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Stating the purpose
• We are meeting today to talk about ... .

• Our objective today is ... .

• We’ll be discussing ... .

• We are here today to consider ... .

• I’ve called this meeting in order to ... .

• What we expect to achieve today is ... .

• Today, I’d like your views on ... .

Introducing participants at a meeting
• Before we begin, can I introduce ... to you all?

• Does everyone know ...?

• First of all, I’d like to introduce ... .

• Let me introduce ... .

• I’d like to take a moment to introduce ... .

Asking participants to introduce themselves
• ..., would you introduce yourself?

• ..., would you like to say a few words about yourself?

• Tell us a bit about yourself.

• Could you tell us all who you are and say something about

yourself?

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