in company Intermediate

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12a Employees centre
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Colin Benn

1 Work in a group. Read about the competition and decide:

what project would best suit the building.
what employees need and how your idea would benefit them.
what is required to make your project succeed, e.g. staff, finance, building work,
facilities and equipment.

The company you work for has

decided to create a new centre for
Have
Have you got the
its employees. (It could be a
centre for sport, learning and
winning
winning idea?
personal development, health, We want
We want to
to hear
hear your
your suggestions
suggestions
relaxation, etc.) They are inviting
people to submit projects and a for a new
new Employees
employees Centre.
centre.
committee will choose the winner. Projects
Projects to be presented
to be presented at at aa
The company is offering a grant of
1.5m euros for the project and the specialmeeting
special meetingto tobebeheld
heldnext
at
centre will be located in the 2.30 p.m. next Friday.
building where you are now. Friday.

2 Draw a simple floor plan of the employees centre and label the rooms and areas.

3 Now prepare a short presentation to persuade the committee to adopt your project.
Each member of the team should present one aspect of the project. Try to create
maximum impact using pauses, repetition and rhetorical questions, and prepare
visual aids to help you get your message across.

Checklist dont forget these four key points

Tailor the presentation to your audience: what
do they know and what do they want to know?
KISS (Keep it short and simple) and leave
them wanting more
Begin and end strongly because thats what
people remember best.
Use eye contact and body language to
strengthen your argument.

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