PRESENTATION

"I'll start by describing the current position in Europe. Then I'll move on to some of the achievements we've made in Asia. After that I'll consider the opportunities we see for further expansion in Africa. Lastly, I'll quickly recap before concluding with some recommendations."
   
Beginning Introduction:
  • Welcome
  • Good morning, ladies and gentlemen / everybody
  • Now
  • I’d like to start by …
  • Let’s begin by …
  • First of all, I’ll …
  • I’ll begin by …
  • To start with I'll describe the … Then I'll mention some of the problems we've encountered and how we overcame them. After that I'll consider the possibilities for … Finally, I'll summarize my presentation …
  • I am going to talk today about...
  • The purpose of my presentation is to introduce our new range of …

Finishing one subject …

  • Well, I've told you about...
  • That's all I have to say about...
  • We've looked at...
  • So much for...

… and starting another

  • Now we'll move on to...
  • Let me turn now to...
  • Next...
  • Turning to...
  • I'd like now to discuss...
  • Let's look now at...

Analysing a point and giving recommendations

  • Where does that lead us?
  • Let's consider this in more detail...
  • What does this mean for ABC?
  • Translated into real terms...

Giving an example

  • For example,...
  • A good example of this is...
  • As an illustration,...
  • To give you an example,...
  • To illustrate this point...

Dealing with questions

  • We'll be examining this point in more detail later on...
  • I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may...
  • I'll come back to this question later in my talk...
  • Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end...
  • I won't comment on this now...

Body

  • Let's turn now to

Conclusion

  • Summing up / Now, to sum up ... / I'd like to sum up now …
  • What does all this mean for us? Well, firstly I recommend …
  • In conclusion, ... / In conclusion, my recommendations are ...
  • Right, let's sum up, shall we?
  • I'd like now to recap ...
  • So let me summarise / recap what I've said.
  • Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
  • Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered...
  • If I can just sum up the main points...
  • To conclude,...
  • Finally, may I remind you of some of the main points we've considered.
  • I therefore suggest/propose/recommend the following strategy.
  • Many thanks for your attention.
  • May I thank you all for being such an attentive audience

Ordering

  • Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...
  • First of all...then...next...after that...finally...
  • To start with...later...to finish up...

 

1 INTRODUCTION Questions
2 BODY
3 CONCLUSION
  Questions