| 101 Ways to Open a Speech: How to Hook Your Audience From the Start With an Engaging and Effective Beginning Contributor(s): Phillips, Brad (Author) |
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ISBN: 098832203X ISBN-13: 9780988322035 Publisher: Speakgood Press, Washington, DC OUR PRICE: $7.83 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Business Communication - Meetings & Presentations - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| LCCN: 2015910313 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.43 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE OPENING MOMENTS OF A PRESENTATION ARE CRITICAL TO ITS OVERALL SUCCESS. People form opinions about speakers quickly, and once they do, their first impressions can prove difficult to reverse. A strong beginning gives audiences confidence that you're going to deliver a message worth hearing, and takes advantage of your presentation's opening minutes, when listener attention is at its peak. This book will introduce you to a broad range of speech starters, using dozens of real-life examples and original suggestions. You will find opens intended to surprise, persuade, motivate, engage, and amuse your audiences. Some tell a story, others help frame your topic, and a few rely on modern technology. In 101 Ways to Open a Speech, you will learn: -How to captivate your audience from your first words -Why there are actually three opens for every speech -How to select the right open for every occasion -How to connect your open to your speech topic -How not to begin a presentation 101 Ways to Open a Speech is the first and only in-depth book to focus solely on the open itself, and is an indispensable desktop reference for everyone who ever presents to any audience. |