Chair a Meeting in English - Useful English Phrases for Meetings - Business English

Thanks Gina and this my example
good morning every one, could i have your attention please
first of all i d like to thank you for coming and attending our important meeting, before i begin may i introduce mr shalby the new marketing assistant manager I wish him good luck
Let's start our meeting that is what I bring for our table today I wish we could cover this three important topics
first how to grow our sales? and related to this. Should we complete with credit customers or we will stop dealing with them and get enough with cash customers?
The second section of our meeting is how to reduce our expenses ? Both the production expenses and the general expenses
the third section of our meeting is
do we need to start a new pranch in Lion city? and why in case of yes and no? And what we need for that
And now it's your time I hope to listen from you all about the first section

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This is a very good and clear video. The agenda needs to be distributed well in advance of the meeting to allow participants to prepare their points. It makes the meeting much more efficient. Did you explain this? Also, it allows a new range of phrases to be used.

No no no. we do not want Oxford English with this strange american dialect

Thank you very much teacher , this is really important to me to conduct , as the Presindent of English Literary Association in my School . (Sri Lanka)
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Is it "everyone" or "every one"?

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Your guidance is much appreciated Gina.

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Thanks. Very educative

It was widely used, you don't have a summary of what has been said If possible, share useful content

It was widely used, you don't have a summary of what has been said If possible, share useful content

Very helpful

Thanks madam l actually learned a lot of things

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Hi Gina
I'm from Argentina and I love your clases your explantions are very easy to understand
You help me a lot with my english. Thank you

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Perfect guidence... Clearly slow and digestible.... I like the way you show us.. thank you

Very good topic

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This is really helpful. Thanks a lot :D

Hi! I really enjoyed watching this video. Are there more? Is there a PDF with the phrases and examples used here?

Very helpful! Thank you!

Oh I need to give a speech for my school and I am the chair eprosn but too much nervous

one question, do we need (as a chair) to brought up the previous action taken as progress update to the meeting?

Could you please provide a video on simultaneous hosting/taking meeting minutes visible to everyone for esl learners? thanks!

Thank you, simple applicable tips.

Many thanks, Gina, that's a really great video for those who will make chairing the first time.

real guys look the video fast forward x3

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Send me a book oxford English grammar book in English in pdf

Thank you Gina, this video is very helpful and easy to understand.

I like Gina, very tender voice

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Chair a Meeting

Part One
• Welcome attendees and starting the meeting
○ Good day/morning/afternoon everyone, could I have your attention please?
○ I'd like to welcome you all here today, now let's get down to business.
○ Thank you all for coming. Perhaps we can make a start
○ Thanks everyone and welcome to today's meeting. Let's begin.
§ If they still don't know you, you can introduce yourself as well.

Part Two
• Introducing the topic and outlining the agenda
○ Today's meeting is about___.... We'll talk about _____
○ The aim of this meeting is to _______... We'll go over/cover____
○ In today's meeting, we'll go over/cover ___

Part Three
• Getting through the agenda
○ So, let's start with ____
○ The first item on the agenda ____

• Moving between agenda items
○ I think that covers the first/second/third item.
○ If nobody has anything else to add, we can continue on to the next item.
○ Let's move on to the next item:___
○ Now, we come to the ____
○ The final item on the agenda is___


Part Four
• Inviting attendees to participate
○ ______, what's your opinion on thins?
○ Would you like to share your thoughts in this question?
○ Could you add anything to our ideas here?

• Handing over to another attendee
○ ______, would you like to introduce this item?
○ I'd like to turn it over to __ who is going to lead in the next point
○ Alright, now ____ will have the floor.

Part Five
• Dealing with distractions and staying on topic
○ Interrupting politely
§ Let's not get too far off-topic here.
§ We can discuss that at the end if you feel it's important
§ I don't think that's relevant to today's discussion

○ Moving a topic to another day
§ I think we should shelve it until next time
§ Good point, but let's table it until the next meeting.

Part Six
• Summarizing and concluding the meeting
○ Before we close, let me just summarize the main points
○ To sum up,
○ In brief,
○ Shall I go over the main points?
○ Discussed/ went over/ talked about

• Concluding
○ Okay, it looks like we've covered the main items for the meeting today.
○ Right, that's all for today's meeting.
○ Is there any other business?
○ Are there any questions before we finish?

Very nice teaching. You are great.

I am just curious why do you speak American English in Oxford?

Tks so much

Thanks for sharing the wonderful video. The content was very well organized and the way she speaks was so interactive with the listeners. It assured me enough time and opportunity to respond to her, by nodding, answering, and practicing.

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