B1 M3
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Presentation Outline
Augar K.
08.09.2015
Presentation Outline
Introduction
Greet your audience and tell them about the topic of your presentation
(Turn to page 2 for useful phrases)
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Outline
Show the audience the points you are going to cover in your presentation
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Questions
Check if your audience have any questions about the topic before you begin
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Body
Part 1:
Let’s start with…
Part 2:
That brings me to…
Part 3,4,etc…
Finally, ……
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Summary
Summarize what you talked about in your presentation. Highlight the main points
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Conclusion
Thank your audience for listening, and check if they have any questions
(Turn to page 3 for useful phrases)
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Questions
Turn to page 4 for tips on how to answer questions about your presentation
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B1 M3
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Presentation Outline
Augar K.
08.09.2015
Introduction phrases
Greetings:
 Good morning. My name is. I work at.
 Ladies and gentlemen. It’s an honour to have the opportunity to address such
a distinguished audience.
 Good morning. Let me start by saying just a few words about my own
background.
 Welcome to BGC. I know I’ve met some of you, but just for the benefit of
those I haven’t, my name is.
Subject:
 I’d like to talk to you today about…
 I’m going to present/ inform you, explain the recent …..
 The focus/ topic of my presentation is ….
Purpose:
 We are here today to learn about
 The purpose of this presentation is to update you/inform you about…
Length:
 I shall only take (minutes) of your time
 I plan to be brief
 This should only last for (minutes)
Outline/ main parts:
 I’ve divided my presentation into three parts/ sections. They are…
 The subject can be looked at under the following headings…
 We can break this area down to the following fields: first of all,
secondly/then/next, thirdly, finally.
Questions:
 I would be glad to answer any questions at the end of my presentation
 If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt
 Please interrupt me if there is something, which needs clarifying. Otherwise,
there will be time for discussion at the end.
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Presentation Outline
Augar K.
08.09.2015
Ending phrases
Signalling the end:
 That brings me to the end of my presentation
 That completes my presentation
 Before I stop/ finish, let me just say…
 That covers all I wanted to say today
Summarizing:
 Let me run over the key points again
 I’ll briefly summarize the main issues
 To sum up
 Briefly
Concluding:
 As you can see. There are some very good reasons
 In conclusion, …
 I’d like to leave you with the following thought/idea.
Recommending:
 I would suggest that we..
 I’d like to propose ….
 In my opinion…
Closing:
 Thank you for your attention
 Thank you for listening
 I hope you will have gained an insight into..
Inviting questions:
 I’d be glad to try and answer any questions
 So, let’s throw it open to questions
 Any questions?
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Presentation Outline
Augar K.
08.09.2015
Handling questions in presentations:
A five-step process
1 Listen to the entire question
Listen to the entire question BEFORE you begin to answer any
questions. Too many people start responding to a question before the
entire question is even asked. Not waiting to hear the entire questions
can result in you providing a response, which had nothing to do with
the question. Force yourself to LISTEN to the entire question and
make sure you understand the question.
2 Pause
Pause and allow yourself time to value the question and listener.
REPEAT the question out load so the entire audience can hear it. It is
important that everyone "hear" the question or the answer you provide
may not make sense to some of the people. By repeating the question,
this will allow you some additional time to evaluate the question and
formulate a response.
3 Credit The Person
Credit the person for asking the question. You may say something
like, "That was a great question" or, "Glad you asked that question" or
even, "I get asked that question by many people". One word of
caution. If you credit one person with asking a question, be sure to
credit EVERYONE for asking a question. You don't want people to
feel their question was not as important.
4 Respond to the Question
Respond honestly and the best you can. If you do NOT know an
answer to a question, do not try to fake it. Be honest, and tell them
you do not know but DO promise to research the answer for them and
DO get back to them.
5 Bridge
Bridge/ more to the next question by asking them a question. "Does
that answer your question?", "Is that the kind of information you were
looking for?". This is critical.. Once they respond to you, "YES" you
now have permission to go on to the next person. This also gives them
one more opportunity to say, "No" and allow them to clarify their
question more by asking it again.
Source: http://www.ljlseminars.com/question.htm
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