►Starting the presentation |
• Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen •The topic of my presentation today is ... • What I'm going to talk about today is ... |
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►Why you are giving this presentation |
•The purpose of this presentation is ... •This is important because ... • My objective is to ... |
►Stating the main points |
•The main points I will be talking about are firstly ... secondly... next, finally... we're going to look at ... |
►Introducing the first point |
• Let's start/begin with ... |
►Showing graphics, transparencies, slides etc. |
• I'd like to illustrate this by showing you... |
►Moving on to the next point |
• Now let's move on to ... |
►Giving more details |
• I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point • Let me elaborate on that • Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that? |
►Changing to a different topic |
• I'd like to turn to something completely different |
►Referring to something which is off the topic |
• I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ... |
►Referring back to an earlier point |
• Let me go back to what I said earlier about ... |
►Summarizing or repeating the main points |
• I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation - first I covered - then we talked about - finally we looked at • I'd now like to sum up the main points which were: |
►Conclusion |
• I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting ... • In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to |
►Questions |
• Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions. • Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have. • Do you have any questions? |