Presentation tips

Preparation

· Know your audience and visualize your presentation as a dialogue with them.

· Rehearse your presentation – it will help you to feel relaxed on the day.

Visual aids

· Make visual aids clear and simple. Label graphs and figures.

· Add a short sentence or two to a graph describing the conclusions to be drawn.

Delivery

· Pay special attention to your introduction – aim to engage the audience’s interest.

· In the opening lines, establish who you are, what organization you represent and why you are here.

· Briefly explain the purpose of your talk and provide an overview.

Ex.2. Describing financial performance: Listen to Mark Wyllie, CME’s Vice President for Tax and Planning, presenting some figures. Complete this description of the company’s performance and projections.

We’ve got here is a chart showing how our markets are expected 1. …. Western Europe over the 2. …. the data comes from Zenith Optimedia, who do independent forecasting for TV ad markets, and what you can see from year one through to year seven is that Western Europe is expected to 3. … in advertising terms, but that Eastern Europe, as shown indexed to year one, by year seven will be 4. …… the year-one market, i.e. over the next five to six years, our sales are expected to double as well.

Ex.3. Look at these extracts from company performance reports in the financial press. What expressions are used to describe trends?

1. The firm sank deep into the red during the technology slump.

2. Renault has seen profits leap to worldwide demand for cars from its partner Nissan.

3. The retail chain is in crisis after its shares plummeted on Wednesday.

4. Shares in oil giant have slipped after the company was hit by strikes.

5. Shares in the company dropped sharply after it made losses of $3m this year.

6. Passenger numbers climbed from 1,54 to 1,68 million in a month.

7. Samsung Electronics’ profit surged 81 % in 2004 with profits almost tripling in the last quarter.

8. Apple profits soar due to IPod sales. Apple has seen profits rise four-fold this year.

Ex.4. You are Vice President of CME. Write the introduction to your presentation about the company’s financial performance for your investors. Use the expressions from this section.

B. Comment on:

ü An economy that does not have a strong venture capital sector is one that displays symptoms of deeper economic problems.

ü Venture Capital is the engine fueling innovation in the economy.

ü The venture capital business is a batting game. If you hit one out of four, you're a solid player. But in the equity buyout business, since we're putting larger chunks of money into each deal, we can't afford to swing and miss. David Roux

ü Nothing Ventured, Nothing Learned.

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