The Language of Business Meetings

The Language of Business Meetings

Author: Michael Handford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-08-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 052111666X

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This book presents a corpus-based study of the language used in business meetings.


Perfect Phrases for Meetings

Perfect Phrases for Meetings

Author: Don Debelak

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2008-04-06

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0071641602

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Everyone wants to shine in business meetings-whether they are leading them or just participating. Perfect Phrases for Meetings provides hundreds of winning, ready-to-use phrases, arming you with the right words to say in eight crucial types of meetings. This book is a valuable tool for anyone who needs to get a message across and stand out as a leader.


The Meetings Handbook

The Meetings Handbook

Author: Ronald D. Francis

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1783080434

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‘The Meetings Handbook: Formal Rules and Informal Processes’ is a comprehensive manual to the rules and formal procedures of meetings, as well as a useful guide to understanding the informal processes that underlie their success. The handbook explains the formal issues of meeting processes, including the setting of agendas and the putting forward of formal motions, and canvasses informal aspects such as preparatory work and the reading of participants’ nonverbal messages. It also offers insight into how to chair meetings, as well as guidance on how to deal with those who seek to subvert the formal rules. A unique accompaniment to the more conventional legal books, which act as good formal guides, ‘The Meetings Handbook’ also provides supplementary examples of constitutions, agendas, minutes and an ethical code. In order to make the material readily useable, the book is divided into sections that may act as stand-alone guides to specific meetings issues and strategies, thus making it the perfect tool for the busy professional.


The Meeting Book

The Meeting Book

Author: Helen Chapman

Publisher: Lid Publishing

Published: 2016-09-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781910649749

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Meetings are alive Whether it's a few people meeting over coffee or 100 people in a conference room, meetings happen all the time. They are a constantly changing and living pattern; a connection of minds, content and process. Every meeting, no matter how large or small, has the potential to be a dynamic interaction of human brains. The possibilities for success are endless and yet organizations persist in forcing themselves into a rigid straight jacket of endless agendas, boring monologues and tedious PowerPoint. Where agendas are long and aimless. Where people stop each other talking. Where creativity is stifled. Where things go around in circles or grind to a halt. Where time is lost. Now is the time to make a change; to adapt to a better way of working. Now is the time for to take responsibility whether you Attend, Chair or Facilitate meetings; it's over to you to help lead the way. Whether you're problem-solving, innovating, strategizing, visioning, aligning or simply informing-you have more influence than you think. You just need to know how. This book will show you the 3 Big Twists to make all types of meeting successful so that you can begin a new meeting habit that others will want to follow. LID Publishing's popular Concise Advice Lab notebooks are designed to be quick and comprehensive brainstorming tools for busy professionals. The small trim size makes it easy to take along in a briefcase or purse. Interior pages are matte finish, so ink won't smear, and there's plenty of space to jot notes. A ribbon makes it easy to mark your place, and the elastic outer band keeps the notebook closed.


Taking Minutes of Meetings

Taking Minutes of Meetings

Author: Joanna Gutmann

Publisher: Kogan Page

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780749460297

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"Taking Minutes of Meetings" is an accessible reference guide following the whole meeting cycle. This work is aimed at anyone new to taking minutes and professionals looking to brush up their technique.


Mastering Meetings

Mastering Meetings

Author: Jeannine Drew

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780070310384

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"They are, more often than not, an utter waste of time. They're usually boring beyond endurance. They can drag on forever. Nothing ever seems to get accomplished, decided, or solved. No one, including you, really wants to attend them. And the next one is scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow..." "If this describes your company's meetings as accurately as it describes most business meetings, help is at hand! Here's the ultimate guide to ending the time and productivity drain of inefficient meetings and replacing them with well-planned, dynamic, and productive ones that include today's newest and most exciting multimedia presentations." "Written by 3M's winning team of meeting management experts - considered the best in the business at helping companies prioritize and streamline business meetings - Mastering Meetings will save you time, expense, and redundancy by providing answers to such questions as: Is this meeting really necessary? Who should attend? When and where should the meeting be held? How long should the meeting be? What is the best room arrangement? How can you most effectively present your ideas to the group?" "Full coverage also is given to the latest techniques and equipment for creating dynamic multimedia presentations, as well as inexpensive, high-impact visuals - charts, tables, graphs, and more - using PCs, plain paper copiers, and infrared transparencies. You'll learn what makes a good visual and how to use visuals to get messages across lucidly and emphatically." "In addition, you'll learn how to change the meeting room from a battle arena to a workshop; develop participation skills in all your employees; conduct multilingual meetings; develop and deliver powerful presentations; understand meeting dynamics, and make them work for you rather than against you; and much more!"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, volume 1

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, volume 1

Author: Witness Lee

Publisher: Living Stream Ministry

Published:

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 1536006327

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The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1984, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 1 through December 16, 1984. One message included in this volume was given in 1991. In 1984 Brother Lee spoke eighty-two messages that were published in Life-study of Mark, Life-study of Luke, and Life-study of Acts. These Life-study messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee. After spending the first few days of 1984 in Irving, Texas, Brother Lee returned to Anaheim, California, and remained there until the end of February. He then traveled to Brazil and spent most of March ministering there. At the end of March he returned from Brazil to Anaheim and remained there until the middle of April. During the last two weeks in April, Brother Lee traveled to Stuttgart, Germany, and on his return to the United States he visited New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Newton, Massachusetts, during the month of May. At the end of May he ministered in Irving, and in the first few days in June he visited Denver, Colorado. At the end of June Brother Lee returned to Anaheim and remained there until the first week in October. From the middle of October until the middle of November, Brother Lee traveled to the Far East and ministered in Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; and Quezon City, Philippines. He returned to Anaheim for a few days in the middle of November, and near the end of November he traveled to Irving, where he remained until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into fifteen sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given in Irving, Texas, on January 1 and December 2, 8, and 16. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Messages Given in Irving. 2. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 7 and 14. These messages are included in this volume under the title Living Christ and Pursuing the Truth for the Building Up of the Church. 3. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 8 through March 25. These messages are included in this volume under the title Being Built Up in the Truth and Growing in Life for the Spread of the Lord's Testimony. 4. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, on January 16 through November 19. These messages are included in this volume under the title Bringing the Saints into the Lord's Up-to-date Vision and Move in His Recovery. 5. Ten messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 3 through August 18, 1984, and in Alhambra, California, on April 21, 1991. These messages were translated from Chinese and previously published in a book entitled The Four Crucial Elements of the Bible--Christ, the Spirit, Life, and the Church. They are included in this volume under the same title. 6. A message given to a group of co-workers from Taiwan in Anaheim, California, on February 20, 1984. This message was translated from Chinese and has been included in this volume under the title Finding Principles in Our Study of the Bible and the Subjective Line of Life in the Bible. 7. A message given in Brazil on March 3. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Faithful to Be Constituted with the Truth and Experience Life for the Spread of the Lord's Recovery. 8. A message given in Brazil on March 11. It was translated from Chinese and is included in this volume under the title One Stream and a Broad Highway. 9. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on April 15 and August 8. These messages were translated from Chinese and are included in this volume under the title The Chinese-speaking Meeting and Putting Off Oldness. 10. A message given in New York City on May 6. This message is included in this volume under the title Christ as the Embodiment of God Becoming the Consummation of the Triune God and Our Attitude toward the Believers. 11. A message given in Newton, Massachusetts, on May 10. This message is included in this volume under the title Ministering the Truth, Life, and the Gospel to All Men. 12. Four messages given in a Chinese-speaking conference in New York City on May 11 through 13. They were previously published in a book entitled Christ Revealed in the New Testament and are included in this volume under the same title. 13. A message given in Irving, Texas, on May 28. This message is included in this volume under the title A Word of Recommendation concerning the Life-study Messages and the Footnotes in the New Testament Recovery Version. 14. Five messages given in Denver, Colorado, on June 2 and 3. The records for two of these messages are missing. The remaining three messages are included in this volume under the title Practicing the Genuine Church Life in Spirit, in Love, and in the Truth. 15. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on June 23 and 25. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Teachers' Training and are included in this volume under the same title.


Essays on Conference Interpreting

Essays on Conference Interpreting

Author: James Nolan

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2020-04-08

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1788928016

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This book condenses the important lessons learned at key points during the author’s 30-year career as an intergovernmental conference interpreter and trainer, seeking to define what constitutes good interpreting and how to develop the skills and abilities that are conducive to it, as well as fostering practices and technologies that help to maintain high professional standards. The book places interpreting in its historical context as a time-honoured discipline and discusses the effect of modern technology on translating and interpreting, identifying areas where it is most useful (electronic communications media, broadcasting) while stressing that professional education and training of linguists are more important than reliance on technological shortcuts. The book is an invaluable resource to all those working or training in conference interpreting, as well as being a stimulating read for those engaged in the wider work of interpreting.