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2. Starting

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Key Language for Introductions

	Greeting Good morning / afternoon / evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Ericomm. Hello / Hi everyone.
	Name and position Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is Peter Wong. As some / most of you already know, I am Peter Wong. I'm in charge of / responsible for production. I'm the new Managing Director.
	Title / subject The title / subject / topic of today's presentation / talk is .... Today, I'd like to speak about .... What I'd like to talk about is ....
	Objective The objective of this presentation is to present .... This talk will act as a springboard for discussion. The aim today is to give some background about ....
	Main parts / outline I've divided / split my talkinto four main parts / sections. Firstly, what I want to do is give you some background .... Secondly / Thirdly, we will look at / move on to .... Then / Next / After that /Finally, I will speak about / examine ....
	Visuals I will be using the whiteboard and flipchart. I will be using the overhead projector.
	Timing The presentation will take / last about ... minutes. I will speak for about ... minutes. I plan to be brief. About ... minutes.
	Questions If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt. Please interrupt me as we go along if you have any questions. I'd be glad to take any questions at the end of my presentation.
	Audience I know that you have all travelled a long way. I'm very grateful that you could come today. It's nice to see so many faces.
	Link to start OK. Let's start with the first point which is .... Right. We can begin by looking at ....