Curso reuniones en ingls

Specific Vocabulary for Meetings

Chairperson
Speaker - interlocutor
To call al meeting (through email) convocar
To arrange a meeting organizar una reunin
To attend a meeting asistir a una reunin
To put back a meeting retrasar una reunion
To bring forward a meeting adelantar una reunion
The next meeting will be in two weeks at the same hour
To take [the] minutes
The venue place where the meeting takes place
To resume the meeting to go back to the meeting after a short break
A [life | video conference] meeting

General Useful Vocabulary and Expressions

To summarize|sum up resumir
To go over sth repasar algo
To go through sth profundizar en algo
To highlight|point out sth destacar algo
To make a [point|remark] hacer una observacin
Keynote speaker main speaker (for presentations)
The main|key point(s)|topic(s)|issue(s)
To vote by show of hand votar a mano alzada
AOB any other business
To vote for|against sth
Absent not able to attend the meeting
I dont mean to be rude but
We [must be aware|keep an eye on]
Smalltalk
Make smalltalk
Casting vote
The chairman generally gets the casting vote
To abstain from a vote
To be hooked on sth

Useful expressions for different parts of the meeting

To open it up for discussion
Thank you for coming/signing in.

Introducing sb
Let me introduce you to
For those of you who dont know me
I dont think youve ever met
To state the [objective | purpose ] of the meeting
Without further ado
Whod like to start the discussion?
Whats your view, S?
Lets hear from S.
To [give | take] the floor
May I have the floor?
Im afraid X is not able to come
Lets go over the minutes from the last meeting
The agenda for today is
First, lets go over the report from our last meeting
Here are the minutes from last meeting
As for/regarding
First
Second/secondly
Please, save you questions till the end of my presentations
Please, dont hesitate/feel free to interrupt if you have any
questions/comments/concerns
Therell be a 30 minute break
That concludes/Thats all for the introduction
Thank you for your feedback

Interrupting
Sorry I interrupt
Excuse me, may I come in here?
If you dont mind me interrupting|saying
Sorry to hold the meeting up but I want to clarify

Suggestions
Why dont you?
What about ?
Perhaps we could

Lets
Maybe [we could try | it would be best to ]

Agreeing/disagreeing
Im of the same opinion as
Actually, I think S is right
I couldnt agree with you [more | less]
I agree with you in principle
Personally, I think youre right
I really strongly disagree
Im afraid I disagree
I cant share your view
What I object to is
I dont agree at all
I have [my | some] reservations about that
Personally, I think youre wrong

Summarizing
To sum up,
In summary,
So the main points are
So if theres no more discussion, well put it to a vote. All those in
favour? All those against? Then thats agreed.
Am I being clear?
Am I making myself [clear | understood]?