Conversation Questions Related to Meetings

Conversation Questions Related to Meetings

Conversation Questions Related to Meetings

General Questions About Meetings

1. How often do you have meetings at work or school?

2. Do you enjoy attending meetings? Why or why not?

3. What makes a meeting productive?

4. What makes a meeting boring or ineffective?

5. Do you prefer short meetings or longer ones with more detail?

6. What is the ideal number of people in a meeting?

7. Do you think most meetings could be emails instead? Why or why not?

8. Have you ever led a meeting? What was it like?

9. How do you usually prepare for a meeting?

10. What role do you usually play in meetings (e.g., speaker, note-taker, listener)?

Meeting Content and Structure

11. What should a good agenda include?

12. How important is timekeeping in meetings?

13. What should happen at the beginning of a meeting?

14. What should happen at the end of a meeting?

15. Do you think meetings should always start on time? Why or why not?

16. What’s the purpose of taking minutes during a meeting?

17. Do you think meetings should have breaks if they last a long time?

18. Have you ever been in a meeting with no clear goal? What happened?

Conversation Questions Related to Meetings

Communication in Meetings

19. How can someone politely interrupt in a meeting?

20. What phrases can you use to give your opinion during a meeting?

21. How can you disagree with someone respectfully in a meeting?

22. What should you do if someone talks too much in a meeting?

23. How can a chairperson keep the meeting on track?

24. Do you find it easy to speak up in meetings? Why or why not?

25. How do you deal with nervousness when speaking in front of a group?

Virtual Meetings (Online)

26. Do you prefer online or face-to-face meetings? Why?

27. What are the advantages of virtual meetings?

28. What are the disadvantages of online meetings?

29. What can go wrong during a virtual meeting?

30. Have you ever had technical problems in an online meeting? What did you do?

Conversation Questions Related to Meetings

Professional Meeting Etiquette

31. What are some good manners to follow in a meeting?

32. Is it acceptable to use your phone during a meeting?

33. How can body language affect a meeting?

34. What should you wear to a professional meeting?

35. Is it OK to eat or drink during a meeting? Why or why not?

Personal Experience and Opinions

36. What’s the worst meeting you’ve ever attended?

37. What’s the best or most productive meeting you’ve ever had?

38. Have you ever had a meeting that was unexpectedly cancelled?

39. Have you ever had to attend a meeting in a foreign language? What was it like?

40. Do you think meetings are more common in some cultures than others?

Conversation Questions Related to Meetings

Planning and Improvements

41. How can meetings be made more interesting?

42. What would your ideal meeting look like?

43. How can you follow up after a meeting?

44. What can companies do to reduce the number of unnecessary meetings?

45. If you could ban one thing from meetings, what would it be?

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