August 4, 2014Connecting With Your Listener When You Don’t Know the LanguageIf you don’t know Portuguese, it is difficult to communicate in Brazil because less than 5% of Brazilians speak English. Our Let’s Start Talking team […]
September 4, 2012Speaking with an InterpreterEven in the United States, we sometimes feel by the audience reaction that we need an interpreter. We may think, “I am speaking English to […]
August 20, 2012Winter in NatalI do not like winter! I don’t like waking up on a January morning when the temperature is below zero and six inches of snow […]
July 24, 2012Making Your Space CountIn the neighborhood where we work, residents do not have much space for a yard. The churchyard is about 4 feet by 20 feet and […]
July 15, 2012Thumbs Up!I speak no Portuguese, and English is not a common language here in Natal, Brazil. But after much trial and error, I have found that […]
July 3, 2012High Stakes DominoesI’ve learned the past few weeks in Natal how much the role of curiosity plays in what we pay attention to. Almost every morning, very […]