A good way to make your presentations effective, interesting and easy to Where does that lead us?

lead us? Finishing a section

follow is to use signpost language. 'Signpost language' is the words and Let's consider this in more detail... Giving examples
phrases that people use to tell the listener what has just happened, and What does this mean for...? Invitation to discuss / ask questions
what is going to happen next. Translated into real terms... Overview (outline of presentation)
In other words, signpost language guides the listener through the Why is this important? Paraphrasing and clarifying
presentation. A good presenter will usually use a lot of signpost language, so The significance of this is... Introducing the topic
it is a good idea to learn a few of the common phrases, even if you spend Summarising and concluding
more time listening to presentations than giving them! Signpost language is For example,... Analysing a point and giving recommendations
usually fairly informal, so it is relatively easy to understand. A good example of this is...
As an illustration,...
Signpost language: To give you an example,...
To illustrate this point...
The subject/topic of my talk is ...
I'm going to talk about ... To sum up ...
My topic today is… To summarise...
My talk is concerned with ... Right, let's sum up, shall we?
Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
I’m going to divide this talk into four parts. If I can just sum up the main points...
There are a number of points I'd like to make. Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered...
Basically/ Briefly, I have three things to say. To conclude...
I'd like to begin/start by ... In conclusion ...
Let's begin/start by ... In short ...
First of all, I'll... So, to remind you of what I’ve covered in this talk, …
… and then I’ll go on to … Unfortunately, I seem to have run out of time, so I’ll conclude very briefly by
Then/ Next ... saying that …..
Finally/ Lastly ... I'd like now to recap...

That's all I have to say about... Simply put...

We've looked at... In other words.......
So much for... So what I’m saying is....
Starting a new section Moving on now to … To put it more simply....
Turning to... To put it another way....
Let’s turn now to …
The next issue/topic/area I’d like to focus on … I’m happy to answer any queries/ questions.
I’d like to expand/elaborate on … Does anyone have any questions or comments?
Now we'll move on to... Please feel free to ask questions.
I'd like now to discuss... If you would like me to elaborate on any point, please ask.
Let's look now at... Would you like to ask any questions?
Any questions?