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MEETINGS :MEETINGS Mª Luisa de Dios Perrino
EOI Valencia, Spain
eoimarisa@gmail.com
Slide 2:MEETINGS CAN BE:
Formal/informal
Internal/external
NECESSARY ELEMENTS FOR A MEETING:
All protagonists take active part
Agenda/minute
Objective/point
Chair
Feedback
Closing
Taking part in meetings :Taking part in meetings Giving opinions:
I think
In my opinion Interrupting
Hold on
Could I just say…
Sorry, but.. Asking for opinions
How do you feel about?
What do you think?
What’s your opinion?
Slide 4:SOFTENING STRONG DISAGREEMENT
Frankly,
To be quite frank
To put it bluntly
To be honest
With respect AGREEING:
I completely agree
I agree entirely with your point of view
I think we are in agreement on that
I think you’re right
I think we can accept your position on that PARTIAL AGREEMENT
By and large I would accept your views
I agree in principle, but
Although I agree with most of …
I agree with you on the whole, but
Slide 5:Making suggestions
I think we should…
How about…?
Why don’t we…? Rejecting suggestions
I don’t think it’s a good idea
I’m not keen on it Asking for clarification
Could you explain..?
I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you there…
Managing meetings :Managing meetings Greetings/openings (thank you for coming …)
Small talk Starting
We’re here today to..
The main objective of today’s meeting is to..
Ok, let’s get down to business
Right, can we start, please? Asking for reactions
How do you feel about?
What do you think? Dealing with interruptions
Could you let her finish, please?
Could you just hang on a moment, please?
Slide 7:Keeping to the point
I’m sure that’s relevant
Perhaps we cold get back to the point
Let’s leave that aside for the moment Speeding up
I think we should move on now
Can we come back to that? Slowing down
Hold on, we need to look at this in more detail
I think we should discuss this a bit more Summarising
Ok, let’s go over what we’ve agreed.
Right, to sum up then…