Imagine you have just thirty seconds to transform a room of strangers into a captivated audience that will hold on to your every word.
This is your moment to make a powerful first impression in any presentation—whether it’s a high-stakes sales presentation to win a training contract, an educational seminar, or a keynote speech to your ideal audience.
I believe your presentation’s opening needs to arouse interest in your subject.
At the beginning of a speech, presentation, seminar, client meeting, report to senior management, sales presentation, or any presentation you deliver, you need to arouse interest in the subject. After all, we stand in the rain to watch a movie. Would you stand in the rain to listen to your presentation? You have thirty seconds to command the attention of your audience immediately. Please don’t waste it.
Specific speech openings captivate, mystify, and create an emotional bond that keeps an audience riveted to the speaker’s words.
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