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A day in the life of a TalktoCanada.com Manager — Jillian Zavitz Programs Manager by Jillian ZavitzFEB6th2010 No Comments

Jillian Zavitz
-Programs Manager
-Working at TTC since early 2008
What exactly is a Programs Manager?
Well the Programs Manager is someone who does a little bit of everything. I am primarily responsible for interviewing, hiring and training new teachers. I have a staff of over 20 regular teachers that I keep track of and am always on the [...]

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The Importance of positive feedback by Jillian ZavitzFEB4th2010 No Comments

I’ve recently had the opportunity to “mega” teach for the past month — while waiting for another contract to come up I completed my weekly hours with individual students — and LOTS of them! Each of them having a specific focus and goals which they entrusted me to help them achieve.
Well, 2 things have been reaffirmed after [...]

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A day in the life of a TalktoCanada.com Manager – Daniel Cotton – Corporate Sales Director by Jillian ZavitzFEB2nd2010 No Comments

Daniel Cotton
- Corporate Sales Director
- Working at TTC since 2007
What is a day in the life of a Corporate Sales Director like?
Well, most of my day is spent online
Seriously though, I would say that majority of my day is spent talking with people; potential corporate clients, Trade Commissioners, Sales Agents, our current clients, and the [...]

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A Day in the Life of a TalktoCanada Manager – Alysia Bartley – Academic Coordinator by Marc AndersonJAN28th2010 No Comments

Alysia Bartley
-Academic Cordinator
-Working with TTC since 2006
Tell me a bit about yourself?
I have bachelor’s degrees in arts and education with first class standing from Lakehead University. I love languages. I majored in French and minored in English, Spanish and history. I had planned to be a French teacher, but fell into teaching [...]

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Four Important Factors to Consider When Choosing an Online English Speaking Course – Factor #1 by Daniel CottonJAN27th2010 No Comments

Interested in taking online English lessons? Trying to decide which company to select as your provider? There are many things to think about in selection process.
In this blog post I will be discussing the first of the “Four Important Factors to Consider When Choosing an Online English Speaking Course”.
Factor #1 - Choose a Professional [...]

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Tenielle Patterson – Teacher of the week by Jillian ZavitzJAN25th2010 No Comments

Tell me a little bit about yourself:
My name is Tenielle and I’m a teacher with Talk to Canada. I currently reside in New Brunswick, Canada. I have both a BA and an MA in Sociology.
Fun facts about me; I enjoy a good debate, testing new technology, photography, learning new languages and collecting vintage books. I am a huge Star [...]

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Top 3 Tips on How to Improve your Spoken English by Marc AndersonJAN24th2010 No Comments

Below you will find the top 3 tips on how to improve your spoken English skills.

Speak daily or at least a few times a week with a native English speaker. If you speak with an English as a second language speaker, you can definitely improve but you will find that over time, you will just [...]

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Top 3 qualities that I look for in teachers who want to teach English online by Jillian ZavitzJAN22nd2010 No Comments

When hiring teachers for TalktoCanada.com, I look for the obvious things (basic requirements such as being a Canadian, having some kind of teaching experience, knows something about technology and computers) but I also look for things that don’t show up on “paper”.
Coolness factor
Are you cool? Do you have stories that will keep your students interested? [...]

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A Day in the Life of a TalktoCanada.com Manager — Marc Anderson – General Manager by Jillian ZavitzJAN21st2010 2 Comments

Marc Anderson
- General Manager
- Working at TTC since early 2006
What is a typical day for you at TalktoCanada.com?
Good question, not getting very much sleep..just kidding. I would say that a typical day starts with answering a lot of emails, keeping up on prospects and than talking with my other managers either on telephone or on [...]

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A Day in the Life of… A TalktoCanada.com Manager Series by Jillian ZavitzJAN20th2010 No Comments

I thought it would be fun to start a “mini series” of
A Day in the Life of a TalktoCanada.com Manager
I’m 100% positive that no one really knows what we actually do all day and all night long at TalktoCanada.com, and thought that it would be a neat idea to let you in our daily lives [...]

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