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Introduction

Good morning/afternoon everybody and welcome to this presentation.

First, let me thank you all for coming here today.

On behalf of X, I’d like to welcome you all to our offices. 

Introduce the topic of the presentation

In this presentation, I’ll be talking about…

As you can see on the screen, today we’ll be talking about…

As you all know, the topic of today’s presentation is…

Introducing yourself

Let me begin by telling you a little bit about myself.

My name is X and I am Head of Legal here at X.

By way of introduction, my name is X and I head up the marketing department here at X.

Road map for the presentation

It will take about X minutes to cover these topics.

I thought it would be helpful to share a road map of what I’ll be talking about today. This presentation will be split into X sections.

Since we only have X minutes to discuss this vast topic, I’m going to keep things brief. This talk will be divided into X parts. To start off…

Questions

If you have any questions, I’m happy to answer them as we go.

Feel free to interrupt if you have any questions.

If you don’t mind, I’d like to leave any questions until the end of this presentation. There’ll be plenty of time after my talk to ask questions.

Starting off

First, I’d like to talk about…

My first point concerns…

So, what is X?

Let’s get started.

Transitions between the different parts

Now, let’s take a look at…

Next, I’ll focus on…

Moving on, let’s talk about…

I could talk about this for hours, but since we’re pressed for time, let’s move on to…

Finishing off

Finally, I’d like to talk about…

Finally, let’s consider…

Right, that concludes my presentation today. To summarize, the main takeaways are the following. Number one…

Conclusion

Right, does anyone have any questions?

Thank you for listening and I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have now.

Thanks for listening. I’d now like to open up the floor to questions, so please put your hand up if there’s anything else you’d like to know. 

Answering questions

I’m glad you asked me that.

That’s an interesting question.

Could you clarify what you mean, please?

I’m afraid I don’t have that data off the top of my head, but I’d be happy to get back to you with an answer.