Introducing your subject

I am going to talk today about...

The purpose of my presentation is to introduce our new range of …

We are here today to decide…or

(to agree …or

to learn about …)

The purpose of this talk is to …

Outlining your structure/ main parts

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 summarize my presentation.

Useful phrases

I’ve divided my presentation into four parts/sections.

They are …

The subjects can be looked at under the following headings: …

We can break this area down into the following fields:

Firstly/first of all …

Secondly/then/next …

Thirdly/and then we come to …

Finally/lastly/last of all …

Giving instructions about questions

Do feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions.

I'll try to answer all of your questions after the presentation.

I plan to keep some time for questions after the presentation.

Body

The body is the 'real' presentation. If the introduction was well prepared and delivered, you will now be 'in control'. You will be relaxed and confident.

The body should be well structured, divided up logically, with plenty of carefully spaced visuals.