DELIVERING A

PRESENTATION
PRESENTED IN ENGLISH EXECUTIVE ENGLISH
PRESENTATION

BY
ADE JOHAN

SEKOLAH TINGGI ILMU ADMINISTRASI

LEMBAGA ADMINISTRASI NEGARA
BANDUNG
2010
 WHAT IS IT FOR ME?

• After completing this session, you will be

able to chair a meeting or presentation
effectively and systematically.

• Specifically, you will learn how to:

1. Deliver effective introduction;
2. Handle effectively the questions and answer
session;
3. Close the session appropriately.
 THE STRUCTURE OF
PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION

EFFECTIVE
BODY OF THE TALK PRESENTATION

CONCLUSION

Q & A SESSION
 STAGES IN
INTRODUCTION

• Greeting and welcoming (personal

introduction if necessary)
• Stating the title of the talk
• Giving the background
• Stating the objectives
• Outline of presentation (main points)
• Summary of introduction
 GREETING AND WELCOMING

• Good morning, ladies and gentlemen

• Assalamualaikum wr.wb.
• It’s an honor for me today to stand in front of you
to discuss…
• My name’s…………
 TITLE OF THE TALK

• The topic of my presentation is…..

• Today, I want to talk about……..
• In my talk today, I would like to present…
• Today, I am going to talk about….
 GIVING THE BACKGROUND

• As you know that…

• The reason I am presenting this topic is
that…
• As all of you are aware that…
 STATING THE OBJECTIVE

• The objectives of my talk today is: firstly

to…….; secondly to…….; and finally
to……
• The goals of this presentation are….
• My objectives of this talk are….
 OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
(MAIN POINTS)

• There are two main points that I would like

to discuss, first………, and second….
• I will cover three main points, first…
second… and third…
• There will be two main points…
 SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION

• So that would be the overall structure of my

presentation, and now let’s move on to the first
point…
• I think that’s the organization of my talk. Now
shall we continue to the first point?
 PRESENTING
BODY OF THE TALK
• Introduce your first point
• Explain the point as comprehensive as
possible
• Refer to pictures, visuals, or books
• Provide examples
• Sum up your point and link to the next
point
 INTRODUCE YOUR FIRST POINT

• Let’s start with the first point…

• First, I’d like to talk about…
• First of all, I’d like to look at…
• To start with, I’d like to clarify..
 Explain the point as
comprehensive as possible

Some tips:
• You can start with the definition, or the
meaning of the key words and then
elaborate more
• Make sure that you involve the audience
by making rhetoric questions
• You can use a 5 W’s and H principle when
explaining the key point.
 REFER TO VISUALS

• In my first slide, I’ll show you…

• Now let’s take a look at the first slide…
• Now, I’ll show you the…
• As you can see in the picture…
• The chart shows us that
• This slide gives information about…
 PROVIDE EXAMPLES

• Giving example is a good way of giving

explanation in a simple and easy way.
• The audience will understand your subject
easily by giving them more examples
• Some expressions you can use:
For example, For instance, such as..
 SUM UP AND LINK

• As I have already explained, the first main

point concerns with…
• In summary, this main point…
• To sum up, I think there are…
• Now let’s move on to the second point
 CONCLUDING YOUR TALK

When you are concluding your talk, you

need to be able to:
• Signal to end
• Summarize the talk
• Conclude the talk
• Give recommendation
• Close the talk
 SIGNALLING TO AN END

• That brings me to the end of my

presentation / lecture
• That completes my presentation / lecture
• That’s all I wanted to say today.
• I think that’s the end of my talk today.
 SUMMARIZING THE TALK

• Let me just review the key points that we

have discussed.
• I’ll briefly summarize the main points
• To sum up, there are three main points…
• In brief, there are three main points…
 CONCLUDING

• In conclusion, this subject is of

importance…
• I’d like to leave you with the following
conclusion…
• As you can see, this subject is very
important for you since…
 GIVE RECOMMENDATION

• So, I would suggest that we…

• In my opinion, it is better for us to…
• Based on our discussion, I suggest that …
• I’d like to propose one suggestion at the
end of this session…
 CLOSING THE TALK

• Thank you for your attention

• Thank you for listening
• Thank you
• Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.