Which of these suggestions do you agree with?

To make an effective presentation, you should:

a. find out as much as possible about your audience

b. introduce yourself (name, position, company)

c. start with a joke

d. outline the structure of your talk

e. vary the tone of your voice

f. refer to your notes as often as possible

g. use clear visual aids

h. summarise your main points

 

2. Read the following presentation and answer the questions on it.

    Good morning everyone. Thanks for coming to my presentation. My name’s Marta Rodriguez. I’m Personnel Director of Tara Fashions. I’m going to talk to you today about our company. First, I’ll give you some basic

information about Tara Fashions. Then I’ll talk about our overseas stores. After that I’ll outline the strengths of our company. Next I’ll talk about career opportunities with Tara. And finally I’ll mention our future plans. I’ll be pleased to answer any questions at the end of my talk.

    Let me start with some basic facts about Tara. The company started in 1978. We are a family owned business and our head office is in Cordoba, Spain. We sell clothes for men and women, and our customers are mainly fashion-conscious people aged 20 to 35. We have 15 stores in Spain. All of the stores are very profitable.

    Right, those are the basic facts.

    Let me add a few figures. We have an annual turnover of about $260 mln. Our net profits last year were approximately $16 mln. We have a workforce of about 2000 employees. So those are the numbers. Now about our overseas stores. We have four large stores in France and another ten in other European countries. We are planning to open 5 new stores next year. What are our strengths? We try to keep up with fashin trends. And we get new designs to the stores very quickly. We deliver to stores twice a week. And we sell our designs at the right price.

    OK, now what about career opportunities? It’s quite simple. If you are ambitious and fashion conscious, we have opportunities in all areas of our business. We will welcome you with open arms.

    Finally a few words about our new project. We are planning to open a new store in New York next year and we are very excited about this new development.

    Well, thanks very much for listening to my talk. Are there any questions?

 

1. Where is the head office?

2.  What does it sell?

3. Who are its customers?

4. What’s the annual turnover of the company?

5. What are its net profits?

6. What is the number of the stores in Spain? In other European cities?

7. What are the company’s strengths?

8. What are its future plans?

3. Invent a company. Study the useful Language below and prepare a presentation of your company. Ask questions after your partners’ presentations.

Useful Language

Outlining the presentation

First, I’ll give you some basic information.

Secondly, I’ll talk about our stores in other countries.

Next, I’ll talk about career opportunities.

Last of all, I want to look at our future plans.

 

Introducing new information

Here’s some basic information.

Let me add a few figures.

Let’s have a look at some statistics.

What are our strengths?

 

Ending the presentation

To conclude, I want to tell you about our future plans.

Finally, a few words about our future project.

Thanks very much for listening to my talk.

Thanks for coming to my presentation.

Writing

A Formal Letter

 

Salutation

When you know the name of the recipient:

Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Nickolson

(In AmE Mr., Mrs. And Ms. Include a full stop).

When you don’t know the name of the recipient:

Dear Sir or Madam

Main Point

It is a good idea to put the main point at the beginning of the letter. People read the first paragraph carefully, but not always everything else.

Use the pronoun we when writing for your company. This is more formal than I.

 

Endings

When you know the name of the recipient:

Yours sincerely

When you don’t know the name of the recipient:

Yours faithfully

(In AmE – Yours truly, Sincerely)

 

Sign the letter with both first and second names. Then print your name and position under the signature.

 

Common abbreviations

Re:   regarding

pp    (on behalf of) when you sign the letter for another person

Enc(s). documents are enclosed with the letter

cc:   copies (The names of the people who receive a copy are included in the letter.)

 

 

Example:

Fast Track Inc. 1225 Federal Street Boston, MA 02010 USA

Dear Sir or Madam

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