Plan of Attack
Introduction
Preparing the audience
Delivering the message
General information: ( Company profile)
1. Start up a company, give it a name
2. Logo, slogan, form of ownership, the names of the members.
3. Company Structure (1 slide)
4. Job responsibilities
5. Your office layout (optional)
6 Company performance
( Total number of slides : 10-15 )
Product Presentation:
(pix, features, prices )
Shipment /Delivery (optional)
After sale service (optional).
Special info:
Your company’s website ( if any)
A company's booklet ( if any )
Address, phones, etc
Winding-up
GUIDELINES TO EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
Inroduction 1 Welcoming your audience
Functions / Possible language
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen Good morning, gentlemen Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman Good afternoon, everybody
2 Introducing your subject
I am going to talk today about. . . The purpose of my presentation is to introduce our new range of...
3 Outlining your structure
To start with I'll describe the progress made this year. Then I'll mention some of the problems we've encountered and how we overcame them. After that I'll consider the possibilities for further growth next year. Finally, I'll summarise my presentation (before concluding with some recommendations).
4 Giving instructions about questions
Do feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions. О I'll try to answer all of your questions after the presentation. О I plan to keep some time for questions after the presentation
Conclusion
Function / Possible language
1 Summing up
То conclude,... In conclusion,... Now, to sum up... So let me summarise/recap what I've said.
Finally, may I give you a bare outline of the main points we've considered.
The long and the short for it is...
2 Giving recommendations
In conclusion, my recommendations are...
I therefore suggest/propose/recommend the following strategy.
3 Thanking your audience
Many thanks you for your attention.
May I thank you all for being such an attentive audience.
4 Inviting questions
Now I'll try to answer any questions you may have.
Can I answer any questions?
Are there any questions?
Do you have any questions?
Are there any final questions?
Signposting
Function / Language
Introducing the subject
I'd like to start by...
Let's begin by...
First of all, I'll...
Starting with...
I'll begin by...
Finishing one subject...
Well, I've told you about...
That's all I have to say about.
We've looked at...
So much for...
...and starting another
Now we'll move on to...
Let me turn now to...
Next...
Turning to...
I'd like now to discuss...
Let's look now at...
Analysing a point and giving recommendations
Where does that lead us?
Let's consider this in more detail.
What does this mean for ABC?
Translated into real terms...
Giving an example
For example,...
A good example of this is...
As an illustration,...
To give you an example,...
То illustrate this point...
Dealing with questions:
We'll be examining this point in more detail later on.
I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may...
I'll come back to this question later in my talk...
Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end...
I won't comment on this now...
Summarising and concluding
n conclusion,... Right, let's sum up, shall we?
I'd like now to recap...
Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered.
If I can just sum up the main points...
Ordering
Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...
First of all...then...next...after that...finally.
To start with...later.. .to finish up...
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