Business meetings and negotiations in English

Do you take part in business meetings in English? Do you sometimes have problems communicating your ideas effectively and confidently in these meetings? Or perhaps you want to feel more comfortable attending meetings in an international team? Our workshop Business Meetings is prepared just for you! Join us today and gain the skills and knowledge you need to communicate effectively in English when meeting with colleagues, clients, and partners.

Course description

Target audience: speakers of English at intermediate level or above who wish to improve their business communication skills in meetings and negotiations

Workshop objectives: to improve communication skills in English in a business context.

In the series of meetings, participants will practice the use of idiomatic expressions and formal and informal business language in situations such as: preparing a meeting agenda, greeting and self-presentation, presenting the topic of a meeting, small meetings and large industry events, moderating a meeting, difficult negotiations, reaching consensus, agreement, breaking off negotiations, networking, and writing email correspondence and meeting minutes.

Work methods:

Practical exercises
Group discussions
Feedback sessions (from the trainer and other participants)
Refresher exercises using AI

Meeting format: online on a modern platform

Recommended number of participants:

Individual classes
Groups of up to 6 people

Course content

– Starting the meeting: greeting and self-presentation, use of idiomatic expressions and informal business language.

– Presentation of the subject of the meeting: presentation of the agenda, proposal of meeting rules using expressions for logical sequences.

– Intimate meetings and large industry events – situational scenes and panel discussion on current trends and exchange of experiences, use of idiomatic expressions and informal business language.

– Assertiveness, submissiveness or dominance – case studies and proposals for changes in behaviour or attitudes, use of idiomatic expressions and formal and informal business language.

– Moderating a formal and informal meeting – strengthening soft skills in English using idiomatic expressions and business style.

– Difficult negotiations – role plays with suggested idiomatic expressions for politely interrupting, asking not to be interrupted, firmly stating an offer and sentence.

– Consensus, agree or break off negotiations – panel discussion with case study and useful idiomatic expressions and use of relevant business language.

– Drawing conclusions and summarising findings, role plays.

– Networking – practising dialogues based on the principles of small talk to be used e.g. during a lunch break, at a conference, at professional meetings etc. – use of idiomatic expressions and appropriate business language.

– Post-meeting communication – email correspondence to thank for attending the meeting, maintain contact and confirm findings, writing meeting minutes in English.