Matakuliah
Tahun
: G0502 / English for Secretaries
: 2006
Pertemuan 7
Meetings and Conferences
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Quote of the day
“Take time to deliberate, but when
the time for action has arrived, stop
thinking and jump in.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Invitations
Reading 1
Invitation to in-house meetings:
• Regular executive meetings
• Special executive meetings
• Corporate directors’ meetings
• Other meetings and conferences
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Conference Duties
Reading 2
Preparing for conferences
• Meeting-site and speaker
confirmation
• Preparing conference materials
• Special arrangements for services
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Common Seating Arrangements
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Panel formation
Oval/Round table
Work clusters
U-formation
Overbridge
L-formations
T-formations
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Common Seating Arrangements
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Terminology used in meetings
• General conduct of meetings
• Making proposals at a meeting
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The Language of Meetings
• General Language Points
• Procedure for a Formal Meeting
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Writing Assignment
• Taking Minutes
• Transcribing minutes
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