Presentation vocabulary
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This talk is designed to put you in the picture about ...
give you the background to ...
act as a springboard for discussion.
start the ball rolling.
Length
My presentation/talk/lecture will take/last about (...) minutes.
I shall only take (...) minutes of your time.
I plan to be brief.
This should only last (...) minutes.
Outline/Main parts (Signposting)
I've divided my presentation into four parts/sections. They are ...
This talk is divided into four main parts: firstly, ... etc.
The subject can be looked at under the following headings:...
We can break this area down into the following fields:
Firstly/First of all/To start with, I'd like to look at ...
Let me begin with/start by ...
I'd like to start by saying something about ...
I'd like to begin by ...
Secondly/Then/Next, I'll be talking about ...
Thirdly,/And then we come to ...