Presentation skills ­ Guidelines
Stating your purpose:
OK, let´s get started. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming. Ím.............
This morning Ím going to be :
talking to you about | showing you how | taking a look at | reporting on| telling
you about
........so, Íll begin by:
filling you in on | making a few observations about | outlining company policy |
giving you an overview of | bringing you up-to-date on
......and then Íll go on to:
highlight what I see as | put the situation into some kind of perspective |make
detailed recommendations regarding | discuss in more depth sth
Giving information on the Question and Answer Session:
Questions after the presentation:
Íd like to ask you to hold your questions till the end.
There will be time for questions after my presentation.
We will have at least fifteen minutes for questions during the discussion period.
Because of the tight time schedule, Íd like you to hold your questions till the end.
Since the subject matter is rather complex, Íd appreciate it if yoúd save your
questions until after the presentation.
In order to bring everybody to the same level of understanding, Íd like to give you a
general overview first, and answer questions in the discussion period after my
presentation.
Questions during the presentation:
If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me at any time.
Don´t hesitate to ask questions during my presentation.
Please share your questions with us as they come up; Íll be happy to answer them
right away.
Signposting ­ telling what comes next in a presentation
when
you
want
to
make your next point
you
say
To move on to our next point
change direction To turn to last year´s figures
refer to an earlier point To go back to what I said earlier
repeat the main points To recap on the main figures
give a wider perspective To expand on this a bit more
do a deeper analysis To elaborate on this particular feature
give the basics To summarize the points
depart from your plan To digress from
finish your talk To conclude
vocab.
digress from ­ odbočit od
Commenting on visuals
To highlight important information in a visual, you can use the following:
Íd
like
us to look at this part of the graph in more detail.
us to focus our attention on one particularly important feature.
you to think about the significance of this figure here.
to point out one or two interesting details.
to draw your attention to to the upper half of the chart.
To conclude:
Thank you for your attention and if you have any questions, Íll be happy to answer
them.
You can also ask the audience to ask questions during your speech by saying:
If you have any questions during my talk, don´t hesitate to interrupt me/feel free to
ask.
To ask your colleague to carry on:
Now I would like to hand over to Mark.
Source: Powell, M.: Presenting in English ­ how to give successful presentations,
Thomson Heinle.2002.