Great Openings and Closings 

The information that you provided in this short, but rather useful video, was phenomenal. Thank you so much

Hello, Deborah and thank you for sharing your insights on presentations. I appreciate your professionalism, conciseness and candor. Public speaking is something I really enjoy and desire to do it with excellence; your video is very helpful in beginning my journey. Thank you again!

Thank you so much!! I was struggling to create an opening to my presentation and this gave me some new ideas on how to start it! :)

I truly enjoyed these wonderful tips and practice points that were shared with their readers. Each tutorial added to the others a piece of the presentation just as a finger serves a hand causing the hand to serve the wrist and on and on. I viewed enthusiastically these fine tutorials on successful use of speaking methodologies when speaking to a public audience and learned in the process I have been a criminal defense lawyer for 43 years; an ordained minister with my Master of Divinity; an adjunct professor of philosophy; PhD In pastoral psychology; an author; a presenter on law and Ethics/Civility to thousands of lawyers all over the U S. to satisfy 4 credit hours to comply with their state's CLE requirements; speak two languages; 45 years of athletics including rugby; tv/movie personality; etc I have the experience to say this: if you can't be at one with your audience and cause them to feel better about themselves ; to feel their joy and sorrows; to create that ontological moment to be remembered forever; to empathize; then you have lost a point in your presentation. It truly takes a lifetime for most people to love their audiences - truly so May The Lord continue to hold each of you in His favor. I, getting tired and must rest

She gives wonderful suggestions on how to set the tone- great job!

I love how I just watched a presentation about a presentation. xD

I am glad I watched this video before my presentation day. Very useful and up to the point.Thank you so much.

Deborah, you are wonderful, you carry people alone the long haul and make people wanting more; its a fantastic video clip! many thanks for sharing.

You are truly an expert public speaker. Like your presentation.

Great stuff! You know exactly what to do with your hands and body movement tone and all CHEERS!

Thank you very much for the speaking tips! You're right...I always forget the call to action at the end of a presentation. All the BEST to you.

i am so happy I stumbles upon these wonderful tips. Ms Deborah, you rock!

Here from English presentation class, we are using 4 of your videos for my class at Yale. You must be quite extraordinary to reach this many people view-wise

Este video es espectacular, tiene contenido, la profundidad necesaria para ponerlo a prueba en nuestras presentaciones. THANKS DEBORAH YOUR THE BEST

Nicely done - yes so many speakers start with a boring opening. You state it well.

A perfect presentation about how to deliver a perfect presentation! Thank you very much for explaining and illustrating the art of preparing and giving a great presentation. It is not only informative but also captivating.

she's great, she proved herself in the presentation itself.

I really appriciate your instructions, Prof. Riegel. You saved my life before mid-term speech test.

Thank you. Wrap up mesage was particularly impressive

Great one... I love the way you talk and Thank you so much for the tips.

Hi Deborah, thank you for sharing. Good tips that I will certainly try to practice during my next speeches.

beautiful lessons,great mind,great work.

Thanks so much,it helps.I'm a networker and currently preparing for my.our business presentation meeting.GOD BLESS,Tremendously !

Good points Deb - endings & wrap-ups are so difficult to do, and so very important - Thanks for these tips ;)

Thanks Deborah, this was a good, basic message that hit on many of the important points of introductions and conclusions. I am going to share this with my classes and am sure that they will be able to use many of the techniques. Everything is not relevant to the presentations they will be delivering but I will cover those, (this doesn't make the entire message irrelevant, however.) I have read through the comments and have to say for those who have the attention span of a flea, are just ready to criticize without thinking, and think they know best, guess what? They don't.

Gre at ‘Platform Presence’ and though a fast delivery, it’s succinct and well delivered.

Great comments and advice.Thank you,Ed

Great, Simple,Straightforward and Effective

Good advice Deborah. Especially the idea of addressing and dealing with the common elements to build rapport

Wow your tips really helped me and i am growing as a teacher thank you very much

wow... your english is really good ma'am

Thank U so much. That clear enough. Enrich my knowledge.

She is great, i love your tutorials, thanks

Well, there you have a bunch of very useful tips for a good speech/presentation... Many thanks!

really very helpful, thank you so much for this posting

I have listed to this presentation over and over. I would have liked more specifics on opening and closing for a dissertation defense. I hope I can emulate your exceptional ways--just hope tomorrow my defense will reflect your passion.

useful information, thanks for uploading this on youtube :-)

This was helpful, thanks a lot.

Thank you so much Coach Deborah for sharing this very helpful tips :)

thanks.. i like the point of a polished presenter!

Thank you for your useful points on opening and closing a talk.

thank you for sharing the ideas on how to make a presentation!! i like it..

Hello Deborah , your material is excellent and I am using as a paramater for years

Deborah,known be goodness with you I'm From Somaliland your videos made me professional trainer of Deborah it's amazing that's a great help ,thanks you so much for the tips

Thanks for the insights, they are indeed awesome and succinct!

its very helpful to me.... tomorrow i have my speech competition and i am well prepared for it thnkyou vry much ........!!!!!! thnks once again now i am not feeling nervous and i am fully confident that i will win the competition........

I'm watching all of your videos, one day I'm gonna change the world, it doesn't matter if it's for the better or for the worse. When I speak the whole world will tremble and all my actions will make it crumble.

You start with a bang and you end with a bang. Bang, bang. That resonates with your audience.

great tips.keep up the good work

Thank you this was informative and helped me!

That's really Great ! Just love your presentation skill !

Excellent points. Thank you...

Awesome! Very helpful, thank you very much.

I ENJOYED THIS THANKS. KEEP IT UP!

thanks mam...... your tips are helpfull

Thank you Deborah, excellent tips! cheers from Vancouver Canada.

Thank you for this useful lesson. Regards,

thanks for the tips!!

Even if I don´t like the tone of your voice, you catched me with your kind of presentation, your gestures und your posture. Amazing, I´ll try to copy some of these.. Thanks

Brilliant I love the technique

Thank u so much mom for your video, this information and tips helpful me to get better for my speaking in public...

Very useful! Thank you!😊👍

Thank you for your tips, it is very helpful to have some tips for oral presentations

Oh my,Great powerful insight.Kenya

the video is example in itself what you are trying to explain s. Thanks Deb these points are really helping me in constructing my presentation sensibily

next week i have a presentation.....and this was really helpful ,thanks a lot ... :)

she is great! It was helpful thanks...

such a great tips. I am scheduled to give a destination presentation infront of 100 pax, not in my native language but in French. I know that I am lack in this language and I want to be the best in delivering my speech. Thank you.

funny since I was lost before the .50 second mark. she brought me back at 1:10 tho. I wonder why she didn't start like that...

I do thank you so much for this video I pray 🙏 for you to get more knowledge and give you good health

Very informative and well presented.

Fantastic insight! thank you for sharing.

I've enjoyed the presentation. IIt's been very helpful to me. Thanks

Nice video. Thanks a lot. Will take it in consideration on my next presentation.

hi ,i'm from Cambodia,Angkor wat,when i listen your tips it's amazing that's a great help ,thanks you very much for the tips

trained hundreds of thousands of speakers, simply not possible!

Nicely done... From start to finish...thanks

This is brilliant, thank you so much for sharing

Too perfect to be true! Well, I think that's about it. Thank you.

Thanks for your wisdom!

This is amazing. Thank you

nice tips thank you for sharing..

thanks your presentation I expect to defense my thesis well(MPH)

That's a great help, thank you!

thank you so much its help to my presentation .

Thanks Deborah :)

Wow! Very educative. Thanks

very informative. I hope you will provide more examples next time. thank you

very helpful thank you...

Hey people!!! Do not put bad comments, that this is boring or bad. This is an example, what not to do! She "teaches viewers how to create terrific openings and closings to presentations." ... :)

perfectly presented !

Thanks, great speech! ;)

That was pretty good! ^...^ *applause*

Thank you very much great job wonderful doctor

Wonderful; thank you!

Thanks for sharing us your knowledge Its one of the best videos.But what should i do if my presentation is just for ten minutes?how many slides are reasonable to put?how can arrange the time for introduction main body and the end by minutes?

Interesting! General points to have in mind!

Agree it can be very easy to lose your audience. Sometimes if you haven't captivated your audience in the first 30 seconds then it can be an uphill struggle. It is about being confident to be yourself and speak to your audience with impact.

Fantastic video, thank you

Very nice & informative video.Thanks for making it.