18. Plan a business meeting.

Working in groups of five, choose one of these scenarios for the next three exercises. For the scenario you and your team members choose, prepare an email and detailed agenda to send to the other meeting participants.

Scenario 1 Imagine that you are a dean at your college, which does not celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with a paid holiday. You want the support of the college’s four other deans to make the third Monday in January a holiday for all college employees and students. Invite your four colleagues to a meeting.
Scenario 2 Imagine that you work as a sales associate for your local Gap store. The work schedule is always set a month in advance, but you want more flexibility. You ask the four other sales associates in the store to meet with you, so you can convince them to plan the schedule only one week in advance. You would need the store manager’s approval to do this, but you decide to get your coworkers on board first.