HOW TO EXPLAIN YOUR PURPOSE FORMALLY

Helpful Phrases:

The reason

The reason I came here is to discuss our marketing issues.

My aim

My aim now is to increase sales in our branches.

What I’d like

What I‟d like to do is appoint a new CFO.

My objective

My objective is to reduce advertising costs by at least ten percent.

We intend

We intend to redefine our marketing campaign.

HOW TO INTRODUCE A SUMMARY

Halpful Phrases:

To put it briefly

To put it briefly, we have a problem with sales.

In a few words

In a few words, Mark is leaving the company.

In a nutshell

In a nutshell, the contract will be finished next year.

To summarise

To summarise, we face an imminent strike in our Washington facilities.

It all comes down to

It all comes down to Megan's behaviour at the warehouse.

HOW TO START A MEETING

Helpful Phrases:

Let's get started 
Let‟s get the meetings started. Mark, would you like to begin? 
We need to discuss 
We need to discuss whether the campaign is aimed at the right target. 
We will to talk about 
We will talk about the issues involved in our marketing campaign.. 
What brings us here? 
What brings us here today? The hope of finding solutions. 
We will study 
We will carefully study all the projects that were brought forward.

HOW TO SIGNAL THE START OF A SPEECH

Useful Phrases:

Right. Shall we start?

Right Ladies and Gentlemen. Shall we start with our presentation?

OK. Let’s get going.

OK everybody. Let's get going. We only have twenty minutes.

Right then. We are ready

Right then. We are ready. The first point in the agenda is cost-cutting.

Is everybody already here?

Fine. Is everybody here? Le's get on then.

Time to begin

Well, time to begin. We‟ll set off with an outline.