Presentation Outline

B1 M3 Presentation Outline Augar K.

LLS08.09.2015

Presentation Outline

Introduction

Greet your audience and tell them about the topic of your presentation

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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

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Questions

Turn to page 4 for tips on how to answer questions about your presentation

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.

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?

Handling questions in presentations:

A five-step process

1Listen 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.

2Pause

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.

3Credit 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.

4Respond 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.

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