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Notes for the 2025 Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication

September: Preparing to be a Leader

The session began with a quote from Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” while the part about having “High standards and clear vision” didn’t surprise me, the idea of “effectively communicate both” made me think. I usually assume that people can easily recognize when someone has high standards – but that’s not always the case. I also did some self reflection when coach Ric spoke about “self-assessment” and what it means to approach it with emotional intelligence.

Find out more from the slides of this session here.

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EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication, 2025

Welcome back to the EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour Series on Business Communication! This year, we’ll guide you through your career journey—from expanding your professional network and building your personal brand to stepping into leadership, assembling a team, and inspiring others. Register today and grow with us!

Time: On the fourth Thursday @12-1 P.M. (Eastern Time) each month from March to November, excluding July and August.

We are also very grateful to welcome coach Ric back to lead all the sessions this year.

We are resuming our coaching sessions in September. For the final three sessions this year, we will focus on leadership-related topics.

Click to Register the remaining sessions of 2025.

October: Dos and Don’ts for a New Manager

November: How to be a Mentor and Coach

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EAWLC Entrepreneur Mentoring Program with Martin Copeland 2025

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Want to become an Entrepreneur? Already an Entrepreneur and have questions?

Come to this 12-session online entrepreneurship lectures offered by Martin Copeland through The East and West Learning Connections for free!

A successful business owner with over 40 years’ experience in practice in both Canada and the U.S., and a business mentor since retirement, Martin would also be happy to answer audience’s questions on everything about entrepreneurship, to share practical advice as well as cultural context, and mindset insight of the business world to help guide early stage entrepreneurs.

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2025 EAWLC Outstanding Service Award Winners

East and West Learning Connections (EAWLC) is run by volunteers.  Without their talents, commitment, and hard work,  all the programs we have offered to the public just cannot possibly come into reality.  Every year at our Annual General Meeting, our Board chooses a number of winners to receive the EAWLC Outstanding Service Awards based on time commitment, task impact, and organization involvement in the previous year.  The award does not apply to board directors, advisors, or guest speakers, even though they are also volunteers to whom we are deeply grateful for their help.  Each year there will be friends generously donating some cool items so we can give the winners as a gift.  The winners are the representatives of all EAWLC volunteers who all come to help us with a giving heart for the community.  Thank you so much, members, volunteers, and donors, for your great support and contributions! 

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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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EAWLC Foodies Group: Tasting Cultures in Cuisines

If you know a good restaurant from your culture, or any restaurant you really like, in Toronto or near vicinities, please kindly share with us!

East and West Learning Connections initiated the Foodies Group in 2024 for its registered members, volunteers, and guest speakers. Group members, coming from different cultural backgrounds, are encouraged to take turns to lead an outing to a restaurant of their choice, and if possible, to think of ways to enhance the experience for the group culturally.  For example, they may share knowledge or stories related to the food/culture, or try to arrange for a cooking demo, etc.

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EAWLC Tour of Toronto Zoo Guided by Dr. Andrew Lentini

Flying Mallard Duck

Join us in this fascinating tour of Toronto Zoo guided by a prominent scientist who has devoted to animal study and wild life protection for decades! Moreover, the Zoo has kindly offered a complimentary animal encounter for us. We may also meet with the Zoo’s CEO.

Time: Sunday December 1, 2024 at 10 a.m. to noon (Eastern Time)

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Notes for the 2024 Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication

How to be an Effective Communicator for Presentations

October 24, 2024

There is an old saying in Chinese, “To stand like you are a pine tree (Zhan Ru Song),” symbolizing steadiness. Today, Coach Ric introduced us to a new tree to mimic during presentations: the palm tree. It represents both steadiness and natural flexibility. The session was packed with theoretical and practical advice, including RSVP (Rhythm, Speed, Volume, Pace) for voice and PPP (Pleasure/Pain Principle). My personal favourite, though, is his honesty about how he, a native speaker and communication coach, still practices his speeches and looks for improvement constantly. Check out this month’s material here.

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