Greetings:

– Good morning. This is ______ from ______.

– Good afternoon _____. Thank you for joining us today.

– I’d like to welcome everyone.

– Since everyone is here, let’s get started.

– I’d like to thank everyone for coming today.

Introducing new members:

– I’d like to introduce _____. He’s in charge of ________ in the ______ office.

Problems with sound:

– You’re not audible

– We’re unable to hear you

– You’re on mute

– There’s a lot of noise in the background. Could you check your microphone please?

Setting objectives:

– The purpose of today’s meeting is to review ____.

– The objective of this meeting is to make a decision about ______.

– We’re here today to discuss.

Multiple voices:

– There are two people speaking. Mr. ______, can you continue? _____, we’ll come back to you in a
moment.

Understanding part of a sentence:

– I’m sorry Mr._____, but I didn’t catch that. Could you repeat that please?

– I’m afraid I didn’t understand. Could you please say that again?

Asking for an opinion/ Inviting participants to speak:

– ____, what do you think?

– ____, what are your thoughts?

Expressing an opinion:

– In my opinion, we are performing well under the circumstances.

– I think that…
Expressing an opinion:

– In my opinion, we are performing well under the circumstances.

– I think that…

Agreeing:

– I agree/ I completely agree

– I agree to a certain extent.

Disagreeing:

– I’m sorry but I’m afraid I disagree. Shall we schedule a follow-up call in 2 weeks?

– I see your point but I’m afraid I disagree.

– I see things from a different perspective.

Checking for understanding:

– So, what you’re saying is, we need to...

– Could you repeat that please?

– So, if I understood correctly, you want us to increase the budget?

Compromising:

– Let’s try to find a middle ground.

– Would you be willing to compromise?

– If you could …, then we could...

Making a suggestion:

– Maybe we could...

– Why don’t we focus on…?

Agreeing with a suggestion:

– That’s a good idea.

– I like that idea.

– That’s an excellent point, ____.

Showing understanding:

– I understand.

– I see your point.

Interrupting someone:
– I’m sorry to interrupt. It’s ___ here.

– ___ here. Could I just jump in here.

Respecting the schedule:

– May I remind everyone that we have to finish by 4pm.

– I think we’re getting side-tracked. Let’s try to stick to the agenda.

– We have a hard stop in 30 minutes.

– The meeting may spillover by 5-10 minutes.

Bringing the discussion to an end:

– I’m afraid we’re running out of time.

– Would anyone like to add anything before we finish the call?

Summarizing:

– So, let’s go over the main points.

– So, to summarize we have decided to...

– To sum up what I’ve presented.

– That brings me to the end of my presentation, thank you for listening.

Highlighting action points:

– So, ____, you’re going to send out the minutes. ____, you’re going to speak to _____.

Refer to a future call:

– Let’s speak again next week.

Politely leave a meeting:

– Excuse me. I need to attend another meeting. I’ll catch up later.

– I need to hop onto another call, thank you.

Conclusion:

– If you have further questions or want to discuss any of it in more detail, we can meet privately, or you
can send me an email

– I’d like to thank everyone for sharing their time today and any feedback would be valuable

– If no one has anything else to add, then I think we'll wrap this up

– Well, look at that...we've finished ahead of schedule for once.

– Thank you everyone, have a nice day.