PRESENTATIONS Useful Phrases

Preparation is essential for an effective presentation. When giving a presentation, certain keywords are used to signpost the different stages.  It's a good idea to memorize them and practise using them, so that they come to mind easily during a presentation.
►Starting the presentation	• Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen   •The topic of my presentation today is ...    • What I'm going to talk about today is ...
►Why you are giving this presentation	•The purpose of this presentation is ...   •This is important because ...   • My objective is to ...
►Stating the main points	•The main points I will be talking about are      firstly ...      secondly...      next, finally... we're going to look at ...
►Introducing the first point	• Let's start/begin with ...
►Showing graphics, transparencies, slides etc.	• I'd like to illustrate this by showing you...
►Moving on to the next point	• Now let's move on to  ...
►Giving more details	• I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point    • Let me elaborate on that    • Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that?
►Changing to a different topic	• I'd like to turn to something completely different
►Referring to something which is off the topic	• I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ...
►Referring back to an earlier point	• Let me go back to what I said earlier about ...
►Summarizing or repeating the main points	• I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation      - first I covered      - then we talked about      - finally we looked at   • I'd  now like to sum up the main points which were:
►Conclusion	• I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting ...    • In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to
►Questions	• Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions.      • Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have.    • Do you have any questions?