PRESENTATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Good afternoon. Good evening. Morning, everyone. (informal) OK, let’s get started. (informal) || For those of you who don’t know me, my name is… I’m the Manager of the Marketing Division. I’m responsible for… I’m in charge of… || On behalf of ABC Company, I’d like to welcome you to… Thanks for coming. (informal) || I’d like to begin by showing you… I’ll begin by outlining… This morning, I’m going to be discussing… This afternoon, I’ll be giving you an overview… || Next, I’ll… Last, I’ll…
 * ~ Function ||~ Language Possibilities ||
 * Getting Started || Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
 * Introducing Yourself || My name is…
 * Welcoming the audience || Welcome to this seminar on…
 * Stating your Purpose || I’d like to talk to you about…
 * Giving an Overview || First, I’ll be…

To start with, I’m going to… To begin, I’ll… After that, I’ll… Lastly, I’ll… || It should take about ... minutes to cover these issues. || Don't worry about taking notes. I've put all the important statistics on a handout for you. I'll be handing out copies of the PowerPoint slides at the end of my talk. I'll email the PowerPoint presentation to you. || If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me at any time. Feel free to ask questions at any time during my talk. || BODY So, let me give you a brief overview of.. Next, What I’d like to do is… I would like to begin by... Let's stary with my presentation. So, first of all.. Now, what about....? Next we come to... My next point is... || Sorry, let me explain… Sorry, let me rephrase that… What I meant is… || I’d like to point out that… I’d like to highlight the fact that… I’d like you to focus on… If you look closely, you will notice that… || As we can see, As we can tell, I know what you’re thinking. If you’re anything like me,… || For instance, To illustrate, A good example of this is… || Let's move on to the next point. let's turn to the next issue, which is... Moving on to... Now, turning to.. This leads me to a point... || So that's... So, that's the general picture for... So, we've looked at... That completes my overview of... So, that's pretty much... So, that was... that's all I want to say about... So, that covers this point || Let me now come back to what I said earlier. Let's just recap || Let me briefly summarize what I've said so far. I'd like to conclude this point by saying... || Conclusion OK, that's everything I wanted to say.... I'm now nearing the end of my talk... || Before I stop, let me go through my main points again. To sum up then, we.... I'd like to run through my main points again. Just to summarize the main points of my talk... || We'd therefore recommend that we.... In my opinion, we should... As a final point, I'd like to... What I'd like to suggest is... To conclude,....
 * Timing || My presentation will take about... minutes
 * Handouts || Does everyone have a handout/ brochure/ report? Please take one, and pass them on.
 * Questions || There will be time for questions after my presentation.
 * ~ Function ||~ Language Possibilities ||
 * Saying what is coming || In this part of my presentation, I'd like to tell you about...
 * Clarifying || Sorry, let me just clarify…
 * Highlighting Information || I’d like to draw (your) attention to the fact that…
 * Building Rapport || As we know,
 * Giving Examples || For example,
 * Moving on to the next point || This now leads us to my next point.
 * Indicating the end of a section || So much for..
 * Referring back || As I said earlier..
 * Summarizing a point || I'd like to sum up the main points.
 * Function || Language possibilities ||
 * Signaling the ned of the presentation || Well, this brings to the end of my presentation.
 * Smmarizing the main points || I'll just run through the main/ key issues/ points....
 * Conclusion || We'd suggest...

I think…

I believe…

I propose…

My recommendations are… || We just have time for a few questions. Are there any questions? Thank you all for listening. Now I’l try to answer any questions you may have. So, does anyone have any questions? || Impact techniques - Jump Start and Finish with a bang Do we really need ....? || Did you know that ....? || At a lecture, I was said..... || Imagine you had to solve the problem. What would be your first step? || Let me just finish with a question: ......? || To quote a well-known scientist, .... To put it in the words of ...., ..... || Let me just go back to the story I told you earlier. Remember, ...... || So now it's your turn. Now let's make a real effort to.....! ||
 * Closing remarks || Now I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.
 * Ask a rhetorical question || Is it important for us?
 * Start with an interesting fact || According to an article I read recently, ......
 * Tell them a story or an anecdote || I rememeber when I ......
 * Give them a problem to think about || Suppose you wanted to ....... How would you go about it?
 * Use questions || After all, isn't that why we're here?
 * Quote a well-known person || As... once said, ...
 * Refer back to the beginning || Remember what I said at the beginning of my talk today? Well, .....
 * Call the audience to action || So that's the plan. Now let's go and put it into practice!