most of us weren't English majors in college and could use a little refresher on our skills.
 

We have a terrific course that can help your company or department better communicate in writing.  The Business Writing course offered by Workplace ESL Solutions includes the following topics:

1. Grammar can be fun!
2. Sentence Structure can be even more fun!
3. Punctuation - dash, hyphen, and quotation marks, oh my!
4. Common Mistakes in Word Choice: Witch won should eye choose?
5. Business Documents: Reports, Proposals, Resumes, Cover Letters
6. E-mail do's and don'ts
7. Proofreading tips

To learn more about this fun class for your company, visit us on the following link:
 http://workplaceesl.com/business_writing.asp

Workplace ESL is getting even more social!

Learning a foreign language is a very social enterprise.  It involves the desire to communicate with others, and then lots and lots of practice!  Our classes are VERY interactive because you just can't learn a language effectively out of a text book.  Each class is filled with games, contests, discussions, role-plays, songs, and all kinds of fun activities to keep the students SPEAKING their new language!

I love that our theme is "Making Success the Common Language."  Our goal is to get students speaking and communicating fast!

Workplace ESL Solutions is now even more social because you can find us everywhere online!

We'd love for you to LIKE us on Facebook!   https://www.facebook.com/WorkplaceESL 

If you work in a hotel, you know how crucial it is to be able to communicate with customers, vendors, and staff.  Workplace ESL offers language courses in Spanish and English.  We've also created a fun new LinkedIn group to discuss the  challenges that are unique to the hotel industry.  We'd love to have you join in on the discussion at:    http://www.linkedin.com/groups/HotelESL-4397121?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Check out our new YouTube channel, where you can learn more about what Workplace ESL Solutions is all about, plus see some of our teachers and students in action!

To learn even more about us, check out our home page at www.WorkplaceESL.com

Congrats Spanish Class Graduates!

                  Congratulations to the most recent graduates of our Workplace Spanish class!

Here in Las Vegas we have a very large Hispanic population, joining us from every Spanish-speaking country in the world!  Hotel supervisors, managers, and corporate trainers are offered an opportunity at WorkplaceESL Solutions to learn Spanish so they can better communicate with their staff as they learn English, as well as with Spanish-speaking guests and vendors.

This fun Spanish I course is short and sassy - just eight weeks of targeted Spanish vocabulary to increase workplace communication and increase cultural appreciation of the Hispanic world.

Each lesson features:
* Workplace vocabulary for the hotel industry
*  Interactive games to get students talking
*  Lively conversation to practice new skills
*  Funny videos that inspire confidence to learn a new language
*  Spotlights on Spanish-speaking countries
*  Homework assignments and projects to encourage students to continue learning outside of the classroom
* Weekly handouts to reinforce learning
*  PowerPoint presentations to aid in visual learning
* "Pre-show" presentations to help language learners think outside the box
* Small class size to guarantee individual attention
* Fiesta graduation ceremony to celebrate accomplishments
* Lots of laughs, because learning should be fun!

To learn more about Spanish workshops and training courses, be sure to check out:
http://workplaceesl.com/courses.asp?type=spanhttp://workplaceesl.com/courses.asp?type=span