# How to BE UNDERSTOOD in presentations - Business English communication lesson

An episode of [Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1616739393), 7 Apr 2025, 26 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2022761/episodes/16932802-how-to-be-understood-in-presentations-business-english-communication-lesson.mp3

Send us Fan Mail If you need to give presentations at work, in English, and it's not your first language then speaking and communicating with your English speaking colleagues can be difficult. Today we're talking about how to make sure that you're understood, some vocabulary that we can use to check that our colleagues have listened carefully to what we've said, and some tips to ensure that you have communicated your ideas and key points successfully in the most natural and native sounding way possible. Giving presentations in English can be challenging, but hopefully today's podcast can help you to make your next English language presentation a success! Don’t forget that my full time job is helping international professionals who use English at work to improve their communication skills. So, if you need English to do your job but don’t speak it natively then maybe we can work together to help you to achieve your language goals. If you’d like to book some time to meet with me through one to one video calls, then you can go to: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com/start Support the show Book a coaching session with me at: https://www.breakoutbusinessenglish.com

## Transcript

Welcome back to the Breakout Business English podcast, where I help you to communicate better at work in English. Hi everyone, my name is Chris and I'm a Business English coach and tutor. Thank you so much for listening as always. And today's topic is how to be understood when presenting, how to make sure that you are communicating successfully when giving presentations. Imagine for a moment that you've been asked to present your work to a meeting of around 40 or 50 of your colleagues. It's a great opportunity to raise your profile in the company and of course, to impress the management team. What are your first thoughts? Do you feel excited and ready to take full advantage of the opportunity? Or does this idea make you nervous and worried about all the ways that this could go wrong? Out of all the communication skills that I am asked to discuss when I'm coaching professionals from around the world, public speaking and presentation skills are definitely the things that people ask my advice on most often. Today, we're going to focus on some tips and strategies to make sure that you are understood.Some great professional vocabulary that you can use to communicate your ideas and some tools that can help you to check that your listeners are taking everything in and really taking this information on board. Okay, let's start strong today and I'm going to give you three big ideas at the same time. These are to make no more than three important points, to say important things three times, and to say important things in three different ways. I often find that people I work with want to make lots of important points, six, seven, eight, maybe nine or 10 key points. However, whereas you may be very familiar with everything that you're presenting, your audience are likely not.That's why you're presenting to them. So I challenge you to decide what's truly essential and focus on those, preferably three or fewer points. Besides, if some points really are more important than others,

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