Choose meetings from the list below or take a card from a cut up copy and try to finish the meeting in 3 minutes. Choose a different chair (= chairperson) for each meeting, and try to use language with each of these functions:
Chit chat as people come in
Getting started/ Getting down to business
Welcome people to the meeting
Explain the aims of the meeting
Invite people to speak
Brainstorm
Organise the ideas and narrow down the options
Help people to reach agreement
Summarize what people have said
Move onto the next topic
Summarize what you have agreed and double check people’s agreement
Bring the meeting to a close
Suggest what to do after the meeting/ Chit chat as people leave
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on what, if any, cultural differences training call centre staff might need |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on how to train your staff who have difficulty understanding Indian English |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on a buffet meal for a very mixed nationality group of guests |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on how to entertain some guests who are visiting from China |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on Korean gifts that are suitable for foreign visitors to your offices or factories |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on whether to use an interpreter in your meeting, or just to rely on everyone’s limited English |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to decide on the best accommodation for foreign guests in Seoul |
| Have a 3 minute meeting to agree a time when you can both meet some foreign guests |
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