BCW1, Business Communication 1

A collection of helpful words for an international meeting!

A collection of helpful words for an international meeting!

Fabian Fischer

Fabian Fischer

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Crée / Actualisé 29.09.2010 / 25.02.2018
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digressions

People get off the point --> abscheiffen

rambling

Weitschweiffende Unterhaltung, Etwas nicht auf den Punkt bringen

Latecomers

Wenn jemand zu spät zu Meeting kommt

matters arising

any points from the last meeting that need to be discussed

agenda

the list of points to be discussed / Traktandenliste

A.O.B Any other Business

the point where you can discuss

subjects not listed in advance

minutes

the written record of the meeting

chair

the person who runs the meeting

Opening the meeting

Shall we make a start?

Ok, let's get started

Inviting people to speak

What do you think about this, fabian?

What about you fabian?

The Goal of the Meeting

The main objective is to...

I've arranged this meeting to...

Making your point

Personally, I think...

It looks to me as if..

Agreeing

You're perfectly right

I couldn't agree more

Mild agreement

You may be right

I suppose so

Disagreeing

I don't really agree.

I think you're mistaken

Strong disagreement

I think you're wrong.

Of course not.

Hedging, to hedge

when you avoid disagreeing direclty.

Ex:

I understand what you're saying about..., but...

to interrupt someone politely

Sorry to interrupt you, but

If I can just top you for a moment

to refer back to what was said earlier

As we were saying earlier

To go back what I was just saying

to check that you understand what someone has said

If I understand your correctly

Are you saying that..?

come to a consensus

Something that most people agree with

Concluding - close a meeting

I'm afraid we're running out of time so we're going to have to stop here.

To go over what's been said, there is a disagreement about...

Thank you all for coming.