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Bad Opening Lines to Your Speech
10 Mistakes to Avoid when Opening Your
Presentation
George TorokSuperior Presentations
You had me at hello
Imagine if you could
deliver an opening for your presentation that was that effective.
You can grab your audience with powerful “hello” lines.
This opening reeks of sarcasm. It’s a negative
start even if people laugh.
Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking
I don’t know why I have been asked to speak
This line is either sarcastic or true. If the first is true, see previous point. If the second is true, the audience is in for a boring speech.
George TorokSuperior Presentations
I haven’t really prepared anything
This line is either a sarcastic joke (see point one) or an admission of guilt. You’re telling the audience that you don’t value their time because you didn’t bother to prepare.
Speaking off the top of my head
What does that mean? How do you speak “off the top of your head”. Do you ever speak from the bottom of your feet, the end of your elbow or behind your buttocks?
Today I am going to talk about
Boring! You’ve managed to bore your audience with your first seven words.
George TorokSuperior Presentations
Hello, how is everybody today?
This presentation opening is boring, impersonal and phony. The audience knows that you don’t care about them.
A funny thing happened on the way here
This opening is ancient, cliché and overdone. This line reveals your lack of creativity.
Thank you for that kind introduction
Sounds insincere and casts doubt on the validity of the introduction.
George TorokSuperior Presentations
Is this thing on?
The speaker demonstrates a lack of preparation and understanding of how to use the microphone.
George TorokSuperior Presentations
Before I begin
This is both a silly and confusing opening line.
If you started speaking, you have already begun. If you haven’t begun, why are you speaking?
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