PRESENTATIONS - USEFUL LANGUAGE

Presenting a product


Buyer
Asking for information
Can you tell me about...?
I´d like some information about...

Target Market
Who is it for?

Colours
What about colours?

Features
Does it have any special features?

Price
How much is it / are they?

Delivery
What about delivery?

Seller
Of course. What would you like to know?
Our most popular model is...
It´s for people with / who...
It comes in four colours.
It has an unusual design.
It´s easy to use.
The trade price is...
We can deliver within three days.


Starting a presentation
Greeting
Good morning / afternoon. I´m...
Hello, everyone. Nice to see you again.

Topic
My subject today is...
I´d like to talk to you about...
I´m going to talk about...

Plan
There are three parts to my presentation.
My presentation is in three sections.
Firstly,...
Secondly,...
Finally....


Presenting your company
Outlining the presentation
First, I´ll give you some basic information.
Secondly, I´ll talk about our stores in other countries.
Next, I´ll talk about career opportunities.
Last of all, I want to look at our future plans.

Introducing new information
Here´s some basic information.
Let me add a few figures.
Let´s have a look at some statistics.
What are our strengths?

Ending the presentation
To conclude, I want to tell you about our future plans.
Finally, a few words about our new project.
Thanks very much for listening to my talk.
Thanks for coming to my presentation.


Presenting a product
Introducing the product
This is our new product.
I´m going to tell you about our new product.

Describing the product
Let me tell you about its special features.
It´s made of leather / wood / steel / aluminium.
It weighs just 2.3 kilos.
Ot comes in a wide range of colours.

Stating the product´s uses
It´s ideal for travelling.
It´s designed to be used with any type of material.

Mentioning selling points
It has several special features.
A very useful feature is the energy-saving design.
Another advantage is its very small size.

Inviting questions
Does anyone have any questions?
Would anyone like to ask a question?


Starting presentations
Introducing yourself
- On behalf of myself and Focus Advertising, I´d like to welcome you. My name´s Sven Larsen.
- Hi, I´m Dominique Lagrange. Good to see you all.
- Good morning everyone.
- Let me introduce myself. My name is...
- I´m a specialist in...

Structuring the presentation
I´m going to divide my talk into four parts.
First I´ll give you...; after that...; finally...

Introducing the topic
- This morning, I´d like to outline the campaign concept we´ve developed for you.
- I´m going to tell you about the ideas we´ve come up with for the ad campaign.

Changing the topic
Right, let´s now move on to...
OK, I´ll now look at....

Giving background information
- I´ll give you the background and talk you through the results of the market study.
- I´ve divided my presentation into three parts.
- Let´s start with the background.

Referring to the audience´s knowledge
As you know...
As you are aware...

Inviting questions
- If you have any questions, please don´t hesitate to interrupt me.
- If you´re not clear about anything, go ahead and ask any questions you want.
- If you have any questions, don´t hesitate to ask.
- I´ll be glad to answer any questions (at the end of my talk).

Concluding
To sum up...
So to summarise...

Referring to visuals
If you look at the graph...
Could I draw your attention to the chart?
If you take a look at the first year, you´ll see.

Ending
Thanks very much. Any questions?
Well, that´s all I have to say. Thank you for listening.

Commenting
I think that´s interesting because...

Emphasising
I´d just like to highlight...

Involving the audience
OK, what is Smarterwork?


Summarising in presentations
Referring back
As I mentioned earlier in my presentation...
So as you were saying a few minutes ago...

Making points in threes
You really have to plan carefully, be rigorous in your analysis and be flexible...
It´s a long process. It´s expensive. It can also be very profitable.

Asking rhetorical questions
What are the advantages of the merger?
But what are the sort of things that the experts forget generally?

Ordering
Firstly..., the..., finally...
There are three things in my mind and the first thing is...

Using emotive language
Beware of the sycophants in your organisations...
It is a commercial suicide...

Repetition
They´re going to be sayng Yes! Yes! Yes!
It won´t work. It just won´t work.

Exemplifying
For instance...
.... for example, caring as their primary task.

Asking for feedback
Is there any area I haven´t covered?
What´s missing?

Source> MARKET LEADER - Longman