Пр 21. Presentations. Презентации

ПР 21. PRESENTATIONS. ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИИ

INTRODUCTION

 

1. Welcome the audience

2. Introduce yourself (name, position/function).

3. State your topic.

4. Explain why your topic is important for the audience.

5. Outline the structure of your talk.

6. “What comes when?” say when you’ll be dealing with each point.

7. Let the audience know how you’re organizing the presentation (handouts, questions, etc.).

Opening a presentation. Useful phrases.

Welcoming the audience Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Hello/Hi, everyone. First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today. I’m happy/delighted that so many of you could make it today.   Introducing yourself Let me introduce myself. I’m Dave Elwood from… For those of you who don’t know me, my name’s… As you probably know, I’m the new HR manager. I’m head of logistics here at Air Spares. I’m here in my function as the Head of Controlling.   Saying what your topic is As you can see on the screen, our topic is… Today’s topic is… What I’d like to present to you today is… The subject of my presentation is…   Explaining why your topic is relevant for your audience My talk is particularly relevant to those of you who… Today’s topic is of particular interest those of you who… The topic is very important for you because… By the end of this talk you will be familiar with…

Structuring a presentation

 

Here are some useful phrases to talk about structure.

 

I’ve divided my presentation into three parts: In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues. First (of all), I’ll be looking at…, second… and third… I’ll begin/start off by explaining… Then/Next/After that, I’ll go on to… Finally, I’ll offer some solutions.

Organization

Timing My presentation will take about 20 minutes. It should take about 30 minutes to cover these issues. Handouts Does everybody have a handout/brochure/report? Please take one, and pass them on. Don’t worry about taking notes. I’ve put all the important statistics on a handout for you. I’ll be handing out copies of the PowerPoint slides at the end of my talk. I’ll email the PowerPoint presentation to you. Questions There will be time for questions after my presentation. If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt at any time. Feel free to ask questions at any time during my talk.

 

THE MAIN PART OF A PRESENTATION

1.    Briefly state your topic again.

2.    Explain your objectives.

3.    Signal the beginning of each part.

4.    Talk about your topic.

5.    Signal the end of each part.

6.    Highlight the main point.

7.    Outline the main ideas in bullet-point form.

8.    Tell listeners you’ve reached the end of the main part.

 “Signposting” phrases are used to help guide the audience through a presentation.

Signposting Saying what is coming 1. In this part of my presentation, I’d like to tell you about… 2. So, let me first give you a brief overview. Moving on to the next point 3. This leads directly to my next point. 4. This brings us to the next question. Indicating the end of a section 5. This brings me to the end of my first point. 6. So much for point two. Referring back 7. Let me come back to what I said before… 8. As I said/mentioned earlier, … Summarizing a point 9. I’d like to summarize what I’ve said so far. 10. Let me briefly summarize the main issues.

VISUALS

Talking about visuals

The first rule of preparing effective visuals is that they should be clear and easy for the audience to follow. However, sometimes it is necessary to explain a more complicated visual and it is always necessary to point out the most important information. Explaining a visual Let’s now look at the next slide which shows... First, let me quickly explain the graph. You can see that different colours have been used to indicate... The key in the bottom left-hand corner shows you… Highlighting information I’d like to start by drawing your attention to... What I’d like to point out here is... I think you’ll be surprised to see... I’d like you to focus your attention on... Let’s look more closely at...

Talking about trends (adjectives and adverbs)

Adjectives + nouns	Adverbs + verbs
There was a sudden increase in prices. In August, we notice a moderate fall. This was followed by a gradual decline.	Sales increased slightly in summer. Over the past two years the number has dropped significantly. Last month the rates rose sharply.

CONCLUSION

l Signal the end of your talk.

2 Summarize the key points.

3 Highlight one important point.

4 Explain the significance.

5 Make your final statement.

Effective conclusions

Using questions After all, isn’t that why we’re here? Let me just finish with a question: If we don’t do it, won’t somebody else?	Referring back to the beginning Remember what I said at the beginning of my talk today? Let me just go back to the story I told you earlier.
Quoting a well-known person As... once said,... To quote a well-known businessman,...	Calling the audience to action So that’s the plan. Now let’s go and put it into practice! Now let’s make a real effort to achieve this goal!

ПР 21. PRESENTATIONS. ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИИ

INTRODUCTION

 

1. Welcome the audience

2. Introduce yourself (name, position/function).

3. State your topic.

4. Explain why your topic is important for the audience.

5. Outline the structure of your talk.

6. “What comes when?” say when you’ll be dealing with each point.

7. Let the audience know how you’re organizing the presentation (handouts, questions, etc.).