Making decisions

Why people travel for business?

Connecting with people.

See with your own eyes.
Travel is motivational.
Vocabulary related to meetings:
Absent – not present
Absentee – someone who was expected to be present at a meeting
for example but isn’t
To address – to deal with something
To adjourn – to suspend a meeting to a future time
Agenda – a plan of a meeting or a list of things to be discussed at a
meeting
AGM – annual general meeting
To allocate – to assign (i.e. a task to someone)
Alternative – another option
AOB – any other business (usually the last item in the
agenda to talk about issues not mentioned in the agenda)
Attendee – someone who is present (i.e. at a meeting)
Board of directors – a group of chosen members who make
decisions and oversee the activities of a company
Boardroom – a meeting room (usually with a big, long table)
Brainstorming – a technique of solving problems by sharing
spontaneous ideas in a group
To cancel – to call off ( i.e. a meeting)
Chair/chairperson – a person who holds the meeting (is in
charge)
Closing remarks – last item on the meeting agenda usually
including a short summary, reminders
To collaborate – to work together
To commence – to being, start
Conference call – telephone meeting between three or more
parties
Deadline – the time by which something must be done
To implement – to put into effect, to carry out
Item (item on the agenda) – a point in the agenda
Mandatory – obligatory, compulsory
Minutes – official record of the meeting including the main
discussed points and opinions of the members as well as
decisions
Motion – a suggestion which is put to a vote
Objective – goal
Participant – someone who takes part in a meeting or event
Show of hands – a vote counted by raised hands
Stand in for – to represent someone who is absent
Unanimous – in complete agreement
 WILL Vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS
“Will” and the negative form “will not” or “won’t” is a modal auxiliary verb.
WILL
One important detail about “WILL” is that it is most often used to discuss things or
situations that may take a long time to happen. The expression “WILL” is used in the
following situations:
•Dreams – ex. Someday I will learn another language.
•Promises – ex. I promise I’ll call you tonight!
•To express actions that are far into the future – ex. I will get married someday.
•Requests – ex. Will you buy a hamburger for me? Thank you!
•To discuss a fact – ex. I’ll graduate from college next year
•After making a decision – ex. Yes! I will marry you!
GOING TO
One important detail about “GOING TO” is that it is most often used to discuss
things or situations that might happen soon. The expression “GOING TO” is used
in the following situations:
•Definite plans – ex. I am going to help you with your English!
•Immediate actions – ex. I’m going to eat lunch with my friend tomorrow (not 3
years from now).
•Actions that will happen soon – ex. I’m going to be a doctor someday.
•Anticipation – ex. Are you going to download our free Ebook?
•Predicting a future action – ex. The weather is going to be very cold today.
TIPS
 When you are plans are definite, use GOING TO. When you dream of

doing something, use WILL.

• When you’re talking about actions that are far into the future (months or

maybe years from now), use WILL. When you’re talking about actions

that you will do soon (tomorrow or next week), use GOING TO.

• When you want to ask/request for something, use WILL). When you’re

expecting/anticipating something to happen, use GOING TO.

• Finally, when you promise something, use ‘WILL!’

 Can / Could

Requests
We use could you … as a polite way of telling or asking someone to do
something:

Could you take a message, please?

Could I have my bill, please?
can is less polite:

Can you take a message, please?

Offers
We use can I … to make offers:

Can I help you?

Can I do that for you?

We sometimes say I can ... or I could ... to make an offer:

I can do that for you if you like.

I could give you a lift to the station.