How to effectively open your presentation and 'hook' your audience to grab their attention. For more English tutorials, please visit: https://www.thelecturette.com

1. Effective
openings

2. Effective
openings
• The first few minutes are the most important.

3. Effective
openings
• The first few minutes are the most important.
• A good start inspires confidence.

4. Effective
openings
• The first few minutes are the most important.
• A good start inspires confidence.
• The speaker needs a ‘hook’ to grab attention.

5. Effective
openings
Three ways of ‘hooking’ your audience:
1. Some interesting facts or statistics
2. An interesting problem
3. An interesting story

6. 1
Interesting
facts or
statistics
Did you know that the
Netherlands has twice as
many bicycles as cars?

7. 1
Interesting
facts or
statistics
Did you know that the
Netherlands has twice as
many bicycles as cars?Research shows that, on
average, mobile internet
users spend nearly three
hours online every day.

8. 1
Interesting
facts or
statistics
Did you know that the
Netherlands has twice as
many bicycles as cars?Research shows that, on
average, mobile internet
users spend nearly three
hours online every day.
According to a recent
study, around fifteen percent
of the carbon released into the
environment is due to
deforestation.

9. 2
Interesting
problem
How would you react if
you were given the
opportunity to invest one
million euros in a company
of your choice?

10. 2
Interesting
problem
How would you react if
you were given the
opportunity to invest one
million euros in a company
of your choice?
How many people here
this morning feel that
they are spending too much
time online?

11. 2
Interesting
problem
How would you react if
you were given the
opportunity to invest one
million euros in a company
of your choice?
How many people here
this morning feel that
they are spending too much
time online?
Suppose you were given
to opportunity to go back
to college, what would you
study?

12. 3
Interesting
story
When I think about
what life would be like
without internet access, I …

13. 3
Interesting
story
When I think about
what life would be like
without internet access, I …I remember when I had
to take my first important
exam. I …

14. 3
Interesting
story
When I think about
what life would be like
without internet access, I …I remember when I had
to take my first important
exam. I …
Have you ever been in a
situation where you walk
into a room and everybody
starts looking at you? Well, I
…

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