Sometimes, it’s better to start your presentation as directly as possible. This can be due to a number of reasons, such as when you don’t have much time for your presentation or when you are giving a group presentation and you just need to get into it. However, starting your presentation directly doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice important things like engaging your audience.
So that’s what this week’s English presentation expression will help you do: Start a presentation directly but with something that will get your audience’s attention, which happens to be a story.
The expressions from the video, for your reference:
“So my topic for today is _____.”
“Something that is important for most _____.”
“And I want to begin with a short history lesson.”
What you are doing when you say there is a history lesson is giving yourself a way to insert a story about your topic into the presentation. It’s also something different than what your audience is likely used to hearing so they will want to know what your history lesson is.
From there you would tell your story, then continue with the rest of your presentation.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.