English Phrases for Giving a Presentation

Thanks for coming, everyone.

Online: "Thanks for joining, everyone."

Can everyone hear me okay?

For those who don't know me, I'm Elif and I lead the data team.

Today I'm going to talk about our results for this quarter.

By the end of this talk, you'll know how the new system works.

Telling people what they will gain keeps them listening.

This should take about twenty minutes.

I've divided my talk into three parts.

First, I'll give you some background.

Then I'll show you the main findings.

Finally, I'll suggest some next steps.

Feel free to interrupt if you have questions.

I'll take questions at the end.

Choose one: questions during the talk or at the end, and say it clearly.

Let's move on to the next point.

That brings me to my second point.

Now let's turn to the costs.

I'll come back to that later.

As I mentioned earlier, the market is growing.

Let me give you an example.

In other words, we need more time.

As you can see on this slide, sales went up.

Let's take a look at this chart.

This line shows the number of new users.

Sales rose sharply in March.

Also: "increased", "went up". The opposite is "fell", "dropped", "went down".

The numbers stayed flat over the summer.

"Flat" or "stable" means no real change.

I'd like to draw your attention to this number.

Sorry, let me go back one slide.

That's a great question.

Useful, but don't say it before every answer.

Sorry, could you repeat the question?

If I understand correctly, you're asking about the budget.

I don't have that information right now, but I'll find out and get back to you.

Much better than guessing. It sounds honest and professional.

Can we discuss that after the session?

Does that answer your question?

To sum up, the project is on track.

Also: "To summarize" or "In short". UK spelling: "summarise".

The key takeaway is that we need to act now.

I'm happy to take any questions.

Thank you for your time.

I'll send the slides around after the meeting.