Rhetoric for Innovative Education

Output 2 Online Course in Rhetoric

Learning module

Business meeting. Practical assignments

• Traditional and modern rhetorical paradigm

• Speech structure: techniques and approaches. Practical assignments

• Presentations. Practical assignments

• Media rhetoric. Practical assignments

• Podcast. Practical assignments

• Business meeting. Practical assignments

• Sample model for preparation, implementation and evaluation

• Bibliography

Business Meeting. Practical assignments

Simulation game and communicative role. Creating an atmosphere close to the real one.

• Present the functions, scenario, rules, traditions, business etiquette and the relationship with corporate culture and business behaviour.

• Specify the business meeting topic, agenda items. This is important in order to prepare the arguments and texts, analyse the sources and select the information on a given occasion: announcement of positions in the organization, launch of a new product on the market, improvement of an online marketing campaign, etc.

• Assign roles: chair of the meeting, minute taker, participants based on positions in the organization. Present the specific tasks clearly to the participants.

Participant commitments.

• Prepare your business speech, business presentation or statement.

• Rehearse the presentation.

• Select the highlights.

• Decide what is essential and how to present it convincingly.

Assignments to students:

Preparation Stage: Choose what the reason for the business meeting is. Write down the agenda items.

Assign roles. Chair. Possible moderator. Minute taker. Participants. Give instructions to participants to prepare.

Implementation stage:

On the day of the simulation game, create an atmosphere close to the one of a real meeting in a modern business environment in an international corporation or a national company.

Briefly reiterate the directions and instructions to the chair/leader and to the participants in relation to their “status” and social role, clarify their commitments.

Implement the simulation game respecting the agenda, timing, business etiquette.

Stage analysis and recommendations:

First: Participants evaluate themselves on the criteria: dynamics of the dialogue in a business environment according to the business meeting format – chair’s guidance of the dialogue – participants’ giving relevant and effective answers – style – language – business etiquette – arguments – non-linguistic behaviour, etc.

Second. The lecturer gives his/her assessment and recommendations for improving rhetorical skills in a business environment.

Business Meeting. Practical assignments

Simulation game and communicative role. Creating an atmosphere close to the real one.

• Present the functions, scenario, rules, traditions, business etiquette and the relationship with corporate culture and business behaviour.

• Specify the business meeting topic, agenda items. This is important in order to prepare the arguments and texts, analyse the sources and select the information on a given occasion: announcement of positions in the organization, launch of a new product on the market, improvement of an online marketing campaign, etc.

• Assign roles: chair of the meeting, minute taker, participants based on positions in the organization. Present the specific tasks clearly to the participants.

Participant commitments.

• Prepare your business speech, business presentation or statement.

• Rehearse the presentation.

• Select the highlights.

• Decide what is essential and how to present it convincingly.

Assignments to students:

Preparation Stage: Choose what the reason for the business meeting is. Write down the agenda items.

Assign roles. Chair. Possible moderator. Minute taker. Participants. Give instructions to participants to prepare.

Implementation stage:

On the day of the simulation game, create an atmosphere close to the one of a real meeting in a modern business environment in an international corporation or a national company.

Briefly reiterate the directions and instructions to the chair/leader and to the participants in relation to their “status” and social role, clarify their commitments.

Implement the simulation game respecting the agenda, timing, business etiquette.

Stage analysis and recommendations:

First: Participants evaluate themselves on the criteria: dynamics of the dialogue in a business environment according to the business meeting format – chair’s guidance of the dialogue – participants’ giving relevant and effective answers – style – language – business etiquette – arguments – non-linguistic behaviour, etc.

Second. The lecturer gives his/her assessment and recommendations for improving rhetorical skills in a business environment.

A sample model for the preparation, implementation and evaluation of student work:

The aim is to develop skills for analysis and hence for future trainers based on basic concepts, structuring and ethic.

Figure 18. Sample model for preparation, implementation and evaluation of student participation in rhetoric simulation games