I want to help you make a great impression
when you first meet people and introduce yourself
in English.
Specifically I want to help you to introduce yourself
professionally
when you're at work or at a work event
and I want to give you some examples of self-introductions.
You need this type of professional introduction
in lots of different situations:
at conferences and networking events,
before you give a presentation at work,
when you're meeting new customers or clients,
when you're at a job interview,
all of these moments are an opportunity
to make a good impression
and you can do that by working on your 60-second
introduction with me right now.
Good news! We have helpfully also provided you
with a free PDF workbook which will help you to create
your own professional self-introduction.
There's lots of great tips and examples inside.
The link to get that PDF is just down
in the description below.
We'll send it straight to your email inbox.
And let me introduce myself.
I'm Emma Jakobi,
I help women around the world to connect
and communicate confidently in English through Hey Lady!
Hey Lady! is an online speaking community
giving women the opportunity to meet and practise
speaking English in a supportive
judgment-free space.
Here on our YouTube channel, you'll find lessons and advice
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The purpose of your self-introduction is to create
a good impression to help people to trust you
and to show them that you're likeable.
The more interesting, positive and relevant
your introduction is
the easier it's going to be for them to feel relaxed,
to take an interest in you
and to want to keep talking with you.
So your 60-second introduction is really important.
So of course you need to start with who you are,
your name, your job, your title
or your area of expertise.
Hi I'm Emma!
I'm the founder of an online English language community
where we help women around the world to develop
confidence and fluency as English speakers.
And now for the next part,
we need to add a little more detail about your background,
something that you specialise in or
why you decided to study that.
We want to find out who you are as a person.
I struggled a lot with confidence and self-doubt
when I was younger
so I'm passionate about helping more women to speak up,
to be heard and to influence people
in their professional lives.
Now the details that you include here really depends on
who you're talking to,
what would they be most interested in.
Let's look at some examples.
Hi everyone! I'm Phoebe.
I specialise in UX/UI design.
When I was a kid I used to love solving problems
and creating fun experiences for my friends
and I really believe that it's this passion that led me to my
current role as product designer at Slayon.
So this introduction would be great at a training day
or a networking event where you're introducing yourself
to people who are outside of your organisation.
Hey nice to meet you, I'm Tess!
I've just started working in the town planning department.
I've been brought into the team to manage
the foreshore redevelopment.
Previously I worked on the Elizabeth
Quay redevelopment in Perth
and there are lots of similarities between the projects.
This introduction makes complete sense
in the office environment where you're introducing yourself
to your new colleagues or your workmates
and you're sharing a little bit more about your role
within the organisation.
Hi everyone I'm Theres,
a PhD student at Monash University.
I'm currently researching the prevalence of diabetes
in indigenous populations.
As an Indigenous woman myself
this research is really close to my heart.
I'm on a mission to elevate the lives
of the people in my community.
So this introduction is more about demonstrating
your expertise.
It's great for when you are making a presentation
in front of a group of people who don't know you well
but you want to influence
because it really clearly states the purpose
or the objective
and your expertise, why you're there.
And did you notice how in all of those examples
those extra little details we included
make it easier for the person that you're talking to
to ask a follow-up question?
Now this is a really interesting way
to think about your introduction.
What are the little seeds that you can plant
in their minds to help them keep the conversation going?
To help them feel relaxed and to stay interested
to make it easy for them to continue talking to you
because if they feel at ease and interested
it's only going to benefit you and the relationship
that you're trying to build.
So next you need to share a little bit about why you're there.
Why are you speaking with these people today?
What's the objective or your goal?
Today I'm looking forward to learning new
leadership strategies and getting to know all of you better.
Anyway I just wanted to introduce myself because I'm
sure that we'll be working a bit together.
Today I'll be presenting the results of my research
in the hope that public health policies in rural areas
will be aligned with the outcomes
that we're all working towards.
And that's it, my friends!
Three simple things to remember.
In fact, a useful way to remember these essential elements
of your introduction is simply:
Here's who I am.
Here's where I came from.
And here's where we're going together.
You can apply this simple formula to any introduction,
professional or personal.
In fact, we have provided a few extra examples in that
free PDF we made for you,
the PDF that's going to help you to create and construct
your own perfect introduction
so that you can make a great impression,
so that you can build rapport and lasting relationships
in English.
Please don't just watch this lesson, use the resources
we create for you to go even further.
You can get the link to that free PDF
just down in the description below this video.
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