HOW TO PRESENT THE FIRST ITEM

Helpful Phrases:

Let’s start by the beginning

Let's start by the very beginning. Maning Project is our top priority.

First things first

First things first. Now we'll discuss this week's problem.

Item one

Item one in our agenda will be corporate responsibility.

Point A

Point A is our relationship with the clients.

The opening issue

he opening issue today is the number of working hours .

HOW TO EXPLAIN YOUR PURPOSE INFORMALLY

Helpful Phrases:

I want to

I want to let you know I'll stand by you.

I’d just like to

I'd just like to tell you that we'll do what we can.

I’m here to

I'm here to talk about new marketing strategies.

We’re going to

We're going to spend all day reviewing our past projects.

I’ll put it simply.

I'll put it simply. We must decide on what to do about Jen.

HOW TO EXPLAIN YOUR PURPOSE FORMALLY

Helpful Phrases:

The reason

The reason I came here is to discuss our marketing issues.

My aim

My aim now is to increase sales in our branches.

What I’d like

What I‟d like to do is appoint a new CFO.

My objective

My objective is to reduce advertising costs by at least ten percent.

We intend

We intend to redefine our marketing campaign.

HOW TO INTRODUCE A SUMMARY

Halpful Phrases:

To put it briefly

To put it briefly, we have a problem with sales.

In a few words

In a few words, Mark is leaving the company.

In a nutshell

In a nutshell, the contract will be finished next year.

To summarise

To summarise, we face an imminent strike in our Washington facilities.

It all comes down to

It all comes down to Megan's behaviour at the warehouse.

HOW TO START A MEETING

Helpful Phrases:

Let's get started 
Let‟s get the meetings started. Mark, would you like to begin? 
We need to discuss 
We need to discuss whether the campaign is aimed at the right target. 
We will to talk about 
We will talk about the issues involved in our marketing campaign.. 
What brings us here? 
What brings us here today? The hope of finding solutions. 
We will study 
We will carefully study all the projects that were brought forward.

HOW TO SIGNAL THE START OF A SPEECH

Useful Phrases:

Right. Shall we start?

Right Ladies and Gentlemen. Shall we start with our presentation?

OK. Let’s get going.

OK everybody. Let's get going. We only have twenty minutes.

Right then. We are ready

Right then. We are ready. The first point in the agenda is cost-cutting.

Is everybody already here?

Fine. Is everybody here? Le's get on then.

Time to begin

Well, time to begin. We‟ll set off with an outline.

HOW TO SAY HELLO

Useful Phrases:


Hi
Hi, John.
Hello
Hello. May I come in?
How are you?
How are you, Betsy?
Good morning
Good morning, Mr Hendricks.
Nice to see you
Nice to see you again, Paul

HOW TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE PUBLIC

Helpful Phrases:

This is

This is Adrian Stevens.

May I introduce?

May I introduce Shelly Young? Shelly's our PR officer.

Let me introduce

Let me introduce Recardo Oats. He will be joining our production team.

I’d like you to meet

I'd like you to meet Dr.Harry. He's the Head Surgeon at Hopkins Hospital.

Have you already met (name)?

Have you already met Maria Davids? She runs our Shanghai office.

HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF BEFORE A SPEECH

Helpful Phrases:

I am

I am Sally Smith from Rome. I work at our R&D department.

I’d like to introduce myself

I'd like to introduce myself. I am Steve Shaw, from Marketing.

Let me introduce myself

Let me introduce myself. Tom Savage.

My name is

My name is David Styles. I run Virtusoft's Asian operations.

I’m called

I'm called Robert Wandill. My friends call me Robbie.

HOW TO REPLY TO AN INFORMAL INTRODUCTION

Helpful Phrases

Hi

Hi. I'm Sammy.

Hello

Hello. Andrew Davidson.

Good to meet you too

Good to meet you too. I'm Sarah.

Lovely to meet you

Lovely to meet you. Would you like some biscuits?

How are you?

How are you? It's good to get to know you!