A typical formal business meeting can be divided into five parts as shown in the outline below.
- Get started.
- Let's get started. First of all, I'd like to ...
- We're here today to discuss ...
- Review past business.
- First, let's go over the report from the last meeting ...
- Begin the meeting.
- Have you all received a copy of today's agenda?
- Let's start with ...
- Discuss items.
- How do you feel about ...?
- In my opinion ...
- Finish the meeting.
- Before we close, let me just summarise the main points.
- It looks as if we've covered the main items.
- Is there any other business?