In this lesson, we’ll be looking at the language used to make appointments on the telephone.
Lesson Objectives
- Explaining your reason for calling.
- Requesting a meeting.
- Discussing your schedule.
- Politely agreeing and disagreeing.
- Creating goodwill.
Gordon Knight works for Bridgewater, a U.S. pension fund. (Pension funds are institutions that invest retirement savings.) At a recent conference, Gordon met Penny Yip, a senior financial analyst for the Asia Markets office of Solomon-Clyde. Solomon is a boutique – or small and specialized – global investment company that deals only with institutional customers – very large clients, like Bridgewater. Now, Gordon plans to be in Malaysia, and he phones Penny to set up an appointment to discuss possibilities for investment.
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