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Goal
Learn strategies for making their participation in group and
one-on-one discussions more purposeful, collaborative, and productive.
Objectives
- Present ideas concisely using an efficient step-by-step framework
- Use language that clarifies meaning and shows relationships
between ideas
- Express legitimate disagreement as part of a productive exchange
- Acquire techniques for positioning ideas in rapid-paced meetings
- Promote resolution of issues by identifying shared interests
and using tactful, collaborative language
Methodology
Presentation, group discussion, structured speaking activities,
role plays and other interactive speaking exercises
Enrollment
Up to 12 participants
Scheduling
1-day workshop
Materials
LinguaTec Making Discussions Work training manual
What You Learn
- Get to the point and speak concisely
- Provide appropriate background for your audience
- Create links between ideas to maintain clarity
- Acknowledge other viewpoints when disagreeing
- Respond confidently to challenges and disagreement
- Interject ideas and regain the floor in rapid-paced meetings
- Keep discussions balanced by speaking tactfully and
finding common ground
- Reach resolution by proposing solutions that take shared
interests into account
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