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Learn English: Essential Business English for Chairing a Meeting
Do you feel nervous chairing a meeting in English? No need! Attending a meeting is one thing but having to run or chair the meeting is quite another! Here are your essential business English phrases for chairing a meeting. How to start off or open the meeting, move on to the next point on the agenda and of course summarize and close. Keep them with you or learn them by heart and we promise it will make your life so much easier.
| Stage | Formal | Informal | ||
| Starting off | Is everyone present?
Does everyone have / Has everyone got a copy of the agenda? |
Is everyone here?
Has everyone got a copy of the agenda? |
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| Taking minutes | Could someone take minutes please? | Can someone take minutes please? | ||
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Opening the meeting |
Shall we commence / get started/ make a start? | Let’s get started. / Let’s get the ball rolling. | ||
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Thanking the people attending |
Thank you very much for attending today. | Thanks a lot for coming today. | ||
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Stating the objective |
Our objective here today is to + verb. | We’re here today to + verb. | ||
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Opening up the discussion |
Shall we open this up for discussion? | Let’s open this up for discussion. | ||
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Inviting opinion |
What are your thoughts? | So, what do you think? | ||
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Controlling the discussion |
Thanks John. Shall we hear from Mary now? | Thanks John. Let’s hear from Mary now. | ||
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Summarizing |
So, to sum up …
So, to summarize … |
So, to sum up …
So, to summarize … |
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Voting |
Shall we vote? All in favour, raise your hands. All against? | Let’s vote. All in favour, raise your hands. All against? | ||
| Stating further action | So, we’ll meet again next week.
So, John, you’ll contact … / produce a report … / investigate further … |
So, we’ll meet again next week.
So, John, you’ll contact … / produce a report … / investigate further … |
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| Closing the meeting | Any other business?
Shall we close the meeting? Thank you very much for attending. |
Any other business?
Let’s close the meeting. Thanks for coming. |
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