Public Speaking Tips - Good ways to open a speech
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"You have 10 seconds to grab the audience's attention. If you don't get their attention in the first 10 seconds, it's very hard to recover."
That is was how I started a speech on how to open speeches. Get the audience's attention at the beginning and they will listen to the rest of your speech more intently.
A great way to write a good opening is to ask yourself this question: "What is the best thing I can say at the beginning to make the audience listen to me?"
A good speech opening may include these 3 elements:
1) Topic introduction - In the same way a book has a contents so can your speech. Here you tell the audience what you are going to tell them. This gives your speech structure and grabs the audience's attention.
2) A question that startles - "Who would like to make $100,000 in 90 days?" That questions grabs the audience's attention immediately because they will want to know the answer.
3) An historical quote - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" - John F Kennedy. If you grab the audiences emotions you can grab their attention. When the audience hears something that once made them feel emotional hearing it again will be bring them back to that emotion.
Think of a speech opening like the headline of a newspaper article. If they don't like the headline they wont read the article. If the don't like your speech's opening they will not listen to the rest of your speech, whether they are in the room or not.
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