Learn five phrases for starting a meeting.

Key Phrases for Meetings B1/B2

start or begin
"If there are no initial questions, let's kick off with the first agenda item."

aim or reason
"The purpose of today's meeting is to make sure we're all on the same page about the Purple project."

change the normal order
"We'll start with point 1. Then we'll skip to point 3."

happening before the end
"By the end of this meeting, I'd like everyone to be aware of where we are in the project."

without information a long time before the event

"Thank you for coming at such short notice."