Presentations in English

Presentations in English

1. How to introduce yourself and your topic

   • If some people in the audience don’t know who you are, you should introduce yourself and your position.
     • How you can do it?
       • we have a 2 way to do it.
       • Formal way
         • Good morning everyone. For those who don’t know me, my name’s Edder, and I work in the marketing department.
       • Informal way
         • Hi guys; if you don’t know me, I’m Josue and I work in digital marketing.
           • Hello! I see some new faces, so I’ll introduce myself first: I’m Edder and I’m one of our customer service team.
   • Afther that, you need to introduce your topic
     • If you topic is SIMPLER
       • You could just say one sentence
         • EXAMPLE: Today, I’m going to be talking about our new HR policies and how they affect you. I’d like to talk to you today about quality control and why we’re all responsible for quality control, whichever department you work in
           • You can use these as templates to begin your presentation
             • I’ll begin by… and then I’ll… Finally, I’ll… First of all, I’ll… I’ll continue by… To finish, I’ll…
     • If you topic is COMPLEX
       • You might add more detail to break your idea into stages
         • For exmple: I’d like to talk to you today about quality control and why we’re all responsible for quality control, whichever department you work in. First of all, I’ll explain why ‘quality control’ has a broader meaning than you might expect. I’ll continue by giving examples of real quality control, and why this matters for all of us. To finish, I’ll be asking you to think of ways you can incorporate quality control into your working habits.
     • Again, there are two options to do it.

2. How to Make a Strong Start

   • Bad speakers
     • You find that your attention drifts away
     • You have to struggle to stay awake.
   • Good speakers
     • Grab your attention and don’t let go
     • You feel interested and energised by listening to them
   • You need to make it clear what people should expect from your presentation.
     • One: establish a problem and solution that many people have in their audience.
     • Two: Mention an interesting fact, or a surprising statistic to get people’s attention.
     • Three: you can engage people by telling a short story and connecting it to your topic.

3. Using Signposting Language

   • According to Dale Carnegie
     • Successful American salesman and writer
     • Organize your information and structure
   • Use words and phrases to show the audience where your points begin and end
     • You will be showing people where you are and where you are going next.

4. Dealing With Problems

   • There are many problems that usually happen
     • You might forget where you were, or forget an important word. You might realise that you said something wrong or you didn’t explain something clearly.
   • There are several ideas to resume your presentation
     • Where was I? So, what was I saying? What’s the word in English again?
     • What if you had a mistake and did not understand well?
       • Let me rephrase that. Actually, what I meant to say is… To clarify, I wanted to say that…
     • what do you do if someone asks you a difficult question, which you can’t answer?
       • I’ve allocated time for questions at the end of this session, so we’ll address your idea later. I’m not in a position to answer that right now, but I’ll get back to you later this week.
     • for dealing with difficult questions, just remember the three d’s:
       • delay, deflect, dismiss!