Practise the opening of a presentation. Use phrases from the box and follow the WISE flow chart.

Welcome                             Introduce                        Say what the               Explain why audience
audience                              yourself                          topic is                        will be interested        

Opening a presentation

Welcoming the audience

Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. 

Hello/Hi, everyone.

First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today

I'm happy/delighted that so many of you could make it today.

Introducing yourself

Let me introduce myself. I'm Dave Elwood from ... 

For those of you who don't know me, my name's ..

As you probably know, I'm the new HR manager.

I'm head of logistics here at Air Spares.

I'm here in my function as the Head of Controlling.

Saying what your topic is

As you can see on the screen, our topic today is ...

Today's topic is...

What I'd like to present to you today is ...

The subject of my presentation is ...

Explaining why your topic is relevant for your audience

My talk is particularly relevant to those of you/us who ...

Today's topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who...

My/The topic is very important for you because ...

By the end of this talk you will be familiar with ...

Remember to use words like we, us, and our to highlight common interest.