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Structuring your presentation
Presentation task
Prepare a short presentation. You can use a presentation you have given in the
past or one that you are going to give. Make notes in this table.
Introduction – What is the main purpose of your presentation? What
three points are you going to talk about?
Message 1?
Message 2?
Message 3?
Conclusion – What were your three points? What do you want your
audience to do next?
Your presentation is about five minutes long. Try to use some of the useful phrases listed
below.
Useful phrases
Introducing the presentation
Hello / Good morning everyone.
Thank you for coming.
Today I want to talk about …
I’m going to cover three points …
First of all …, Secondly …, And finally…
Introducing a message
Let’s start with …
Now I’d like to talk to about …
Let’s look at …
I’m going to talk about …
In this first / next part of the presentation …
Move on to your next message
That leads me on to my next point …
Let’s move on to my next point.
Moving on to … / Turning to …
That brings me to …
Now let’s look at / talk about …
So, next …
Ending a message
So, that covers …
Let’s leave that there.
That’s everything I want to say about …
That’s all I wanted to say about …
So, I’ve reached the end of …
Ending and concluding
That’s the end of my presentation.
So, we’ve looked at / talked about …
As I have pointed out …
To sum up …
In conclusion …
Do you have any questions?
Alternative task
If you do not have a
current presentation, think
of a change you would like
to make in your workplace.
Include:
•
Introduction – What
change are you going to
make?
•
Message 1 – Why do
you need to make this
change?
•
Message 2 – How will it
be implemented? What
will managers and staff
need to do?
•
Message 3 – What are
the key dates and basic
schedule for it?
•
Conclusion