English in Business
Let us practice summarising a meeting into meeting notes and then into the minutes of a meeting, using this short 15 video series. It will allow you to safely practice your meeting summarising skills, at your own pace.
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There are no re-do’s, re-takes or rewinds in a live business meeting. If you cannot keep up, you will not only not be able to provide effective input during the session but you will also not be able to create successful summaries or Minutes of Meeting, so practicing will actually help you to succeed in your career.
This video will show you how to effectively summarise a business meeting into the Minutes of Meeting.
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One of the most important ways of ensuring that a meeting achieves results, and is thus successful, is to record the Minutes of that meeting.
It is a written / digital record of what was discussed and agreed.
There is so much a person can learn from any Minutes Of Meeting if one knows what to look for and so it is also a vital management tool.
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How to navigate and deal with potential conflict situations involving rude or childish persons in a business meeting or presentation
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Make no mistake, you will at some stage be challenged by your audience, as you lead a business meeting or presentation. You need to be ready, with a plan of action, to deal with it effectively, to know when and how to escalate (to increase, raise, or to become more intense in) your response to any challenge.
This video not only explains the difference between a belittling bully and a troublemaker in a business environment, but it also provides 4 clear levels of escalation, in terms of your response.
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This video explains why and how we interrupt a negative person in our business meeting or presentation.
In this article, however, I’ll focus on just one reason, which is that negativity spreads.
Consider this for a moment…
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Have you ever run a meeting or presentation where your audience continues speaking after they have taken a seat?
Have you ever felt unsure of how to interrupt them to get your meeting started?
This video offers verbal (spoken) and non-verbal (unspoken) options on how to do that.
It also provides the reasons for holding or having a meeting, as well as offering reasons why audience participation is usually a good thing. However, there are certain circumstances where we will need to interrupt our audience because it is hampering (harming) the success of our meeting.
Naturally, not being able to start a meeting on time will prevent your meeting from being a success, and so it is the first occasion when we will need to interrupt our audience during the meeting.
It is also the first time you would need to assert (show) yourself as the meeting leader or risk losing control of your meeting because if you start weakly your attendees will run right over you.
Consider how you would feel if you attended a meeting or presentation and the meeting lead (chair) starts by nervously and quietly mumbling something. Would you feel that that person has confidence and that they will know what they are talking about? Have they shown you, from the start, that they will lead the meeting properly and not waste your time? It is most likely that you will view them as unprofessional and that you will then not respect them, their work, their ability to lead the meeting or presentation, or their opinions going forward. So, it is vital that you get it right first time by preparing how you would handle it in advance, until it becomes an automatic part of your meeting leadership skill.
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This 11 minute video will show you how to manage distractions and bring attendees attention and focus back to you, during a meeting or presentation, should they become distracted.
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Did you know that being able to effectively control a business meeting or presentation will have both short-term and long-term benefits for your own career, as well as for the company you work for?
This short YouTube video provides good reasons to learn how to properly manage and control your business meetings and presentations.
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Not everyone attending a business meeting has the same job / role / purpose during the session.
In fact, it is vitally important that the person running the meeting (the Meeting Lead / Convener / Chair) be familiar with the benefits of each role / meeting function, as it will guide them on who to invite, thus ensuring a successful meeting.
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