Welcome to Bizmates. My name
is Hika Ito
and I am the creator of the original
Bizmates program.
And today,
I'd like to explain
how this program can help you
in global business.
But before we do that,
let me explain what Bizmates is.
So, Biz is
short for business.
And mates,
well mates mean
partners. Oh, excuse me.
And we took these words
and put them together
to form Bizmates.
Now, our students
are our business partners.
And our goal
is to help our business partners
succeed
in global business.
This is not eikaiwa.
This is not general business English.
This is English to help you succeed
in a global business environment
by
creating partnerships
with people around the world.
Now when I explain this,
many people think
that Bizmates is for high-level English,
for advanced learners,
but that's not true.
Creating true partnerships
is important
for everyone.
Whether you're high-level or advanced
or low-level or beginner; it doesn't matter.
And that's why at Bizmates,
we have 5 levels.
In Level 1,
we will review
basic grammar
and vocabulary for business.
My name is Taka.
I am a businessman.
I work in Tokyo. If you can understand these sentences,
then you can study at Bizmates.
OK,
Level 2,
now here we focus on effective communication.
So, how to communicate
with your colleagues,
with your customers,
with your boss, and other business partners.
In Level 3,
we focus on business skills,
like meetings and presentations,
also telephoning,
explaining charts and graphs, and other skills.
In Level 4,
we learn
about different case studies. There are a hundred case studies,
we analyze
and discuss.
And in Level 5,
it gets a little more challenging.
We have many exciting business topics
like these
for you to discuss,
OK. Now,
we have all these levels,
but most of our students,
85% of our students are here
in levels 1 or 2.
But that's OK because our goal
is to help everyone communicate in the Bizmates style.
Now, What is Bizmates style?
Well, let me show you an example.
Here's an example of the Bizmates style. OK.
So Here we have
a common Japanese, ah .. a common introduction
by a Japanese person in English.
And I need a volunteer. How about you, sir?
Could you please be Taro for today, OK? All right. So, please read
this.
Hi, my name is Sato.
It's nice to meet you,
Mr. Sato. My name is Hika Ito.
Nice to meet you.
OK, very good.
Is this good?
Yeah, it was natural?
It's OK.
But the problem is
that I don't feel
like Taro is my partner. I feel a great distance
from Taro.
And this is bad.
So we need to close this gap.
How? Well, here.
Don't say just your last name.
My name is Sato. This is no good.
You should say your full name.
My name is taro Sato.
And offer
your first name.
Please call me Taro.
Let's look at this in the Bizmates style.
Once again, sir. Could you please read this?
Hi, my name is Taro Sato.
Please calle me Taro.
It's nice to meet you Taro.
I'm Hika Ito. Please call me Hika.
It's nice to meet you too, Hika.
Very good.
This was much better.
Why?
Well because, first of all, he used his full name. My name is Taro Sato.
So, he's not hiding anything.
I could hear his full name. He said it clearly and slowly.
Next, he offered his first name. Please call me Taro. So,
I felt a little bit closer to him.
And finally, one more good point is this one.
He repeated my name.
It's nice to meet you, Hika.
So again, we felt a bit closer, like a partner.
And this is the Bizmates style.
And this is how we communicate with our colleagues
every day. This is how we communicate with our boss,
with our customers, with our vendors,
in order to create true partnerships
OK the Bizmates way.
Now,
it's your turn
to take a demonstration lesson
and try
the Bizmates style
and I hope that you can learn and speak English
the Bizmates way
by creating true partnerships. Thank you.