The first slide was easy to prepare. I just cut and pasted some text and inserted the source. The second slide took more time, as I had to decide on how to encapsulate the topic into a few key phrases and find the relevant images and examples.
Now that you have decided on your purpose, storyline and visuals, you will need phrases and terms that signpost - direct your audience and signal where you are in your story and where you are going next.
Below are sets of phrases useful at different stages of your presentation.
Phrases to start a presentation.
● Welcome all. It's lovely to see so many of you here today.
● Welcome everyone. I'm delighted to be here today.
● Welcome and thank you for inviting me here to speak today.
Phrases to introduce yourself.
● My name is ... and I am …..
● I´m … and presently I am --
● I am … and my work involves ….
Phrases to introduce the topic of the presentation.
● Today I would like to talk to you about …
● In my presentation today, I´m going to explore the topic of ..
● Today I am going to tell you about the latest developments in….
Phrases to give an overview of the presentation.
● First, I am going to tell you about / To begin I will outline for you / I will
first introduce to you.
● Then I will go on to / After that, I will consider / Next, you will hear about
● Finally, I will talk about / I will conclude by / To finish off, I will
Phrases to reference your slides.
● This first slide shows / In this first slide / As you will notice on this first
slide
● As this slide demonstrates / Here on this slide, you will see that / The
slide highlights the fact that
● This interesting fact is shown here on this slide / The slide illustrates the
nature of the problem / These two ideas are summarized on this slide
Phrases to summarize and to conclude.
● So, in summary, I have….
● The main points that I have outlined for you today are as follows…
● That concludes my presentation. I would now like to invite your
questions.
In summary, think about
● The purpose
● Your audience
● Level of formality
● Visual aids
Then
● Identify your key message
● Open with a summary / overview
● Pace the information, summarize and reiterate key points at intervals
● End with a clear message
● Prepare for questions