Presentations: opening
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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.”
Presentations:
body
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If you look at this
first graph
As you can see…
Now let’s look at…
…a good example of…
a key factor
If you look at this
slide
a good illustration of…
Transcript
"If you have a look at
this first graph, you can see that our sales topped 50 million the year before last. Then last
year sales dropped to 40 million, with a slight recovery at the end of the financial year. However,
this year sales have continued to drop to an all time low of 30 million. Now let’s
look at our market share. As you can see, we have 25% of the market share, 10% down on last
year.”
"A good example of how
important internal communications are is shown by some findings from research that we
have recently undertaken. Good communications is a very key factor in staff motivation. If
you look at this slide, you will see how important it is to get the basics
in place. You need to
identify your communication requirement, agree your objectives and success criteria,
identify your target audiences, define the content of your message and determine the style of
delivery. A good illustration of the communication process is when all
those basics fall into place naturally.”
Presentations: questions
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If you have any
questions, I would be happy to answer them now
Can I just ask…?
Are there any questions
about any of that?
Yes, a very good
question
Can you explain to me…?
Transcript
Tim: Ladies and
gentlemen, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them now.
Carrie: Yeah, can I
just ask, graph number 3, that last one you showed us, can you explain to me where you’re intending
to find the extra income to increase the
designer range in the
maternity wear?
Tim: Yes, a very good
question. I’ve looked at the office wear range and it’s quite heavy on material,
holiday wear tends to be much lighter, much smaller amounts of
material involved and I ...
Presentations:
tips
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The aims and the
structure need to be clear
Wait until the end of the presentation before people feed back on what you’ve said
Wait until the end of the presentation before people feed back on what you’ve said
Make sure you are
entertaining, engaging and interesting
Don’t make it too long
Be short, precise and to
the point
Make sure you’re
relevant – make sure you’re talking to the right audience
Transcript
Male: With a
presentation, I think the aims and the structure need to be clear.
Male 2: I like to
wait until the end of the presentation before people feed back on what I’ve just said, rather than
interruptions throughout the presentation.
Male 3 I think of a
presentation… If you’re standing up in front of a group of people, you need to make sure
you’re entertaining, make sure you’re engaging, make sure you’re interesting, make
sure you’re relevant, make sure you’re talking to the right audience.
Female: Don’t make it
too long, otherwise people fall asleep! Be
short, precise and to the point, definitely.