You’re giving your presentation in English. You have just two minutes left.

And
it’s time for the conclusion …
Did you know most people only remember the first and last things you tell them?
It’s true.
If you are giving a presentation in English, then you definitely want people to
remember what you say at the end. And this means your closing must be
powerful!
You’ve worked hard on your presentation. You searched for information online.
You couldn’t sleep at night. You felt nervous about making mistakes. You spent
hours preparing. You reviewed the grammar and vocabulary. You worried about
someone asking a question. You practiced and practiced and practiced.
And now it’s the last two minutes. This is the last opportunity for your audience
to hear your key points. It is the last chance you have to help your audience
remember your comments.
A closing in a presentation should be short and clear. It should summarize your
key points. And, most importantly, it should be powerful.
In today’s lesson, you’re going to learn about 3 ways to make your closing more
powerful. Plus you’ll learn useful key expressions you can use in your
presentation.
3 Strategies to Close Your Presentation Powerfully
Use these 3 strategies in your conclusion to:
 recapture your audience’s attention
 get your audience to focus and remember your key points
 help your audience connect with you and your topic
 end your presentation powerfully

One: Include a Call to Action (CTA)

Is there something you want your audience to do or think after your
presentation. Do you want them to take action? Tell your audience exactly what
you want them to do with a Call to Action.
Here’s my example:
“After you finish today’s lesson, please take 2 minutes to leave a comment
about your experience with presentations. You can share your thoughts or ask
questions in the comments section at the bottom of this lesson – it’s the perfect
place to join a discussion on this topic.”
A couple useful expressions to help you introduce your CTA is:
 To close, I’d like to ask you to do this one thing…
 And finally, before you leave the conference today, please take two
minutes to…

Two: End with a Powerful/Inspirational Quote

Is there one thing you really want your audience to remember? Or is there a
specific feeling you want your audience to have after your presentation?
Using a powerful quote can help you do that. You could introduce a great quote
or interesting statistic with:
 I’d like to finish with this powerful/interesting/wonderful/inspiring/ quote
from …
 And finally, let’s finish up today’s discussion with this
surprising/useful/shocking/hopeful statistic …
Here are some example quotes that might help people be prepared to take
action or to think differently.
But remember! Always match the quote or statistic to your topic:
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of
our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the
one that is open.” – Alexander Graham Bell

Three: Add a Surprising Fact or Statistic

Is there something you’d love for your audience to think about after your
presentation? Is there a statistic or fact that will help someone remember your
key points?
A surprising fact can also help re-engage your audience, it will snap their
attention back to you.
For example:
Did you know that the human brain’s capacity is limitless – that’s great new
right? BUT … did you also know that a person is likely to remember only 25% of
a presentation after 24 hours?
Uh oh. That is why it’s SO important to have a powerful ending! Remember: the
key is to find a statistic or fact that connects directly to your topic.

Useful Langauge to Close Your Presentation

Summarize Your Key Points & Close Your Presentation
 That brings us to the end of the presentation. I’d like to summarize by
saying …
 That concludes my presentation. However, I’d like to quickly summarize
the main points or takeaways.
 And on that final note, that concludes my presentation.
 To quickly recap, I’d like you to remember these key points …
 To summarize …
 In conclusion …
 I’d like to bring this presentation to a close with …
 I’d like to close this talk with …
 So, this concludes the focus of discussion today. To end, I’d like to
highlight …
 This concludes [name/title of the section] so let’s move on to the final
comments.
Thank Your Audience
 I sincerely appreciate your attention today/this evening/this morning.
 And that brings us to the end. I’d like to thank you for your time and
attention today.
 Thank you so much for your interest and attention.
 At this time, I’d like to have my colleague speak so I’ll finish up by saying
thank you for your attention.
 I can see that our time is just about up so to finish I’d like to say thank you.
 I sincerely appreciate that I’ve had this opportunity to present to you.
 If there is one thing I would like you to remember from today’s
presentation it’s …

Take Questions
 If anyone has any questions, I’d be happy to open up the discussion.
 If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask now and I’ll do my best
to answer.
 Would anyone like to ask any questions?
 I would now be interested to hear from you with your thoughts or
questions.
 Now let’s move on to some Q&A. (Q&A = Questions and Answers)