How to put together a killer business presentation in a few simple

steps

Here’s how to create a presentation that will make your clients want to buy from
you and your colleagues want to be you! 

1. Research your presentation

Include information about other or similar subjects/products, give a brief overview of

what you’ll be presenting:

- how does it already exist it the world?

- What is its purpose? What is its function? How is it benefitting the world?

Give your personal story:

- why are you passionate about it?

- how did you come to be interested in it?

2. Plan your presentation  

- Make a plan - It’s best to strip everything back to basics: make yourself a very
simple plan.
- The structure - Start by writing down your introduction, and the three to four
main points you want people to take away from the talk. From there, you can
add sub-points, and decide how much time to spend on each section. 
- Write a script - If English is your second language — and even if it isn’t — it’s
helpful to write a script of what you intend to say. You probably won’t stick to it,
but it will help you to solidify your ideas, and give you something to work with.
- Use simple language - To make your speech sound natural, use simpler lan-
guage than you usually would when writing for business. 

- Prepare visual aids

Some must-know business presentation phrases

Here is a list of natural-sounding phrases which you might like to use in your next
business presentation. They won’t all be useful to everyone, but they will give you
some building blocks to structure your presentation around. 

Welcoming your audience

Open with a greeting and thank people for coming. Here are some opening state-
ments, ranging from formal to informal:

2. Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone. Thanks for coming. On behalf

of Lego, I’d like to welcome you all to our offices. 
3. Hello everyone. I’d like to welcome you to Lego head office, I trust that you all
found us okay.
4. Hello everyone, I’m delighted to be speaking with you today. 
5. Hi everyone, I think we might still be missing a few people but I’m going to kick
things off now so we have time to get through everything. Give the topic of the
presentation 
6. As you all know, I am going to talk about….
7. In this presentation, I am going to walk you through …
8. For the next forty-five minutes, I am going to be speaking to you about …
9. By the end of this session, you will all know a little more about ….

Introducing yourself

10. My name is …, and I am The Head of Marketing here. 

11. First of all, a little bit about my background. I am the Head of Marketing at
Lego, and I have been with the company for seven years. Before that, I used to
work for Booking.com where I…

12. To introduce myself, my name is Kenny and I am the Head of Marketing at

Lego. 

13. By way of an introduction, my name is Kenny and I head up the Marketing de-

partment at Lego. 
Give a roadmap for the presentation 

Even if your presentation is short, it’s helpful for the audience to know what you
plan to discuss.

14. My presentation will take about 45 minutes and is divided into four sections.

Section 1 is going to discuss

15. Since we only have 45 minutes to discuss this huge topic, I’m going to keep
things brief. This talk will be divided into four sections. To start off…

16. I thought it would be helpful to share a road map of what I’m planning to cover.
This talk will be divided into four sections. 

17. I’m going to look at four different aspects of CPC advertising in today’s

presentation. Number one…

Beginning the main body of your presentation

18. So, what is …?

19. Let’s start at the very beginning. Many people ask…

20. Hello and thank you all for coming. I appreciate you being here on such a rainy
Monday morning / last thing on a Friday afternoon.

21. Without further ado…

22. Let’s get started. 

23. I’d like to start by talking about…

24. Let’s kick things off. 

Beginning a new section of the main body

Once you’ve made your first point, try to sum it up in one sentence. Then you are
ready to start a new phrase. Here are some options for that:
25. Okay so that’s … But what about … Well…

26. Now let’s turn to … 

27. There’s a lot more to learn about that but since we’re pushed for time, let’s
move on to …

28. Next up: …

29. Part two: …

Useful words for listing

30. There are five main advantages to this approach… firstly, … secondly, …
thirdly, …

31. There are five stages of the process. You start by… then, you should…after
that,

Introduce your visual aids

It’s best to give your audience something to look at to reinforce your points. Here
are some phrases to show people what you want them to notice. 

32. If you look at this graph, you will see…

33. From this chart, we can understand how …

34. As you can see from this infographic, our research indicates that…

35. This chart shows our findings of a recent experiment we undertook. The y-axis
represents… while the x-axis stands for…

Ending the presentation

Business presentations usually end with a summary. You can use this to reinforce
your main points (in case anyone dozed off!) or to return to the question you dis-
cussed. 
36. That’s it on … for today. In brief, we’ve covered …

37 Well, that’s just about all we’ve got time for today, unfortunately. I hope you have
learned something about .… 

38. Well, that concludes my presentation today. To refresh your memory, the main
takeaways are the following. Number one…

39. That brings me to the end of my presentation. I hope you’re a little clearer
on what … is and when to use it. 

40. So to draw all that together, next time you think about …, consider the following
factors…. That’s all from me! 

Involving the audience in the discussion

You’ve said your piece, and the audience is full of new information. Thank them for
their attention and, if you feel able to, invite them to ask you for clarifications. 

41. Thank you for listening. We have five minutes left over. Are there any ques-
tions?

42. Thank you for your attention, I hope you’ve found this session useful. I’d be
happy to answer any questions. 

43. Thank you for listening. I’d now like to open up the floor to questions, so just
raise your hand if there’s anything else you want to know. 

44. Thank you for your question, Mike. 

45. That’s an interesting question.

46. I’m glad you asked me that. 

Thank your audience

47. Thank you very much for your attention.

48. Thank you all for coming, I really enjoyed speaking to you today and hope this
session has been useful. 

49. Thanks for listening, do feel free to contact me via my website or email if you
think of any further questions. 

A Few More Useful Phrases While speaking

- In other words…
- Even though…
- Thankfully…
- However…
- For example, for instance
- And so…

Try to avoid…

- using too much “like” - instead you can use “well”, “hmmm…” or leave it blank
- Repeating the same words or phrases too often