- Agenda
- Timing
- Modifications
- Moving
5. Introducing the agenda
The agenda/ plan/ order of the day
Have you all seen a copy of the agenda?
Can we take it as read?
OK. As you can see from/on/in the agenda, there are… items.
Firstly… secondly… thirdly… finally…
Can we start with… then come on to… and finish with…?
As you know in the agenda, we will look at…
Is there any other business?
6. Timing
(combine with Agenda, not always necessary)
Today’s meeting will last an hour.
We have x minutes, so I would like to spend x minutes on a, then x on b, ….
Item 2 will start at 11am and finish at 12.
I hope our meeting will take / last [x minutes / no longer than x minutes]
We are scheduled to finish at / by 5pm (by = up to, possibly earlier)
I will / would like to speak for about…minutes.
I plan to speak for about…minutes.
7. Modifications to the agenda
Can I bring / draw your attention to point/item #3?
Unfortunately, it seems there is an issue with item #4 so we’ll postpone/table it for now
As Jon isn’t here, we’re skipping item 4
Item 4 has been moved up the agenda as it is urgent
We’ve brought forward item 4
In the order, item 4 has been swapped with item 2
As a matter of urgency, we have a new item, which is…
8. Moving between items
Start your topic:
Let’s start with…
Now let’s talk about…
The xth point is…
Then signal it’s time to end:
Now that we’ve covered X let’s move onto Y
That covers everything with X so let’s go to the next point which is Y
I think that clears up everything with X so can we move on to Y?
Let’s move on to point 3
Moving onto point 4
Moving on, let’s look at item 5
The next point is….
Summary Test
I would like to ______ your attention to item number four.
That’s not in the agenda, Mark, but we can discuss that when we get to _____ ______ ____________.
To “bring forward” is to change the meeting to an earlier or later time?
_______________
Alright, we’ve ___________ that point, so let’s _______ to the next one.