Language of Meetings. Tip #3: Beginning a Meeting
To
start the meeting, the meeting leader may use one of these phrases:
Hello, everyone. Thank you
for coming today.
Since everyone is here,
let’s get started.
First, I’d like to welcome you all.
If
there are new people in the meeting, or people from different departments who
might not know each other, the chairperson may introduce them:
I’d like to take a moment to introduce… [name + description]
I’d like to take a moment to introduce Carla, from the public
relations department.
Finally,
it’s good to state the specific topic or objective of the meeting, in order to
focus the discussion:
As you can see from the agenda, we’ll be talking about… [topic].
