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BUSINESS ENGLISH-PART 3
How To Conduct
A Meeting In English
CONTENTS
Greetings:
1. Good morning/afternoon/evening.
2. Let’s begin.
3. I’d like to welcome everyone.
4. Since everyone is here, let’s get started.
5. I’d like to thank everyone for coming today.
6. Thank you all for coming at such short notice.
7. We have a lot to cover today, so we should really begin.
Introduce Yourself:
1. I’m Jan. I’ll keep the meeting brief as I know you’re all busy.
2. I’m Jan. I arranged this meeting because ….. (a reason)
You can say:
1. I’d like to take a moment to introduce our new coordinator.
2. David, would you like to stand up and introduce yourself?
You can say:
1. Let’s go around the table and introduce ourselves.
2. Let’s introduce ourselves quickly- please state your
name, job title, and why you’re here.
You can say:
1. We’re here today to discuss (topics)
2. There are (number e.g 3,etc) items on the agenda. First is……
3. Today I’d like to outline our plans for (topics).
Thank you for
watching.
If you like this lesson, please
click Like and subscribe to
for new weekly lessons.
Since everyone is here. Let’s get started. Thank you all for
coming at such short notice.
Good morning. I’m Jan. I’ll keep the meeting brief as I know
you’re all busy.
I know all of you, but you’re new to each other. Therefore, let’s
introduce yourself quickly, and please state your name and job
title.
(after everyone introduced) Thank everyone for very quick
introduction.
We’re here today to discuss a solution to our client’s complaint
this morning.
Thank you for
watching.

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Useful English Expressions for Meetings

  • 1. BUSINESS ENGLISH-PART 3 How To Conduct A Meeting In English
  • 3. Greetings: 1. Good morning/afternoon/evening. 2. Let’s begin. 3. I’d like to welcome everyone. 4. Since everyone is here, let’s get started. 5. I’d like to thank everyone for coming today. 6. Thank you all for coming at such short notice. 7. We have a lot to cover today, so we should really begin.
  • 4. Introduce Yourself: 1. I’m Jan. I’ll keep the meeting brief as I know you’re all busy. 2. I’m Jan. I arranged this meeting because ….. (a reason)
  • 5. You can say: 1. I’d like to take a moment to introduce our new coordinator. 2. David, would you like to stand up and introduce yourself?
  • 6. You can say: 1. Let’s go around the table and introduce ourselves. 2. Let’s introduce ourselves quickly- please state your name, job title, and why you’re here.
  • 7. You can say: 1. We’re here today to discuss (topics) 2. There are (number e.g 3,etc) items on the agenda. First is…… 3. Today I’d like to outline our plans for (topics).
  • 8. Thank you for watching. If you like this lesson, please click Like and subscribe to for new weekly lessons.
  • 9. Since everyone is here. Let’s get started. Thank you all for coming at such short notice. Good morning. I’m Jan. I’ll keep the meeting brief as I know you’re all busy. I know all of you, but you’re new to each other. Therefore, let’s introduce yourself quickly, and please state your name and job title. (after everyone introduced) Thank everyone for very quick introduction. We’re here today to discuss a solution to our client’s complaint this morning.

Editor's Notes

  1. If you are new to work and don’t know how to conduct a meeting in English at your work place, this video is for you. Hi there! Welcome back to our weekly English lesson. In this video, I’m going to share with you how to conduct a meeting at workplace in English.
  2. To run a smooth and effective meeting, you need to follow these 2 steps: self introduction and setting the agenda In this lesson, I’m gonna share with you expressions to introduce yourself, ask other members to introduce themselves, and set the meeting agenda. Now let’s begin!
  3. Greetings and introduction are important for first impression in the meeting. It makes everyone feel welcomed and also helps lighten up the meeting atmosphere. Here I have brought to you 7 expressions to greet people in the meeting;
  4. Then, you can introduce yourself; 1. Expression 2 is when you’d like to state a reason of your meeting.
  5. Sometimes you might also need to introduce a new member in the meeting. Thus, you can say:
  6. If all members are new to each other, you probably need them to introduce themselves. Thus, you can say to them :
  7. An effective meeting has clear agenda. Likewise, it is important to start the meeting by outlining the agenda clearly and the key objectives of the meeting. The objectives can be stated with the following phrases. now we’ve been through all essential expressions in the first part of the meeting. To help you understand more clearly, let’s take a look at the example.
  8. A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word.
  9. in this example, I am a meeting chairperson. I will begin the meeting as the following; That’s the end of today’s lesson.