2. The main
body: your
best shot
This is the reason people
are listening to you. For
information, ideas, somet
hing they didn’t know.
You need to do your best
in this section. You can
start by making sure
people know what’s
happening
3. BEST SHOT
S B – briefly state your topic again
S E – explain the objective of your talk
S S – signal the beginning of a part
S T - talk about THAT part
4. BEST SHOT
S S – signal the end of a part
S repeat S-T-S for all the parts of your talk
S H – highlight the important points by…
S O – outlining them in bullet points
S T – tell them you’ve finished the main part
5. Saying what’s coming
S In this part of my presentation I’d like to tell you about…
S So, let me give you a brief overview of…
6. Moving on to the next point
S This leads directly to the next part of my talk.
S Now, I’d like to move on to…
S OK, let’s move on to …
S Let’s now turn to…
7. Indicating the end of a part
S So much for…
S So that’s the background to …
S I’d like to leave … now and move on to …
S This brings me to the end of my second point.
8. Referring back
S As I said earlier…
S Let me now come back to what I said earlier…
S I’d like to return to what I was talking about earlier…
S Coming back to…
S Let’s go back to what we were discussing earlier.
S As I mentioned before, …
9. Summing up
S I’d like to sum up the main points.
S Let me briefly summarize what I’ve said so far.
10. In your talk, you may want to
do the following:
Add ideas Refer to other points
S In addition to this… S … in connection with /
concerning …
S Moreover / Furthermore, …
S … regarding / with regards to /
S As well as that,… as regards …
S Apart from …, … S With respect to …
S According to …
11. Final remarks
Your talk should be about your
topic. Do not change things
just to make yourself feel
comfortable. Stay on target.
Be organised.
Remember, your listeners can
be your fans or your haters.
They determine if your talk is
successful or not.
