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[Audio] Are you scared of doing presentations? Let me share some useful phrases and strategies..

[Audio] Phrases for Welcoming and greeting the audience Hello, everyone. First of all, I'd like to thank the organizers of this meeting for inviting me here today. Good morning everyone and welcome to my presentation. First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It's an honor to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience. Hello everyone. Thanks for coming..

[Audio] Phrases for Introducing yourself ( name, position, responsibilities) Let me introduce myself. I'm Alix, a program manager from NPI department... Let me start by saying just a few words about my own background. I'm Alix, a program manager from NPI department... For those of you who don't know me already, my name's Alix. and I'm responsible as a program manager for a new product....

[Audio] Phrases for Saying what your topic/ title/ subject is What I'd like to present to you today is... As you can see on the screen, our topic today is... The subject/ focus/topic/title of my presentation/ talk/ speech is... In this talk, I/we would like to concentrate on... In my presentation I would like to report on... I'm here today to present....

[Audio] Phrases for Explaining why your topic is relevant for your audience Today's topic is of particular interest to those of you who... My talk is particularly relevant to those of you who... By the end of this talk you will be familiar with....

[Audio] Phrases for Stating your purpose/ objective The purpose/objective/ aim of this presentation is to... Today I'd like to give you an overview of... I'd like to update you on/inform you about/put you in the picture about/give you the background to/present the results of my research... During the next 20 minutes we'll be... This talk is designed to act as a springboard for discussion. This morning I'm going to be talking to you about/ telling you about/ showing you how to deal with/ taking a look at the recent development in/ reporting on the results of the study we carried out... What I'm going to do/What I intend to do is describe to you/show you/tell you about....

[Audio] Phrases for Presenting the outline/ organization/ structure of your presentation I've divided my presentation into three main parts. In my presentation I'll focus on three major issues. We thought it would be useful to divide our talk into three main sections. We can break this area down into the following fields:... The subject can be looked at under the following headings:... We have organized this talk in the following way:... This presentation is structured as follows:... This talk will cover two current theories on the topic of....

[Audio] Phrases for Sequencing My first point concerns... I'll begin/start off by... Then I'll move on to... Then/Next/After that, I'll be looking at... First/ First of all, I'd like to give you an overview of... Secondly/Then/Next, I'll focus on... Thirdly/And then, we'll consider... Finally/Lastly/ Last of all, I'll deal with... So, I'll begin by filling you in on the background to/ bringing you up-to-date on/ giving you an overview of the history of/ making a few observations about/ outlining... And then, I'll go on to highlight what I see as the main points of/ put the situation into some kind of perspective/discuss in more depth the implications of/ take you through/make detailed recommendations regarding... One thing I'll be dealing with is the issue of... I'll end with... And finally, I'd like to address the problem of/to raise briefly the issue of....

[Audio] Phrases for Timing This should only last 20 minutes. My presentation will take about 20 minutes It will take about 20 minutes to cover these issues..

[Audio] Phrases for Handouts Does everybody have a handout/ brochure/ copy of the report? Please take one and pass them on. I'll be handing out copies of the slides at the end of my talk. I can email the PowerPoint presentation to anybody who wants it. Don't worry about taking notes. I've put all the important statistics on a handout for you..

[Audio] Phrases for Questions If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me at any time. Please interrupt me, if there is something which needs clarifying. Otherwise, there'll be time for discussion at the end. If you have any questions you'd like to ask, I'll be happy to answer them. If you don't mind, we'll leave questions till the end. There will be time for questions after my presentation..

[Audio] Try these sample phrases in your presentation and let me know how it worked out for you..

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