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#meeting #expressions BEGINNING A MEETING

To start the meeting, the meeting leader (who is called the chairperson or chair) may use one of these phrases:

🔹 Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today.
🔹Since everyone is here, let’s get started.
🔹First, I’d like to welcome you all.

If there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments who might not know each other, the chairperson may introduce them:

🔻 I’d like to take a moment to introduce… [name + description]
- I’d like to take a moment to introduce Carla, from the public relations department.
🔻 Please join me in welcoming [name + description]
- Please join me in welcoming Jim, a consultant who will be helping us with project management.
🔻 Sheila, would you like to introduce yourself?

Finally, it’s good to state the specific topic or objective of the meeting, in order to focus the discussion:

🔹As you can see from the agenda, we’ll be talking about… [topic]
🔹I’ve called this meeting in order to … [goal]
🔹Our main goal today is to … [goal]
- Our main goal today is to determine the budget for 2021.

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#meeting #expressions BEGINNING A MEETING

To start the meeting, the meeting leader (who is called the chairperson or chair) may use one of these phrases:

🔹 Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming today.
🔹Since everyone is here, let’s get started.
🔹First, I’d like to welcome you all.

If there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments who might not know each other, the chairperson may introduce them:

🔻 I’d like to take a moment to introduce… [name + description]
- I’d like to take a moment to introduce Carla, from the public relations department.
🔻 Please join me in welcoming [name + description]
- Please join me in welcoming Jim, a consultant who will be helping us with project management.
🔻 Sheila, would you like to introduce yourself?

Finally, it’s good to state the specific topic or objective of the meeting, in order to focus the discussion:

🔹As you can see from the agenda, we’ll be talking about… [topic]
🔹I’ve called this meeting in order to … [goal]
🔹Our main goal today is to … [goal]
- Our main goal today is to determine the budget for 2021.

@business_english_pro

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