Business Presentation

1. U.S. Department of State
Regional English Language Office
Career English Online
MODULE 7
BUSINESS MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

2. 1) Have you ever given a talk at a business meeting / in a conference?
2) How did you feel?
3) Have you ever attended conferences?
4) Were they interesting?
Let’s discuss

3. What are the steps in preparation for your talk?

4. What are the steps in preparation for your talk?
content of your talk
purpose of your talk
audience
the beginning of your talk
the end of your talk
Thinking steps Questions

5. What are the steps in preparation for your talk?
Thinking steps Questions
content of your talk What is the topic / title?
purpose of your talk What is the reason?
audience What does the audience expect?
What do they know about the topic?
How can you involve the people?
the beginning of your talk How to start your talk?
How to attract people’s attention?
the end of your talk How to finish?

6. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TALK / PRESENTATION?

7. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TALK / PRESENTATION?
- to sell a product;
- to inform of something;
- to give instructions;
- to entertain;
- to inspire/motivate;
- to activate/stimulate

8. How to start your talk / presentation?
- strong fact;
- story;
- saying;
- shock your audience;
- ask a question;
- use statistics.

9. MATCH THE PURPOSE WITH THE START
- to sell a product;
- to inform of something;
- to give instructions;
- to entertain;
- to inspire/motivate;
- to activate/stimulate
- strong fact;
- story;
- saying;
- shock your audience;
- ask a question;
- use statistics.

10. The parts of your presentation
Greeting  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.

11. The parts of your presentation
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 … .

12. The parts of your presentation
Introducing your presentation  The purpose of today’s
presentation is to … .
 In today’s presentation I’d
like to show you … . /
explain to you how … .
 In today’s presentation I’m
hoping to cover three points:
firstly, … , after that we will
look at … , and finally I’ll … .

13. The parts of your presentation
Starting the presentation  To begin with … .
 To start with … .
 Let’s start by looking at … .
 I’d like to start by looking at … .
 Let’s start with / start by
looking at … .

14. The parts of your presentation
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.

15. Match these sentences with the part of a presentation
“Good evening! Thank you for
inviting me here to talk about
Interpol – world’s largest
police organization”
- Greeting
- Introducing the topic of your presentation
- Starting your presentation
- Finishing your presentation

16. Match these sentences with the part of a presentation
“Good morning everybody!
Let me start with a question:
Do you like sleeping? Today
I’m going to talk to you about
sleep.
- Greeting
- Introducing the topic of your presentation
- Starting your presentation
- Finishing your presentation

17. Match these sentences with the part of a presentation
“So, I’ve shown you that
sleep is a very important
subject. We’ve talked about
different types and stages of
sleep and some problems
with sleep in today’s society”
- Greeting
- Introducing the topic of your presentation
- Starting your presentation
- Finishing your presentation

18. Important phrases from the Module
Reimbursement – the action of repaying a person who has spent or lost money.
Application for the fee reimbursement – a letter asking for financial support
Fee waiver – you do not have to pay for something