Notes for the 2025 Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication

April: Strategies for Personal Branding

April 24, 2025

The conversation about personal branding becomes more philosophical than practical. Why do we need self promote, and should we self promote? Is it fake if we do something strategically and deliberately? Is being authentic stopping us from connecting with other people? Check out the material from this session here.

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EAWLC Dialogue with Peter Thurton

At East and West Learning Connections, we hold ongoing dialogues with people of different heritages to promote mutual understanding at an individual level. With deep appreciation we thank our guest speakers who volunteer their time to share life experience, expertise, thoughts, advice, and have a conversation with our audience!

We proudly kick off our 2025 Dialogue program with a compassionate lawyer, speaker, author and a super Jazz fan!

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EAWLC Book Talks with Echo Liu: No Detours in the Black Hole / 彼方书话《黑洞不绕行》

At EAWLC’s Book Talks program, authors come to present their books, and have discussions with our audience. This particular session will be conducted in Mandarin. For English description, please jump to the English part below.

东西联学社诚邀您来我们的书话节目,听作家讲他们自己的作品和作品背后的故事,当面交流、参与讨论。

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Social Conversations at East and West Learning Connections 2025

Have you ever wondered what to talk about in a social conversation? Or, as an immigrant, do you sometimes feel it is difficult to join your local co-workers’ conversation because you don’t know the people or things they are talking about, or you have some everyday questions that you would like to know how local people would think or deal with? Or do you just want to find a safe, relaxing and friendly environment to talk to some native English speakers, and enjoy a pleasant conversation?

Judith Lawrence and her native English-speaking volunteer team are kindly facilitating Social Conversations to address those questions for you at the East and West Learning Connections. They come from all walks of life. We are so delighted to have a group of open-minded, friendly, and fun people as our facilitators! You are welcome to bring your own topics of interest to the program. Register here.

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