Presentation Opening

Choose 2 FORMAL openings

• Today I'd like to

• What I want to do today

• It's a pleasure to welcome you today

• It's good to see you all here

Choose 2 FORMAL openings

• Today I'm going to talk about...

• The topic of today's presentation is...

• I know you're all very busy

• I'm aware that you all have very tight schedule

Choose 2 INFORMAL openings

• In my presentation I'd like to report on...

• I suggest that we begin now.

• In my talk I'll tell you about...

• OK, shall we get started?

Choose 2 INFORMAL openings

• As you know, I'm...

• Hi, everyone.

• Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is...

• Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

To open a presentation, the usual steps are:

• welcome the audience, introduce yourself, explain why the audience will be interested, say the topic

• welcome the audience, say the topic, explain why the audience will be interested, introduce yourself

• welcome the audience, say the topic, introduce yourself, explain why the audience will be interested

• welcome the audience, introduce yourself, say the topic, explain why the audience will be interested

Choose 2 expressions to tell the audience the structure of the presentation.

• There will be time for questions after my presentation.

• I've divided my presentation into three parts.

• In my presentation, I'll focus on three issues

• It should take 30 minutes to cover these issues.

"I'll email you the PowerPoint presentation to you after this talk" is an expression about:

• organization

• handouts

• timing

• question

Which one is NOT the way to get the audience attention at the beginning of a presentation?

• give them the solutions to their problems

• ask a rhetorical question

• start with an interesting fact

• tell them a story

"So, let me give you an overview of..." is an expression of signposting for:

• moving on to the next point

• saying what is coming

• indicating the end of a section

• referring back

Choose 2 expressions of signposting for moving on to the next point.

• Let's now turn on to the next issue

• In this part of my presentation, I'd like to tell you about...

• This brings me to the end of my second point.

• This now leads us to my next point