Corso in aula Mastering Presentations in English, Milano, 8 ore, attestato finale, formazione professionale, catalogo ITER, Aisling Sullivan Per date e iscrizione corsi consultate https://www.iter.it/mastering-presentations-in-english/

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Giving Business Presentations
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Aisling Sullivan

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Why do we make presentations?
To inform
To introduce
To announce
To explain
To sell
To convince
To persuade
To influence
To enlighten

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Do’s and Don’ts of Presenting in English
● Don’t translate from Italian. Rethink your presentation through English
● Don’t over-complicate your message - keep it clear and concise
● Don’t read your presentation text like a robot - be natural
● Don’t make your audience work hard to understand you
● Do choose your terminology wisely - will the audience understand your jargon?
● Do make your visuals work for you and show your personality
● Do use simple language with confidence
● Do value fluency over accuracy - it’s ok to make grammar mistakes!

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Who are your audience?
Identify your audience:
Who are they?
(age, sex, education, economic status, political/ social/religious
beliefs)
What level of information do they have about the subject?
(novice, specialist or expert)
What is the context of the presentation?
(formal, casual, official, social)
Types of Audience:
Lay, Managerial, Academic, Non-academic

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Preparing your presentation: The Steps
1. Welcome the audience
1. Introduce yourself
1. State your aims and intentions
1. Give a ‘road map’ of your talk
1. Provide examples
1. Close with confidence
1. Manage questions

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Greetings and Introduction
● Good morning/afternoon everyone
● Welcome to ‘Company X’
● It’s a pleasure for me to be here today to speak about...
● For those I haven’t met, I’d like to introduce myself…
● Thank you for inviting me here today to talk about…
● My name is Jane Smith and I am Senior Marketing Manager with Company X

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Stating Aims
● I’m here to say a few words about…
● The subject of my talk is....
● I’d like to give you an overview of…
● The reason I am here today is to…
● Over the next 15 minutes I’m going to explain why…

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Sequencing
● Firstly
● Secondly
● Then
● Next
● Meanwhile
● Afterwards
● Finally / Lastly

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Rhetorical Questions
● So, what can this do for you? Well, it means that...
● How will this affect us? Well, it will certainly…
● What do the results tell us?
● How can we achieve this? With this product, it’s easy...
● How did this idea come about? Well, last year…
● What’s the benefit for your company? You’ll decrease your overheads by…

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Conclusion
● That brings me to the end of my presentation…
● Let me end by saying a few words about…
● Before I take your questions, I’d like to…
● So, to sum up, we have identified 2 key issues…
● To recap, we have looked at X, Y and Z…
● If there is one thing I would like you to take away from this presentation, it is...

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Thank You and Questions
● Finally I’d like to thank you all for coming
● Thank you for making the time to consider these ideas
● I hope you have found the information useful
● Are there any questions?
● I’d be happy to take your questions now
● We have a few minutes left for questions
● I’d like to open the floor up for questions

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Dealing with questions
● Sorry, I’m not sure I’ve understood, could you rephrase that please?
● I didn’t catch the last part of your question..
● If I have understood correctly, you want to know why…
● That’s an interesting point
● Thank you for raising this issue
● I understand your concern, but in my view…
● There’s time for just one last question...

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3 minute presentation topics
● Your job
● Your organisation
● A product you like
● An everyday object
● A city you have visited
● A hobby