Our Power Point Presentations

This is a collection of all our presentations from last semester - feel free to use it as a resourse or simply have fun watching what your colleagues have done. Great job, everybody! See you next semester.

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World's Happiest Countries

Which are world's happiest countries according to Forbes? How is |happiness evaluated?|How does the unemployment rate and the country's GDP affect the degree of "happiness"? Which are the happiest European countries? How about outside Europe? Why did the northern European countries come out looking so good? Read FORBES article and share your thoughts with us - enjoy!

Best Countries for Business in 2009 - where is Moldova?

Forbes has published its annual rating of best countries for business - this time for the 2009 year.The Best Countries for Business ranking looks at business conditions in 127 economies. This is not a tally of economies with the highest gross domestic product growth or lowest unemployment. Rather, the goal is to quantify for entrepreneurs and investors the oft-qualified dynamics of international economies and make it usable for planning and investing purposes. New to the top 10 this year: New Zealand, Australia and Norway. Falling out of the top 10: Finland, Ireland and Switzerland.

As you know, last year Moldova landed on the 90th place. Read Forbes new list and tell us if this year our country went up and down and why. What is your prognisis for 2010?

Top 2009 Brands

Brandz has already published the Top 100 Brands list for 2009. Compare this year's list with the one we read in class (Brandz 100 Top Brandz 2008). Which brands went up and which ones went down? Why?

Video Resumes - A Fast Growing Trend

While looking for a summer job for an international company dealing with online educational projects, I couldn't help noticing how difficult it was to make my resume stand out in the wide variety of CVs and highly professional educators like me also looking for work. Then I discovered this great tool which can empower your creativity and imagination while convincing your future employers that you are the best they can hire: video resumes!

These are several samples of the video resumes my students created as their final project for our summer intensive Business English course. Enjoy the videos and get inspired!
Sanda C. Video Resume - Looking for a job in the Marketing Sector
The Resume of the Modest yet Awsome David Merhe
A very professional resume for a marketing expert

Some Moldovan companies require the Euro Pass format which you can find here: EuroPass
If you heve never seen a cover letter, then you should check the following website: Free Professional Cover-Letters for Job Seeking Professionals

There are two easy tools you can use to create your Video Resume:
1. Photo Story for Windows
(go to the official website and watch the tutorial on how to make a movie using this tool here)
2. Windows Movie Maker (how to use the tool YouTube tutorial).
Good luck with your video resumes and see you in class!

Moldovan Wine Industry

Moldova Wine Industry

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Learning from Donald Trump

"The Apprentice" is an American reality television show hosted by Donald Trump, a famous business magnate. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview," the show stars sixteen to eighteen businesspeople competing in an elimination-style competition for a one-year, $250,000 starting contract of running one of business magnate Trump's companies. Even Arnold Schwarzenneger was involed in the show!!!What did he say about his success story in US - what is the KEY to success according to Schwarzenneger?
Take your time to watch the video and list the 4 business tips for young entrepreneurs Donald Trump is describing. Can you name them?

Financial Forecast for Eastern Europe

According to Russia Today and the report they published on March, the 9th, 2009,"The European Union has rejected a 190 billion euro bailout for Central and Eastern European members in deep economic crises. Now the prospects for Eastern Europe are gloomy at best." Watch the following video and tell us more about:
- Which country scored the worst result among the 27 EU countries (a drop of more than %10)
- Which country's economy is "laying in ruins" (its GDP dropped by %20) and why?

What do you think of the Business English Course you took this semester?

Dear FB students,
I would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to take the following survey I put together to get some feedback from you. The results of the survey will be used to improve the overall quality of the course and will help me select the appropriate teaching methods and materials for the rest of the semester. Please be honest - your name will not show up in the survey results :)
Thank you and see you in class next week.
Click Here to take survey

Let's share our Voicethread Projects

Dear ASEM FB students and Forsyth American Partners: this week we are going to share our wonderful Voicethread Project. Your task is to choose 3 PROJECTS you liked and

LEAVE text or voice COMMENTS to at least 3 other projects done by your colleagues!

Let's see which project will get the biggest number of comments; by the end of the project I will assign 3 diplomas to:
- the most original and creative Voicethread Project
- the most entertaining Voicethread project
- the best English narration Project.

Good luck - we are looking forward to hearing your comments on our projects!
Project 1 The World under the Heel (by Alina )
Project2 E-Banking ( by Anatoli)
Project3 The Most Powerful People of Moldova (by Anastasia )
Project 4 Corruption ( by Olga )
Project 5 How does the crisis affect SPORTS (by Stas)
Project 6 Remittences (by Liza)
Project 7 Sweatshops - How big brands violate the world (by Alex)
Project 8 Corruption in Moldova (by Natalia)
Project 9 Sweatshops (by Marina)
Project 10 The End of the World (by Diana)

Project 11 The Tale of Two Brothers: Adidas / Puma (by Iana)

Project 12 Recycling in Moldova (by Aliona)

Project 13 Women in Business (by Valeriu)