BEP 59 ADV – Persuasion 1: Getting Attention
Do you ever need to persuade or convince someone of your point of view? Do you need to win support for a proposal, or get backing for a project? Of course you do. Persuasion – convincing someone of...
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Welcome to the second in this three-part Business English Pod series on presenting your ideas presuasively. Last time we heard a bad example and a good example of persuasion. Then we covered the first...
View ArticleBEP 62 ADV – Persuasion 3: Satisfaction, Visualization and Action Steps
In the first two ESL lessons (BEP 59 & BEP 60) in this three-part series on persuasion, we saw how getting your audience’s attention and demonstrating a clear need were essential to the persuasive...
View ArticleBEP 63 PP: Indirect Persuasion in a Social Context
Life is actually a constant exercise in persuasion, wouldn’t you say? What I mean is we don’t just need to persuade people in the meeting room; actually, we are constantly using the tools of persuasion...
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Free Lesson – BEP 129 ADV: Pitching an Idea
Rounding out the vote for the most popular lesson is BEP 129 – Meetings: Pitching an Idea (Part 1). This post contains the PDF study notes and links to the online English quizzes for BEP 129. Click the...
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BEP 173 – Meetings: Considering a Proposal (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part Business English Pod series on an internal meeting to consider a proposal. This lesson follows on from our recent three-part series on meeting with an external vendor...
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BEP 174 – Meetings: Considering a Proposal (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series about an internal meeting to consider a proposal. As we saw in the last episode, this type of meeting can be similar to a negotiation....
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BEP 177 – Presentations: Making an Impact (Part 1)
This is the first in a two-part Business English Pod series about adding impact to your presentations. We’ve all sat through boring presentations before. And we’ve all worried during our own...
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BEP 178 – Presentations: Making an Impact (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part usiness English Pod series about adding impact to your presentations. Nobody likes a long and boring presentation. In fact, a long and boring presentation can do a lot...
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Skills 360 – Selling your Ideas (Part 1)
Welcome back to the Business Skills 360 podcast. In this lesson, we’re going to take a look at how to ‘sell’ your ideas and be persuasive. You may be full of great ideas, but exactly how do you get...
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Skills 360 – Selling your Ideas (Part 2)
Welcome back to the Business Skills 360 podcast. In this lesson, we’ll look at some more tips and techniques for selling your ideas. Now, you know your ideas are good, but how do others? You need to...
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Business English Games – Operation Persuasion
Operation Persuasion Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to test your knowledge of our recent Skills 360 lessons on “Selling your Ideas”. Click the “Launch” button below to accept this...
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Skills 360 – Defending Your Ideas (Part 1)
*** Get all the Skills 360 lessons in our free Business English App for iPhone & iPad: Download from the App Store Welcome back to Skills 360 for today’s lesson on how to defend yourself and your...
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Skills 360 – Defending Your Ideas (Part 2)
*** Get all the Skills 360 lessons in our free Business English App for iPhone & iPad: Download from the App Store Welcome back to Skills 360 for today’s lesson on how to defend yourself and your...
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Skills 360 – How to Influence People (Part 1)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.53-Influencing1.mp3 *** Get all the Skills 360 lessons in our free Business English App for iPhone & iPad: Download from the App Store Welcome back to the...
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Skills 360 – How to Influence People (Part 2)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.54-Influencing2.mp3 *** Get all the Skills 360 lessons in our free Business English App for iPhone & iPad: Download from the App Store Welcome back to the...
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BEP 19c – Arguing For or Against a Position
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP019c-Arguing-Position.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to argue for a position. A position could be an opinion, an idea, or a...
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BEP 20c – Presenting a Cohesive Argument
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/BEP020c-Cohesive-Argument.mp3 Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s business English lesson on presenting a cohesive argument. You may have lots of great...
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Skills 360 – Making Ideas Stick (Part 1)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.65-Stickiness1.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on how you can make your ideas stick. Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a...
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Skills 360 – Making your Ideas Stick (Part 2)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/bizpod/360.66-Stickiness2.mp3 Welcome back to the Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on making your ideas stick. Have you ever been in a meeting or listened to...
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