I need to find quality professional connections around the world. Looking to social networking for a solution, LinkedIn.com seems to be a very good solution. There are millions of people connected via the site. Many of the discussion groups put me in touch with professionals in the areas I am looking for. Alumni networks put me in touch with professionals who share a corporate history with me from the global workplace.
LinkedIn offered me the opportunity to start my own discussion groups. I created three to gather together people interested in three different projects I am currently working on. I've just dissolved one of these groups due to apparent lack of interest (at the moment) and have sent an announcment to members of the Audio eBooks for Learning to see if people want that group to continue. My newest group is DrM-Language-Network so that people who choose to work with me on my latest project, making affordable online language learning programs available to learners throughout the world, can join with me to share ideas and to celebrate sucesses.
I've joined several pre-existing LinkedIn discussion groups so that I can invite people to work with me or to refer me to others who may want to be involved in my current project(s). Some of these people have also joined my "primary" LinkedIn network.
Many of the people who are already in my primary LinkedIn network are the type of professionals I enjoy working with. LinkedIn is one place to find quality professional connections. Presently this seems to be the most direct and effective means, though I am open to learning about more.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Online Language Learning and Global Business Opportunities
My research into an online language learning system to review my French language skills has led me to a new global business opportunity. The online system allows subscribers to learn as many as nine languages during the period of their subscription (normaly six months or one year at a time). One subscription is for an entire family and all of the course materials are online. They are even interactive and you can record your voice and match it to native speakers.
The online system has been available for about five years and a different online English program is being released for use in China on November 1, 2009.
For the past six years I have been teaching English language learners (ELLs) in public schools in Illinois. The English program could be of great benefit for almost 100% of the parents of these students. While many of my former students did not have computers at home, some did and more purchased computers when it became clear that a computer with Internet access would help the students do better in school.
The even better news about the English language programs are that they can help students move ahead in their English skills and in their other academic subjects while allowing their parents to become more fluent in English to bring in more income for their families.
As you will see on my new website, http://www.drm-language.com, there are even programs to build business English and to prepare for the U.S. Citizenship exam and for college entrance exams.
I was excited about having a year's subscription to build up my French fluency and to review my Spanish grammar. If I end up working with more people from the other six countries that have language courses in this online system, I can begin picking up even more languages.
I like the idea of having something affordable to share with non-native English speakers who are struggling to learn English. I use audiobooks and eAudiobooks a lot with them and these online courses can focus on building essential vocabulary and basic grammar. All of the courses focus on practical communication in the various languages.
What's more, I spoke today with Dr. Ivan Dulik who began with this program almost five years ago and who has spoken to about 1,200 people about the program. Of the 1,200, about 300 decided to enroll in the program and of the 300, about 80 decided to focus on sharing the program. The program offers free websites to subscribers. When someone subscribes to the program by using a website of a subscriber, the subscriber earns a commission for each new subscription. Of the 80 people who decided to share, 35 became really focused on sharing the business and, over five years, have generated almost one million US dollars for Dr. Dulik--see the link for "Two EN101 Success Stories" and remember that the date on Dr. Dulik's story is from 2007.
I don't expect to generate one million dollars anytime soon--though I wouldn't turn it down. What I do see is that it is a worthwhile, affordable program that lots of people I know in the USA and outside the USA can benefit from. As they learn, they can also help their families by sharing the program and earning commissions from the people who also decide to learn English.
English language learning is a major global market at this point and I don't know of any program that includes all the values and benefits of this new one at a very affordable price.
The online system has been available for about five years and a different online English program is being released for use in China on November 1, 2009.
For the past six years I have been teaching English language learners (ELLs) in public schools in Illinois. The English program could be of great benefit for almost 100% of the parents of these students. While many of my former students did not have computers at home, some did and more purchased computers when it became clear that a computer with Internet access would help the students do better in school.
The even better news about the English language programs are that they can help students move ahead in their English skills and in their other academic subjects while allowing their parents to become more fluent in English to bring in more income for their families.
As you will see on my new website, http://www.drm-language.com, there are even programs to build business English and to prepare for the U.S. Citizenship exam and for college entrance exams.
I was excited about having a year's subscription to build up my French fluency and to review my Spanish grammar. If I end up working with more people from the other six countries that have language courses in this online system, I can begin picking up even more languages.
I like the idea of having something affordable to share with non-native English speakers who are struggling to learn English. I use audiobooks and eAudiobooks a lot with them and these online courses can focus on building essential vocabulary and basic grammar. All of the courses focus on practical communication in the various languages.
What's more, I spoke today with Dr. Ivan Dulik who began with this program almost five years ago and who has spoken to about 1,200 people about the program. Of the 1,200, about 300 decided to enroll in the program and of the 300, about 80 decided to focus on sharing the program. The program offers free websites to subscribers. When someone subscribes to the program by using a website of a subscriber, the subscriber earns a commission for each new subscription. Of the 80 people who decided to share, 35 became really focused on sharing the business and, over five years, have generated almost one million US dollars for Dr. Dulik--see the link for "Two EN101 Success Stories" and remember that the date on Dr. Dulik's story is from 2007.
I don't expect to generate one million dollars anytime soon--though I wouldn't turn it down. What I do see is that it is a worthwhile, affordable program that lots of people I know in the USA and outside the USA can benefit from. As they learn, they can also help their families by sharing the program and earning commissions from the people who also decide to learn English.
English language learning is a major global market at this point and I don't know of any program that includes all the values and benefits of this new one at a very affordable price.
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