Sentences with phrase «open the meeting by»

Hajdu and Bains opened the meeting by outlining the extent of coming technological change, like automation, that could displace workers, as well as the need to craft policies to prepare workers for new jobs.

Cohn opened the meeting by casually flipping through a six - inch - thick manila folder of purportedly embarrassing information on his guests, which included former GM CEO Fritz Henderson.

I opened the meeting by reading Psalm 133 where it talks about unity and harmony.

It felt strange when defensive line coach Greg Robinson opened the meeting by saying, «We still have games to play.

Duncan opened the meeting by saying his job was to listen.

Driscoll opened the meeting by expressing his excitement over the changes and reforms he is seeing play out in classrooms and schools around the state.

Duncan opened the meeting by describing a «tremendous urgency to get better educationally,» noting the country's fall from first to 16th place in the world in college graduation rates, the national high school dropout rate of 25 percent, and his belief that the United States has a skills crisis — not a jobs crisis — and must better prepare students for their transition to a career.

The Minister opened the meeting by affirming his strong support for school libraries.

The president opened the meeting by showing a supercut of hyperviolent gameplay scenes drawn largely from the Call of Duty series — a compilation that was later posted to the White House's official YouTube account.

Trump reportedly opened the meeting by showing a supercut of bloody video game deaths, remarking «this is violent, isn't it?»

Not exact matches

At the March 20 - 21 meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of 1.50 % to 1.75 %, as had been widely expected.

The Safety Equipment Institute certified that the helmet met the safety thresholds established by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), opening the door for its use in the NFL and NCAA.

While a third of professionals in the Middle East say that they do not feel communication channels in their company are open, one way for you to create open communication between employees and management would be by holding regular meetings with employees and adopting an open door policy that encourages them to speak frankly without fear of repercussion.

Minutes of meetings from the Federal Open Market Committee and speeches by Fed officials suggest that the Federal Reserve has been itching to «normalize» policy for some time now.

I met some of my best college friends by keeping my door open and playing music.

«Kim Jong Un, he really has been very open and I think very honorable from everything we're seeing,» Trump told reporters amid a White House visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, adding that the North Koreans wanted such a meeting «as soon as possible.»

By giving employees a semi-private place to go in an open office plan, they can break from the hustle and bustle to meet or brainstorm.

But I was just amazed by how everyone, young and old wanted to be involved... and was so deeply enriched and touched by the experience and the laughter and the love I experienced from the people I met and how women would in particular open their hearts to me and tell me the stories of where they've come from, particularly because I have the language and was coming there as a woman and just how touched they were that I was there as a woman from England who's learned the language and who's an artist and running this project and come all the way to see them so they didn't feel forgotten I think that was pretty much what they felt... that their stories were being heard so they don't feel forgotten knowing the tents would be around the world.

It did so by setting up meetings and opening doors that would normally be closed to a pair of college kids with a business plan.

Nevertheless, a stated and oft - touted goal of the open - plan office is to create a greater number of informal meetings, which by definition don't have agendas.

Guest post by Norman Mogil When the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets in the coming week, there will be pressure...

And International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol recently suggested that Canada should meet the challenge by expanding production in the Alberta tar sands and opening up the B.C. coast to oil and gas exploration.

«From there, we branched out by opening a travel agency and then we got into corporate meeting planning,» says Klein.

The 16 RCEP countries will present their offers for market opening when they meet in Busan in South Korea on Monday, with an aim to make «best efforts» towards reaching agreement by year - end, a South Korean official close to the negotiations said.

FILE PHOTO: A Phantom drone by DJI company, equipped with a camera, flies during the 4th Intergalactic Meeting of Phantom's Pilots (MIPP) in an open secure area in the Bois de Boulogne, western Paris, March 16, 2014.

We share business updates at weekly All - Hands Meetings (followed by catered lunch), use Quarterly Town Halls for strategy reviews (followed by fun activities), and put our CEO (who sits in the open space next to you) on the spot to answer «Ask Seth» questions on any topic you think up.

After Fowler's post, Uber investors and longtime diversity advocates Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein wrote an open letter on Medium, noting that «Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all - hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.»

This includes regular press conferences following Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings by the Fed chair; the publishing of growth and inflation forecasts of FOMC participants; and a concerted attempt to lay out the guideposts that the FOMC will look at to assess progress toward our mandate.

G - 20 Finance Ministers and central bankers meeting in Baden - Baden over the weekend dropped a long - standing reference to the pursuit of free and open trade and the rejection of protectionism in their official commnique, a move many saw as a swipe at U.S. - focused trade policies pursued by the Donald Trump administration.

Only when your business growth has stabilized, or your need for space will be met by opening additional locations, should buying property be considered.

At the Shadow Open Market Committee fall meeting on Sept. 15, economist Peter Ireland of Boston College argued that the effect of reducing the balance sheet is ultimately equivalent to an open - market sale of bonds by the Fed of the kind it would undertake in order to push up the fed funds interest rOpen Market Committee fall meeting on Sept. 15, economist Peter Ireland of Boston College argued that the effect of reducing the balance sheet is ultimately equivalent to an open - market sale of bonds by the Fed of the kind it would undertake in order to push up the fed funds interest ropen - market sale of bonds by the Fed of the kind it would undertake in order to push up the fed funds interest rate.

The hundreds of pages of transcripts from eight meetings and six emergency conference calls held by the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, show Fed officials struggling from the start of 2008 to assess the economic damage of a steep drop in housing prices and then worrying about the implications of their actions to halt the crisis.

The bank anticipates a 25 basis point rate hike at the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting followed by 100 basis points of rate increases during 2016.

During this week's «Saturday Night Live» cold open, actor Robert De Niro played the role of special counsel Bob Mueller conducting a lie detector test with President Trump attorney Michael Cohen, played by De Niro's former «Meet the Fockers» and

To help medical billing companies scale and grow their business by performing data entry and revenue cycle management tasks through clear cut processes, open communication, good quality work, meeting / exceeding client expectations AND excellent client relationship.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

The emerging markets sell - off intensified on Monday with stocks heading for their worst day in almost six months even before Latin American bourses opened, and currencies weakened further until the Turkish central bank prompted speculation it might raise rates by calling an emergency meeting.

In the US, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the Fed funds target by 25 basis points to 1 per cent at its meeting in late June.

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These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

At a press conference on the opening day of the Assembly, General Secretary Emilio Castro attempted to sum up his goals for the meeting by first repudiating the notion that it would focus on global crises.

I would attend staff meetings where there would be massive outpourings of prayer, where lunch breaks would be accompanied by discussions of the nature of the Trinity, and where, at any given moment, I could walk into a coworker's office to see them bowed over an open Bible, meditating on the Bread of Life.

In Germany the discussion was intensified by the fact that the opening of the play coincided with a meeting of the Society for Christian - Jewish Co-operation, which issued statements criticizing the play and suggested that a committee consisting of a Catholic, a Protestant and a Jew be formed to advise on revisions of the text.

I still think we should still go to the church... or maybe a meeting where all the believer can learn from each other, strengthening each other, pray for each other etc, and of course, to worship God together... It is true that sometime I feel that I do not learn many thing from the sermon, but, many times, I learn by going to the church, knowing that I will not learn something from the preacher, humble myself to still listen to God and worship Him,,,, it is such a blessing to hear others testimony about how God works in their life, it is such an encouragement to see people open up their problem, then, we can pray about them..

Remembering with pleasure our meeting in Washington some years ago, I am prompted to write by what I once hoped was a common concern for the unity of Christ's Church and a shared commitment to bridging the chasm that opened between America and Russia during the Cold War.

In John, Mary, finding the tomb laid open by the removal of the covering stone, concludes without investigation that the body has been removed by some person or persons unknown, and reports to the disciples in that sense, but as in Matthew, a meeting with Jesus himself resolves all uncertainty.

He who meets men with a double glance, an open one which invites fellowship and a secret one which conceals the conscious aim of the observer — he can not be delivered from his sickness by any talent that he brings to his work, for he has poisoned the springs of his life.

The guiding principle for cooperation offered by foreign churches and Christian organizations is that projects should be open and above board and meet the needs of the target people.

She meets with some criticism, but is generally supported by her particular church, which had always practiced open communion.

Effective parental / executive leadership and authority to nurture, protect, and socialize Organizational stability, with clarity, consistency and predictability Adaptability and flexibility — to better meet stresses and change Open communication characterized by clarity of rules and expectations, positive interactions, and a range of emotional expression and empathic responsiveness Effective problem - solving and conflict - resolution processes A shared belief system that enables trust, and promotes ethical values and concern for the larger human community Adequate resources for security and psychosocial support