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ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS

MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATION

Collected and Presented by: Kullanat Srithongkham

English for Business Communication Department
Faculty of Science and Arts
Burapha University, Chanthaburi Campus
For Education only
 Unit 1 Could we meet next week?

- Selecting participants
- Confirming a meeting by email
- Rescheduling a meeting
 Selecting Participants
• Selecting the right participants to attend the meeting depends on
what you want to accomplish in the meeting or objectives.
• Choose only the right people there.
• Ask other people for their opinions on who the participants
should be. Don’t depend on your own judgement. ·
• Call each person to tell them about the meeting as well as:
- it's overall purpose
- why their attendance is important.
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• Follow-up your call with a meeting notice, including:
- the purpose of the meeting,
- where it will be held and when,
- the list of participants and

- whom to contact if they have questions.

• Send out a copy of the proposed agenda along with the meeting notice.
• Have someone designated to record important actions, assignments and due
dates during the meeting.
(This person should ensure that this information is distributed to all participants
shortly after the meeting.)
Confirming a Meeting by Email and Rescheduling a Meeting
 REFERENCES

• managers.usc.edu › files › 2015

• Thomson, Kenneth. (1993). English for meetings. England : Oxford.