Manading discussionsOnline version Functional language for meetings and discussions by Olena Vavshko 1 Managing the discussion 2 Involving people 3 Asking for / giving permission to speak 4 Putting forward unpopular ideas 5 Putting forward ideas under consideration 6 Putting forward ideas you are confident about 7 Disagreeing / Expressing reservation so let's get started the purpose of today's meeting is can I suggest we come back to...? coming back to.. I'll get on to that in a moment Did you want to talk about...? Perhaps you'd like to talk us through... Would this be the right moment to mention...? Could I just say something...? If I could just come in there... Go ahead I know you're not keen on it, but... You probably won't like this idea, but... I'm not sure what your feelings are about this but,... We were wondering if... Something else we've been thinking about is.... I'm sure you'll understand the need to... The obvious solution to this problem must be to... It's interesting you should say that, because actually... You'are absolutely right, but...
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