ts101857280-1-bem ppt
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Business Presentation for BEMBy: Ma. Teresa Walang
The StructureKnow how to structure your presentation wellGreet your audienceIntroduce yourselfGive the title of your talkDescribe the structure of your talkExplain that the audience can interrupt if they wantSay something about the length of your talkSay if your will be showing a video or any other visual aids
Greetings Good Morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen
Subject I plan to say a few words about… I am going to talk about… The subject of my talk is… The theme of my presentation is… I’d like to give you an overview of…
The Introduction
Language Checklist
StructureI have divided my talk into (3) partsMy talk will be in 3 partsI am going to divide my presentation in 3 parts
First…Second…Third In the first part…Finally…
TimingMy talk will take about seven minutesThe presentation will take about seven minutesPolicy on questionsAfter my talk, there will be a time for discussion and any questions.
Introducing a visualI would like to show you…Have a look at this…This graph shows/represents…Here we can see…Let us look at this…Here you see the trend in…ComparisonsThis compares x with y…Let us compare…Here you see a comparison between…
Describing trendsTo go upTo increase an increaseTo rise a riseTo climb a climbTo improve an improvementTo recover a recoveryTo get better an upturnTo level out a leveling outTo reach a peakTo reach a maximumTo peak a peakTo undulate an undulationTo fluctuate a fluctuationDescribing the speed of changea dramatic
A markedA significantA slight increase/fall
To go downTo decrease a decreaseTo fall a fallTo decline a declineTo deteriorate a deteriorationTo get worse a downturnTo reach a low pointTo hit bottom a trough
to increase/fall dramaticallymarkedlyslightlysignificantly
• A combination of OHP and flip chart with pens a often good.
• First visual should give the title of the talk.
• Second visual should show the structure of talk.
Keep text to minimum-never just read text from the visual.
• Do not use too many visuals.
• Use white writing on blue/green is good.
• Use appropriate color combinations.
The use of visualsA well prepared, well chosen and clear visual is must be…
• First Part• A• B• C• d
• Second Part• A• B• C• D
• Third Part• A• B• C• D
• Introduction • Main Body of information
The main body
Ending the main body of the presentationRight, that ends my talk.That is all I want to say for now.
Beginning the summary/conclusionI would like to end by emphasizing the main point/s
I would like to finish with…a summary of the main pointssome observations based on what I have
saidsome conclusions/recommendationsa brief conclusion
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The conclusion
ConcludingThere are two conclusions/recommendationsWhat we need is…I think we have to…I think we have seen that we should…
Inviting Questions from your audienceThat concludes my talk. Are there any questions or comments?
Thank you for listening. Now I would like to invite questions or comments.
So now I would be very interested to hear your comments and questions
Handling QuestionsThat’s a difficult question to answer in a few words
it could be…in my experience…I would say…I do not think I am the right person to answer that. Perhaps ______can help.I do not have much experience in that field,
but I think…When the question is irrelevant to the talkI am afraid that is outside the scope of my talk•
Not understoodSorry, I am not sure I have understood. Could you repeat please?
Are you asking if...?Do you mean..?I did not catch (part of the question), you mean..?
Checking that your answer is sufficientDoes that answer your question?Is that okay?
Ending the presentationA summaryRestate the main points.Restates what the audience must understand and remember.
Contains no new information.Is short
A conclusionStates the logical consequences of what has been said.
Often contains recommendationsIs short
QuestionsInviting questions implies that the audience are less expert that the speaker.
Have one or two questions to ask the audience.Keep control of the whole presentation
DiscussionKeep control, limit long comments and answers.Watch the time
Handling QuestionsListen very carefullyAsk for clarification of the questions if necessaryParaphrase the question to check you understand it clearly
Refer the question to another if you cannot answer it
Do not allow one or two people to dominate the discussion
Be politeSignal when time is running outAt the end thank the audience
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn”-Benjamin Franklin