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:''For multi-event athletic competitions see Track and Field Competitions, section "Meetings".'' In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting. == Definitions == One dictionary defines a meeting as an act or process of coming together as an assembly for a common purpose.〔(Meeting – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary ). (n.d.). Dictionary and Thesaurus – Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved April 21, 2010, from〕 A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that has been convened for the purpose of achieving a common goal through verbal interaction, such as sharing information or reaching agreement.〔 Meetings may occur face to face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a skyped conference call or a videoconference. Thus, a meeting may be distinguished from other gatherings, such as a chance encounter (not convened), a sports game or a concert (verbal interaction is incidental), a party or the company of friends (no common goal is to be achieved) and a demonstration (whose common goal is achieved mainly through the number of demonstrators present, not verbal interaction). Commercially, the term is used by meeting planners and other meeting professionals to denote an event booked at a hotel, convention center or any other venue dedicated to such gatherings.〔(Meeting and Convention Planners ). (2009, December 17). U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2010.〕 In this sense, the term meeting covers a lecture (one presentation), seminar (typically several presentations, small audience, one day), conference (mid-size, one or more days), congress (large, several days), exhibition or trade show (with manned stands being visited by passers-by), workshop (smaller, with active participants), training course, team-building session and kick-off event. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meeting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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