Lesson 3 – Beginning a Presentation

Thank you, Alex. And thank you to everyone who is here today. As you know, today’s presentation is designed to present our recommendations about how Vision Corporation can increase its market share by reaching more of its potential market.

recommendation – suggestion; advice, usually about what someone should do;one’s opinion about what another person should do

You should each have a copy of our handouts in front of you that correspond to the slides up here on the screen. This first slide shows our agenda for the day.

handouts – papers that are given to people in the audience during a presentation

First, I will begin with an overview of how our market share has been declining during the past twelve months, and the reasons for that decline. Then, Ms. Graff will present the data that she gathered from the focus groups and her ideas for clarifying our target market. She will be followed by Mr. Hanson, who will discuss adapting our product to meet market needs, and he’ll conclude with our main recommendations.

overview – a summary without very much detail; a broad view of something

Since we have limited time today, please hold your questions until the end of the presentation.

to hold (one’s) questions – to wait to ask questions until the end of a meeting or presentation