Sequencial Support of a Presentation

You can start by building a template for your presentation.  You can follow the sequence with some examples of phrases to use in each section.

----------Introduction----------

Greeting, Name, Position
1. Good morning. My name is ( ) I am the new finance manager.
2. Ladies and gentlemen. It is my honor to have the opportunity to address
such a distinguished audience.
3. Good morning. Let me start by saying just a few words.
4. Welcome to ABC Company. I know I have met some of you,
but just for the benefit of those I have not., my name is ( ).

Title / Subject
1. I would like to talk to you today about…
2. I am going to present the recent…
explain the recent…
brief you on…
inform you about…
describe…
3. The subject of my talk…
focus the presentation…
topic speech…

Purpose / Objective
1. We are here today to decide…
agree…
learn about…
2. The purpose of this talk is to update you on…
put you in the picture about…
give you the background to…
3. This talk is designed to act as a springboard for discussion.
start the ball rolling.

Length
1. I will only take ( ) minutes of your time.
2. I plan to be brief.
3. This should only last ( ) minutes.

Outline / Main Parts
1. I have divided the presentation into four parts / sections. They are…
2. The subject can be looked at under the following headings. First…
3. We can break this area down into the following fields;
First, / First of all…
Second / Second of all / then / next …
Third / and then…
Finally / last / last of all…

Time for Questions
1. I would be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.
2. If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt.
3. Ask me if there’s anything you need to clarify. Otherwise, there will be time for
questions.

----------Main Body of the Presentation----------

Sequencing / Ordering
First, second, third, next, finally, last…
Let’s start with…
Let us move on to…
Now we come to…
That brings us to…
Let us leave that…
That covers…
Let us get back to…

Giving Reasons / Causes
Therefore,
So,
As a result,
That’s why

Contradicting
But,
However,

Comparing
Similarly,
In the same way,

Contradicting
In fact,
Actually,

Summarizing
To sum up,
In brief,
In short,

Concluding
In conclusion,
To conclude,

Highlighting
In particular,
Especially,

Digressing
By the way,
In passing,

Giving Examples
For example,
For instance,
Such as

Generalizing
Usually,
Generally,
As a rule,

----------End of the Presentation----------

Signalling the End
That brings me to the end of the presentation.
That completes my presentation.
Before I stop/finish, I would like to say…
That covers all I wanted to say today.

Summarizing
Let me just run over the key points again.
I will briefly summarize the main issues.
To sum up…
Briefly…

Concluding
As you can see, there are some very good reasons…
In conclusion…
I would like to leave you with the following thoughts / idea.

Recommending
So, I would suggest that we…
I would like to propose…
In my opinion, the only way forward is…

Closing
I hope that the presentation was helpful. Thank you for your attention.
I hope that the presentation was helpful. Thank you for listening.
I hope you gained an insight into…

Inviting Questions
I would now be glad to try and answer any questions.
Any questions?