I was watching CNN a few days ago when this struck me. With there being so many business issues, the idea of student paneling with other students evenly divided in opinions would be both interesting and promising.
At region it would begin with an essay on three listed business issues or maybe just one. The essays are graded based on ideas, explaination, and persuasiveness. The placing pro essay and placing con essay would move on to state.
The next level would take place at state. Students would be put in 2-4 discussion boards to discuss the issue.Every point made and every solid explanation gives a student more points; lack of business etiquette takes points away. Although they are evenly divided between affirmative and negative they are out to get their own points.
They will be graded on ideas, use of facts, explainations, ability to build interest, business etiquette, and cooperation.
In the final roud their will be one panel with the top scoring and each student will recieve their final score. The highest affirmative and negative score will procede to nationals.
Any questions, comments, or ammendments would be great.
Comments (3)
I do not know how this would go over. I think it would be extremely difficult to score. Business ettiquette would be an easy area to score, but what about facts and opinion? To one person a fact would be irrelevant to the discussion. To another it would be the most important fact. Also, emerging business issues covers at least the premise of your idea just not the medium of discussion.
Sounds a lot like the original concept for Emerging Business Issues, which was set up more as a debate format. Didn't go over well with chapters ... advisers felt it was too adversarial for the FBLA culture.
I disagreed not on the fact that this could be too adversarial or just another take on the Emerging Business Issues competitive, but because of the timing of the questions actually being relevant at the point of time the questions will be presented to the public to consider. Business as we all know, is always changing and we have to keep up with the issues as it comes and goes. One day something is an issue and it's not; or something that was not so much of an issue becomes priority.