Introduction to the Course
  • Course Overview: What Can I Expect?
  • How to Access Downloadable Resources
  • All Supplements - Ebook
  • Meet the Participants + Background to the Meeting
Before the Meeting: Establishing Goodwill
  • Expressions for Setting a Meeting
  • Greetings and Small Talk: First Meeting (Expressions)
  • Greetings and Small Talk: First Meeting (Idioms+ Culture Notes)
  • Small Talk Strategies for Subsequent Meetings
  • Small Talk Strategies for Subsequent Meetings: Idioms
  • Greetings and Small Talk Quiz
The Chair: Conducting Meetings
  • Starting the Meeting: Key Expressions
  • Starting the Meeting: Vocabulary
  • Starting a Meeting - Practice
  • Keeping to the Agenda
  • Conducting a Meeting - Practice
  • Handling Interruptions
  • Conducting Meetings Quiz
Participating in a Meeting
  • Questions and Clarifying: Key Expressions
  • Questions and Clarifying: Vocabulary
  • Problem Solving Expressions
  • Problem Solving 1: Fred
  • Problem Solving 2: Bob
  • Problem Solving 3: Linda
  • Problem Solving 4: Karen
  • Giving and Asking for Opinions: Key Expressions
  • Giving and Asking for Opinions: Vocabulary
  • Responding to Opinions
  • Interrupting
  • Setting Conditions
  • Taking the Minutes at a Meeting
  • Participating in Meetings Quiz
Closing a Meeting
  • Closing a Meeting: Key Expressions
  • Closing a Meeting: Vocabulary
  • Closing a Meeting - Practice
  • Closing a Meeting Quiz
Course Wrap-Up
  • Summary of Key Points
  • How to Leave a Review for This Course
  • Practice Meeting Scenario
Sample Meeting - Complete
  • Sample Meeting - With Audio Script
  • Sample Meeting - No Audio Script
Downloadable Audio Files
  • Small Talk Audio 1: Mark and Fred
  • Small Talk Audio 2: Bob and Karen
  • Sample Meeting (Complete) Audio