--- title: "Presentation Introductions for Beginners: The 3 Ps" description: Presentations introductions are a key to a good presentation. Here is an easy way to help make your presentation introductions better. --- [Skip to content](https://hs.targettraining.eu/training-business/presentation-introductions-3-ps-2#main-content) [![Target_Logo_ORIGINAL.png](https://hs.targettraining.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/Target_Logo_ORIGINAL.png?width=150&height=46&name=Target_Logo_ORIGINAL.png)](https://www.targettraining.eu/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://hs.targettraining.eu/en-gb/contact) [Contact us](https://hs.targettraining.eu/en-gb/contact) [All posts](https://hs.targettraining.eu/training-business/all) January 21, 2020 # Presentation Introductions for Beginners: The 3 Ps ![Picture of Scott Levey](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e) By  [Scott Levey](https://hs.targettraining.eu/training-business/author/scott-levey)  ·  1 minute read \[av\_hr class='invisible' height='30' shadow='no-shadow' position='center' av\_uid='av-6a50p9'\] ### Presentation introductions for beginners Do the thoughts of presentation introductions make you nervous? Does the idea of speaking in front of people make your mouth go dry? Well keep reading ... If you are nervous about presenting in English, making effective presentation introductions is especially important.  Effective presentation introductions will help your audience know what to expect and it will help you feel confident. Once you’ve started well it is easier to keep going – and don’t forget that your audience is there to listen to what you have to say and not your English. ### The 3Ps A colleague shared this simple technique with me, and it always works. When you are presenting in English (or in any language) your introduction needs to answer three questions: 1. Why are you standing there presenting? What is the **purpose** of your presentation? 2. What are the steps in your presentation? What is the **process** you will follow? 3. Why should your audience listen to you?  What is their **payoff**? It doesn’t matter if you are introducing your team, presenting a process or giving an update on a project – the structure is the same. The 3Ps help you remember this structure, and if it helps you when you are nervous, why not use the three keywords? \[av\_promobox button='no' label='Click me' link='manually,http://' link\_target='' color='theme-color' custom\_bg='#444444' custom\_font='#ffffff' size='large' icon\_select='no' icon='ue800' font='xingicon' av\_uid='av-479rdp'\] ### An example of the 3Ps in action *“Good afternoon and thank you for coming.  The **purpose** of my presentation today is to update you on the factory acceptance test.  The **process** I will follow is to first review the agreed schedule, then talk about the tools we are using and finally we will look at two problems we have found and how we will solve them.  This will take me 10 minutes. Why should you listen?  Well, your **payoff** is that you will be confident that we can complete the FAT on schedule and that everything is under control.”* \[/av\_promobox\] \[av\_hr class='invisible' height='10' shadow='no-shadow' position='center' av\_uid='av-1xk8bh'\] If you follow this structure your [presentation](https://hs.targettraining.eu/?page_id=5387) introductions will be simple, clear and effective.  Most importantly you can concentrate on what you want to say, and stop worrying about the English. 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