Learnship 14 - 2023/11/02

Business Language Coaching - Session 14 - Closing A Presentation (2)

  • compare some different communicative strategies for closing a presentation
  • build a presentation close together

Impromptu presentation practice

Topic: International charities are not always the most deserving of our donations.

  • conversely
  • in addition to
  • with that in mind
  • nevertheless

Group the expressions according to which closing technique they can best be used for.

Summary:

  • Let’s take a look back at what we’ve spoken about this morning.
  • Here, at a glance, are the main points I’ve made …
  • So, how to sum up?
  • In a nutshell, then …

Wisdom:

  • I’m reminded of the words of …
  • We have a saying where I come from …
  • In the famous words of …

Action:

  • Now let’s get out there and …!
  • I’m counting on you to …
  • So, next time you …, remember to …

Emotion:

  • If you take just one thing from this talk, take this …
  • In the end, this is what matters
  • So what does all this really mean for you - personally?

Task: Creating a close for one of your demos

Using what you’ve learned about how to create a memorable presentation close, choose one of the approaches and brainstorm ideas for what you could say at the end of your demo.

  • OK, so we’re going to save X each year and with that we can Y …
  • So, how to actually put this into practice? / So, how do we get there?

Summary -> next steps

Vocabulary/Notes

  • the snow season is much* longer
  • to be deserving of
  • conversely(no need for ‘but’)
  • at fault: responsible for
  • I have done* the categorizing
  • so, I’m looking forwarding to updating you …