Think Big - English for Architects with Tara Cull

In episode 14 of Think Big, I share a short conversation I had with Rohisha Maharjan about how you can connect your past experiences to make your cover letter stand out. Rohisha was a previous client of mine and I meet with her to record a testimonial but she also shared so much valuable information that I wanted to turn it into a short podcast episode for you all to listen to. In this episode I discuss ✨Some of the key mistakes I see in cover letters ✨What I always feel is missing and how you can reframe how you look at last experience and different cultural perspectives   Rohisha shares: ✨Her experience with writing her cover letter ✨Key things that she did that helped her cover letter to stand out and land her a job ✨What she would say to someone in her position Recommended episodes: ✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher ✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull Extended Shownotes  https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-sell-yourself-and-make-your-cover-letter-standout-with-rohisha-maharjan Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? In November 2021 we are starting the very first ArchiEnglish practice - a group coaching program to get you confidently express your words. Come and join me and other professionals in the built design profession to share your voice and speak up with more confidence.  ArchiEnglish Practice Course 

In episode 13 of Think Big, I share a conversation I had with Emmaline Bowman about designing with biodiversity in mind. Emmaline is the director & founder of STEM Landscape Architecture and Design in Australia. Emmaline has a Bachelor of Design & a Masters in Landscape Architecture.

Emmaline believes that every answer can be delivered when you look into nature, & she strives in creating environments that respect Australian flora & fauna in ways that are not only beneficial but beautiful. 

I enjoyed listening to Em discuss her earlier influences and how she approaches her projects with biodiversity in mind.     

STEM Website 

https://www.stemlandscape.com/urban-projects

We discuss:

✨What is an Acknowledgement of Country? 

✨Emmaline's early childhood influences and what lead her to pursue landscape architecture 

✨Why she believes we should educate our clients more about biodiversity 

✨How she communicates the designs to clients 

✨Australian Indigenous Bushfoods 

Extended Show Notes: 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/designing-with-biodiversity-in-mind-with-emmaline-bowman-from-stem-landscape-architecture  

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✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

In November 2021 we are starting the very first ArchiEnglish practice - a group coaching program to get you confidently express your words. Come and join me and other professionals in the built design profession to share your voice and speak up with more confidence. 

ArchiEnglish Practice Group Coaching

In episode 12 of Think Big, I share some ways you can learn more about plants (without going back to school). I share some of the ways I learnt about plants and developed my passion over years of working as a landscape architect. I also share some simple examples of future simple and how we can use 'going to' to describe the predicted benefits of plants. 

I discuss:

✨How my story with plants began 

✨How to pronounce Latin names 

✨My top 7 tips for learning more about plants and diving deep into understanding more 

✨ The language of speculation (making predictions to describe the future benefits of plants or design features 

Recommended episodes: 

Episode 11 - Building Smart Zero-Net Carbon Cities: Paris Climate Action Plan and the Language of Cause & Effect

https://www.archienglish.com/post/building-smart-zero-net-carbon-cities-paris-climate-action-plan-and-the-language-of-cause-effect 

Episode 7 - How to Communicate Your Ideas Better Visually & Verbally with Steven Rubio from Show it Better

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-communicate-your-ideas-better-visually-verbally-with-steven-rubio-from-show-it-better

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✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-learn-more-about-plants-and-vocabulary-for-plants-and-planting 

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?  

You know it's time to make a change and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now.

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In Episode 11 of Think Big, I'm taking you to the future to find out what is in store for the city of Paris in 2050. 

Today is an opportunity for you to listen to me dive deep into a global environmental issue that will inevitably impact the future of urban design, architecture and planning for the next 30 years. Given that I live in France, I thought it would be an excellent example to put some context into understanding some of the strategies cities will implement going Carbon Neutral.

It is also the perfect opportunity for you to learn and explore new vocabulary, discuss language for cause and effect/consequence, and take a closer look at Zero and First Conditional in a context you understand. 

I discuss:

✨ The Paris Agreement and what that means 

✨ The Paris Climate Action Plan

✨ How Buildings and the city of Paris will change 

✨ Language of cause and effect 

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✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

https://www.archienglish.com/post/building-smart-zero-net-carbon-cities-paris-climate-action-plan-and-the-language-of-cause-effect 

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?  

You know it's time to make a change, and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips, so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now.

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In Episode 10 of Think Big, we move on from talking about presentation skills to talking to Brazilian architectural designer Gabriela Fernandes. We discuss her journey from Brazil to Australia and the ongoing process to become a registered architect in Australia and where she is up to in the process.  

We discuss:
✨ Learning English as an architecture professional  
✨ Different books and resources to learn vocabulary 
✨ Architecture Registration in Australia with overseas qualifications 
✨ Networking, putting yourself out there and staying connected to your culture

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript: 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/brazilian-architectural-designer-s-australian-dream-life-work-becoming-a-registered-architect 

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice?  Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?   You know it's time to make a change and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now. Take me to the action plan

In episode 9 of Think Big, I share some of the key things I have learnt about giving more engaging and effective presentations. I take ideas from my previous guests Steven Rubio, Saneia Norton and Vanessa Paisley to put together 12 things that stood out to me as being important when it comes to delivering engaging presentations. I also share some examples of language you might use in a presentation to hook the audience as well as signposting to keep the presentation moving along.

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

https://www.archienglish.com/post/12-helpful-tips-for-giving-more-engaging-and-effective-presentations

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In Episode 8 of Think Big, I speak to Saneia Norton, landscape architect and host of Dig Beneath Design - a podcast where her along with her guests, share stories and insights about design communication. Saneia Norton believes that clear communication gives designers  ⚡REAL POWER ⚡ As a landscape architect, she has often seen great projects fall over before they reach completion because ideas weren't explained clearly or the audience didn't understand the idea. Saneia helps professionals to prepare for critical project meetings, presentations and reports that really have to hit the mark. Through her work, she hopes to empower designers with language skills to match their fluency in graphics. I thought this interview would be the perfect follow up to my chat with Steven Rubio.  In today's interview, I wanted to know a little more about her work and the importance of tieing visual representation to verbal communication. I wanted to dive deeper into understanding this more and how my clients who are non-native English speakers could think about how they might use some of the ideas to their advantage. Saneia's details  Website - https://sndc.com.au/  Dig Beneath Design Podcast - https://sndc.com.au/digbeneathdesign/ ✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript: https://www.archienglish.com/post/why-great-communication-is-about-connection-not-perfection-with-saneia-norton  Recommended episodes:  Episode 3: How to use storytelling to connect to your clients - Fiona Dunin, FMD Architects https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-use-storytelling-to-connect-to-your-clients-with-fiona-dunin-fmd-architects Episode 7: How to Communicate Your Ideas Better Visually and Verbally with Steven Rubio - Show it Better  https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-communicate-your-ideas-better-visually-verbally-with-steven-rubio-from-show-it-better 

In episode 7 of Think Big, I speak to Steven Rubio, architect, visualiser and teacher creator of Show It Better. He loves architectural representation and he loves teaching architects and built design professionals the importance of architectural drawing for projects. From theory to practice, he describes himself as being obsessed with teaching and educating the things he has learned in a life of architectural representation.

In today's interview, I wanted to know a little more about his story and the importance of visual pictures being able to tell the story especially when it comes to helping my clients and students to verbally express the concepts to clients or to present projects in architecture critiques. I very much enjoyed our conversation because I could see just how much he loves teaching and sharing his passion for which I am the many people that follow his YouTube channel appreciate

I also wanted to know more about his tips for architects and students but also if English is your second language how you can learn more.

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-communicate-your-ideas-better-visually-verbally-with-steven-rubio-from-show-it-better

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?  

You know it's time to make a change and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now.

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In today's episode of Think Big, I speak to Australian building designer James Goodlet from Altereco in Melbourne, Australia. I'm currently working with him and his team to design, document and execute the landscape design for two of Altereco's projects, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take advantage of this and share more with you about what they do.

James founded Altereco Design in 2006 and has grown and led his practice through 12 years of building and design services. In today's episode, I wanted to know from James how he works with the client to educate them and communicate ideas about sustainability and what it means to take an 'efficiency first' approach to building design. 

Altereco Design 

Website - https://www.altereco.net.au/ 

Blog - https://www.altereco.net.au/blog-post 

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alterecodesign/ 

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

https://www.archienglish.com/post/adopting-an-efficiency-first-approach-to-sustainable-building-design-with-james-goodlet

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?  

You know it's time to make a change, and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips, so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now.

Take me to the action plan.

Recommended episodes: 

Episode 3: How to use storytelling to connect to your clients - Fiona Dunin, FMD Architects

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-use-storytelling-to-connect-to-your-clients-with-fiona-dunin-fmd-architects

Episode 1: How to Build Your English Confidence: for Architects and Built Design Professionals

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-build-your-english-confidence-for-architects-and-built-design-professionals 

✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher

✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull

In this episode, I spoke to Vanessa Paisley who is an experienced Global Competence, relocation and repatriation trainer and coach. She supports people in the process of moving countries, creating a space where they can discover and live their lives to the full, gaining the maximum potential out of the enriching adventure both abroad and back home.

I wanted to know more about her own personal experiences with overcoming culture shock and how she helps people to develop their intercultural competences to work across and within different cultures. She has a blog where she shares a lot of very useful information around these themes. 

Vanessa's contact details: 

Blog - Helping non-native speakers of English to communicate effectively across cultures.  

Vanessa Paisley LinkedIn 

Paisley communication Instagram  

Want to do The International Profiler evaluation with Vanessa? 

Get in contact with Vanessa on LinkedIn or her website. 

We discuss:

✨ Culture shock and reverse culture shock & ways to adapt  

✨ Why we both love teaching languages in context 

✨ Intercultural Communication and why it matters when you're working across cultures 

✨ The International Profiler and 5 Competences you can develop to improve your communication skills 

In episode 4 I discussed some vocabulary we used in the episode especially phrasal verbs and expressions. 

Books & Resources 

📚 The Culture Map, Erin Meyer 

📚 No Rules Rules, Erin Meyer and Reed Hastings 

💻 The International Profiler - https://portal.worldwork.global/international-profiler/ 

Recommended episodes: 

Episode 4 : 3 Easy Ways You Can Learn Phrasal Verbs and Expressions More Efficiently 

https://www.archienglish.com/post/3-easy-ways-you-can-learn-phrasal-verbs-and-expressions-more-efficiently 

Episode 1: How to Build Your English Confidence: for Architects and Built Design Professionals

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-build-your-english-confidence-for-architects-and-built-design-professionals

✨ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archienglishteacher

✨ Connect with me on LinkedIn Tara Cull

✨ Extended Show Notes and Full Transcript:

https://www.archienglish.com/post/how-to-develop-your-intercultural-awareness-to-communicate-more-effectively-across-cultures 

Ready to take action to speak up and share your voice? 

Ready to start making a BIG impact on your English & building the architecture career you want?  

You know it's time to make a change and you've got to start somewhere. In the evaluation and action plan, you will get my best tips so you stop the self-doubt and start taking action now.

Take me to the action plan