The Beaverton start-up is making strides in social entrepreneurship By Christina Lent The Beaverton Valley Times, Nov 29, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009 Clay and Cindy Cooper are pioneers in creating a new online language teaching industry. It’s been two years since the Beaverton couple launched Speak Shop, a unique online company that offers fair [...]
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‘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 |
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 [...]
Founder of Speak Shop Named to Fast Company “Fast 50″
Posted in Awards, Conversational Spanish, Spanish Lessons, 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 May 31, 2007 |
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast50_07/readers.html
Active Engagement: International education is helping to spread the benefits of social entrepreneurship across the globe
Posted in Conversational Spanish, 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 May 30, 2007 |
by Karen Leggett http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/IE_MayJun07_ActiveEngagement.pdf
Speak the Language
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, 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 31, 2006 |
Adoptive Families March/April 2006 Here’s a chance to learn Spanish by speaking one-on-one with tutors in Guatemala – without even leaving your living room. Speak Shop enables students around the world to take personalized Spanish lessons on their computer via videoconferencing, allowing for instant audio and visual feedback. At $5 to $6 per session, Speak [...]
Global Social Venture Competition Names Speak Shop Semi-Finalist
Posted in Awards, Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, 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 February 16, 2006 |
Fair Trade Online Spanish Tutoring Company Delivers Social and Financial Benefits Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) February 16, 2006 — Speak Shop, http://www.speakshop.com, an award-winning pioneer in live online Spanish tutoring, has been named a semi-finalist in the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC). GSVC is a global business plan competition organized by the Berkeley Haas School of [...]
Online Spanish Tutoring Brings Immersion Spanish Lessons to U.S. Medical and Legal Professionals
Posted in Conversational Spanish, Spanish Lessons, 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 October 8, 2005 |
Professionals link up with private tutors in Guatemala from their home or office PCs. Portland, OR (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 — Speak Shop, www.speakshop.com, is an award-winning pioneer in online foreign language tutoring. Medical and legal professionals use Speak Shop to take face-to-face Spanish lessons with experienced tutors in Guatemala — when they want, without [...]
Spanish Lessons for Better Tourism and a Better World
Posted in Conversational Spanish, Spanish Lessons, 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 July 1, 2005 |
Article printed in Sustainable Travel Report, Vol. 3 No. 7, July 2005. The Sustainable Travel Report newsletter is available at http://www.sustainabletravelinternational.org. When you travel, knowing the local language can mean the difference between a good trip and a great one, staying healthy, getting lost or sitting on the most beautiful, silky sand beach you’ve ever [...]
Speak Shop and PROBIGUA Partner to Offer Face-to-Face Online Spanish Tutoring
Posted in Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged Conversational Spanish, Fair Trade, Guatemala, Learn Spanish, learn spanish online, learning spanish online, lessons spanish, online spanish, PROBIGUA, spanish grammar, spanish lessons online, spanish tutor, to learn spanish on April 5, 2005 |
Speak Shop puts Guatemalan instructors face-to-face with students all over the world, and no one has to leave their desk. For the first time, these tutors can benefit from global e-commerce.
