PRESENTING (Giving a Formal Presentation)

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Hello guys dikesempatan kali ini saya akan membahas materi-materi dasar untuk bussines english yang memiliki banyak pembahasan seperti socializing, telephoning, presenting, meetings, giving a report, dan juga exchanging information.  Jika sebelumnya kita telah membahas tentang Sosializing dan Telephoning di kesempatan kali ini kita akan membahas tentang Presenting. Fokus pembahasan kali ini adalah Giving a Formal Presentations. Nah berikut pembahasannya...

PRESENTING
(Giving a Formal Presentations)

Dalam melakukan sebuah  presentasi tentu banyak yang harus dipersiapkan sebelumnya. Seperti yang akan dibahas berikut ini.

How to Deliver a Presentation

Clear structure. Organize your presentation into an introduction, a main body and a conclution.

Introduction : Introduce yourself to audience. State the topic of your presentation and the reason why you chose it.

	FORMAL	INFORMAL
Introducing yourself:	•Good morning/afternoon/evening. On behalf of (company, department, etc.), I’d like to welcome you. My name is (name) and I am (position).	•Hi everyone, I’m (name and title). Thanks for coming.
Introducing the topic:	•I’m going to give you an overview of... •The focus of today’s presentation is…	•I’m going to talk to you about… •I’m going to be talking a little bit about… •I’m here today to talk to you about…
Outlining your presentation:	•The presentation today is divided into three parts. First, I’ll... Following that I’ll... Finally, I’ll…	•I’m going to talk about three things today. I’ll start with… Then I’ll talk a little bit about… I’ll finish with…
Inviting questions:	•Please don’t hesitate to interrupt me if you have any questions.	•If you have any questions during the presentation, please ask.

Body : Present two or three main points, provide explainations and examples. Discuss each point separately, in a clear and organized way.

	FORMAL	INFORMAL
Introducing the first section of your presentation:	•I’d like to start/begin by…	•Let’s start/begin by looking at…
Finishing a section and starting a new one:	•Well, we’ve looked at... Now, I’d like to discuss… •Having discussed… I’d like to move on to….	•Well, I’ve told you about… Now I’ll move on to… •Well, we’ve looked at… Now, let’s talk about… •So, that was... Now, let’s…
Expanding or elaborating:	•I’d like to expand on… •I’d like to elaborate on… •Let’s consider this in more detail.	•Let me tell you a little more about… •Let me give you some more details/information about...
Talking about earlier or later points in your presentation:	later: •I will elaborate on this later in the presentation. •I’ll provide you with a more detailed explanation later in the presentation. earlier: •To repeat what I said earlier… •As I mentioned earlier…	later: •More on this later. •I’m going to talk more about this later. earlier: •Do you remember I said...? •As I said earlier…
Recognizing your listeners' prior knowledge:	•As you may be aware of… •As you may know… •I know many of you are familiar with…	•You might already know that… •I’m sure a lot of you know that… •I’m sure a lot of you know about… •I’m sure a lot of you have heard…
Focusing audience's attention on visuals:	•May I focus your attention on the…You will notice that… •Please direct your attention to the slide/chart/etc.	•Take a look at this slide/chart/graphic etc. You can see that… •Okay, here we can see that…

Conclusion : State your opinion about the topic or give a brief summary of the presentation.

	FORMAL	INFORMAL
Summarizing and concluding the presentation:	•Finally, let’s summarize some of the main points. •To conclude, I’d like to summarize.	•Let’s summarize/recap what we looked at today. •Finally, let’s look back at what we covered today. •So, to remind you of what we looked at today...
Inviting final questions:	•Does anyone have any questions or comments before we conclude today? •If you’d like me to elaborate or clarify anything we covered today, please ask.	•Does anyone have any final questions? •Okay, does anyone have any questions or comments?
Responding to tough questions:	a question you don’t have the answer to: •I want to answer your question completely, but I don’t have that information with me right now. Could you give me your email after the presentation so I can send you a complete response? a question you didn’t understand: •Could you repeat that, please? •Could you rephrase that, please? •Let me make sure I understand you completely. Do you mean that…?	a question you don’t have the answer to: •I don’t have that information with me. Can you give me your email and I’ll send you an answer later today? a question you didn’t understand: •Could/Can you repeat that, please? •Sorry, I didn’t catch that. •Are you saying that…?
Finishing and saying goodbye:	•If there are no further questions, I’d like to thank you very much for your attention. If you think of any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.	•Well, I think that’s about it. Thanks for listening. Please contact me later if you have any additional questions or want more information.

Engage with the audience. (e.g. “So, why is it important, you may ask?”). Try to engage your listeners, make them intrested in what you are saying.

Examples. Use pictures and concrete examples to illustrate your ideas. This will make your presentation more interesting and memorable.

Time for question. Make sure to give the audience a chance to ask questions or comment on your presentation.



Referensi :

[Online]. http://engoo.id/ [Diakses pada 11 November 2018]

[Online]. http://www.businessenglishresources.com/learn-english-for-business/student-section/student-handouts/signposts-test/. [Diakses pada 12 November 2018]