Giving presentations

　　The Managing Director of the company you work for is concerned about the quality of presentations given by staff at internal and external meetings.

　　You have been asked to help organize some training for staff in giving presentations.

　　Discuss the situation together and decide:

　　* Which types of staff would benefit most from this training

　　* Who would give this training

　　* How to decide whether training has been successful

　　做演示

　　你所在的公司的董事总经理很关心在内部和外部会议上工作人员所做演示的质量。 你已被要求协助组织给予一些工作人员做演示的培训。

　　你们一起讨论当前的状况，并决定：

　　* 哪些类型的员工在培训中受益最大

　　* 由谁来承担培训工作

　　* 如何确定培训是否取得了成功

　　【词汇&短语】

　　畅销品 best seller 了不起的 stunning

　　反馈 feedback 追求，坚持pursue

　　有效计划 tentative 见解 insight

　　修改，变动 alternation 声誉reputation

　　确认 confirm 说服 convince

　　【句型点击】

　　* 表示让步

　　Though/although…. 尽管….

　　Even if/ even though

　　In spite of…

　　Admittedly…

　　【参考范例】

　　A: The product of our company becomes the best seller in Europe. And the board is considering establishing trade relations with China and expanding into the Japanese market. Under this circumstance, we will need more marketing staff to give presentations. That is why we are going to have a discussion about how to plan for training for successful business presentations.

　　B: We have to draw up a tentative plan for business presentation.

　　C: Yeah, it is a wise choice to consider every possibility and prepare for it. Later on, although minor alternations can be made, we can avoid lots of trouble.

　　A: I recommend that we can inquire about possibilities of hiring some professional organization for the training. We can rely on interest reference to figure out how they proceed with the training and decide which one can be authorized to work for us. B, anything do you want to bring up for discussion?

　　B: I agree with this method. As to whom we should invite to give the training, I think college professors are our best choice. They have both working experience and academic background.

　　C: But I have some different views here. If I were you, I would not pursue that. Although the distinguished professors have stunning academic background and carry glorious titles, and their insights may receive great reputation, you have to admit that most of them lack of real time practice.

　　A: Personally, I think they can help us in the long run, but since it is an urgent call, I am apt to choose a professional business presentation training group.

　　B: Ok. You convinced me. But I’d like to say that the evaluation is also an essential part of the plan. I mean how could we know the staff really benefit from the training or not?

　　C: Since the staff from the marketing department do business presentations quite often, I think we can refer to their comment on the training. If they speak highly of the trainer and give us a positive feedback, then it means a lot.