Effective English Meetings

Who am I ?

Leeds

Manchester

London

County of Yorkshire

Woodhouse Grove

School

That’s me in 1984

Leeds rhinos

Leeds City

Graduated in 2001

with an honours

degree in law

then I worked in one

of these until...

it made do this and...

ask why am I

doing this?

so...

I got on one of

these

... and came here

then....

대한민국아이

so...I stayed

I’ve lived in Seoul since July 2002

Teaching for

over 9 years

worked with

some famous

people

would really like to

work with....

스토리 프레젠테이션

Author of

In my free time

I enjoy running

and travelling

Meetings

What makes a good and bad meeting?

good bad

Well organisedEveryone arrives on timeNo distractions ShortAchieves something

DisoranisedLatenessCell phones ringinglong and boringPowerPoint!!!!

Can you describe some Korean Business customs?

Understanding the language of culture

What cultural differences have you experienced?

Being aware of cultural differences is a vital skill for any global business person.

Shaking hands

Where did you learn?

절

2 shakes and let go

Hold firmly - not limp or bone crushing

Make eye contact

Cell Phones

It is rude.

It is disrespectful.

It disturbs everyone in the meeting.

Nothing is more important than the meeting you are in.

It is rude.

It is disrespectful.

It disturbs everyone in the meeting.

Nothing is more important than the meeting you are in.

Please excuse me, I really must take this call. ”

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”“I am very annoyed; Very annoyed

How are you?”“

I’m fine thank you and you? ”

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I’m very well thank you. How are you?”

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Good afternoon, my name is Carl, it’s very nice to meet you. ”

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A word about clothes...

What’s wrong here?

Short sleeved shirts and ties - UNIFORM

Get your clothes wrong in Italy, France or London and it will be noticed.

Planning meetings

The six ‘P’s

Perfect Planning & Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

How many meetings do you attend where you receive full details of what the meeting is about, what to prepare and what the desired outcome is? (as a percentage)

How many days before the meeting did you receive this information?

What things should be prepared before a meeting?

Meeting Room

Equipment

Agendas

Why is an agenda so important?

Food and drink

Always prepare an agendaA meeting with no agenda will always fail

Always begin the meeting on time and never be late to a meeting.Arriving late will show you are rude and inconsiderate

Make sure you read the pre-meeting materials in good time Never attend a meeting unprepared

If you are going to do a presentation - arrive early and make sure everything is workingthere is no excuse for a laptop computer not to work

If you are the organiser - make sure the meeting finishes on time - early is good but late is very bad.Attendees have other things to do

Have a meeting with your colleagues beforehand to discuss who is going to say what and when.Be organised

A word about PowerPoint in meetings

“I have a dream”

That all presentations shall one day be created fantastic!

Where are we today?

Where are we today?

Everyday -Millions of presentations

63% presented by non-native English Speakers

But we have a problem.

“Death By PowerPoint”사람잡는 파워포인트

Most presenters never think about their audience

Audience Not thinking

In conclusion, for differential diagnosis of small nodules in cirrhotic liver, Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR is valuable. The high SI on T2WI and arterial enhancement on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR images is helpful imaging findings for differentiating small hepatocellular carcinomas from dysplastic nodules in cirrhotic liver. However, additional suggestive findings need to achieve high accuracy for differentiating small HCCs from DNs.

Slides have too much text on them

We tabulated all possible combinations of the findings with minimum 2 positive findings, arterial enhancement and T2 hyperintensity, because these two findings were significant findings according to the multivariable logistic regression analysis. .All six imaging findings were present in only 37 of 222 HCCs (16.7%). The combination 2 included five findings present except for rim enhancement, which was observed, most frequently. None of the DNs showed all six imaging findings.

Charts and graphs that nobody understands

We could blame PowerPoint

Peter Norvig Google Director of Research

“PowerPoint doesn’t kill meetings. People kill meetings. But using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table: You can do very bad things with it.”

Peter Norvig, Google Director of Research

“회의를 망치는 것은 파워포인트가 아니라, 바로 사람들이다. 하지만, 파워포인트를 사용하는 것은, 마치 테이블 위에 총알이 가득 장전된 AK-47 자동소총을 올려 놓고 회의를 진행하는 것과 같은 격이다.

누구든, 이 총으로 회의장 분위기를 싸그리 날려버릴 수 있게 되는 것이다.”

Peter Norvig, Google Director of Research

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If you are responsible for the meeting - make sure you plan carefully

If you are attending a meeting - make sure you review the meeting materials before the meetings.

If you are using PowerPoint - Make it interesting

Silence is not always golden

People are quite often afraid to speak because they worry about being ‘judged’ on their English ability.

Think about that - Do you not think this is really stupid?

My biggest frustration in Korea, is that my staff never talk in meetings

Prof. Wolfgang PilschkeCEO Bayer Pharmaceuticals - Asia Pacific

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If you are not going to say anything in the meeting - don’t go ”

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Language of Meetings...

So you think pronunciation is important eh?

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You have a choice

Be a global Communicator

Or one of the many millions of average office rats

It’s a simple choice

How English can improve your life

Be partof theglobalcommunity

See things differently

Learning a language is not just learning words and grammar - learning a language is about learning a whole new culture.

Open more doors of opportunity

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your ideasCommunicate

If you cannot communicate in English, then your career options are very limited영어로 소통할 수 없다면,여러분이 선택할 수 있는 직업의 폭이 매우 제한됩니다.

How many people are learning English in the world today?

2 Billion!2,000,000,000

English is just a communication tool

Korean is your life

Just have fun and enjoy English

Conference Calls

What difficulties do you have with conference calls?

What other types of meetings do you have?

Make sure everyone involved knows the time, any pass codes / websites etc

Be aware of international time zones.

Always start the meeting on time

Prepare

Have everyone introduce themselves.

Relevancy, alignment and a uniquebrand coreFrom a managerial perspective:An convincing and appealing brand core or brand purpose helps to steer the brand

organisation in the right direction

Loop customer insights back to the brand core

— Why does your brand exist ?— And what does it do to make lives better ?— How can you express that through execution ?

The quest foruniqueness

Before speaking say your name.

Don’t shuffle papers near the microphone

Close the meeting on a high

Be careful with leather chairs

Bring something new to the party”“

감사합니다

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