GIVING INTRODUCTIONS TO A PRESENTATION

1. Greet your audience
2. Introduce yourself
3. Give the title of your talk.
4. Describe the structure of your talk.
5. Explain something about the question policy.
6. Say something about the length of your talk.


GREETING
Good morning/ afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
(Ladies and) Gentlemen....

SUBJECT
I plan to say a few words about...
I'm going to talk about...
The subject of my talk is...
The theme of my presentation is...
I'd like to give you an overview of...

STRUCTURE
I've divided my talk into (three) parts.
My talk will be in (three) parts.
I'm going to divide...
First...
Second...
Third...
In the first part...
Then in the second part...
Finally...

LENGTH
My talk will take about ten minutes.
The presentation will take about two hours...
but there'll be a twenty minute break in the middle. We'll stop for luch at 12:00.

POLICY ON QUESTIONS/DISCUSSIONS
Please interrupt if you have any questions.
After my talk there'll be time for a discussion and any questions.