4. An introduction is important
because:
You have people’s
attention
They learn about
you
5. An introduction is important
because:
You have people’s
attention
They learn about
you
They decide
whether they will
continue giving you
their attention
6. Use WISE OWL to make your
formal presentation GOOD.
Welcome the audience
Introduce yourself
Say what you’ll talk about
Explain why it’s useful for
the audience
Outline the structure of
your talk
What materials did you
bring?
Let the audience know
when they can ask
questions
7. Informal and formal
Welcome the audience
Good evening/morning/afternoon
everybody…
Hey, how’s it going?
Hello guys.
Hi everybody.
8. Formal and informal are usually
the same in this part. No
difference.
Introduce yourself
Let me introduce myself. I’m …..
For those of you who don’t know me, my
name’s …
As you probably know, I’m your new
teacher.
I’m the director here at OSELA.
I’m here in my function as Sales
Manager.
9. Say your topic
As you can see on the screen, our topic
today is…
Today’s topic is…
What I’d like to present to you today is…
The subject of my presentation is…
10. Explain why your topic is
useful for the audience
My talk is particularly relevant to those of
you/us who…
Today’s topic is of particular interest to
those of you/us who…
My/The topic is very important for you
because…
By the end of this talk you will be familiar
with…
11. There are several ways you can
tell the audience what you will say:
Today I’d like to tell you I’m going to talk about…
about…
This afternoon I’m going to
This morning I’d like to address severval…
bring you up to date on…
Would like + infinitive Going to + infinitive
12. I’ll begin by explaining.. I’ll be talking about our…
I’ll start off by talking… During the next hour we’ll
be looking at …
After that, I’ll move on to…
Will + infinitive Will be + verb-ing
13. Say what you will talk
about…
The purpose of the
introduction is not only to
tell the audience who you
are, what the talk is
about, and why it is
relevant to them; you also
want to tell the audience
(briefly) how the talk is
structured. Here are some
useful phrases to talk
about structure.
14. I’ve divided my presentation into three
main parts: x, y, and z.
In my presentation I’ll focus on three
major issues.
First, 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
15. The final part of your presentation deals with
the organization of the talk: how long,
handouts, questions
My presentation will take Does everybody have a
about 20 minutes. handout? Please take
one and pass them on.
It should take about 30
Don’t worry about taking
minutes to cover these
notes. I’ve put all the
issues. important info on a
handout for you.
I’ll email the Powerpoint
to you.
There’ll be handouts at
the end of my talk
TIMING HANDOUTS
16. There will be time for
questions after my
presentation.
If you have any
questions, feel free to
interrupt me at any time.
Feel free to ask
questions at any time
during my talk.
QUESTIONS
17. Getting the
audience’s attention
Experts say the first few
minutes of a presentation
are the most important. If
you are able to get the
audience’s attention
quickly, they will be
interested in whay you
have to say. Here are a
few points you can use.
18. Is market research I remember when I
important for brand attended a meeting in
development? Italy.
Do we really need quality At a conference in
assurance? Madrid once, I was
asked the following
question…
Ask a rhetorical question Tell them a story or
anecdote
19. According an article I Suppose you wanted to
read recently, central set up a new call centre.
banks are now buying How would you go about
euros instead of dollars. it?
Did you know that fast Imagine you had to
food consumption has reorganize the sales
increased 600% in department. What would
Europe since 2002? be your first step?
Start with an interesting Give them a problem to
fact think about
