Online_Presentation

How might you make an engaging and confident opening to an online

presentation?

• Well, I guess I will start my presentation if that’s okay with everyone.

• All right everyone, let’s get started! So glad you could all make it today!

• It is 9:00 so I will now begin with my presentation.

Which of the following demonstrates outlining a presentation?

• I’d like to talk about a few things related to the topic of marketing.

• I’ll start by reviewing the numbers, then I’ll talk about strategies.

• Today I’ll attempt to convince you that my ideas will help move the company

  forward.

What could you say to ground your presentation in your own experience?

• Let’s start by looking at the situation we found ourselves in last year at this

  time.

• I think it’s important to understand where some of these numbers come from.

• This all started when I had a bad experience with one of our long-time

  customers.

How might you relate your presentation to listeners’ experience?

• This is sort of like that time we had to negotiate with the lawyers.

• Perhaps you can think of something similar that you’ve had to go through.

• In fact, this is the third time I’ve had to deal with this type of complaint.

What would be a good way to introduce screen-sharing during a presentation?

• All right, now just give me a second while I do something here…

• I hope this works. Just let me click this, and then… how’s that?

• Okay, let me just show you a graph so you can see what I’m talking about.

If you’re interested, I’d like to _____ you up for our mailing list.

It looks like Daniel has _______ this meeting until 10:00, but I can only stay

until 9:30.

Now that you’re regional manager, you’re really going to have to ____ your

game.

Our new construction project was ______ when the city didn’t approve our

development plan.

• completed

• derailed

• booked

• talked

I’ve read the report but I have a lot of questions… think you could _____ me

through it later today?