The Presentation

SAM

PLE

Andy Boon

CREATIVE EDUCATIONThe Presentation

PLE

by Andy Boon

Book 3SAM

Pocket Reader Series

C R E AT I V E E D U C AT I O N1

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Pocket Readers Overview

SAM

PLE

The 10-book business reader series tells
the story of your first year working in
the product marketing department ofABC Convenience Stores. The series
looks at skills and strategies for being
successful in interviews, the first week
on the job, giving presentations, taking
part in meetings, writing emails,
entertaining business clients, goingoverseas on business, dealing with officeconflict, launching new products, andmentoring new staff.

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The Presentation...... 4

PLE

1. The Beginning...... 7

3. Successful:- The Second Rehearsal..... 30

4. Successful:- The Presentation..... 31

5. Language Focus & Tasks..... 54

SAM

2. Unsuccessful:- The Rehearsal

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1. The Beginning

SAM

PLE

The story begins with you. You aregoing to give a presentation in a few
days. It will be your first presentation in your new job in the productmarketing department of ABC Convenience Stores. The aim of the presentation is to explain the launch ofa new range of sandwiches. This will
be a new partnership deal between
the very famous fast food chain
store, Underground Sandwiches andyour company, ABC Convenience
Stores. You will begin to sell ten of
their most popular sandwiches inyour stores.
Your presentation will be attended
by the deputy director and director

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PLEof ABC Convenience Stores and thesales manager and marketing manager of Underground Sandwiches.
You will have twenty minutes toexplain the launch and the partnership deal to your audience.

SAM

As this is very important, you willgive a rehearsal of your presentation
on Wednesday to Ms. Igarashi, whois in charge of partner marketing,and Ms. Tanaka, your supervisor.
They will listen to your presentation.
They will then give you feedback onit. They will tell you if you make any
mistakes. You can make changes toyour presentation on Thursday. The
real presentation is then scheduledfor Friday afternoon.
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SAM

PLE

Today is Tuesday. You are worried
about the presentation. You spend
time making your PowerPoint
slides. You spend time thinking
about what you will say. You spend
time practicing your presentation.

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2. Wednesday: The Rehearsal

MPLE

You enter the meeting room. Thereis a computer, a projector, a projector screen, a table, and several
chairs. You download your PowerPoint slides onto the computer.
You click on the file. Then, you click‘Slide Show’ and ‘Play from Start.’

SAYou are ready. Ms. Igarashi and Ms.
Tanaka enter the room about fiveminutes later. They sit down andopen their notepads.
“Hi. Good morning. We are looking
forward to seeing your presentation
today. Are you ready to begin?” Ms.
Igarashi says.
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The Presentation“Good morning. Yes, maybe. Err…
I think so,” you reply.

PLE“Okay. Good!” Ms. Igarashi says, “Asthis is a rehearsal, we will stop you
if we have any comments. Pleasestart.”

SAM

You begin your presentation.

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2. Unsuccessful

2.1 The First Mistakes

PL
E“Hi. Err… Good morning. My nameis [Your name]. I am a member of the
product marketing team, here at
ABC Convenience Stores. Today, I’m
going to talk about….”

SAM

Suddenly, you forget what you wantto say. You look down at the table.
You pick up your notes. “Sorry, I’m
not very prepared for this,” you explain to your audience. You readfrom your notes. “Today, I'm goingto talk about... err… the partnershipdeal between ourselves and Underground Sandwiches. We are very excited about the err…the launch often new….”
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PLE“Stop!” Ms. Igarashi says. She raises
her hand in the air. “There are twothings you did wrong there. Number one. Never say ‘sorry’ at thestart of your presentation. It is really unprofessional. You HAVE to beprepared.”

M“Okay, sorry,” you say.

SA

“You said sorry again!” Ms. Igarashi
smiles. “Number two. You cannot
read your presentation from yournotes. You need to remember what
you are going to say. You need tolook at your audience. Look at theirfaces. You need to have good eye
contact. Reading is also very unprofessional.”

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5. Language Focus and Tasks
5.1 Vocabulary #1

PLE

Read the following sentences. Whatdo you think the words in bold mean?

M

1. We are going to launch ten
new sandwiches in our stores nextmonth.
____________________________________________________________________________________

SA

2. This will be a partnership deal
between Underground Sandwiches
and ABC Convenience Stores.
____________________________________________________________________________________

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5.2 Vocabulary #2

Launch:PLE

Read the definitions to the words. Did
you guess the meanings of the words
correctly?

(Noun phrase) Anagreement made between twocompanies.

M

Partnership deal:(Verb) To start selling a newproduct.

SAAudience:

58(Noun) The group of people
watching / listening to a presentation.

Rehearsal:(Noun) A practice.

Feedback:(Noun) Information about
how good or bad somethingis and how to improve it.

Clicker:(Noun) A remote control used
to change slides when presenting.

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5.3 Useful Language:
1. Introducing Yourself.

MPLE

Hi, Good morning. My name is[Your name]. I am a member ofthe product marketing team here
at ABC Convenience Stores. Today,I would like to talk about…

SA

2. Giving an Overview.
My presentation today is in fourparts. First, I will begin with the 10
sandwiches we will sell. Next, I’ll
move on to projected sales forecasts. Then, I will discuss SWOT.
Finally, I will tell you about ourpromotion.

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5.4 Reflection Questions

PLE

1. What did the new employee at ABC
Convenience Stores do wrong in thepresentation rehearsal?

M

2. How did the new employee give a
successful presentation to the sales
manager and marketing manager ofUnderground Sandwiches?

SA

3. Look back at the presentation. How
would you give a presentation about
the launch of a new product?
4. Talk to a friend. What things could
you do to make your presentation successful?
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Pocket Readers - Business Series------------------------------------------------------2018年5月1日 初版発行

著者： アンディ・ブーン

M

発行者：ハリディ・ダーレン

SA

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