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"I'll give you 3 to 1 nobody else turns up."

"Hello, my name is Stanley and I'm a quack addict."

'Oh, and He doesn't think the New Yorker cartoons are funny.'

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

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'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

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The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

'All those in doubt, raise your eyebrows.'

'We'd like to form a support group for homework anxiety.'

"This isn't the big city anymore, Jim. I'm the facilitator now."

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

"You're wondering why I've called you here."

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How to engage an audience

'I'm feeling a sense of conclusion here, so let's draw things to a close.'

'He has a very open mind. Everything goes in one ear and out the other.'

"We'll start with some 'ice breakers' and 'team building' games..."

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Start the session by doing something unusual.

"I hope I haven't taken you aback by asking you to attend the change seminar."

"My name is Jane and I've been forty-six for 30 days."

The meeting will start a little late, intelligence is lost in the building somewhere.

As the Chief Corporate Adrenal Gland of the company, Fred's recommendations were rarely a surprise.

"I feel proud of the success I've made, thanks for all your support."

The facilitator from hell.

'And now, Gentlemen, that we have our thinking caps on, let us continue.'

'Ladies and gentlemen, today we're going to get down to nuts and bolts.'

'Do you get the feeling that, in educational workshops, there are way too many buzzwords thrown around?'

'Benson will you stop trying to dominate the meeting.'

'We're running late and I have much to cover. Can you hold your eight-part question for later?'