Introducing a presentation
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The document provides tips for giving introductions in formal presentations. It recommends using the WISE OWL method: Welcome the audience, Introduce yourself, Say what you'll talk about, Explain why the topic is useful, Outline the structure, discuss What materials you'll use, and Let the audience know when they can ask questions. It offers sample language for each part of the introduction and emphasizes getting the audience's attention at the start through rhetorical questions, stories, or interesting facts.
Introducing a presentation
- 1. Feeling confident and making the introduction flow
- 2. An introduction is important because:
- 3. An introduction is important because: You have people’s attention
- 4. An introduction is important because: You have people’s attention They learn about you
- 5. An introduction is important because: You have people’s attention They learn about you They decide whether they will continue giving you their attention
- 6. Use WISE OWL to make your formal presentation GOOD. Welcome the audience Introduce yourself Say what you’ll talk about Explain why it’s useful for the audience Outline the structure of your talk What materials did you bring? Let the audience know when they can ask questions
- 7. Informal and formal Welcome the audience Good evening/morning/afternoon everybody… Hey, how’s it going? Hello guys. Hi everybody.
- 8. Formal and informal are usually the same in this part. No difference. Introduce yourself Let me introduce myself. I’m ….. For those of you who don’t know me, my name’s … As you probably know, I’m your new teacher. I’m the director here at OSELA. I’m here in my function as Sales Manager.
- 9. Say your topic As you can see on the screen, our topic today is… Today’s topic is… What I’d like to present to you today is… The subject of my presentation is…
- 10. Explain why your topic is useful for the audience My talk is particularly relevant to those of you/us who… Today’s topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who… My/The topic is very important for you because… By the end of this talk you will be familiar with…
- 11. There are several ways you can tell the audience what you will say: Today I’d like to tell you I’m going to talk about… about… This afternoon I’m going to This morning I’d like to address severval… bring you up to date on… Would like + infinitive Going to + infinitive
- 12. I’ll begin by explaining.. I’ll be talking about our… I’ll start off by talking… During the next hour we’ll be looking at … After that, I’ll move on to… Will + infinitive Will be + verb-ing
- 13. Say what you will talk about… The purpose of the introduction is not only to tell the audience who you are, what the talk is about, and why it is relevant to them; you also want to tell the audience (briefly) how the talk is structured. Here are some useful phrases to talk about structure.
- 14. I’ve divided my presentation into three main parts: x, y, and z. In my presentation I’ll focus on three major issues. First, I’ll be looking at…, second…, and third… I’ll begin / start off by explaining… Then/Next/After that, I’ll go on to… Finally, I’ll offer some solutions
- 15. The final part of your presentation deals with the organization of the talk: how long, handouts, questions My presentation will take Does everybody have a about 20 minutes. handout? Please take one and pass them on. It should take about 30 Don’t worry about taking minutes to cover these notes. I’ve put all the issues. important info on a handout for you. I’ll email the Powerpoint to you. There’ll be handouts at the end of my talk TIMING HANDOUTS
- 16. There will be time for questions after my presentation. If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me at any time. Feel free to ask questions at any time during my talk. QUESTIONS
- 17. Getting the audience’s attention Experts say the first few minutes of a presentation are the most important. If you are able to get the audience’s attention quickly, they will be interested in whay you have to say. Here are a few points you can use.
- 18. Is market research I remember when I important for brand attended a meeting in development? Italy. Do we really need quality At a conference in assurance? Madrid once, I was asked the following question… Ask a rhetorical question Tell them a story or anecdote
- 19. According an article I Suppose you wanted to read recently, central set up a new call centre. banks are now buying How would you go about euros instead of dollars. it? Did you know that fast Imagine you had to food consumption has reorganize the sales increased 600% in department. What would Europe since 2002? be your first step? Start with an interesting Give them a problem to fact think about
- 20. The end.