The introductory sentence

The first sentence must be followed by a colon (:).

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You must start each sentence item with an uppercase letter and end it with a full stop if it contains sentence fragments.

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The meeting schedule for today is as follows:

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• The new marketing strategy will be presented by executive director Marshall Blix.
• Chris Skinny, a financial advisor, will evaluate the seven days' worth of sales.
• Marta Collins, a firefighter, will discuss workplace safety.
• Style manuals advise that you start your items with a lowercase letter and punctuate them as follows if they are words or phrases that do not constitute a complete sentence on their own:

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After the first item, stop using punctuation.

There should be a full stop after the final item and no punctuation after the second, third, etc. things.

To punctuate in a more formal manner (common in legal writing) use the following:

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There should be a semicolon after each item until the final one, followed by a full stop.

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Put a comma after and or or if your penultimate item finishes with either or.

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My preferred hues are:

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• Carmine red
• cadmium yellow, and
• aquamarine blue.

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