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DISCUSS:. Importance of meetings today Reasons for holding meetings Drawbacks of meetings Size and duration of meetings People in a meeting. call arrange schedule hold cancel postpone (put off) reschedule attend moderate chair. + a meeting.

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  1. DISCUSS: • Importance of meetings today • Reasons for holding meetings • Drawbacks of meetings • Size and duration of meetings • People in a meeting

  2. call arrange schedule hold cancel postpone (put off) reschedule attend moderate chair + a meeting verb + meetingHow many can you think of?

  3. People involved • the chairperson chairman, chairwoman, chair (n., v.) Jim will chair (v.) the meeting next week. And who is chair (n.) today? • the participants • the secretary (?)

  4. Chairing a meetingThe chairperson is in charge of: • Opening the meeting: introducing the objectives, agenda, participants, procedure, timing and output • Facilitating and moderating: interrupting & encouraging the speakers • Controlling (time & agenda) • Summarising (what has been said or agreed) • Concluding (defining action points and closing)

  5. Participants(Attendees) • Participants take part in the discussion giving and seeking opinions agreeing / disagreeing with colleagues interrupting speakers commenting on reports / policies / rules suggesting/proposing solutions giving mini-presentations • RB, pp 6-7

  6. Meetings cont. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_kZT8t75J4 • http://australianetwork.com/businessenglish/stories/ep04.htm  RB p 8 • The Role of the Chairperson (listening), p 1 • RB p 9 - The language of meetings

  7. HW 1) Usingyour notes andthehandoutdraft a mindmapaboutmeetings • Include as manykeyconceptsandrelevantvocabularyaspossible 2) Watchthe video againandcomplete all exercises on thehandoutThe Role oftheChairperson

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