How do you maintain people’s interest when you speak in meetings in English
How do you maintain people’s interest when you speak in meetings in English?
People get distracted easily and disconnect in meetings in English. So, what can you do to maintain people’s interest when speaking in meetings in English?
⬆️ Signposting in English.
Signposting is a communication and speaking technique that helps people follow the roadmap of what you want to say and helps them reconnect to key points and parts when they get distracted. Basically if they get distracted or they disconnect, they can use the signposting to reconnect to what you’re saying.
That way you maintain people’s interest when speaking in meetings in English.
?? Here are some signposting techniques and useful vocabulary from our Business English training to help you:
✅ Introducing your structure
What I want to talk about has three parts.
I’m going to divide this talk into three parts.
Briefly, I have three key things to say.
My talk/presentation has three parts.
✅ Starting a point
like to begin/start by …
Let’s begin/start by …
My first point is…
✅ Finishing a point
The next area I’d like to focus on is …
Right, I’d like now to discuss…
✅ Highlighting a point
Where does that lead us?
Let’s consider this point in more detail…
What does this mean for…?
Translated into real terms, this means…
Why is this important?
✅ Giving examples
A good example of this is…
Let me give you this example
✅ Simplifying a point
To put it more simply…
In other words, …
Simply put…
So what I’m saying is…
To put it another way…
✅ Summarising and concluding
To summarise my main points were
What have we looked at?
In conclusion …
In short …
Let me remind you of what I’ve covered so far, …
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