Ways to capture attention ,startling situations or statistics or intriguing question
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Ways to capture attention, startling situations or statistics or intriguing question:
1. Relay an anecdote
Start by telling us a story that directly relates to your speech. Stories are easy to listen to and human curiosity usually keeps people engaged long enough to work into the speech. Find a brief story (15-30 seconds for a 5-10 minute speech) relating to your topic that you can tell us at the very beginning of the speech.
2. Cite a startling fact or opinion
Sometimes a bit of intellectual “wow” is a good way to start a speech. Pick something we might not know, may even be surprised by, and offer that to us as a way to capture our attention. As a cavet, you're not going for 'scary' or 'uncomfortable' here. The purpose of the attention-getter should work us into the speech, not get us hung up on the opening statement.
3. Ask a question
Starting with a question generally guarantees that the audience will be engaged by offering an answer (either literally or rhetorically). If using a question, make sure you pause to give the audience a chance to let it sink in. Offer a pause to your audience to let them think about the question you just asked.
4. Use a quotation
If someone famous or an expert on your topic has ever said something particularly profound about your topic, you may want to let him/her start the speech. Borrow his/her words (and give the author credit, of course) and allow this person to start the speech for you.
5. Build suspense through narrative
Use a bit of suspense to intrigue us. Many times audiences will stay with you as a speaker just to find out what you are really talking about. Work the audience into the actual topic with a bit of narrative set-up.
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1. Relay an anecdote
Start by telling us a story that directly relates to your speech. Stories are easy to listen to and human curiosity usually keeps people engaged long enough to work into the speech. Find a brief story (15-30 seconds for a 5-10 minute speech) relating to your topic that you can tell us at the very beginning of the speech.
2. Cite a startling fact or opinion
Sometimes a bit of intellectual “wow” is a good way to start a speech. Pick something we might not know, may even be surprised by, and offer that to us as a way to capture our attention. As a cavet, you're not going for 'scary' or 'uncomfortable' here. The purpose of the attention-getter should work us into the speech, not get us hung up on the opening statement.
3. Ask a question
Starting with a question generally guarantees that the audience will be engaged by offering an answer (either literally or rhetorically). If using a question, make sure you pause to give the audience a chance to let it sink in. Offer a pause to your audience to let them think about the question you just asked.
4. Use a quotation
If someone famous or an expert on your topic has ever said something particularly profound about your topic, you may want to let him/her start the speech. Borrow his/her words (and give the author credit, of course) and allow this person to start the speech for you.
5. Build suspense through narrative
Use a bit of suspense to intrigue us. Many times audiences will stay with you as a speaker just to find out what you are really talking about. Work the audience into the actual topic with a bit of narrative set-up.
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