#meeting #expressions BEGINNING A MEETING To start the meeti | Business English Pro

#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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