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Dear email,
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Do you love your job? I do – really! Although I always enjoy it, there are still some highlights that really stick out. Recently (for example), I had the pleasure of speaking with Catherine Coleman Flowers, America’s leading environmental-justice activist. You can read my interview with her via the link below. She talks about activism and hope for the future, even in unsettling times. Additionally, you can watch a video clip of the interview here.
There are more articles in this newsletter: One explains what digital body language is and what your choices say about you. And we have an item on the first television transmission, 100 years ago – at the time, the most revolutionary technology thinkable.
Next week, my colleague Inez Sharp will be back with some more entertaining stories for you.
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Judith Gilbert
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Editor-in-chief, Business Spotlight
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stick out: herausragen, herausstechen | via: über | unsettling: beunruhigend; hier: unruhig | additionally: zusätzlich, außerdem | item: Artikel
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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forced joy
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Did you know...? It’s no longer enough for employees to do their jobs. They must also manufacture positivity. This expression refers to a trend in which managers tell employees to pretend to be happy in internal communications, social media posts and interactions with customers.
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manufacture sth.: etw. herstellen, erzeugen
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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In the Picture
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100 years of TV
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Scottish inventor John Logie Baird completed the first successful transmission of a moving image via television on 30 October 1925. The key to Baird’s success was the Nipkow disk – a metal disk with holes in it – patented in 1884 by the German engineer and inventor Paul Nipkow. This was the beginning of television, but it wasn’t until the fully televised coronation of Queen Elizabeth II by the BBC in 1953 that TV really became popular in the UK.
Queen Elizabeth, shown here with princes Charles and Andrew, enjoyed watching TV, especially a series called Coronation Street.
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transmission: Übertragung | televise sth.: etw. im Fernsehen übertragen | coronation: Krönung(szeremonie)
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© Image: Joan Williams / Shutterstock
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Quiz
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TV
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1. The first colour television broadcast was in ________.
A) 1949
B) 1953
C) 1962
2. Who was Philo Farnsworth?
A) the first person to appear on TV
B) the first person to read the TV news
C) the inventor of the first all-electronic TV set
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Ihr Gutschein für Business Spotlight
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Climate
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Activism, justice and hope
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Catherine Coleman Flowers is America’s leading environmental-justice activist and has spent years fighting for better sanitation in poor communities. For her efforts, she was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people. Business Spotlight’s editor-in-chief, Judith Gilbert, spoke with her about activism and hope.
As a special gift, our newsletter subscribers can read the online version of the article for free – but only for a week!
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sanitation: Sanitärversorgung | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Image: dr
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Communication
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It’s how you say it
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Email, video calls and instant messaging – a lot of communication at work is now digital. Has that changed the way we communicate? What can we do to improve what is known as “digital body language”?
In her bestselling book Digital Body Language, leadership expert Erica Dhawan writes: “Contemporary communication relies more than ever on how we say something rather than on what we say.” Here are some of our tips to help you become an expert in digital body language:
Clarity is more important than brevity: Pressure to communicate quickly can lead to misunderstandings. Always give meeting invitations a subject that everyone understands and make sure tasks are clearly defined.
Check punctuation: Don’t use exclamation marks when they’re not needed, but sometimes, they are useful. Ending a mail with “Thanks!” is more positive than just “Thanks.”
Avoid emojis: The use of emojis has increased, even in work communication. While they can be fun, they can also cause problems. Steve Fuller, a professor of social epistemology at the University of Warwick, told the magazine Dazed: “Emojis may seem to make communication more direct; in fact, research increasingly shows that they complicate matters.” People may understand emojis differently, depending on age and culture. The thumbs up, for example, is seen as rude in some cultures.
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contemporary: zeitgemäß, von heute | rely on sth.: hier: auf etw. beruhen, sich auf etw. stützen | brevity: Kürze, Knappheit | subject: hier: Betreff | task: Aufgabe | exclamation mark (UK): Ausrufezeichen | cause sth.: etw. verursachen | research: Forschung | matter: Angelegenheit | thumbs up: Daumen hoch
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© Image: Getty Images
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Roundtable
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Digital body language
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Do you use emojis at work? Do you overuse exclamation marks? After the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, our working worlds became more digital. In our audio roundtable, Business Spotlight’s Rachel Preece, Melita Cameron-Wood and Richard Mote discuss their own digital body language and share tips they have to make sure nothing is misunderstood!
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overuse: zu oft verwenden | exclamation mark (UK): Ausrufezeichen
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© Image: Mervin Meyer / Unsplash.com
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Anzeige
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Besser schlafen – Ihr Weg zu erholsamen Nächten
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Im interaktiven Live-Webinar mit Wissenschaftsjournalist Hilmar Schmundt erfahren Sie, wie Sie nachts wirklich regenerieren, innere Ruhe finden und Ihr Grübelkarussell stoppen. Hilmar beantwortet Ihre persönlichen Fragen und gibt praxisnahe Strategien, die Sie direkt umsetzen können.
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© Bild: ZEIT Akademie
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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12 tips to think like a leader
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Dealing with difficult colleagues | Are private currencies the new money? | What your digital body language says about you | Activist Catherine Coleman Flowers on bringing hope to America
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Quiz
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The cosy season
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It’s that time of year again: put on some thick socks, start a good book or head out to experience crisp golden leaves beneath your boots! Test your knowledge on the cosiest season of the year in our fun quiz.
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cosy: gemütlich | crisp: hier: raschelnd
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© Image: Balazs Busznyak / Unsplash.com
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© Image: Theresa Hering
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Mitarbeit: Dennis Draber, Judith Gilbert, Susanne Krause, Nadia Lawrence, Mae McCreary, Richard Mote, Rachel Preece, Inez Sharp.
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