Presenting Ideas in a meeting
Keep facing the audience
Wait for everyone to settle down
Greet people
Connect device beforehand
Give a photocopy to avoid eye contact
Prior to starting we need to check:
-why we are doing this project
-how long it will take
-how many people we need on the team
-what materials
-potential problems
-proposed solutions
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1-A new project- let’s find out about it
JUDGMENT
To assess (weigh up the pros and cons)
To make an assessment
To deem necessary
To discern that something is necessary
To glean some information
To ascertain
To estimate
To hazard a guess (familiar)
a) It has been deemed necessary that the computer software be upgraded and we have estimated that it will cost more than €2000.
b) We don't know for the moment exactly but I hazard a guess that it will be €2300
c) We have to make an assessment of the existing software to see if we can sell it and I have gleaned some information from a phone call I had with a colleague that in fact second-hand software is not worth very much so it will be in my estimation not really a contributory factor.
Agreeing/disagreeing
To approve
This project is waiting for approval
The manager has approved the project and we have the go-ahead for production
The project is going ahead
The project has been approved
To disapprove
I disapprove of this idea
VERBS
To base on
To come up with
To fill in
To move on to
New project
So we are here today to talk about the new project the lexicon operation
Problem
We are here today to talk about the problem we have been having with the software
Praise
We are here today to give praise to team members who have secured deals this financial year
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To afford
We can't afford to upgrade this computer software
We must make do with what we have
It would be a bad idea to miss this opportunity, we can't afford to ignore it
You can't afford to make that mistake
You can't afford to miss this opportunity
It is very ill advised
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Financial vocabulary
A quote. A quotation
An inquiry about the product
A sales lead
We have some more leads concerning the crime
Never have we faced such serious problems
Never have I faced such a serious problem
Never have I been faced with such a serious problem
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Such a great idea
such + adjective + noun
So happy
So + adjective
It's high time you changed your tyres
It's time you changed your tyres
TENSES EXPLAINED
Present simple Regular repetitive situations
I work every day
stative verbs
I feel happy
I think it's a good idea
I like what I do
Do you like this restaurant?
Does she like this restaurant?
I work a nine hour day
I enjoy my work
First conditional presenting options
If you need assistance I will be able to show you how to access the file
If you can’t work it out for yourself, no need to feel worried about that, I know how you feel.
I will be able to go through it with you.
If the drop down menu isn’t showing you the file as I explained then maybe you need to check that you haven’t saved it incorrectly after changing something.
Present continuous Temporary exceptional situations
I am working
I am working on ongoing projects
at the moment, at
I have sold 10 units
This week this month this year recently
What have you decided to do?
I have used PowerPoint
I have never used Excel
I have hardly had a chance to finish my work
I have almost finished my work
I have sold 2000 memberships
I have never been to Moscow
I have driven three types of vehicle
We have decided to put back the meeting
We have received an accurate price estimation for the repairs