When you learn English as a second language, you are usually taught the present tense as below:

With “will”, “be going to” and in the continuous form using “ing”

I will go shopping this weekend

I am going to the movies this weekend

They are arriving from Italy at 4pm

Most students of English as a second language do not have the opportunity to take this to another level. So here is a simplified version of advanced future tense:

I am planning to go to the movies this weekend

We expect to visit France on our vacation.

We are anticipating sales to increase 100% this year

In the future we will expand our business in to Australia

While some of the above expressions are a variation of the original future tense words, the keywords “anticipating” and “in the future” are good examples of how we can use other words instead of the usual words such as “will” and “going to” .

In presentations, these words are excellent because they are clear and gives you, the presenter, some variation in the choice of words you use. Variation in vocabulary is good because it prevents repetition, and repetition of words often leads to your presentation sounding boring and uninspiring.