English presentation
Useful phrases and keywords for presentations.
Preparation
- Ask yourself what the presentation is all about, its title and its goal
- Think about who your audience is
- Figure out what your main message is
- Think about the structure of the presentation: the opening, the main part and the summary
- Make it easier for the audience and yourself: use simple language
- Prepare yourself for questions. Think about what questions the audience might ask.
- Usually an orator has a maximum of 15 minuten to present. So, make the presentation simple,
have no more than 20 slides using a front that is legible from a distance.
- Don't put large blocks of tect in your presentation. No one will be interested in reading it;
people prefer visual material. So think about images, graphs and videos that support your idea,
but don't overwhelm the audience with too many visual aids.
Welcoming the audience
At the beginning of each presentation, you should welcome your audience. Depending on who
you are addressing, you should extend a more or less formal welcome. It's important to introduce
yourself, giving your full name, position and company your represent.
- Hello, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming..
- Welcome everybody, my name is ... and I work at ...
- Welcome ladies and gentlemen to my presentation, today .. I am .. from ... and ...
- Welcome, my name is ... and my function is head of...
- As you know, I'm ... I'm in charge of/responsibe for ...
- Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everybody/everyone/ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to (name of event)... my name is... and...
- It's good to see you all here.
- I know that you have all travelled a long way ...
- I'm very grateful/happy that you could come to this presentation.
- Good moning/afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen/everyone.
- It's a pleasure to welcome (the President) here.
- On behalf of ''Comapny X'', allow me to extend a warm welcome to you.
- Hi, everyone, Welcome to ''Name of the event''.
- Hello/hi everyone.
- First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today.
- It's a pleasure to welcome you today.
- I'm happy/delighted that so many of you could make it today.
- It's good to see you all here.
Introducing yourself
- Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is ''John Miller'' and I am delighted to be here today
to talk to you about.../ I'm Ann Brown from..
- For those of you who don't know me, my name is..
- Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is...
- First, let me introduce myself. My name is ''John Miller'' and I am the ''Position'' of ''Company
X''.
- I'm ''John'' from ''Company Y''/(the Director of...) and today I'd like to talk to you about..
- On behalf of Company I would like to welcome you here today. My name is Max Mustermann
and I am the CFO of Global Travel.
- Hi, I'm Max and I am the head of marketing of Global Travel.
- Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Max Mustermann and I am
delighted to be here today to talk to you about...
- I'd like to introduce my colleague Max Mustermann.
- Hi everyone, I'm Max from Accounts and today I'd like to talk to you about...
- First, let me introduce myself. I am (name) from (company)
, Giving you rposition, function, department, company
- As some of you know, I'm the purchasing manager.
- I'm the key account manager here and am responsible for...
- I'm here in my function as the head of...
- I'm the project manager in charge of...
Introducing your topic
- What I'd like to present to you today is..
- I;m here today to present...
- Today's topic is..
- The subject/topic of my presentation is..
- In my presentation I would like to report on..
- In my talk I'll tell you about..
- Today I'm going to talk about..
- I'll be talking about..
- The topic of today's meeting is.. Let's get the ball rolling/Shall we get started?
- The topic of my presentation today is..
- What I'm going to talk abou today is..
- I plan to say a few words about...
- I'm going to talk about..
- The subject/topic of my talk is..
- My topic today is..
- My talk is concerned with..
- Let me start by giving you some background information. As you're aware..
- Today I am here to talk to you about..
- As you all know, today I am going tot talk to you about...
- What I am going to talk about today is...
- I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about...
- I am delighted to be here today to tell you about...
- I want to make you a short presentation about..
- I'd like to give you a brief breakdown of...
- Today I would like to outline...
Saying why your topic is relevant for your audience
- Today's topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who...
- My talk is particularly relevant to those of us who...
- My topic is/will be very important for you because...
- By the end of this talk you will be familiair with...
Stating your purpose
It is alway recommended to present the goals of your presentation at the beginning. This will help
the audience to udnerstand your objectives.
- The purpose of this presentation is...
- This is important because..
- My objective today is..
- By the end of the talk/presentation/session, you'll know how to.../... you will have learned
about...
- The main goal today is to..
- The purpose/objective/aim of this presentation is to..
- Our goal is to determine how/the best way to..
- What I want to show you is..
- My objecrtive is to..
- Today I'd like to give you an overview of..
- Today I'll be showing you/reporting on..
- I'd like to update you on/inform you about...
- During th enext few hours we'll be...
Beginning the presentation
Useful phrases and keywords for presentations.
Preparation
- Ask yourself what the presentation is all about, its title and its goal
- Think about who your audience is
- Figure out what your main message is
- Think about the structure of the presentation: the opening, the main part and the summary
- Make it easier for the audience and yourself: use simple language
- Prepare yourself for questions. Think about what questions the audience might ask.
- Usually an orator has a maximum of 15 minuten to present. So, make the presentation simple,
have no more than 20 slides using a front that is legible from a distance.
- Don't put large blocks of tect in your presentation. No one will be interested in reading it;
people prefer visual material. So think about images, graphs and videos that support your idea,
but don't overwhelm the audience with too many visual aids.
Welcoming the audience
At the beginning of each presentation, you should welcome your audience. Depending on who
you are addressing, you should extend a more or less formal welcome. It's important to introduce
yourself, giving your full name, position and company your represent.
- Hello, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming..
- Welcome everybody, my name is ... and I work at ...
- Welcome ladies and gentlemen to my presentation, today .. I am .. from ... and ...
- Welcome, my name is ... and my function is head of...
- As you know, I'm ... I'm in charge of/responsibe for ...
- Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everybody/everyone/ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to (name of event)... my name is... and...
- It's good to see you all here.
- I know that you have all travelled a long way ...
- I'm very grateful/happy that you could come to this presentation.
- Good moning/afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen/everyone.
- It's a pleasure to welcome (the President) here.
- On behalf of ''Comapny X'', allow me to extend a warm welcome to you.
- Hi, everyone, Welcome to ''Name of the event''.
- Hello/hi everyone.
- First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today.
- It's a pleasure to welcome you today.
- I'm happy/delighted that so many of you could make it today.
- It's good to see you all here.
Introducing yourself
- Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is ''John Miller'' and I am delighted to be here today
to talk to you about.../ I'm Ann Brown from..
- For those of you who don't know me, my name is..
- Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is...
- First, let me introduce myself. My name is ''John Miller'' and I am the ''Position'' of ''Company
X''.
- I'm ''John'' from ''Company Y''/(the Director of...) and today I'd like to talk to you about..
- On behalf of Company I would like to welcome you here today. My name is Max Mustermann
and I am the CFO of Global Travel.
- Hi, I'm Max and I am the head of marketing of Global Travel.
- Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Max Mustermann and I am
delighted to be here today to talk to you about...
- I'd like to introduce my colleague Max Mustermann.
- Hi everyone, I'm Max from Accounts and today I'd like to talk to you about...
- First, let me introduce myself. I am (name) from (company)
, Giving you rposition, function, department, company
- As some of you know, I'm the purchasing manager.
- I'm the key account manager here and am responsible for...
- I'm here in my function as the head of...
- I'm the project manager in charge of...
Introducing your topic
- What I'd like to present to you today is..
- I;m here today to present...
- Today's topic is..
- The subject/topic of my presentation is..
- In my presentation I would like to report on..
- In my talk I'll tell you about..
- Today I'm going to talk about..
- I'll be talking about..
- The topic of today's meeting is.. Let's get the ball rolling/Shall we get started?
- The topic of my presentation today is..
- What I'm going to talk abou today is..
- I plan to say a few words about...
- I'm going to talk about..
- The subject/topic of my talk is..
- My topic today is..
- My talk is concerned with..
- Let me start by giving you some background information. As you're aware..
- Today I am here to talk to you about..
- As you all know, today I am going tot talk to you about...
- What I am going to talk about today is...
- I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about...
- I am delighted to be here today to tell you about...
- I want to make you a short presentation about..
- I'd like to give you a brief breakdown of...
- Today I would like to outline...
Saying why your topic is relevant for your audience
- Today's topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who...
- My talk is particularly relevant to those of us who...
- My topic is/will be very important for you because...
- By the end of this talk you will be familiair with...
Stating your purpose
It is alway recommended to present the goals of your presentation at the beginning. This will help
the audience to udnerstand your objectives.
- The purpose of this presentation is...
- This is important because..
- My objective today is..
- By the end of the talk/presentation/session, you'll know how to.../... you will have learned
about...
- The main goal today is to..
- The purpose/objective/aim of this presentation is to..
- Our goal is to determine how/the best way to..
- What I want to show you is..
- My objecrtive is to..
- Today I'd like to give you an overview of..
- Today I'll be showing you/reporting on..
- I'd like to update you on/inform you about...
- During th enext few hours we'll be...
Beginning the presentation
