5.+Meetings



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 * Business meetings - Basic vocabulary

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 * Do the Meeting [|quiz] online.

media type="custom" key="7677033" What can render meetings more effective? Think abour number, time, better charing, boredom, eye contact, action steps. BUSINESS MEETING EXAMPLE (reading)
 * What can be some of the problems that interfere with meeting effectiveness?

Dealing with difficult people - [|Bob Dignen's advice]

LISTENING - [|A business meeting](D-Meetings+Quiz)

interruptions, agreeing and disagreeing, AOB, ... @http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit2meetings/1agenda
 * Meetings**: agenda setting,

Meeting Point: Dealing with disagreement 26.10.2010 Can you remember the last time you disagreed with your colleagues? Let’s find out how to deal with these situations from communication expert Ken Taylor, who has advice and an exercise.

In business meetings it is sometimes necessary to interrupt a speaker. This is possible but it should be done politely. We'll be looking at some ways you can do this.
Imagine that you are in a meeting, and you want to interrupt to ask a question or make a comment. How might you do it? Now listen to an audio clip from a meeting in a publishing company. Sean is talking about a book re-launch when John feels that he needs to ask something. As you listen, see if you can hear some of the phrases above.

media type="file" key="Meetings - Dealing with disagreement Podcast.mp3" width="240" height="20" AGENDA SETTING Imagine that you are the chairperson in a meeting. It is the start of the meeting and you are telling your colleagues about the items on the agenda. What phrases might you use?

Now you're going to listen to two audio clips about setting agendas for meetings. Both clips are from the start of meetings and feature a chairperson listing the points on the agenda. As you listen, see if you can hear some of the phrases above

AOB

Business meetings typically end with the chairperson asking if there is ‘any other business’. This is an opportunity for anyone present to raise an issue that isn’t on the agenda. After any other business, the chairperson closes the meeting. Think Imagine that you are a chairperson ending a meeting with any other business. What might you say or hear?

Listen To end this module, we’ll hear a clip of Sean closing his team’s meeting with a request for any other business. As you listen, try and hear the phrases above.
 * Now, try the interactive [|Quiz].