Referring to other parts of the talk

Sometimes you need to refer to something you mentioned earlier or will come back later.

I'd like to go back to a point I mentioned earlier, the perfor­mance of our latest brand.	Next year's prices will only be two per cent higher than this year's. I'll come back to this point in a moment.
Let's just re-cap on that point.	As I’ve already said, our market share is one of our top priorities for the coming year.

Emphasizing important points

Using adverbs in front of adjectives makes the adjectives stronger and helps to emphasise important points.

Using adverbs with adjectives

The success of this campaign is extremely important to the company.	So, I think it is extremely dangerous to assume that, because we have been successful up to now, we will continue to be so. We can't be complacent.
The increase in consumer spend­ing over the last year is highly significant.	The release of toxic chemicals into the environment is totally unacceptable to us.

Other ways of emphasizing key points

What we mustn't do is to forget about our subsidiaries in central Europe.	Our new product is cheap, cost-effective and reliable.
How can we improve our ser­vice? By reducing our delivery time and by listening to what the customer says.	We really need to consider all the possible options that are open to us.

I’d like you to have a look at his bar chart, which shows the number of cars sold in the first month of the year

If you look at this graph, you will see that sales are fluctuating

The figures in this table show how work in teams became more productive

As you can see from this pie chart, paper cost is the most expenditure in publishing.

Just have a look at our organization chart for a moment

Summarizing and concluding

It is very important to summarize the most important points before you conclude your presentation.

Summarizing

I'm now nearing the end of my talk and, at this stage; I'd like to run through my main points again.

To sum up then, we must reduce our personnel costs, and to do this, we must cut the size of the workforce.

To summarize the main points of my talk, we have to become more competitive. We must also consider the development of new products. Finally, we have to be more profitable.

Concluding

I'd like to conclude by remind­ing you of something I said at the beginning of my talk.

That brings me to the end of my presentation, ladies and gentle­men. I hope you found it inter­esting. I'd like to thank you all for your attention.

Thank you all for listening. I hope you will agree that our new product is exciting and innova­tive. Please contact me if you need further information.

Dealing with questions

At the end of the presentation you should invite the audience to ask questions. There are various to respond.

Inviting questions

I'd like to thank you for your attention. Now, if there are any questions, I'll be pleased to answer them.

Thank you all for listening. If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.