Thank You for the Opportunity to Speak at Meeting
Guidelines and Alternate Phrases
Thank the reader for the opportunity to speak.
Your soapbox was solid and lofty—thank you so much for letting me climb on it last week to share a few “words of wisdom.”
I appreciate so much the opportunity you gave me to address your group last Monday.
Thank you for letting me share my ideas with the Forum group last week.
Thank you for the opportunity to conduct the sales seminar for your group.
Thank you for your confidence in having me address your group of engineers last week.
What confidence you showed in asking me to be a part of last week’s panel before your managers! I thank you for the opportunity.
Thank you for letting me do what I do best—talk. Your group made marvelous listeners!
Give your assessment of how the meeting went, showing modesty about your contribution.
The group seemed genuinely interested in hearing how ....
The audience members were so good about responding to all my shenanigans.
The audience asked some tough questions—I like that because it allows me to ....
They were so willing to participate in all the activities I’d planned for them.
The synergy of the group was fantastic; their potential to work together to achieve ... will be unlimited.
Although I’m sure there were some who disagreed with my theories, the majority expressed a great deal of support.
Although some of the group already seemed well-versed in the subject, I hope they, too, picked up a few ideas about specific uses for ....
The group certainly kept me on my toes with their questions.
From reading the faces of the audience members, I think they were most receptive to the changes I suggested.
Remind the meeting planner of any promises about referrals or other follow-up publicity efforts.
The mailing list you offered to send will be quite helpful to me in making follow-up materials available to your group.
I’ll be looking forward to getting some calls from the audience members about presenting this information at your local branches.
Thank you for your offer to phone Jack Dunaway about the possibility of facilitating such a meeting with his group. That certainly will give the ideas wider exposure.
I’ve enclosed a photo and print materials for the follow-up story you mentioned writing for your in-house newsletter.
Ask for a testimonial letter if you want to seek other speaking opportunities.
Would you mind dropping me a note about the presentation? As you may know, speakers live by word of mouth.
I’ll appreciate it if you can write a letter mentioning your own and the group’s reaction to the briefing. I’d like to have some record to pass along to my supervisor, who is in the process of determining whether such briefings are really worthwhile.
May I ask a favor? Would you drop me a short note giving your reflections on the meeting? Do you think the group will find the ideas helpful? How specifically will they profit from the information? These comments would be helpful for other managers trying to decide whether their teams would benefit from such a seminar.
Would you please write me a letter about the audience’s reception to my ideas? No, I’m not planning to sit around and pat myself on the back. Rather, I want to have something in the file for other managers who might be considering a workshop similar to the one I presented for you.
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