BUSINESS ENGLISH

How to give a professional presentation in English?

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start with a rhetorical questionpresent amazing facts or stories. Surprise everyone.give the audience some problem to think aboutinvolve, do not give a monologue

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DURING THE MEETING

WELCOME THE AUDIENCEFirst  of  all,  let  me  thank  you  all  for  coming  

here  today.  For  those  of  you  who  don’t  know  me,  my  name  is  …  

Before  we  start,  I’d  like  to  share  an  amazing  fact  /  story  with  you,  which  is  directly  connected  with  my  presenta?on.

I  work  for  (company)  and  I’m  in  charge  of  the  …  department.

Have  you  ever  wondered  why  such  mee?ngs  are  so  important?  I’ll  show  you  today  that  they’re  not  a  waste  of  ?me.

Introduce your topic

In  my  talk  I’m  going  to  tell  you  about  …

Today’s  topic  is  …

I’m  here  to  present  ….

I’ve divided my presentation into three parts:

1. Point one deals with …2. Next, I’ll be looking at …3. I’ll end the presentation with …

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SALES

TIMING„This

meeting will take about an hour”

„This won’t take more than …”

„We’ll need … minutes to cover these

issues”

H A N D O U T S

„Don’t worry about taking

notes. I’ve prepared a handout for you. I can email the PowerPoint

presentation to anyone who wants it”

If  there  are  no  ques<ons,  I’d  like  to  thank  you  for  your  precious  <me.

GOOD LUCK!