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BBC Learning English

Talking Business

Presentations: opening

Useful Phrases

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today

The purpose of today’s presentation is to discuss how we can…

I’ve invited you here today to have a look at my findings

Now let me begin by…

Secondly…

…and finally…

I’d be happy to invite you to ask questions at the end of the session

At the end I’d be very happy to answer any of your questions

Transcript

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming along here today. I hope my

presentation isn’t going to take too long and that you will find it interesting. The purpose of

today’s presentation is to discuss how we can improve internal communications within our

company.

Now let me begin by explaining that I’d like to talk about the business case for better

communication; secondly, I want to cover different styles and methods; and finally I would

like to finish off by talking about some of the basics we need to have in place to deliver good

quality, consistent communications across the company. I’d be very happy to invite you to

ask questions at the end of the session and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of time for us to

discuss some of the points that have been raised.”

“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for finding the time to come and join me

for this presentation this afternoon. My name is Tim Mason, I‘m a retail consultant, and many

of you will have seen me shadowing you in your jobs and looking through the accounts and

so on in the company over the last week. I’ve invited you here today to have a look at my

findings. First, I’d like to have a look at the performance of the company, the sales of the

company over the last three years; then I’d like to have a look at our market share in the

womenswear market and look at our competitors; and thirdly, I’d like to suggest some

improvements in our range of womenswear. At the end I’d be happy to answer any of your

questions.”