{"id":7957,"date":"2015-09-20T04:45:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T12:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=7957"},"modified":"2022-12-28T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:10:14","slug":"business-english-pod-274-english-presentation-skills-1-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/20\/business-english-pod-274-english-presentation-skills-1-getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 274 &#8211; English Presentation Skills 1: Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7957-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP274-Essential-Presentations1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP274-Essential-Presentations1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP274-Essential-Presentations1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 274 - Business English Presentations 1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP274POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP274-COVER-600x260.png\" alt=\"BEP 274 - Business English Presentation Skills 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"260\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP274-COVER-600x260.png 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP274-COVER-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP274-COVER.png 786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on getting your <a title=\"Business English Presentations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English presentation<\/a> off to a good start. <\/p>\n<p>We all know a skilled presenter when we see one. It&#8217;s a person who catches our interest right away and connects with the audience. He gives us the information we need without droning on and putting us to sleep. He&#8217;s clear about his purpose, he&#8217;s organized, and he answers our questions. <\/p>\n<p>But most skilled presenters weren&#8217;t born with those skills. They learned to be good presenters. And you can learn the same skills in order to inform, persuade, or motivate any audience. In today&#8217;s <a title=\"English Presentations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English presentation<\/a> lesson, we&#8217;ll take a closer look at some great techniques you can use at the start of a presentation. We&#8217;ll learn how to get started, build rapport with the audience, and introduce a single key idea that can run throughout your presentation. We&#8217;ll also cover how to state your purpose and headline your key ideas. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, your approach to a presentation might be different depending on your audience. So today we will hear two short dialogs from the start of two different <a title=\"Presentations English\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">presentations in English<\/a>. In the first, we&#8217;ll hear a recruiter named Nick, who works for a medical supplies company. He&#8217;s giving a presentation to a group of potential recruits at a university. 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