Stop Beginning Your Speeches with Good Morning and Thank You and Start with This Instead

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...

Knowing who your audience are is always the key on how to start your speech.

Good morning is a good start as many people don't have one

“Oh no I left the oven on” and run off stage ... that’s a good one too

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.

any student here for getting the ideas for online presentation due to the pandemic?

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.

I have never seen anyone getting wild, bored, complaining or even leaving the room for just wishing them a good morning or good evening.

😎 There's no one fixed method. Open your speech according to the audience, situation and various other factors taking into consideration. 👍🙏

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.

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 👏👏👏👍🏽👍🏽

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

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.

Nothing more beautiful than saying Good morning thank you for being here 😁

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!

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.

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.

...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.

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

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.