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PRESENTATION introduction

This document outlines key components and useful language for delivering an effective presentation introduction. It includes elements such as greetings, stating the topic and purpose, providing an outline, and engaging the audience. Additionally, it offers techniques to create interest and involve the audience through questions and personal stories.

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PRESENTATION introduction

This document outlines key components and useful language for delivering an effective presentation introduction. It includes elements such as greetings, stating the topic and purpose, providing an outline, and engaging the audience. Additionally, it offers techniques to create interest and involve the audience through questions and personal stories.

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PRESENTATION

SKILLS
UNIT 2: THE
INTRODUCTIONPrepared by Tuyen Le
What to include?
 Greeting
 Name
 (Position & Company/ Organization)
 The topic
 The purpose/ objective
 Outline/Main parts
 The length
 Referring to question section
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Greeting, Name,
(Position/Company)
FAIRLY FORMAL
 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
On behalf of…, may I welcome you to…
This morning I’d like to discuss/report on/ present…
 Good morning. My name’s (…). I’m the new Finance
Manager…
 Ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great honour to have the
opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.
 Good morning. Let me start by saying a few words about my
own background. I started out in…
 Welcome to Standard Economics. I know I’ve met some of
you, but just for the benefit of those I haven’t, my name’s (…)
More friendly
 OK everyone. Let’s get started, please.
 Morning everyone. Thank you for coming…

As you know I am in charge of/ responsible for…


 Hi, everyone. I’m ... / My name’s (…). Good to see

you all here today.


The topic
 I’dlike to talk (to you) today about…
 I’m going to present the recent…

explain our position on…


brief you on…
inform you about…
describe…
 The subject of my talk

focus presentation is...


topic speech
paper
The purpose/ objective
 We’re here today to decide/ agree/ learn about…
 The purpose of this talk is to update you on…

put you in the picture about


give you the background to

 What I’d like to do this morning is to present the study


results
WHAT  create more impact on audience
Outline/Main
parts/Content/Agenda
I’ve divided my presentation into four parts/sections.
They are…
 My presentation is in three parts ...
 I’ll be developing three main parts…
 The subject can be looked at under the following
headings
 We can break this area down into the following
fields…
Firstly/First of all…I’ll give you…
Secondly/ then/ next…I’d like to…
Thirdly/ and then we come to…
Finally/ lastly/ last of all…I’ll finish with…
The length

I shall only take (…) minutes of your time


 I plan to be brief in about (…) minutes

 This should only last (…) minutes

 Our presentation will last about (…) minutes


Referring to question section
 I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of
my talk.
 If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to

interrupt me/ feel free to interrupt.


 If there’s anything you’re not clear about, go ahead

and ask any questions you want.


 Please interrupt me if there’s something which

needs clarifying. Otherwise, there’ll be time for


discussion at the end.
2. How to create interest ???

 Reference to the

audience
Techniques to draw audience

 tell a personal story


 offer an amazing fact
 use a quotation
 ask a question
 state a problem
Reference to the audience

 Asking audience questions to get they


involve
 Hi, everyone. How are you today?
 I can see many of you are…
 I know you’re all travelled a long way.
 You all look as though you’ve heard this before
but…
 You may think that you get familiar with this kind
of topic but I’ll give you…
 What do you think about…?
 What will you do this summer holiday?...

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