[MUSIC] In week one of this course, the Introduction to Meetings, you learned vocabulary related to meetings, guidelines for successful meetings. And how to communicate in writing, as you arrange a meeting and write a response to meeting announcements. The second week of the course focuses on the language of meetings. We have three lessons this week. In the first lesson, we'll look at effective practices in language for leading a meeting. In lesson two, you'll learn how to participate, or take part in a meeting. Including, how to jump into a discussion, state an opinion, and politely disagree with what someone else said. Nowadays meetings involve people working in different places. So lesson three presents guidelines in language for having successful teleconferences. Okay, let's start today's lesson. In week one you learned about what makes a meeting successful. You also learned how to write emails to announce or set up a meeting. This week we're going to look at the way people interact in meetings. And specifically, the role that the leader plays in the way that a meeting goes. We'll identify effective practices for leading meetings. And help you to identify and use specific language to manage a meeting, to begin and end the meeting, keep the discussion on track, and involve all the participants. As you learned in week one of this course, we used the word chair for the head of a formal group. In a less formal situation, we just use the word leader or lead, like a team leader or project leader, for the person who runs the meeting. We can also use the word lead as a verb. In any case, the meeting leader is the one who is responsible for what happens in the meeting. Now, you're going to watch two examples of a meeting. The people in this meeting work for Rainier Chocolates in Seattle. As you watch, think about these questions. What happened? Did the meeting go well? [MUSIC]