Welcoming and Introducing

Opening

Participating in a Meeting

Meetings

APPENDIX 2

Getting the Chairperson's Attention (Mister/Madam) chairman. May I have a word? If I may, I think... Excuse me for interrupting. May I come in here? Giving Opinions I'm positive that... I (really) feel that... In my opinion... The way I see things... If you ask me,... I tend to think that... Asking for Opinions Are you positive that... Do you (really) think that... (name of participant) can we get your input? How do you feel about...? Commenting That's interesting. I never thought about it that way before. Good point! I get your point. I see what you mean. Agreeing I totally agree with you. Exactly! That's (exactly) the way I feel. I have to agree with (name of participant). Disagreeing Unfortunately, I see it differently. Up to a point I agree with you, but... (I'm afraid) I can't agree   Advising and Suggesting Let's... We should... Why don't you.... How/What about... I suggest/recommend that... Clarifying Let me spell out... Have I made that clear? Do you see what I'm getting at? Let me put this another way... I'd just like to repeat that...

Requesting Information Please, could you... I'd like you to... Would you mind... I wonder if you could... Asking for Repetition I'm afraid I didn't understand that. Could you repeat what you just said? I didn't catch that. Could you repeat that, please? I missed that. Could you say it again, please? Could you run that by me one more time? Asking for Clarification I don't quite follow you. What exactly do you mean? I'm afraid I don't quite understand what your are getting at. Could you explain to me how that is going to work? I don't see what you mean. Could we have some more details, please? Asking for Verification You did say next week, didn't you? ('did' is stressed) Do you mean that...? Is it true that...? Asking for Spelling Could you spell that, please? Would you mind spelling that for me, please? Asking for Contributions We haven't heard from you yet, (name of participant). What do you think about this proposal? Would you like to add anything, (name of participant)? Has anyone else got anything to contribute? Are there any more comments? Correcting Information Sorry, I think you misunderstood what I said. Sorry, that's not quite right. I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying. That's not quite what I had in mind. That's not what I meant.

Good morning/afternoon, everyone.

If we are all here, let's get started / start the meeting / start.

Please join me in welcoming (name of participant)

We're pleased to welcome (name of participant)

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to (name of participant)

It's a pleasure to welcome (name of participant)

I'd like to introduce (name of participant)

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