English for Presentations, Oxford, Marion Grussendorf

I'm happy/delighted that so many of you could make it today.

I'm here in my function as the Head of Marketing and Planning.

Today's topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who…

My talk is particularly relevant to those of us who…

By the end of this talk you will be familiar with…

Our goal is to determine how/ the best way to…

Today I'd like to give you an overview of…

In my presentation I'll focus on three major issues.

I'll start off by explaining …

I'd like to share an amazing fact/figure with you.

Let me tell you what happened to me….

   

Don't worry about taking notes. I've put all the important statistics on a handout for you.

I'll be handing out copies of the Powerpoint slides at the end of my talk.

   

How shall we cope with unfair business practices?

It would be completely wrong to change our strategy at this point.

We compared the two offers and found the first one totally unacceptable.

Imagine you had to … . What would be your first step?

   

Before I move on, I'd like to recap the main points.

   

This leads directly to my next point.

   

I think we first need to identify the problem.

Of course we'll have to clarify a few points before we start.

Do we really want to miss the opportunity to …

   

You can see that different colors have been used to indicate …

The biggest segment indicates …

The key in the bottom left-hand corner …

   

I'd like to start by drawing your attention to …

I think you will be surprised to see that…

   

The unexpected drop was caused by …

Consequently/ As a consequent, sales went up significantly.

   

If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me at any time.

   

I'm now approaching/nearing the end of my presentation.

That covers just about everything I wanted to say about…

Finally, I'd like to highlight one key issue.

   

I'd like to run through my main points again…

   

Based on the figures we have, I'm quite certain that …

   

To put it in the words of …, …

As …. Once said,…

So that's the plan. Now let's go and put it into practice.

Now let's make a real effort to achieve this goal.

   

Remember what I said at the beginning of my talk today?

   

If I could just rephrase your question. You'd like to know….

   

If you don't mind, could we discuss that on another occasion?

   

Sorry, I don't know that off the top of my head.

I'm afraid I'm not in a position to answer that question at the moment.