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Conducting a Meeting and Participating in a Meeting

2. Meetings 2.1. Conducting a Meeting Meetings are a very important event in any business organisation. All important decisions about the working of an organisation are taken in meetings. Whenever any problem arises and a solution has to be found or a policy decision or any action has to be planned, a meeting of the executives of the appropriate level is called, the issue is discussed threadbare and the best decision in the interest of the organisation on the basis of the collective wisdom is arrived at. These meetings cost the organisation a great deal in terms of money and time. Therefore, it is very important to conduct these meetings in such a way as to make them yield maximum positive results. T he success of a meeting in terms of its output depends on the way in which the presiding officer conducts the meeting and the spirit with which the participating members take part in it. The person responsible for conducting the meeting must keep the following things in mind in or...

Oral Presentation

1. Presentation Definition An oral presentation is a brief discussion of a focused topic to a group of listeners in order to impart knowledge, create awareness, stimulate discussion, explain plans, get support or cooperation, or share the results of research. It is a short speech or talk on a well-defined topic delivered to an audience in order to disseminate knowledge, get approval or support, persuade them to perform an action or create awareness on a social issue. The Wikipedia defines it as the process of presenting a topic to an audience . It is typically a demonstration, introduction, lecture or speech meant to inform, persuade or build goodwill . Like any research paper or some other document like a report or article, it has a beginning, a middle and an end. The beginning contains the introduction in which the presenter explains the objective of the presentation and the meaning of the topic it deals with. It may also say something about the background of the ...