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The verb we use for that is “to call on.”
“The moderator called on Ms. Graff to give an explanation,” he is asking her to speak.Let's listen to Chris one more time as he ends the presentation at an informal meeting, this time at regular speed.
Chris: Our product development team has been busy trying to synthesize all the data that Hannah has just presented in order to create a better product for our customers.We sent out a memo last week that described our specific ideas, and based on all the signatures on the routing slip, it looks like most of you have already seen it, so I won't repeat everything.
In a minute, we're going to ask you to help us brainstorm even more ideas.Before you get your creative juices flowing, let's just briefly recap the main points of this presentation.
Our market share has taken a beating and we're missing the mark with our marketing and our product.To tackle these problems, we recommend creating a better marketing campaign and creating a new version of our product.
We're asking for your best ideas during the discussion.Shawn, will you take the helm?
Now that we've gone through the formal and informal meetings, you should have a good idea of how to end presentations at business meetings.In our next lesson, number seven, we're going to study the vocabulary for managing a discussion during a business meeting.
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