B) welcoming the audience

 

Good morning                             ladies and gentlemen

Good afternoon                           members of the jury

Good evening                              esteemed guests

                                                     members of the board

                                                     fellow colleagues

                                                     dear friends (guests)

                                                     everyone

It’s a pleasure to welcome you today.

It’s good to see you all here.

Thank you all for coming.

 

C) introducing yourself or someone

 

Let me introduce myself, I’m Mike Petrov from…

I'd like to start by introducing myself. My name is...

I am very pleased and proud to introduce ...who is....

Now I'll turn the floor over to today's speaker, … (to take the floor, to have the floor, to give the floor to someone.)

 

D) introducing your topic

 

The subject/ topic of my presentation is...

In my presentation I would like to report on…

The theme of my talk is...

Today I'm going to talk about...What I’d like to present to you today is…

I've been asked to give you an overview of...

 

E) saying why your topic is relevant for your audience

 

I’ve chosen to speak about this because...

Today’s topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who…

My topic is/will be very important for you because…

By the end of this talk you will be familiar with…

 

F) stating your purpose

 

The purpose/objective/aim of this presentation is to…

My objective is to…

Today I’d like to give you an overview of…

What I would like to do today is to explain…/ to illustrate.../to give

you the essential background information on.../ to outline.../ to have a look at...

What I want my listeners to get out of my speech is...

 

G) structuring and sequencing

 

I’ve divided my presentation into three main parts.

In my presentation I’ll focus on four major issues.

First I’ll be looking at…, after that I’ll move on to…, next/then/after

that…. And finally/ I’ll end with...

I’ve broken my speech down/up into X parts.

In the first part I’ll …/ In the next section I’ll…/ In part three, I am going to show.../ and in the last part I’d like to…

 

H) timing

 

My presentation/talk will take/will last about…

It will take about 15 minutes to cover these issues.

I have limited my speech to…

 

I) handouts

 

Does everyone have a handout?

Please take one and pass them on.

Don’t worry about taking notes. I’ve put all the key information on a handout for you.

I’ll be handing out copies of the slides at the end of my presentation.

I can email my presentation to anybody who wants it.

 

J) questions and comments from the audience

I'd ask you to save your questions for the end.

There will be time for your questions at the end of my talk.

Feel free to ask questions at any time during my talk.

You may interrupt me at any moment to ask questions or make comments.

Please stop me if you don't understand anything I say but could you keep any specific questions until after I've finished.

APPENDIX C

Effective presentation

 

A) Opening. Asking a question or recognizing the knowledge

of the audience

 

Have you ever heard of...?

You may already know...

I feel sure that some of you...

Every day you encounter...

You've probably seen countless times...

You may have wondered...

I’d like to share an amazing fact/figure with you

 

B) Main body

 

Now let us turn to point one.

In this part of my presentation, I’d like to talk about…

This brings me to the end of my first point.

So much for point two.

That’s all I wanted to say about…

This leads us directly to my next point.

This brings us to the next point/issue/problem.

Let’s now move on to/ turn to…

Let’s now take a look at…

Referring to what you have said previously

As I have already said/ mentioned/ explained earlier...

As we saw in part one...

To repeat what I've already said...

Giving an example Now let's take an example.

An example of this can be found...

To illustrate this...

Let's see this through an example.

Before I move on, I’d like to recap the main points.

What I've tried to show in this part...

Emphasizing a point What is very significant is...

What is important to remember...

I'd like to emphasize the fact that...

I'd like to stress the importance of...

To highlight.../To underline...

What I tried to bring out...

What we need to focus on...

We will see this a little later on.

This will be the subject of part 3.

We will go into more detail on that later.

 

C) Conclusion. Indicating the end of your talk

 

I’m approaching/ nearing the end of my presentation.

Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation.

As a final point, I’d like to…

Finally, I’d like to highlight one key issue.

To conclude/sum up/ In conclusion, I’d like to…

Let me go over the key issues again.

I'd like to summarize/sum up the main points of my talk…

At this stage I would like to run through/over the main points...

So, as we have seen today....

In conclusion I would like to say that...

As a result I suggest that...

In the light of what we have discussed today I suggest that...

My first proposal is...

My final comments concern...

 

D) Inviting questions

 

Are there any questions?

I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have

If there are any questions, please feel free to ask.