1. Meetings are a Matter of Precious Time
Reading assignment
RB, p 12

2. Pgs. 1 & 2 Read pg 1 Make a list of key words
Underline words you don’t know
Make structured notes
Do the same for pg 2

3. Pg. 3 Time is money but we don’t value our time properly.
Compare time & money using the following terms
Time or money?
Valuable resource
Move between accounts
Use on demand, save
Perishable
Replenishable
Steal, waste
Come up short
Can’t earn extra

4. Pg. 4
When we choose where to invest our time, as opposed to where to invest money, we are more likely to neglect what else we could have done with it.
Can you replace the part in italics by two words?
Blaming everyone, including ourselves.
Three words?
Consequences?

5. Read to the end – find terms that mean the same as the following
The other way around
Full payment
Not involved, not interested
Nevertheless, however
To change into sth., to transform
Spread, dispersion
Interrupt with, throw in
Making fortunate discoveries by chance

6. Could you complete the phrase? Adjective + noun
... participant
... flaws
... good
... goals, ...progress
... cost
... solutions

7. Try again... disengaged ... fatal ... perishable ...
tangible ..., tangible ...
opportunity ...
half-baked ...

8. Verb + noun take responsibility/blame set objectives assign tasks
perform below their capacity
value time
convert time to money
move between accounts
take responsibility/blame
assign responsibility/ blame
call the meeting
voice dissatisfaction

9. Complete the phrase... ... objectives ... tasks
....below their capacity
... time
... time to money
... between accounts
... responsibility
... the meeting
... dissatisfaction

10. Try again... set ... assign ... perform ... value ... convert ...
move ...
take ...
assign ...
call ...
voice ...

11. Position the following headings in the text
Main reason for unproductive meetings
Chairperson’s responsibility
How to make meetings more effective
Participants’ part of the guilt

12. Meetings: Time vs. Money
Optional :
Read the text and write one paragraph on the topic below
Meetings: Time vs. Money
According to professor Robert S. Hamada (The
New York Times of 18 January 2009), ...