Rhetoric Rockets - for Peace-Loving People

Discover the art of persuasive argumentation and quick wit. Learn to lay foundations, build logical bridges, and guide your business partner step by step to your argumentative goal. Perfect your ability to counter arguments and skillfully adapt your way of arguing to different communication types. With practical exercises on the topic of quick wit, strengthen your persuasiveness for the challenges of demanding conversations.

Content

Rhetoric Rockets

Deductive and Inductive Argumentation
Foundation, Logical Bridge, and Argumentative Goal
Detailed Exercises on Constructing Arguments

Art of Reasoning

Developing and Effectively Utilizing Arguments
Skillfully Neutralizing the Arguments of the Other Party
Detailed Exercises for Analyzing the Arguments of the Other Side

Tailoring Arguments to Different Communication Types

Director
Entertainer
Relationship-Oriented
Thinker

Always on Equal Footing

Properly Managing Process and Factual Levels
Dos and Don'ts of Persuasive Communication in Difficult Conversations
Detailed Exercises on Persuasive Communication

Quick Wit

10 Top Techniques of Quick Wit from "Absurdity" to "Mirror Technique"

Methods

Lots of Practice – important bites of theory and background; exercises based on the participants' everyday work situations, short negotiation simulations (with video feedback), discussion, and exchange of experiences.