Business Skills

The best business idioms at work (8): brainstorming idioms

Deborah Capras — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:30:38 +0200

Brainstorming sessions are about generating new ideas. People should be encouraged to think differently about their areas of work and about the work of others. Learn some new expressions to get the session going!

etw. hervorbringen

Reporting a meeting

Deborah Capras — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:11:07 +0100

Could you complete our report of a meeting? For each question, we ask you to choose the correct verb. This test is about meaning — and grammar.

Arranging the next meeting in English

Deborah Capras — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:48:28 +0100

Unfortunately, we can't help you avoid any meetings, but maybe we can help you to organize them better and to get the most out of them.

das Beste aus etw. machen

Requests and responses

Deborah Capras — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:21:07 +0200

Alice, Peter and Sam are having a meeting to prepare for a future conference. They each have to make requests and respond to them. Let's see if you know what language they should use.

Questions

Kirstie Crail — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:35:26 +0100

Knowing how to ask the right questions in face-to-face meetings, whether in a formal or informal setting, is an important business skill. We've created an exercise on the most common types of questions.

Chairing a meeting

Kirstie Crail — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:13:29 +0200

You've been given the task of chairing a meeting but are not sure if you're well prepared. Not every meeting has exactly the same topics, but most meetings have similar structures.

to chair sth. - den Vorsitz bei etw. führen

Minutes for the meetings

Deborah Capras — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:23:32 +0200

When the chair asks "Who's taking the minutes?", most people look away and try to avoid all eye contact until somebody - usually the most junior in the room - either volunteers or "is volunteered".

Vorsitzende(r)

Protokoll

Checking understanding

Kirstie Crail — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:48:54 +0200

Have you ever come away from a meeting feeling that you've probably missed some of the main points or haven't really understood what's been decided?