Untours Catalog, Fall 2009 Clay Cooper had always struggled to learn Spanish. It wasn’t until he studied in Guatemala at age 31 that he finally succeeded. During that trip he also learned that hard work and education did not always pay off. With limited opportunities in Guatemala, even his university-educated tutor lived in poverty. That [...]
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Speak Shop links tutors, students around globe
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on March 9, 2009 | Comments Off
The Miami Herald, March 09, 2009 By Jill Replogle Twice a week Margo Griffin, who lives in Denver, Colo., has a one-on-one Spanish class with her tutor, Mayra Juárez, who lives in Antigua. Both attend the class from the comfort of their own homes via Internet, webcam and an innovative business called Speak Shop. Offering [...]
Web exchange spreads language, and good will
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on January 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Lowell Sun, January 24, 2009 By Bridge Scrimenti The sound of Spanish vocabulary and laughter echo around Kerri Piette’s kitchen table. Each week Piette takes Spanish lessons from Leonor Chivichón. However, Piette lives in Carlisle and Chivichón in Guatemala. The two women connect through Speak Shop, a business that offers Spanish lessons from native speakers [...]
‘Speak Shop’ Explores New Way To Foreign Language Learning
Posted in Awards, Fair Trade, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, linkedin, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on October 29, 2007 | Comments Off
OPB – News Radio BY KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL Portland, OR October 29, 2007 3:35 p.m. Listen to radio broadcast. Starting a new business is difficult at the best of times. But if you’re also trying to make that business altruistic, the job can be doubly difficult. One Oregon couple is using their computer — and friends [...]
Fair Trade Spanish
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, linkedin, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on July 1, 2007 | Comments Off
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2007 By Laila Weir How Speak Shop uses the Web to help teachers earn more and students pay less. When Michael Parker sits down to his private Spanish tutoring sessions, he pays his teacher $8 per hour, which is much less than the $25 per hour he was previously paying [...]
Speak Shop Awarded 2006 Oregon InnoTech Innovation Award
Posted in Awards, Fair Trade, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on March 22, 2006 | Comments Off
Fair Trade Online Spanish Tutoring Company Recognized for Business Leadership and Innovation Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) March 22, 2006 — Speak Shop, http://www.speakshop.com, a pioneer in online Spanish tutoring via webcam, announced today that it has been selected to receive the 2006 InnoTech Innovation Award. Presented by the InnoTech Conference in Oregon, the InnoTech Innovation Awards [...]
International Inspiration for Business
Posted in Fair Trade, Guatemala, tagged Conversational Spanish, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on November 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Speak Shop’s lesson on the transformative power of the web Article printed in Good Four Business, Monthly CSReport, Issue 11, November, 2005. Opportunity meets community, in two places at once When most international businesses apply voice and video conferencing, it’s for their own benefit. At Speak Shop, that’s one small part of the story. This [...]
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