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Kurs: - Business English

Modul: Running a Meeting - Vođenje sastanka

Autor: prof. Gordana Matorkić

Naziv jedinice: Finishing the Meeting

BUSINESS ENGLISH: RUNNING A MEETING

The following phrases are used to conduct a meeting. These phrases are useful if you are called on to conduct a meeting.

One of the most common requirements of business English is holding meetings in English. The following sections provide useful language and phrases for conducting meetings and making contributions to a meeting.

Meetings generally follow a more or less similar structure and can be divided into the following parts:

I - Introductions

II - Reviewing Past Business

III - Beginning the Meeting

IV - Discussing Items

V - Finishing the Meeting

V - Finishing the Meeting

Summarizing

Before we close today`s meeting, let me just summarize the main points.
Let me quickly go over today`s main points.
To sum up, …
OK, why don`t we quickly summarize what we`ve done today.
In brief, ...
Shall I go over the main points?

Finishing Up

Right, it looks as though we`ve covered the main items.
If there are no other comments, I`d like to wrap this meeting up.
Let`s bring this to a close for today.
Is there Any Other Business?

Suggesting and Agreeing on Time, Date and Place for the Next Meeting

Can we set the date for the next meeting, please?
So, the next meeting will be on ... (day), the . . . (date) of.. . (month) at ...
Let`s next meet on ... (day), the . . . (date) of.. . (month) at ...

What about the following Wednesday? How is that?

Thanking Participants for Attending

I`d like to thank Marianne and Jeremy for coming over from London.
Thank you all for attending.
Thanks for your participation.

Closing the Meeting

The meeting is finished, we`ll see each other next ...
The meeting is closed.
I declare the meeting closed.