MEETINGS 1: TYPES OF MEETING BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE

 

BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE 54. MEETINGS 1: TYPES OF MEETING

 

A Word combinations with ‘meeting’ B Types of meeting Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, of course. Here are some types: • chat (informal discussion) with colleagues at the coffee machine. • brainstorming among colleagues: where as many ideas as possible are produced quickly, to be evaluated later. • project meeting/ team meeting of employees involved in a particular activity. • department/departmental meeting. • meeting with suppliers, for example to negotiate prices for an order. • meeting with a customer, for example to discuss a contract. • board meeting: an official, formal meeting of a company’s directors. • Annual general meeting /AGM (BrE); annual meeting (AmE); where shareholders discuss the company’s annual report. • EGM: extraordinary general meeting; a shareholders; meeting to discuss an important issue such as a proposed merger. C How was the meeting Some colleagues are discussing a meeting they have just come out of. EXERCISES 54.1 Replace the underlined expressions with the appropriate forms of the verbs in A opposite. In some cases, more than one verb is possible. A meeting of the Tennis Club Committee was (1) organized for 1 March, but not everyone could (2) go to it, so it was (3) delayed until March 31. One committee member said that this was too late, so eventually we (4) moved it to March 15. The chairperson (5) was in charge of it very efficiently, and we decided on some new membership rules. Only one committee member (6) did not go to the meeting. 54.2 Look at B opposite. At which type of meeting would you be most likely to hear each of these things. 1. I’m pleased to announce another good year for shareholders of this company. 2. I know this sounds crazy, but how about giving away 100,000 free samples? 3. Things in the sales department are getting out of control. We should all start making a real effort. 4. So, you think you can provide 10,000 a month at a unit cost of £4.90? 54.3 A management consultant is talking about meetings, using expressions from C opposite. Put what she says into a logical order. 1. point and rambling. And then there are those who want to show 2. moving. If they do this, it’s amazing how much ground you can cover. 3. Of course, everyone wants meeting to be productive and achieve results. But from personal experience, we know that a lot of them are a waste of

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