hello . How was the marketing meeting ?   hi . It was awful . I think I put forward some great ideas , but none of them were accepted .   I ’ m surprised to hear that . I thought you had some very good suggestions .   so did i . I ran the ideas by a few people before the meeting and their ideas seemed to have the supports of some people .   so what happened in the meeting ?   one or two people didn ’ t take to my ideas very well . That was to be expected . The worst thing was that the people who said the idea were good before the meeting didn ’ t support me during the meeting .   I wonder why not . We could always revise the suggestions , to take into account any objections .   that ’ s good advice , but I ’ m not confident that even revised proposals will be accepted .   may I make a suggestion ?   sure . I ’ m open to any reasonable suggestions .   Is there a chance you could contact the client confidentially and see what they think ? If they like your ideas , perhaps they could put them forward as their own proposals . You won ’ t get credit for ide 