Meetings 5: Action points

For many people, a meeting is only as successful as the Action Points it produces. Action Points are essential for moving things forward between meetings, and provide a focus both for the closing of one meeting and the opening of the next meeting. This lesson looks in some detail at what makes a successful Action Point. There is also a focus on the various steps involved in bringing a meeting to a successful close.

Topic: Meetings and action points

Level: Intermediate (B2) and above

Aims:

To discuss five key questions for Action Points.
To teach and practise some useful phrases for volunteering for and delegating Action Points.
To teach some useful phrases for closing a meeting.
To provide practice and feedback of the situations of closing a meeting.

Plan components

Lesson plan: download

Worksheets: download

By Jeremy Day

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