Salient Features of India constitution especially power and functions
The New Power of Language in a Flat World
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Overview – Presented in Shanghai, China on May 24, 2011
Presentation Request / Brief
Please speak to our audience about a lifetime of living, studying, travelling
and working in some 50 countries around the world –
including your direct experiences living with some of the most intriguing
geographies and societies, such as Tibet, Syria, the Middle East, India, the
Himalayas, China’s “Minority Rim” , post-Soviet Russia, Eastern Europe and so
forth …
Describe how you perceive the language and communications – bringing a
new power to people in the global community and its role in today’s “Flat
World”
In your direct participation in this evolving global village, how do you see the
benefit of languages and the way it is redefining: Identify, Society, Networks
and Business?
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Guest Speaker: France Houdard
International Experience
4 decades living / studying in Asia; Western, Central, Eastern Europe; North & Central America; Middle East
Speaks 6 languages -- English, Chinese, Russian, French, German and Spanish
15+ years of international management consulting and investment transaction experience
Project work in over 50 countries – Asia; Western, Central, Eastern Europe; North & South America
First foreigner to be interviewed in the Chinese language for 1 hour on the television program “BossTown”
Author of the book “Operating in China” published by EIU
Professional Experience
Managing Director for Exolus, an international management consulting and investment advisory firm
Formerly CEO for Cushman & Wakefield -- responsible for 1,000 people in 30 cities across Greater China
12 years with Deloitte & Touche, based in New York City; Moscow, Russia; and Beijing, China -- Corporate
Finance and Management Consulting
Educational Experience
Yale University, Masters in Business
University of Florida, BS Electrical Engineering
University of Leipzig, History and Politics
Language Programs: University of Costa Rica; Pushkin Institute, Moscow; University of Damascus, Syria
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2. Academic / Intellectual Benefits
95% of Scientific Publication in English
90% of Internet in English
International Higher Learning English
Cognitive Enhancement – Creativity, Critical
Thinking
Enhancement of Primary Language
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2. Words without Context
"When three rows,
must be my teacher.
Choosing the good from it,
instead of their bad.“
"Read a trip further,
Yao since he has,
I have lent their support. "
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2. Words in Context … Language with Meaning
“三人行,必有我师焉。
择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。”
孔子《论语·述而》
“读万卷书,行万里路,
有耀自他,我得其助。”
宋 . 刘彝《画旨》
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2. Words in Context … Language with Meaning
“三人行,必有我师焉。
择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。”
孔子《论语·述而》
“读万卷书,行万里路,
有耀自他,我得其助。”
宋 . 刘彝《画旨》
“When I walk along with others,
They may serve me as my teachers.”
Confucius, “The Analects”
“Read ten thousand books,
Travel ten-thousand miles”
Song Liuli
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3. Cultural Benefits
Life without Language
. . . with Language
Discovery through Travel
Discovery through Literature
Discovery through the Arts
Discovering Others – the World
. . . and Discovering Yourself
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4. Economic Benefits
English Official Language in 75 Countries
Career Opportunity Spectrum
Functional and Management Responsibility
What is Valued in Business Communication?
The How … What … When … Where of …
Speaking
Writing
Reading
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4. Life with Language and Meaning
“三人行,必有我师焉。
择其善者而从之,其不善者而改之。”
孔子《论语·述而》
“读万卷书,行万里路,
有耀自他,我得其助。”
宋 . 刘彝《画旨》
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Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Arabic saying – you are as many people as the languages you speak
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Knowledge is Power
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
University of Florida
Yale University
University of Leipzig – used to be Carl Marx University
University of Costa Rica (1988)
University of Damascus, in Syria
Middlebury College
Language is a Reflection of Culture
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.
Have an instant conversation starter – Think of how fascinated you are when you find someone who knows a foreign language. Most people find foreign languages and those who speak them interesting and it sparks instant questions, such as, “Did you actually live there?”
2. Make new friends more easily – There is something mysterious and exotic about talking to someone who knows a foreign language, and people seem to open up and let down their guard much more quickly when they find out that you know a foreign tongue.