CLOSING A PRESENTATION


Signaling the end


OK. That brings me to the  end of my presentation.
Right. That covers everything I wanted to say about….
So, that’s all I have to say.


Summarizing

To sum up then..
In brief, …


Concluding

To conclude, Id like to finis by saying
In conclusion….


Final Recommendation

It seems to me, then, that we should…
I would therefore recommend /advise that…

Support

I have prepared a handout which I will pass around.
I’ll give you my email address in case you want to follow up on something I said.

Closing

Thank you for listening so attentively.
Thank you for your attention
I hope that this has been useful.

Inviting Questions

I’d be glad to answer any questions.
So, do you have any questions?
Are there any questions?

Fill in the blanks. Listen and check.

Conclude        summarize                invite                attention


Mark:        I want to briefly __________ the benefits of informal feedback. It can provide more detailed information about clients’ needs, it makes clients feel empowered, and it strengthens the customer-client relationship. So, to______________, I would like to recommend that the sales department utilize informal feedback in a more systematic way in the future. Thank you for your______________. I expect many of you have questions, so I would now like to ______________ your questions regarding my presentations.

Put the following sentences in order as a conclusion to a presentation. (a= first, e= last)

1.I’ll be happy to answer any questions if there are any.

2.Thank you for listening so attentively to my presentation.

3.That was everything I wanted to say on how to review a plan.

4.Yes, Maggie? Do you have a question?

5.To go over the three recommendations one last time , we need  to 1.) plan our strategy, 2) implement our plan, and 3.) follow up with a review of its effectiveness.