the subject can be looked at under the following headings: ... (pointing to the powerpoint display)
i would like to divide my talk into two parts. the first part deals with…, the second part concerns ...
my presentation will be given in four parts. the first part deals with ... the second part relates to... the third part concerns ... and the last part discusses…
purpose/objective
the purpose of this presentation is to...
this talk is designed to…
comprehensive samples
sample 1
thank you, mr. chairperson, mr. director-general, distinguished members of the ilo's governing body and friends. i welcome this opportunity to be here today, with an organization which in many ways belongs to all of us workers. i can think of, in fact, no other international body that one can claim as one's own so unambiguously.
i have also had a longstanding formal association with the ilo. many of my early pieces on women and technological change and on land rights were published by the ilo, as well as was the work of many other scholars. it is therefore a pleasure for me to be here on this important symposium.
the canvas of the symposium is very large. i will focus on two aspects of gender inequality that centrally effect millions of women as workers but perhaps have failed to receive the attention they deserve. first, the gender gap in command over property and productive assets and, second, gender biased social perceptions and social norms.
sample 2
i learned last may that you have to be careful in speaking to a group of professional communicators. after i conducted a writer' s workshop at the toronto conference of the international association of business communicators, janine lichaczwrote asked me to speak here tonight and used the communication techniques i had recommended. she even included a footnote citing my lecture. i am susceptible to good communication and