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PART 1 - PRESENTATION OPENING Opening or starting a presentation is along with the ending the two most important parts of a presentation. When you start, you need to make the audience interested in what you're going to say, and also be clear and concise about the presentation's content. There is a structure to starting or beginning a presentation which is the same in English as in other languages. Doing a good business presentation is a skill that everybody can learn. Getting people's attention If I could have everybody's attention. If we can start. / Let's get started. Perhaps we should begin? Welcoming them Thank you for coming today. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of (em nome de) Estácio, I'd like to welcome you. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today. Introducing yourself My name's Jane Shaw. I'm responsible for travel arrangements. For those of you who don't know me, my name's Tom Stotter. As you know, I'm in charge of public relations. Stating the purpose of your presentation Today I'd like to discuss/ My talk is concerned with .... What I want to do this morning is to talk to you about What I want to do is to tell you about / is to show you how The topic of my presentation today is .. The purpose of this presentation is ... I’ve invited you here today to have a look at my findings I'm going to take a look at…/talk about…/examine…/tell you something about the background…/give you some facts and figures…/fill you in on the history of…/concentrate on… Stating how you want to deal with questions. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them as we go along. / Feel free (at ease) to ask any questions. Perhaps we can leave any questions you have until the end? I’d be happy to invite you to ask questions at the end of the session. At the end I’d be very happy to answer any of your questions. Please feel free to interrupt me if you have questions. I'd be grateful if you could ask your questions after the presentation. II plan to keep some time for questions after the presentation. Stating the main points The point/reason of today’s presentation My presentation is in three parts./My presentation is divided into three main sections. Firstly, secondly, thirdly… There are a number of points I'd like to make. Basically/ Briefly, I have three things to say. I'd like to begin/start by .../ Let's begin/start by ... EXAMPLE 1: “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today. I hope my presentation isn’t going to take too long and that you will find it interesting. The purpose of today’s presentation is to discuss how we can improve internal communications within our company. Now let me begin by explaining that I’d like to talk about the business case for better communication; secondly, I want to cover different styles and methods; and finally I would like to finish off by talking about some of the basics we need to have in place to deliver good quality, consistent communications across the company. I’d be very happy to invite you to ask questions at the end of the session and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of time for us to discuss some of the points that have been raised.” PRESENTATION OPENING QUIZ Read the following start of a business presentation. Focus on the words/phrases in BOLD and think about their meaning and purpose. Good Morning, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, let me start by thanking you for attending this presentation. I understand that everybody is very busy. So your attendance is very much appreciated. My name is Russel Grants and I work as the European human resources manager for LPS. Which I have done for the past 5 years. I have worked in the field of human resources in various companies since I left university, nearly 20 years ago. In this presentation, I am going to talk to you about why your staff are lazy and unproductive, or to put it another way, how employers and managers mismanage their staff. Today's presentation is divided into three parts, which I will tell you about now. To begin with, I will give an overview of how current employee under-performance is costing companies millions in lost revenue, every minute of every day. Then I will explain the causes of this under-performance. And finally, I will outline an easy method to rectify this problem, which will keep your staff motivated and more productive. If you have any questions, I would be pleased to answer them at the end of the presentation. But before we start the first part, ask yourselves, what you would do if you could reduce the relative labour cost of each product you manufacture or sell, or each service you provide? As you all well know, labour normally accounts for about 40% of total costs in most businesses. A lot of money! Money which could be spent in other areas like Research and Development(R&D) or by reducing the price of your product. 1. A different way to say 'I am going to start with', is _______________________. 2. A phrase used to make people think about a question or dilemma, is ______________________. 3. A very polite phrase used to welcome people to the presentation, is _______________________. 4. A polite way to ask people not to interrupt during the presentation, is ______________________. 5. The opposite of discuss something in depth, is _______________________. 6. A polite way of introducing an important fact to the audience, is _______________________. 7. A different way to say 'I am going to finish with', is _______________________. 8. A phrase used to introduce the subject of the presentation, is _______________________. 9. A more professional way to say that the presentation has 3 different parts, is _________________. 10. A phrase used to express a point, opinion in a different and more understandable way, is _____________________. And finally - I would be pleased to answer them at the end of the presentation - is divided into three parts - give an overview - to begin with - in this presentation, I am going to talk to you about - or to put it another way - as you all well know - ask yourselves - first of all, let me start by thanking you KEY: to begin with - ask yourselves - first of all, let me start by thanking you - I would be pleased to answer them at the end of the presentation - give an overview - as you all well know - and finally - in this presentation, I am going to talk to you about - is divided into three parts - or to put it another way
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