A: This depends on the meeting etiquette. Here are some suggestions: If everything goes through the chair, you need to indicate to the chair you have a point to make (e.g. raise your hand). If the chair wants to move on from the topic or close the meeting before you’ve had a chance to make […]

A: Some dos and don’ts: Do: support the chair; bring others back to the agenda topic if the discussion goes off track; bring people who haven’t said much into the discussion; focus on the important points; summarise the discussion at the (apparent) end of each topic; check agreement to the conclusions; and (periodically) remind others […]

A: There are two main options: During the introduction, ask people to hold all questions until the end Take questions as you go, but if a question pre-empts a point later in your presentation say “I’ll come to that later” – when you get to the relevant section of the presentation, you could even ask […]