Archive for July, 2007
Why You Should Never Write Names in Red When Dealing with Koreans Part 1
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007I was in a resell shop for baby clothes and toys on the weekend. My little girl will be 4 in August, and I realized that I was cluttering the house with her old clothes and toys. So, I decided to drop them off at the resell store where they also can donate to the [...]
Travel Tip: How a Deadbolt Nearly Killed Me
Friday, July 27th, 2007I have been talking about the things I experienced at the conference and pointed out several things that can go wrong. Now, since we have been studying so to say, I will talk about what kind of stupid thing I did while I was staying during the conference. This has nothing to do with your [...]
How Choosing the Wrong Visual Aid Can Ruin Your Presentation to Koreans
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Now we know about the truth about telling jokes. Similar to this story, there was a fairly big mistake made by this same speaker. All too innocent on his end, but the damage was quite big. When it was done, it was too late to correct the course of the action, and he personally offended [...]
The Pitfalls of Telling Jokes to Non-native English Speakers Part 2
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Did you finally find any humor in the story? No matter how hard you think about it, there was nothing funny about it, right?
Having a sense of humor is always a good thing. It certainly makes things easier and our world a better place, as everybody can laugh. It also means you can laugh with [...]
The Pitfalls of Telling Jokes to Non-native English Speakers Part 1
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007I talked about speaking simple phrases such as “thank you” and “nice to meet you” in Korean.
Today, I would like to talk about one common mistake being made in cross-cultural settings which I also witnessed at the conference and have witnessed numerous times in business meetings with American and Korean businessmen.
The key authority [...]
The Importance of Knowing Basic Korean Phrases When Dealing With Korean Business Partners
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Not too long ago, I was in an international conference held by a major charity organization for 1 week. Many officials from all over the world attended the conference with their own consultants and interpreters provided by the organization. As with any major international conferences, there were at least a minimum of ten different languages [...]
The Korean Business Blog is Ready for Posting
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Three months have passed since I launched my blog along with my new website. I am fully aware of the fact that I haven’t made a single blog post since the introductory post in April. In my defense, however, during the past three months I found myself wishing that I had 48 hours [...]
