VIP Class Notes (Nick) [W]

Homework

See if you can find examples of talking changes using percentages.

Next Class Focus

Changes by percentage, etc. Comparing numbers.

Vocabulary

Travel – a general verb for going from one place to another; travel is also a very general noun
e.g. We will be traveling for two days to get from Shanghai to the location in Xinjiang (just the “getting from one place to another” will take two days)
Trip – one time traveling from one place to another; one period of time away from home
e.g. I’m going on a trip to Indonesia.
NOT: I’m going on “a travel”
Have a safe trip – I hope this one trip you’re about to leave on is safe
Safe travels! – I hope that the traveling you are beginning will be safe (maybe you are going to to many places, or maybe I am just not being specific); while you are traveling about the world, be careful about it

Unprecedented – when something has no prior example
e.g. When Alex Honnold climbed El Capitan without ropes, it was unprecedented.

Prior vs. Previous (adjective) – “prior” is a thing that came before; “previous” is the last one before the current one
e.g. We have systems A, B, and C, in that order. A and B are both “prior” systems, but only B is the “previous” system.
Prior and Before (prepositions) – these show relation in time
e.g. Two days prior . . . = Two days before . . .

Prominent – something that stands out from the rest
e.g. Nike is prominent sports brand (noticeable, distinct from other, smaller ones)

Grammar

Fliedflew (fly, flew, flown)

it was very rushrushed
— “Rush” is either a noun or a verb, and the usual way to make this an adjective is to use the past tense of the verb
e.g. Our trip to Beijing was very rushed, because we had meetings before and after the trip.

Writing exercise

Email service from 4/4/2019, further discussion and shortening

1. Created a recruiting strategy for developing a deeper talent pool from which to draw enthusiastic and talented candidates for our brand. In the first six months of the year, this program has quadrupled the year-to-date collection of new qualified candidate leads as compared with previous years. The system now has 125 instructor leads coordinated in the database, including both new leads and also candidates looking to transfer to our city within the next 6 months.

2. Planning to a Attended the Nike Superworkshop and Trainer Summits for the purposes of: building a teacher database; and, planning, outreach, and negotiating partnerships with related studios to scale up talented pool. e.g. Collaborating with dance studios (Caster, GH5, Kinjaz) to hold training camps, consisting of 60+ attendees.
(Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is related to the Superworkshop that you did before, right? So we should say “attended” instead of “planning to attend,” as the second implies that you are thinking about doing it in the future. If it is in the future, I would say “will attend” to make it more concrete than “planning to attend.”)

3. Managed key brand partnerships by maintaining close dialogue on cooperative strategy to optimize brand awareness and instructor promotions. Built / started the “Social Remix” series of regular community regular events to cooperate with active lifestyle brands such as Nike, Apple …etc.


1. Attended the 2018 Nike Superworkshop and Trainer Summits for the purposes of building a cross-modality / multi-modality teacher database. In the first six months of the year, this program has quadrupled the year-to-date collection of new qualified candidate leads. The system now has 125 instructor leads coordinated in the database, including both new leads and also candidates looking to transfer to our city within the next 6 months.

2. Negotiated new, integrated partnerships to collaborate with related diverse studios to on auditions and training camps. This provides unprecedented cross-modality potential for the talented instructors in our teacher database.

3. Managed key brand partnerships by maintaining close dialogue on cooperative strategy in order to optimize brand awareness and instructor promotions. Started the “Social Remix” series of regular community events to cooperate with prominent active lifestyle brands such as Nike, Apple, etc.