INTERRUPTINGInterrupting a speaker in a business meeting

CHAIRINTERRUPTING

• OK Fred, if I could just quickly interrupt you there...

• Nick, sorry to interrupt but I’d like to hear some other views on this.

• If I could just stop you there for a second.

CHAIR STOPPINGINTERRUPTION

• Just a moment, Dave. I’ll come back to you in a minute.

• One at a time, please.

• Please, let him finish what he was saying.

PARTICIPANTSINTERRUPTING

• Excuse me, can I just interrupt quickly?

• Come I come in here?

• Can I just briefly comment on that?

• Can I piggyback on what Shelly was saying?

STOPPING ANINTERRUPTION

• If I could just finish what I was saying.

• May I just finish my point?

• No, just one minute, please.

• I haven’t finished what I was saying yet.

REASON FORINTERRUPTING

• I’d like to point out that the data is from 2009.

• I’d like to add something to that point...

• I’d like to piggyback on what you just said.

• That’s a good point. I’d like to develop it a bit.

COMMENTING

• That’s a good point, Mike.

• I see what you saying, Jim.

• Yes, you’re spot-on.

CONTINUING ANINTERRUPTING

• Thanks for bringing that up. Perhaps we should talk more about it.

• Let’s talk a bit more about this new point.

DECIDING ANDCLOSING

• I think we need to discuss this further.

• I think we should have some more information on this.

• I would like to take this away and look at it in more detail.

• Let’s put this on next week’s agenda.

• Let’s leave this until next week.

TIME

• We’re running out of time.

• Unfortunately, we don’t have anymore time to spend on this.

• OK, everyone, we’re almost out of time.

• We getting really behind schedule.

CLOSING

• We have to bring this to a close.

• I think we’ve covered everything we’d planned to.

• I don’t think there’s anything else left.

DECIDING

• I really would like a decision before we close the meeting.

• Can we come to a decision before we leave?

• Are we all ready to make a decision?

COMPLETINGAGENDA

• I think we’ve covered everything.

• OK. That’s everything on the agenda.

• Does anyone have anything else before we finish?

• Is there any other business?

• Are there any final questions before we call it a day?

CONFIRMTASKS

• John, you’re doing the report on...

• Dave, you’ll get the data and email it me before the end of the week?

• Steven, you’ll sort out the arrangements for the next meeting?

NEXT MEETING

• Let’s set a time for our next meeting.

• Is July 8th a convenient day for our next meeting?

• I’ll confirm the date and location of our next meeting by email.

• I’ll email you the time of our next meeting.

CLOSING THEMEETING

• OK. Let’s finish there. Thank you all for coming and I’ll see you again the next week.

• It’s getting late. Let’s call it a day.

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