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English for Meetings: Decision-Making Meetings (2)

"In business, groups need to be able to come together to make good decisions. And with the right group of people who have the right information and the opportunity to discuss it, there’s a good chance that a decision is going to lead to success. There’s a lot riding on every decision-making meeting, and when that decision is made, it’s important that the team move forward together."

"Fortunately, there are skills and techniques that we can learn to make group decision-making work well. In today’s lesson, we’ll look at asking for dissenting opinions, agreeing with reservations, and asking for buy-in. We’ll also look at identifying action items and delegating responsibilities stemming from a decision."

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Handling a Crisis 4: Moving Forward

"This Business English Pod lesson is the final part in our series on handling a crisis. We’ll see how to start moving forward after the first phase of a crisis has passed."

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Find Your Storytelling Style to Engage Your Audience

"Storytelling is an important part of being human. Stories connect us to each other; they create a bond. We all love to hear stories, but can we tell them?"

Read the full article or listen to the podcast by Lisa Marshal...

Can Computers Teach Us How to Write? How WriteLab Developed an Algorithm for Better Writing

". . . Using algorithms and machine learning, [WriteLab's] tool analyzes someone's writing and gives the writer tips on how to improve it."

Listen to the podcast with Matthew Ramirez (photo, left), Co-f...
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