► Starting the presentation

• Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen
• The topic of my presentation today is ...
• What I'm going to talk about today is ...

► Why you are giving this presentation

• The purpose of this presentation is ...
• This is important because ...
• My objective is to ...

► Stating the main points

• The main points I will be talking about are
firstly ...
secondly...
next, finally... we're going to look at ...

► Introducing the first point

• Let's start/begin with ...

► Showing graphics, transparencies, slides etc.

• I'd like to illustrate this by showing you...

► Moving on to the next point

• Now let's move on to ...

► Giving more detail

• I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point
• Let me elaborate on that
• Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that?

► Changing to a different topic

• I'd like to turn to something completely different

► Referring to something which is off the topic

• I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ...

► Referring back to an earlier point

• Let me go back to what I said earlier about ...

► Summarizing or repeating the main points

• I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation
- first I covered
- then we talked about
- finally we looked at
• I'd now like to sum up the main points which were:

► Conclusion

• I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting ...
• In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to

► Questions

• Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions.
• Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have.
• Do you have any questions?