Starting A Speech Or Meeting

250 Ways to Say It in Business English » Starting A Speech Or Meeting

Right. Shall we start?
Right Ladies and Gentlemen. Shall we start with our presentation?

OK. Let’s get going.
OK everybody. Let’s get going. We only have twenty minutes.

Right then. We are ready
Right then. We are ready. The first point in the agenda is cost-cutting.

Is everybody already here?
Fine. Is everybody here? Let’s get on then.

Time to begin
Well, time to begin. We’ll set off with an outline.

Let's get started
Let's get the meetings started. John, would you like to begin?

We need to discuss
We need to discuss whether the campaign is aimed at the right target.

We will to talk about
We will talk about the hazards involved in our Gulf of Mexico drilling.

What brings us here?
What brings us here today? The hope of finding solutions.

We will study
We will carefully study all the projects that were brought forward.

To put it briefly
To put it briefly, we have a problem with sales.

In a few words
In a few words, Chandler is leaving the company.

In a nutshell
In a nutshell, the contract will be finished next month.

To summarise
To summarise, we face an imminent strike in our Heathrow facilities.

It all comes down to
It all comes down to Sam's behaviour at the warehouse.

The reason
The reason I travelled here is to discuss productivity.

My aim
My aim now is to increase sales in Britain.

What I’d like
What I’d like to do is appoint a new CFO.

My objective
My objective is to reduce advertising costs by at least ten percent.

We intend
We intend to redefine our marketing campaign.

I want to
I want to let you know I’ll stand by you.

I’d just like to
I’d just like to tell you that we’ll do what we can.

I’m here to
I’m here to talk about plant organization.

We’re going to
We’re going to spend all day reviewing our techniques.

I’ll put it simply.
I’ll put it simply. We must decide on what to do about Alex.

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