A design presentation

A design presentation

Listen to the presentation about a new product design to practise and improve your listening skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Hi, everyone. Thanks for coming to this short presentation on our new product design. As you know, we've already redeveloped our 'Adventure' shampoo to make it more modern and appealing. And we've renamed it 'Adventure Tech'. Our market research established the target market as men in the 18–40 age range who like to be outdoors and also like technical gadgets, such as smartwatches, drones and things like that. We needed to create a bottle which appeals to that market.

So, today, I'm happy to unveil our new bottle design. As you can see, it's designed to look like a black metal drinking flask, with some digital features printed on it.

I'd like to talk you through the following three points: the key features, sizing and our timeline for production.

Firstly, you'll notice it has an ergonomic design. That means it fits smoothly into your hand and can be easily opened and squeezed using one hand. And, it looks like a flask you might use when hiking outdoors. The imitation digital displays are designed to remind the user of other tech devices they may have, such as a smartwatch or smart displays in their home.

I'd now like to tell you about the sizes. It comes in two sizes: the regular size and a small travel size. The travel size is the same type of design – a flask, also with imitation digital displays on the bottle. We were thinking of starting with one and following with the travel-size in a few months, but we've worked hard and both are ready now.

Finally, I'm going to talk to you about our timeline for production. You've probably heard that we're launching in two months. In preparation for that, we're starting the marketing campaign next month. You can see the complete overview of all phases in this Gantt chart.

In summary, the bottle's been designed for men who like adventure and technology, and it comes in two sizes. The marketing campaign is starting next month and we're launching the product in two months.

OK. So, any questions? Feel free to also email me for further information in case we run out of time.

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Submitted by Hennadii on Mon, 31/08/2020 - 15:45

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Well, frankly speaking, I've never done any presentation in my life. It wasn't my function at work to create presentations. Nonetheless, I've done lots of analytics work with the company's database and made tons of reports about that. Almost every day I made a report (typically few) about particular performance indicators. I had to handle numerous inbox data, called our regional representatives to get the last information about roll-out progress, and present all this stuff in proper form. I don't tell you it's hard, well it's not that hard as a miner's job, but it demands scrupulosity and quickness and readiness to change the output due to the new information quickly. It was quite a responsible task and I like it in some way ... not always though because I often faced recklessness from my colleagues and it made my task much harder. If we, finally, put our main topic on the table - I mean "presentation" - I think I could do it right. I like good design and neat phrases so I could be the right fit for that.

Submitted by Juliana Novoa on Fri, 28/08/2020 - 23:48

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The last time I gave a presentation was on July, in this year. I had to show to the Regional Manager the results achived during June. The presentation was quite long, but there were much information to present. I suppose it went well.

Submitted by Jackson Nicola on Tue, 18/08/2020 - 20:12

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My last presentation was at university in master's degree. Furthermore I gave it with english. It was difficult for me because my english level was not enough to success it. I tried to keep information at every slide in memory. I can say it was goog presentation because teacher gave me high point.

Submitted by Ali Raza on Thu, 06/08/2020 - 05:44

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It's really important for us to learn English and this Site is very helpful for all the students and as well as for teachers.

Submitted by Sharif Tayyebi on Sat, 01/08/2020 - 15:00

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I want to respond to these questions as follows: Firstly, I haven't presented any presentation recently. I think it was about ten months ago that I had a presentation about election regulations in Afghanistan. Next, as you noticed, it was about election provisions in Afghanistan. Election law changed by a decree which was proclaimed by President. Thereafter, all provisions developed under that. So, it was necessary to review all these regulations. Finally, the presentation was very good. All audiences told me and I received a lot of good comments and feedbacks. It was so helpful. My colleagues and coworkers didn't have any problems with the practicing those provisions. Indeed, I enjoyed from presenting and also I learned a lot too. Regards, Tayyebi

Submitted by kbravoz on Thu, 23/07/2020 - 21:51

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Sorry, there's no sound for this practice :(

Hello kbravoz,

We have had some technical difficuties with the audio on some pages but I think it should be working properly now. Please let us know if you are still having problems.

 

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Carla-T on Thu, 23/07/2020 - 10:20

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Few months ago, i had to give a presentation in front of my class. My classmate and I were talking about our common hobby, wich is cooking.

Submitted by BlaiChan on Mon, 13/07/2020 - 08:03

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The last time i did a presentation was 4 months ago, in the English class. It was about deforestation. I was thrilled cause of the first time but it went excellent. And it brought more confident for further presentations.

Submitted by Yeni_Cea on Thu, 09/07/2020 - 06:03

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The last time I had a presentation was about 1 year ago, I talked about a sociology project I had to develop as an assignment at my university. I was nervous at the beginning but I did a good job at the end I guess.