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Structuring & Signposting
How to guide your audience through a presentation — signaling transitions, linking ideas, and making sure they always know where you are.
Dialogue Sample
P:
So that covers the background. Moving on to the second part — the data itself.
A:
Sorry — can you connect this to what you said at the start about the Q2 target?
P:
Of course. As I mentioned earlier, the original target was 20%. To put that in context — that figure was set before the new process was rolled out. This brings me to my next point exactly.
A:
Got it. So what happened after the rollout?
P:
Let me now turn to that specifically. And actually — let me pause here for a moment, because the next slide is the one that changes everything.
Natural Phrases to Know
To move between sections
Moving on to...
Let me now turn to...
So that covers X — now let's look at Y.
To link ideas and refer back
As I mentioned earlier...
This brings me to my next point.
Which connects directly to what we saw in the first section.
To add context or slow down
To put that in context...
Let me pause here for a moment.
Before I move on, I want to make sure that point landed.
Your Turn — Fill in the Blanks
You are the Presenter. Use the phrases above to complete your lines.
P:
A:
Can you remind us what the baseline figure was?
P:
A:
Okay — and how does that connect to the cost issue?
P: