How to Start a Business Meeting in English - Business English with Harry

How to Start a Business Meeting in English - Business English with Harry One of the most common requirements of business English is holding meetings in English. In this post you will learn how to start a business meeting in English.We will go through the following sections of a business meeting:introductionsreviewing past businessstating the principal objectivesintroducing the agendaintroducing the items on the agenda How to Start a Business Meeting in English How to Start a Business Meeting in English INTRODUCTIONS1. Formal introductionsLet me introduce myself (your name)Please join me in welcoming . (name of paticipant)Its a pleasure to welcome (name of participant)Id like to introduce (name of participant)Id like to introduce myselfHave you already met (name of participant)2. Replying to a formal introductionNice to meet youPleased to meet youIm delighted to meet you3. Informal introductionsHi, my name is PeterIm PeterPeter4. Replying to an informal introductionLovely to meet youHow are you?Good to meet you tooREVIEWING PAST BUSINESSTo begin with Id like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meetingFirst, lets go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on (date)Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on (date) STATING THE OBJECTIVESWere here today to Id like to make sure that we Our main aim today is to Ive called this meeting in order to INTRODUCING THE AGENDAHave you all received a copy of the agenda?There are X items on the agenda. First second third lastly Shall we take the points in this order?If you dont mind, Id like to go in order todayLets skip item 1 and move on to item 2I suggest we take item 3 lastINTRODUCING THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDASo, lets start with Id suggest we start withWhy dont we start withSo, the first item on the agenda is Peter, would you like to kick off?Shall we start with (name of participant)Would you like to introduce this item?Lets start by beginning with The opening issue today is Item number one is Point A is Lets kick off with How to Start a Business Meeting in English INTRODUCING THE NEXT ITEMLet’s move onto the next itemWe can now move on toWe need to go on  The next item on our list isShall we continue?Now that weve discussed X, lets now The next item on todays agenda isNow we come to the question of PRESENTING DATA IN ORDERFirstly, secondly and to endTo start with, then and to concludeInitially, next and finally.In first place, following on from and to finishLet us begin by, afterwards and last but not least