- General Introduction

The subject/topic of my talk is …

I’m going to talk about…

My topic today is ..

My talk is concerned with…

- Overview (outline)
I’m going to divide this talk into four parts
There are a number of points I’d to make
Basically/ briefly, I have three things to say
I’d like to begin with
And then I’ll go on to
Then / next
Finally/ lastly
- Transition

Moving on now to…

Let’s turn now to…
The next issue I’d like to focus on…
I’d like to expand on…
Now to return to the first point / aspect/ part…
To elaborate on the first point …
- Checking that your listeners understand you:
All right?
Do you follow me?
Are you with me?
- Paraphrasing and clarifying
In other words
So what I’m saying is …
That’s to say…
So…
To put it more simply…
To put it another way…
- Conclusion
In short …/ To sum up …/ In conclusion …
So, to remind you of what I’ve covered in this talk…
So, as you can see, that is basically what (this project) is about