Useful Words and Expressions for Academic/Business PowerPoint Presentations
Introducing	Highlighting	
Have you ever …  (tell a story) ?	This is particularly important because …	
Did you know that … (give statistics) ?	I can’t stress enough that …	
Today I’m going to be talking about…	It should be pointed out that …	
In my talk this morning/afternoon I will be looking at…	I would like to draw your attention to …	
I’d like to start by giving you…	Let me take you through …	
	You’ll see / notice …	
Explaining the structure and sequences of your presentation		
I have divided my presentation into X sections…	Giving examples	
In the first section I will / am going to describe…	For instance …	
Then I will / am going on to …	For example …	
Later, we’ll see …	Such as …	
Finally, I will / am going to…	Like …	
By the end of this talk …	A case in point is …	
	i.e. (pronounced ‘eye’ and ‘ee’ as in ‘see’)	
Signalling / Signposting	To illustrate what I’m saying …	
I would now like to go on to the next point which is …		
If I can now move on to the next section …	Asking rhetorical questions	
To continue …	Some of you may be wondering, ‘How can this be done?’	
This leads us on to …	Am I right in thinking that …?	
So, the next question is …	So, just how can this be achieved?	
This brings us on to …	You may be wondering how long this will take.	
		
Summarizing and condensing what you have said	Referring to information on a slide	
To recap …	If you have a look at this figure here …	
The main thing/s to remember is / are …	As you can see from the table …	
The point that I am making here is that …	This particular slide shows …	
Earlier we saw …		
Let’s take a look back at what we’ve spoken about this morning …	Drawing conclusions	
This goes back to …	This means that …	
You’ll remember …	Consequently …	
In a nutshell, then …	As a result …	
Here, at a glance, are the main points I’ve made …	Therefore …	
If you take just one thing from this talk, take this …		
	Closing your talk	
Inviting questions and feedback from the audience	I would just like to finish by saying …	
Do you have any questions?	To finish I would just like to remind you …	
Are there any questions so far?	In conclusion, thank you …	
Feel free to ask if you have any questions.		
I welcome questions if at any point you don’t understand something.		
If you have any questions about this, please/do ask.		

Adapted from:  Powell M. (2011), Dynamic Presentations, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press