Video: Transitions and Conclusions

Loading...

Del curso dictado por University of Washington

Business English: Capstone Project

31 calificaciones

University of Washington

Business English: Capstone Project

31 calificaciones

Curso 5 de 5 en SpecializationBusiness English Communication Skills

The capstone project will give you opportunities to demonstrate your competence in the learning objectives for this Specialization. For the project, you’ll use formal, written methods and more casual visual and audio methods of communication to demonstrate your ability to use language appropriate for different business contexts. The goal of this course is to demonstrate competence in writing and presenting a plan using skills and language appropriate for business. Course Learning Objectives • Use appropriate vocabulary to write a mini business plan • Communicate a business plan orally in an organized and engaging presentation

De la lección

Week 6: Short Pitch and Rough Presentation

In Week 6, you will get an introduction to making short pitches and presentations and then review examples before making your first practice pitch. You will also be given a chance to review past lectures on presentations.

Video: A Bad Presentation and a Good Presentation1:42

Video: What Makes a Good Presentation, Part 17:27

Video: What Makes a Good Presentation, Part 28:29

Video: Transitions and Conclusions6:35

Video: Taking Questions Scenario, Part 11:03

Video: Answering Questions4:48

Video: Taking Questions Scenario, Part 21:22

Conoce a los instructores

Richard Moore
Extension Lecturer, International & English Language Programs
UW Educational Outreach

[MUSIC]

In this lesson, we'll continue to work on presentation skills.

First, we'll look at how to use sign posts to transition from one point to another

and from one speaker to another in presentations.

Part of this will deal with ways to conclude your presentation.

Then I'll talk about best practices for

dealing with questions as well as interruptions from the audience.

You may remember this A, B, C, D guideline for presentations from the last lesson.

In the A, B, C, D, D, stands for direction.

What direction are you going in your talk?

What's your plan or your agenda?

As you're speaking, you can help the audience understand

where you are in your presentation with phrases that we call signposts.

The first set of words to begin, first, then, next,

show that you're moving in a sequence or to say when something is going to happen.

We always pause before and after signpost.

Next, I'm going to speak about transitions to the next topic.

When you move from one part of your speech to another you can use one of these

expressions.

>> Let's move on to talk about our options.

Now let's look at some possible reasons.

Moving on to the results of our study, here are some data.

>> Another way to move from one element to another

is with the use of rhetorical questions.

Basically question, direct or indirect that you ask the audience,

but don't expect them to answer because you're going to answer it yourself.

>> So, why does this happen?

So, what can we do about this?

You may be wondering when, why, how.

>> Of course, you can also use statements like these.

>> Let's look at this in a little more detail.

Let's examine some reasons for this.

>> Here are some more examples of using rhetorical questions to signpost.

In this case, a signal that you're going to explain the significance or effects,

of something.

>> What's the significance of this?

What does this mean for you?

Why is this important?

>> And of course you can also use statements.

Notice that we use the word this a lot, to refer back to something that we just said.

>> This is important because it provides a great opportunity for us.

This step is important to prevent later problems.

>> Sometimes, you refer back to something that you mentioned earlier.

>> As I mentioned before earlier.

As you saw in the last slide.

>> What happens if you forgot to say something or

if you think people don't understand something?

You might decide to go back to an idea or to a previous slide.

Here's some ways you can do that.

Go back and back up, both have the idea of reverse.

>> Let's go back a bit here.

Let me go back a minute.

Backing up a minute.

>> Sometimes you mention something briefly and then let people know that this is not

the only thing you have to say about it >> You'll come back to it later.

>> I'll come back to this later.

We'll discuss this in more detail in a few minutes.

>> We often introduce details by using the word that categorizes

the items that follow.

So in this sentence instead of saying things, we might say factors,

issues or reasons which are bit more specific than things.

>> There are two important things to consider.

There are two important factors to consider.

There are two important issues to consider.

There are two important reasons to consider.

>> Remember that another means one other.

So if you only have two items, you can say, one is red, the other is blue.

You don't say, the another.

But if you have more than two, you can use another in a list of more than two or

say, the first, second, third etc.

>> One reason is cost.

The other reason is time.

There are several reasons.

One is cost, another is time and the last is.

>> Make it clear when you're giving an example.

>> Let me give you an example.

Here's an example.

Let's look at an example.

For example, let's look at fuel costs.

>> Sometimes, you'll want to make a point clear.

So that you can show that you are rephrasing.

In other words, often introduces a simple or more direct rephrase.

What I mean, and what I'm saying introduce more explanation of

a previous point not necessary a shorter rephrase.

>> In other words, it's too expensive.

What I mean is that everyone can use it, not just tech people.

What I'm saying is that this plan won't work 100% of the time.

>> What about when you move to another speaker?

Here are some ways that you can introduce another person.

Let's say that your co-presenter is named Paul.

Paul would respond to any of these transitions by saying thank you

before starting his part.

>> Now I'm going to turn it over to Paul.

And now, Paul is going to talk about possible solutions to the problem.

>> A conclusion usually includes the summary of your key points plus

a closing sentence.

It's great if you can come up with the great last statement especially that

something that your audience can remember.

Transitioning to the conclusion, usually involves a phrase something like this.

>> So to recap, to close I'd like to summarize my main points.

In conclusion, let me just suggest that you keep these three points in mind.

I'd like to close by recommending these next steps.

I'd like to close with this quote from Mark Twain.

>> Thank you, listeners.

Thank you for your attention is a bit more formal.

So most people just say, thank you.

Do not say, thank you for your listening.

[MUSIC]

Explora nuestro catálogo

Inscríbete de manera gratuita y obtén recomendaciones personalizadas, actualizaciones y ofertas.

Coursera brinda acceso universal a la mejor educación del mundo, al asociarse con las mejores universidades y organizaciones, para ofrecer cursos en línea.

© 2018 Coursera Inc. Todos los derechos reservados.

Descargar en la App Store

Consíguelo en Google Play