We have recorded the first episode in a six-part series "The language of...". First up: language of emotion, to be released in a few weeks' time. To follow: the language of food, waste, nature, music and water. Get ready for the ride!

Our temporary podcast co-host, Matt Drury, has completed his PhD at Uni Groningen 🥳 That means the path is clear for planning our next episode.

Matt is finishing his PhD in Applied Ecolinguistics at Groningen University in the Netherlands and once he has defended his thesis, we will get going! https://t.co/mJcZfETHtw

We have been quiet recently, but in the background, we are busy finishing the 2nd edn of Language in Business, Language at Work. And we have some good news: we will start recording new episodes in September, with Matt Drury standing in for Bernard for a few months.

Here are your three podcast hosts at a recent - and rare - in-person meeting. We have plans for the next six episodes and will announce dates soon.

Good news for the Words & Actions podcast today: We have secured funding for the next six episodes! Many thanks to https://t.co/zGNz3sd7Oq! Our next episode will be on emotion in #business communication - what would you like Erika, Bernard and Veronika to discuss?

We did it! Your friendly podcasters have finished the 2nd edition of the textbook Language in Business, Language at Work. It is now with the publisher for review and we are completing the web materials for teachers and students. And we have ideas for the next podcast episode!

Few people are happy about their finances in January. We cannot help with the money aspect, but we can help our listeners to better understand (and teach) financial communication: https://t.co/v9RHefe3zx #fincomm

When does transparent or positive become too much? And why can jargon feel like the best financial armour? Tune in for a lively dive into financial storytelling, with three experts sharing plenty of insights, red flags, laughs and a nudge to rethink your next investment. 3/3

How do you talk money without losing trust – or your audience? From quarterly earnings calls to investor pitches, the world of financial communication is a tightrope walk of clarity, persuasion and credibility. What makes numbers sound good? 2/3

Our new episode on financial communication is out, just in time for holiday listening! https://t.co/JIYufsZBzT Show notes below 🔽 #financialliteracy #investorrelations 1/3

We have now recorded an episode on financial communication, including a roundtable with three experts who know the field both as academics and as practitioners. Watch this space for the drop!

Listeners will be pleased to hear that a) regular, bi-monthly episodes will start again in January, and b) we will do an extra episode on financial communication before then. Think accounting is all just dry numbers? Think again!

Two of our interviewees were guest speakers at @LancasterUni's Culture & Communication symposium today: @roadtobabel (Doris Dippold) on intercultural pragmatics in human-chatbot interaction & Jane Lockwood on how (not) to manage virtual team meetings. 👏🏼 https://t.co/7d9xPCh5gx

Here's a snippet of the cover for our revised and re-imagined second edition of the textbook - to be revealed in full on publication!

We're making progress on the second, revised and re-imagined edition of the Language in Business, Language at Work textbook. But we miss making the podcast and can't wait to get going again in September! We have several ideas for our next episode - any requests from you?

Here are your favourite podcasters with their personal fan club 😉Joanna Chojnicka, @Lotte_vanPoppel, @DimitriSrf We met to make progress on the second edition of the Language in Business, Language at Work textbook and we did - so expect a new podcast episode in late summer!

After looking at business communication #textbooks in our last episode, we are now working away at the new version of Language in Business, Language at Work: with a third author, restructured contents and updates throughout, it's a major undertaking. https://t.co/qvLDubTeYF

If you are teaching business communication, what are you looking for in a textbook? In our latest episode, we discuss advice and agendas in #textbooks (including our own).

Wittgenstein and Jonathan Clifton are joining the writing table - tune in if you want answers and more questions on the language game as we are playing it. https://t.co/qvLDubTeYF