Business Meetings

Reorder the following...

• So, we have 3 things to talk about…

• let's get started.

• the budget, the marketing campaign and the conference.

• Alright, thank you all for coming,

• First, let’s talk about the budget. I’ll hand it over to Mike...

OK, that’s the budget, thank you. Let’s move on to the marketing campaign. Lisa, what do you have for us?

• OK, that’s the budget, thank you.

• Lisa, what do you have for us?

• Let’s move on to the marketing campaign.

Lisa: So the last facebook campaign was a complete fail. We spent $2000 and sold 2 snickers bars, which were lost in the post and we had to refund the customer, so we lost the banking fees.

Reorder the following...

• T: I live in that area. The postal service is rock solid.

• P: Sorry, sorry, sorry… we should get back to the main point.

• L: I thought the story was credible.

• L: Anyways, the campaign was an epic fail.

• Tim: I’m not sure they were actually lost in the post.

P: So we need a fresh campaign?

L: I’ll say.

Reorder the following...

• (total silence)

• P: Jim, you have the most marketing experience. Can I give this to you?

• P: OK, any volunteers?

• J: No problem.

Reorder the following

• Thank you very much.

• Tony, can you walk us through the conference?

• That’s the marketing campaign.

Reorder the following

• T: Just 2.

• P: Volunteers?

• Old man: I can do it.

• P: How many people do we need to do that?

What is the best way to end a meeting?

• Ok, then we can wrap it up. Thanks everyone.

• That's it. Get back to work.

• The meeting is over. Goodbye.