{"id":4687,"date":"2013-06-23T07:03:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T15:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2023-01-08T23:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T07:30:35","slug":"business-english-pod-233-conferences-opening-presentation-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/23\/business-english-pod-233-conferences-opening-presentation-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 233 &#8211; English for Conferences 1: Opening Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4687-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP233-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP233-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP233-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 233 Lesson Module - English for Conferences 1: Opening Presentation (1)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP233POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON.jpg\" alt=\"Conference Presentation in English\" width=\"1648\" height=\"706\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-400x171.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-800x343.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-233-Conference-Presentation-English-LESSON-1200x514.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on hosting a <a title=\"English for Conferences\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/tag\/conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conference in English<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever had to play host, for a conference, a meeting, a fundraiser, or any other type of event, you know it&#8217;s a lot of work. There&#8217;s months of planning and preparation, all for a single day or single weekend. And you want things to be perfect. You want the attendees to have a fabulous time. You want no problems or glitches.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it rarely works out that way. There are always problems to solve, but as the host, you can&#8217;t lose your cool. You&#8217;re the face of the event, and you&#8217;ve got to smile and make sure everyone has a great time. So, how can you do that?<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll look at some of the techniques you need to be a great host. In particular, we&#8217;ll focus on giving an opening address to kick off a conference or other event. We will learn how to officially welcome people, introduce the theme, outline goals and events, and introduce a speaker.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, you&#8217;ll hear the official start to a conference that has brought together a company&#8217;s HR personnel from throughout the American midwest. The opening address is being delivered by Amy, the company&#8217;s VP of Human Resources in Chicago. You will hear the techniques Amy uses as host of the conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What is the first goal of the conference that Amy mentions?<br \/>\n2. What are some of the events in Day 1 of the conference?<br \/>\n3. 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