ESL Podcast 884 – Types of Meetings Susanna: All right, then. This meeting is over. We’ll meet again next week for a status update.
Juan: Hey, do you have a few minutes to talk about tomorrow’s teleconference?
Susanna: Sorry, I’ve got to run. I’m late for my department’s weekly brainstorming session. Can it wait?
Juan: Sure, how about a lunch meeting?
Susanna: I can’t. I’m holding personnel meetings over lunch all this week. It’s the only way I can fit them in.
Juan: Okay, how about at 3:00 this afternoon?
Susanna: Sorry, I have a standing meeting with the directors once a month at that time. Can you come by after the pitch meeting at 4:30?
Juan: I wish I could, but our department head has called an emergency meeting for this afternoon to do some damage control after the shareholder meeting debacle last week. Well, how about adinner meeting?
Susanna: Only if we can have dinner at 9:30. I won’t be finished here until then.
Juan: Do you ever get a breather?
Susanna: A breather? I think I’m due for one...in 2030.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
Susanna says "meet again next week for a status update". Update is news about something that is happened, you are already have some situation going on some event is taking place want latest news.
-> want to know about how thing are changed
Status is news about the project is progressing how is it moving, talk about the business project when you working on
Teleconference is the meeting where you are talking the people on the telephone usually several people are talking on the telephone at the same time that is teleconference
Brainstorming session
Session: other word in business when talking about meeting. Also in medical context especially when you are going to ... often call ... session when you meeting with doctor
Brainstorm means to try to generate think of come up with make any idea as you can in certain topic
When brain storm, usually 1 person writing out all of the ideas & you don't discuss the idea with the person are supporting them. You only give your idea and everyone give their ideas and the end you decide which idea is best idea
Lunch meeting: meeting over the lunch time. Go somewhere to eat and also talk a bout one of the business that you need to talk about
Personnel meeting
Personnel is another word for employee, the people who work for the company. The personnel of the company is the employee of the company. It is a little more formal for the business wide world but this means the same as employee
Fit them in: means having personnel meeting over lunch is the only way she can fit them in
to fit s.th in is a phrasal verb meaning to find time to do s.th in your busy schedule you have many thing happening today. S.b want to talk to you dont't have time as you schedule but you decide to fit them in. You say "OK, I can meet you 5 minutes in between this meeting and that meeting" You fitting them in