{"id":7732,"date":"2015-06-28T02:48:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2022-12-28T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:23:37","slug":"business-english-pod-271-brainstorming-meetings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/28\/business-english-pod-271-brainstorming-meetings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 271 &#8211; Brainstorming Meetings (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7732-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP271-Brainstorming2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP271-Brainstorming2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP271-Brainstorming2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 271 - English for Brainstorming 2\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP271POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP270-Brainstorming2-600x257.png\" alt=\"Business English for Brainstorming Meetings 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"257\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP270-Brainstorming2-600x257.png 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP270-Brainstorming2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP270-Brainstorming2.png 790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on running an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2015\/06\/21\/business-english-pod-270-brainstorming-meetings-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">effective brainstorming<\/a> session. <\/p>\n<p>The basic idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/tag\/brainstorming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brainstorming<\/a> is quite simple: you have a problem to solve and you bring together a group of people to generate ideas. You don&#8217;t evaluate those ideas immediately, you just want to generate as many ideas as possible. And with the right focus, a good facilitator, and respect for the process, brainstorming can bring out some great ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll look at some useful language and techniques for group brainstorming sessions. For facilitators, we&#8217;ll look at encouraging more ideas and resisting evaluation. For participants, we&#8217;ll cover qualifying your own ideas, introducing an unusual idea, and praising other people&#8217;s suggestions. <\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll rejoin Sally, Melissa, Noah, and Eric, who work for a coffee shop faced with increasing competition. The group is trying to come up with ways of attracting more customers to the shop. Sally is the store manager, and she&#8217;s facilitating the session. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tMelissa introduces an idea that she says might be \u201ca small thing.\u201d What is it?<br \/>\n2.\tNoah questions Eric&#8217;s suggestion about being more creative with product names. How does Sally deal with Noah&#8217;s reaction?<br \/>\n3.\tHow does Noah respond to Melissa&#8217;s idea about a delivery service?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP271SN-Brainstorming2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP271QIZ\/presentation_html5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP271PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP271POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile 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