Presentaties geven in het Engels Een presentatie geven in je eigen taal is al een hele uitdaging. Als je een Engelse presentatie gaat geven dan hebben we in dit artikel vele tips voor je. Lees verder: presenteren in het Engels!
Presentaties geven in het Engels. Vaak is er een (gezonde) spanning als je een presentatie gaat geven. Dat kan een Engelse presentatie zijn over een nieuw product, jouw dienst, bedrijfsstrategie, uitleg over jaarcijfers of misschien ontvang je Engelstalige gasten voor een rondleiding.
Het publiek is er in ieder geval om iets van jou te leren. Ze weten ook niet wat je allemaal gaat vertellen dus vergeet je iets dan is dat niet altijd gelijk een probleem. Hieronder vind je handige zinnen die je kunt gaan gebruiken en voorbeelden hoe je een goede presentatie in het Engels geeft.
Hoe geef je een professionele presentatie in het Engels
- Een goede voorbereiding is heel belangrijk
- Zorg dat je weet wie jouw publiek is
- Wat gaat het je publiek opleveren
- Meer storytelling en minder Power point
- Zorg dat je vragen kunt beantwoorden
- Wat wil je als resultaat / wat het pibliek gaat doen ná jouw presentatie
- Sluit niet af met ‘bedankt voor het luisteren’ maar zorg voor een eind met IMPACT.
Presentaties geven in het Engels: de voorbereiding
Presentaties geven in het Engels – wees goed voorbereid!
- Planning
Prepare your presentation well. Remember to keep text to a minimum. Make use of visuals: use video clips, graphs, charts where possible but don’t overdo it.
- Equipment
Make sure your laptop is ready and any equipment you need is in working order. Make sure your presentation is stored on your laptop. Arrive early to check if everything is in order. Have handouts ready to give your audience at the end.
Een Engelse presentatie: de uitvoering
- Performance
Be yourself. Speak freely.
Never read your slides word for word.
Speak with confidence: Clearly, slowly and calmly.
- Maintain eye contact
Every so often look at your audience. Look friendly and watch your body language.
(Maybe a good idea to get someone to listen to your presentation before you give it to your audience.)
- Pause often
Don’t fly through the information as your audience will need time to digest the information.
- Use your voice
Try to speak with enthusiasm and not in a monotone tone as you will lose your audience.
- Getting started.
Don’t spend too long introducing yourself and what you do, just get on with it.
Presenteren in het Engels: de openingszinnen
Presentaties in het Engels, openingswoorden en – zinnen
- Welcome everyone
Good morning everyone. Thanks for coming.
As you know I’m K……..in charge of the……
Today I’m going to be talking about….
Can everyone see the screen?
Can you all hear me?
For those who don’t know me I’m K….I’ll just tell you a little about my background.
I’ll start off by telling you a little about…..then I’ll go on to… and finally I’ll ..
I’ve divided my presentation into three points. First I’ll give you an overview of…and then I’ll take a look at… and finally I’ll talk about…
There will be plenty of time at the end to take your questions.
Please feel free to ask any questions as we go along.
Presentaties geven in het Engels: de opbouw
- Main body
I’ll start off by filling you in on the background to….
Giving you an overview of..
Bringing you up to date on…
Making a few observations about…
- Signposts
Ok, let’s move on to…
I would like to turn to…
Let’s take a look at….
Just to digress for a moment.
Let’s go back to….
- Develop a topic
I would like to expand on that.
Let’s examine this in a little more detail.
- Focus
I would like to stress/emphasize that..
The main issue here is…
Let’s focus on…
- Refer to visuals
I’d like to draw your attention to ..
Let’s take a look at this slide.
As you can see on this slide/graph/table….
Have a look at this..
- Emphasis
You can dramatically change the significance of what you say in a presentation by stressing words that are normally not stressed.
Not: It’s the best we can do. But: It is the best we can do.
It has been difficult to…It has been difficult to…
We don’t agree with… We do not agree with…
There is no hope of reaching our targets. There is absolutely no hope at all of reaching our targets.
The project is underfunded. The whole project is badly underfunded.
Not: It works out cheaper to… But: It actually works out cheaper to…
There is no chance of getting into the market. Better is: There is really no chance at all …
There has been an increase in sales. There has been a dramatic increase in sales.
We’re doing well at the moment, but how can we do better? We’re doing extremely well at the moment, but how can we do even better?
- Phrases you may need
Reason and result
Because of/due to/as a result.
Contrast
However/nevertheless/on the other hand.
Adding another point
In addition/moreover/on another point.
Een Engelse presentatie: de vragen
- Rhetorical questions
It is easier to involve your audience in the presentation by asking questions. It also gives you a rest if you feel you are getting tired. The longer your presentation takes the more likely you are to make mistakes. By asking questions it involves the audience and gives you the chance to recover. Nobody will be any the wiser.
Where + go. Where do we go from here?
How soon + see. Tell me, how soon will we see results?
What + for. Ok, what are we waiting for?
What + looking . Sir, what sort of plan are we looking for?
Where + did. People, where did we go wrong?
How much + is. Tell me, how much is this going to cost?