John Reillyhttp://www.meetup.com/Business-English/members/4908782/
Co-Organizer
Business English: Workshops & Seminarshttp://www.meetup.com/Business-English/http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/f/c/9/global_9308137.jpeg20090622
How often do you use English for your job? Never? Daily? Only for business trips? Other?
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Which business skills are you interested in improving? Meeting participation? Email writing? Teleconferencing? Presentation-making? Negotiatiing? Other?
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How would you describe your own English level? Basic? Conversational? Basic business? Advanced business?
This is the best way for individuals in Tokyo to obtain real-world business communication and management training in English. WHY? Because we are a group of experienced international business professionals who each have between 5-21 years working in business in Japan. We want to share our industry knowledge and cross-cultural experience in truly innovative ways which are not available through traditional schools and "Eikaiwa".
Our members are almost exclusively Japanese professionals who are striving to improve their English communications skills for business and investing.
Train in English with Tokyo`s best Business Professionals
One of our primary purposes is to help all members of our group to succeed in business. Starting with those members who are considering a new career or a career change and want to work in a foreign company. Our seasoned international executives can help members work on their Resume and Interviewing skills in English.
We also run lectures in which participants can learn relavant business theory. After learning the theory we also give members ample opportunity to build related business skills through instructor lead discussions and workshops. For example, its one thing to learn that SWOT Analysis stands for STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES and THREATS but unless members get a chance to participate in an actual SWOT Analysis workshop or better yet, facilitate their own SWOT Analysis meeting they will not truly be able to put the theory into practice. As the saying goes, "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish and he eats for the rest of his life". We don`t just want to "give lectures" we want our members to be able to practice techniques until they feel they have mastered a skill.