Making a presentation
Welcoming
• Good morning and welcome to [name of
company, name of conference hall, hotel, etc.].
• Thank you all very much for coming today.
• I hope you all had a pleasant journey here
today.
Introducing yourself
• My name is Mark Watson and I am responsible
for … .
• My name is Mark Watson from [name of
company], where I am responsible for … .
• Let me introduce myself; my name is Mark
Watson and I am responsible for …
Introducing your presentation
• The purpose of today’s presentation is to … .
• The purpose of my presentation today is to … .
• In today’s presentation I’d like to … show you … . / explain to
you how … .
• In today’s presentation I’m hoping to … give you an update
on… / give you an overview of … .
• In today’s presentation I’m planning to … look at … . / explain
….
You can also outline your presentation to give the audience a
clear overview of what they can expect:
• In today’s presentation I’m hoping to cover three points:
• firstly, … , after that we will look at … , and finally I’ll … .
• In today’s presentation I’d like to cover three points:
• firstly, … , secondly … , and finally … .
Explaining that there will be time for
questions at the end
• If you have any questions you’d like to ask,
please leave them until the end, when I’ll be
happy to answer them.
• If there are any questions you’d like to ask,
please leave them until the end, when I’ll do my
best to answer them.
Starting the presentation
• To begin with … .
• To start with … .
• Let’s start/begin by looking at … .
• I’d like to start by looking at … .
• Let’s start with / start by looking at … .
Closing a section of the presentation
• So, that concludes [title of the section] … .
• So, that’s an overview of … .
• I think that just about covers … .
Beginning a new section of the presentation
• Now let’s move on to … .
• Now let’s take a look at … .
• Now I’d like to move on to … .
• Next I’d like to take a look at … .
• Moving on to the next part, I’d like to … .
• Moving on to the next section, let’s take a look at
….
Concluding and summarising the
presentation
• Well, that brings us to the end of the final
section. Now, I’d like to summarise by … .
• That brings us to the end of the final section.
Now, if I can just summarise the main points
again.
• That concludes my presentation. Now, if I can
just summarise the main points.
• That’s an overview of … . Now, just to
summarise, let’s quickly look at the main points
again.
Finishing and thanking
• Thank you for your attention.
• That brings the presentation to an end.
• That brings us to the end of my presentation.
• Finally, I’d like to finish by thanking you (all) for
your attention.
• Finally, I’d like to end by thanking you (all) for
coming today.
• I’d like to thank you (all) for your attention and
interest.
Inviting questions
• If anyone has any questions, I’ll be pleased to
answer them.
• If anyone has any questions, I’ll do my best to
answer them.
• If anyone has any questions, please feel free to
ask them now.
• If anyone has any questions, please feel free to
ask them and I’ll do my best to answer.
Referring to a previous point made
• As I mentioned earlier … .
• As we saw earlier … .
• You may recall that we said … .
• You may recall that I explained … .
Dealing with (difficult) questions
• I’ll come back to that question later if I may.
• I’ll / We’ll come back to that question later in my
presentation.
• I’ll / We’ll look at that point in more detail later
on.
• Perhaps we can look at that point at the end / a
little later.
Other phrases and key presentation language
word, phrase meaning, function
briefly ‘very quickly’
take a look at ‘look at’
take a brief look at ‘quickly look at’
return to ‘go back’, ‘explain again’
I’ll outline ‘I will explain’
here we can see to draw attention to a specific point on a slide
as you can see here to draw attention to a specific point on a slide
(let’s) move on to to start a new subject
(let’s) continue with to start a new subject
(let’s) continue by looking at to start a new subject
to illustrate this point when giving an example
using ‘we’ and ‘us’ instead of ‘I’ connects you to your
let’s, we can, we will
audience
