1. Great
Openings

2. • Get people's attention
• Welcome them
• Introduce yourself
• State the purpose of your
presentation
• State how you want to deal with
questions

3. Do Not
Dull
Boring!
Predictable

6. Importance of the
The opening minutes of a presentation are
often the most important. According to Allan
and Barbara Pease, authors of The Definitive
Book of Body Language, the audience forms
60 – 80 percent of its impression of a speaker
within the first four minutes.
Opening your presentation
strongly will help you: break the
ice, gain the audience´s
sympathy.

7. Great ways to
open a speech

8. Opening Option # 1 Startling
Statistics!

10. Opening Option # 3

11. Opening Option # 4

12. Opening Option # 5
The
audience
with
Speak

13. A conference
theme

15. Opening Option 8

17. I would like to be
remembered as someone
who did the best she could
with the talent she had.