How to start a speech: 1. When I showed for 1st day of work here, I mistakenly thought that... 2. 5,10,20 years ago, I never could have imagined that... 3. The year was... 4. I will never forget the first time that... 5. What would you do if you'd been in my shoes? Here's what happened... 6. I have a confession to make... 7. I was brought up to believe... 8. Among my friends, I am famous for... 9. I don't like to admit it, but... 10. Something you'd never guess about me is...
I remember making the same joke at two different interviews to test this idea. The second group had no sense of humor and complained about how stressed out they were. Guess which job I took.
You are right! I think what she meant to accomplish here wasn't a Good start, but a Great start. Since people are busy/distracted , there is need to get & keep thier attention.
Let's admit it.. A mediocre, unenthusiastic and a very typical "Good Morning" will probably will pass into your ears and you know from that point, you are sitting to hear some unenthusiastic speech of all time
In the streets maybe, it's fine to greet people. But in present ations, it may require a bit of style since people deliberately go to that place, not just randomly kidnap their selves to the event.
In most cultures around the world, greeting your audience is more important than whatever beautiful opening words you think you have to captivate their minds. It’s the greeting that connects you to the audience. So, perhaps, this video is directed to people in a particular section of the world. Context is all that matters. Thanks though for the video.
Well I think we all humans beings but come from different cultures with different norms n values so I respect that. Rightly spicing up a bit n adding value to oneself doesnt hurt just as it is important not to disrespect a people by drifting from what is highly upheld by them.
@@this-is-bioman No, I am not thinking. People in many non-western cultures cherish greeting. It’s the alpha and the omega of every type of relationship. Miss the greeting part, you miss the audience. The most important thing to consider in any presentation is CONTEXT! This shouldn’t be difficult for an average person to grasp, except you want to impose your own culture on other people. Thank you.
@@aytadi8893 > except you want to impose your own culture on other people I'm glad you've said that because that's exactly what you're doing here. You're trying to tell me that "your" culture is superior to "my" culture. Culture has no owners and everyone is allowed to change it, to make up his own culture, to influence it etc. Culture isn't fixed. It exists as familiar patterns in our minds. Unfortunatelly most people don't have the courage to live their own culture and conform to whatever the mysterious majority pushes them to do while at the same time the all do the same. It's a vicious circle of status quo until someone has the guts to say "stop! I no longer want to comply with this nonsense!". That's the point where new culture is born.
I hate it when someone starts speaking to me without at least greeting first, so I don't do it to people either. However I can definitely be creative with some of these pointers & actually sneak in a greeting.
Actually it's not the beginning or the start you make. It's the content and how strong and knowledgeable about your presentation and the message you are going to deliver at the end. Gone are the days being fake. Be lively people will love you
However, the foundation of your speech is laid by the starting few line. Leaders, orators use an opening line, mould it into a catchphrase and draw in audience and then keep them hooked through an engaging content.
@@greenpath26 I am often bored to death by people who just pump out knowledge, but aren't engaging. Why do you think novelists, and scriptwriters spend so much time getting the _openings and the endings_ right - even to the point that they go back and _re-write_ them once they've finished the book or script. Openings and closings _matter._. Have a poor opening, and it's really difficult to get your audience back again - mentally they've already wandered off.
There's nothing wrong in starting with hello. Greeting the crowd is a pleasant beginning. Depending on the crowd, we have to be careful in making it interactive.
Starting with hello is absolutely wrong. We are already in the same room together. Pleasantries have likely already been given. Plus, I'm one of 1,000 people in the room. I know you aren't really speaking to me. And that's why a pro level speaker really does and can make all 1,000 people in the room feel welcome, wanted, and valued by their expertly crafted beginning . . . way beyond saying hello.
@@theredcabin let me be more precise. Hello is after pleasantries. I clearly said starting with hello is not wrong. I didn't mean to say that one can say hello after pleasantries.
Passionate presentation. The talent of speech is one of the greatest things we have. Every good and perfect gift comes from the Father of lights who has also given us His Son to be our Savior. The best fruit of our lips is to praise His glorious Name.
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What Im getting is that, we should stop being overly polite and get straight to how we want our audience to feel. Intrigue their thoughts, waken their emotions, make them excited and feel alive. As a student, we always would want to listen to those who make us feel engaged, those who make give us that feeling that there is something we can contribute. A speech although it is mostly the speaker that does the talking, the listeners are also participating via emotions and might as well have them feel welcome and given space to be part of.
Thank you Ma'am you just blew away my classmates with this video. I am preparing for my very first speech and if I hadn't watched your video, I would have started with the common Hi intros. I also learned something new from you..."Stop being so polite and more passionate" Thanks a million because I will prepare my speech to knock it out of the park thanks to you!
Thanks for these tips! You're right, once I rewrote my talk to start with "I will never forget the first time I...", I found myself instantly feeling more energized about my topic and compelled to share it with others. Can't wait to try it out in front of an audience next month!
If u have 1 minute to speak in an advert are you going to use your 10 seconds greeting viewers or creating a hook. RU-vid may give your viewers 10 seconds to watch your advert before skipping. A good advert that converts starts with a hook after the hook you can then greet your listeners that shows professionalism. The aim is not to follow a system but to communicate. This is why it's important to follow the teacher's instruction.
But they might already be _mentally disengaged,_ and you can't always _spot_ that as the listener until it's already too late, unfortunately... Being present in the room is not the same as being _engaged._ Most disengagement is not _overt_ and to assume it is, is rather naïve. Bored people rarely announced that they're bored - they're not that helpful!
@@urbansulf6222 "A good advert that converts starts with a hook after the hook you can then greet your listeners" - which is EXACTLY why I personally skip at the first possible instant. Which is usually after 5 seconds, not 10. It´s more of the same: products or services being thrust upon me that I haven´t asked for, by someone I don´t know and who doesn´t bother to know me as a customer. More impulses that I´m already flooded with every day. A greeting at least TRIES to establish rapport with me, if indeed it´s genuine. It´s the slower-paced adverts that I keep viewing.
I’m positive the owner of this page agrees with the fact that lifelines / content and powerful impact is everything. That’s why she wrapped it up with her statement at the very end “start as you go on “ . The first few seconds of any speech will determine weather you are embraced or dismissed, and if you are mentally dismissed it does not matter how lively you are through out the rest of the presentation. You must remember that not all of your audience will be captured by a happy smile some need facts, some need funny and some need feelings as was once said by Kwesi Millington. My Dear Deborah you deserve a standing ovation for this content. You were clear concise and very informative .Thankyou so much 👏👏👏👍🏽👍🏽
...A simple salutation like good morning is a COMMON DECENCY for any human interaction. Someone skipping that is a clear indicator to me that they have a very rigid speech planned, have no interest in a 'dialogue', just want to get the presentation over with and have no real interest in building a rapour with me. I'm just a seat, the possibility of a sale, a faceless observer acruing yet another candle to their spot in the limelight. There's a reason why in non-western cultures you start conversations, negotiations and general human dialogue with greetings, it's an indication that whatever I may be trying to teach or sell you - I 'see' you.
if you can be entertaining, or use a hook, you do not have to have a conversation. If you go down to their level, you can lose your experience. It can be the difference between selling ice to the Eskimo and giving away the farm.
You can always say good morning and intro yourself after the hook. I find such speakers very intriguing and creative. Also, I'm from the so called non western countries
I hear in some cultures it is considered extremely rude, if you get to point in the first hour of talk. But business speeches are different, the audience is always in a hurry move on to some other task.
@@deshajames2224 Yeh, there's a lot of fake accounts of other pastors being used like that on comment section. May the Lord God rebuke them. I on the other hand am struggling with staying faithful to Christ. May God restore me. Please pray with me.
Excellent content ... If you start a speech or presentation poorly, you will be aware of it from the word go. This will be on your mind, slow you down and dent your confidence. You may well recover but a poor start is a poor start ... you know it and they know it.
You know what I discovered after a while of often speaking to different people in large settings? You have to be more than the whole environment, cos whatever it is you're supplying or delivering, is from within you. This lesson is equally important, as it is a part of a whole construct you build over time.
Funny! And I'm walking out of the room. But seriously funny and I'd have a drink with you about all the other hilarious and dumb things people say at the beginning of their talks.
A "good morning" can easily be used with any of the openers she suggested. She suggested some good ones but I disagree that a common greeting will take away from the speech, especially not when it's as short as good morning.
It lacks punch. It suggests that this is a pedestrian experience. Good morning can come 30 seconds in. It's imaginative speeches that hook people, not predictable, dull ones.
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It is not how catchy or powerful the start of your speech, it is really the people's attention and willingness to listen. I have observed it many times, listeners will only listen to the first 3 minutes and will only get back their attention to the speaker if it is going to end
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What you're doing is engagement. A thank you is a final note. It's the end. A hello is an invite for another to respond, but the audience can't respond in a one way conversation, sorting them into a filed away state. You immediately lost their full attention. An opening that starts the imagination is the one that hypnotizes the audience into what you're bringing to the table and helps them remember.
thank you.i played those lines in a presentation scenario in my head and realised how it can make the audience engaged and interested.will be trying them for sure
i prefer listening too people who start with a goodmorning in the right attitude, and this is defently defined also by which country your in, here at my place we prefer not sounding so arrogant
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Even more important, in my opinion, is to learn how to speak fluently in public without notes. Italian high school students are trained to do this. I find it galling to watch our representatives in congress simply read their speeches. It makes for far less effective presentations.
I used to start with "tickle my arse with a feather". Confusion will ripple through the audience. You look surprised, look around the room and say again, " I said particularly nasty weather, what???"....Always works but it helps if it's raining outside.
Isnt it a beautiful day to be alive today..want to appreciate each of you for taking your time to.. bla bla In this company we value people. Allow me 10min of your time ...to
Stop being polite and start being more passionate. What's wrong with being polite? We all need to be more polite in this world. I find this interesting, and think those phrases can find their way in a presentation, but I am always going to start with "hello" and "thank you for spending your time with me".
Life is not mechanistic and predictable. People come to presentations because they expect that you have something valuable to say. If they want entertainment they will leave. However if they want information they stay. After all the reason they came was to see if they can get something useful.
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I guess that you just take the podium with a big smile and start..."I have a confession...; The year was...." I could actually see this working at a lecture with at least 1/2 of the opening suggestion. Now one to one or a small group or meeting, definitely a greeting like hello or GM is polite.
If you are there because you have to say something, you won't make any impact despite catchy intros. If you're there because you have something to say, you will make it no matter how lousy your intro is.
The 10 opening lines suggested by the speaker are good, but only two actually include 'you': one needs to acknowledge the audience, otherwise an undertone of 'me, me, me' can make the presentation egoistic. One of the most famous speeches began with 'Friends, Romans, ... lend me your ears' ... it was as effective - if not more - than the above. In practice, I would modify the opening lines slightly to bring in 'you' .e.g I don't like to admit it, but... ==> You know, I don't like etc or I was brought up to believe ==> Friends, I was brought up to believe etc. The other device is to pose occasional rhetorical questions during the speech to make for audience involvement
if you are gifted your personality draws the audience's attention... just be you. all those hooks, greetings its garnishing a cream on the cake some won't even enjoy it if you have it too much.. straight to the point saves their time
I agree, I start off with greeting as I connect with diversity of people and cultures.. whom some you will loose in that first minute.. you must know the audience you presenting to.. Your knowledge, confidence and presentation style will determine if your audience find you captivating..
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I love your suggestions. Thank you. However, I think a brief genuine greeting would not necessarily hurt. The People in the audience are dynamic..no one opener style will please everyone. For example, some people would be insulted if there was no traditional greeting, while others would be ok with it. I would prefer to use a traditional greeting followed by one of your awesome suggestions..I feel that each presenter should know what works for them.. and if possible find out a bit about the people the presentation was created for. For example, is it for executives, seniors, singles, specific professionals, youth etc. Culture also play a role on how greetings are recieved. If your audience is primarily Afro-caribbean, you need to begin with a traditional greeting, otherwise, the presenter would be seen as illmanared. In general, I suggest..the presenter plan the presentation as per his or her personal style and prepare to be dynamic. One skills to have is the 30 second audience assessment at the top of the presentation, and being able to your hook within the first minute. Also, be confident and allow your content to flow. As you present..be the magnet... your audience the steel and pull them in with your awesomeness.
Love it! I always try to be different while delivering a presentation, and guess what?! Though I'm not for sure the best knowledgable presenter, I manage to gain the audience attention from the first step I step in and the word I utter! Thank you for the great video!
Lol in my country, trust me, you want to start with an apology or a complain everybody can relate with or you' ll realize everybody is there for the free food
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Thanks for this video! I only with I would've run across it BEFORE I made a major presentation a few months ago. Now, at least, I've got somewhere to start for my next one.
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