流利说商务英语Level4 Unit1 Part3 Chairing a Meeting II
To invite people to discussion
To run an effective meeting, you need to encourage attendees to participate.
To invite others to express opinions, you could ask questions like:
Would you like to share your thoughts on this topic?
Can we get your input on this issue?
What are your thoughts about this issues?
To hand over
Different attendees may take turns leading a meeting.
When handling over the others to present ideas, you can say:
I’d like to hand over to Anna, who is going to lead the next point.
Alright, now Anna will have the floor.
Manage time
To have a productive meeting, it’s important to manage time effectively.
If someone talks for too long, you can interrupt them politely:
We can discuss that at the end if you feel it’s important.
I think we have spent enough time on this topic.Let’s move on to the next item. Let’s move on. We need to make sure we have enough time for the rest of the items. Keep the meeting focused
As a chairperson, it’s your job to keep the meeting focused.
Time will be wasted if people bring up unrelated issues.
If the discussion begins to lose focus, remind everyone of the meeting’s objective. You can say: Let’s not get too far off topic here.
We’re supposed to be discussing our sales campaign.
That’s a good point but we need to focus on our agenda items.
Perhaps we can add that topic to the agenda of the next meeting.
To summarize
At the end of a meeting, you should summarize the main points.
This can help attendees understand the outcomes of the meeting.
You can begin your summary with “To sum up” or “In brief ” .
Or you can say: Before we close today’s meeting, let me summarize the main points. Let me quickly go over today’s main points.。