How to Start your Presentation: 4 Step Formula for a Killer Intro
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Written by Anne Ricketts
Edited by Michael Shehane
Produced by Lighthouse Communications
Become more confident in your self-presentation; you’re now able to quickly calm nerves or fear.
The way you broke down own video to help explain the idea really settled it in for me! good stuff 🙂
Thanks for the comment. We prefer practical strategies!
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Sum up:
Step 1- The hook (1:35)
Step 2- The transition (1:49)
Step 3- Self-introduction (2:06)
Step 4- Audience benefit (2:28)
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Thank you this will defenity help me and with my speech I am a year seven and have no clue about writing great speechs and this will be amazingly affective for my work again thank you!!!
Now that you are 8, have you seen improvement in your speech writing?
So useful! I wish I’d found this video months ago. I’m doing this huge project(for me) which involves a lot of chapters. With everything filmed but the intro at the beginning , and for each chapter I’ve been procrastinating on it for ages….. As you said in the video , bursting straight in about yourself, who you are your name ….. i’m already bored just listening to it coming out of my own month! The trick is balancing a calming topic(my theme) without putting your audience asleep after 20 seconds… You are so good that you smile without it seeming a smile! it just flows.
Thank you for your comment! How did it all turn out?
i’m going to do a public speaking 101 seminar tomorrow. and i still learned a great thing from you that improved my introduction. well done, respect and thanks a lot 🙂
Thank you Daniel for your comment! The video almost has 1 million views:-) Celebrating by giving everyone a comment.
You can this techniques to writing!! Great way in getting a “A” for a written assignment.
How so? Xo
Yes, use this formula for writing the introduction for an essay. Put your best example or evidence that supports your main idea into the first few sentences of your essay, so your teacher and peers immediately understand your point. Thank you for your question.
Everytime I start my presentation I start laughing
Take a few deep breaths before starting. This will ground you — that way people will pay more attention to your content rather than your affect.
me too haha
So true
me also bcuz im joker haha
Lol
OHHH MY GOD!! YOU ARE A SAVIOR, I HAVE A MEETING IN THREE DAYS AND ITS THE BIGGEST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IVE HAD IN YEARS, THIS IS AMAZING
Good to hear! Good luck! Let us know how it went.
I am having a presentation tomorrow.. this is very helpful. thank you
Hope it went well 🥰🥰
how did it go? I am curious
I think bro is okay now
Wow!!! Awesome!!! I’m a retired professor on astronomy but I do about 12 lectures a year for pleasure, in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Although quite experienced, I realize the amazing improvement I can get with your killer intro method and I just set up one for my next talk on Black Holes. Thanks for you kind generosity to share it with us.
Paulo- Thank you for sharing. Let us know how your talk goes with this new intro. Best of luck. – Anne
4 minutes of pure effectiveness, i don’t know why youtube suggested this video to me, but this is pure gold. Thank you
Great feedback. Thank you for commenting.
Anyone notice she never said “uh” once?
Practice makes possible! Thanks for noticing.
Uhh…. maybe? I don’t know. Didn’t pay any attention.
bec she knows how to pause. to avoid uhh make pauses but not too long.
@@eunicaaquino8998 exactly! learning when to pause is a great way to avoid using filler words like “uh.”
Teleprompters help too
Thank you so much! I literally used your practical method “The hook, transition, self intro, and audience benefit” and you know what? I killed my audience 😂😂😂 I meant they loved it. Thank you again for your help. Highly recommend to everyone.
Great news! Yes, the formula works for us every time. Glad to share it with you:-)
I’ve spent the weekend reviewing videos like this for an my upcoming presentation. I’ve now watched this one several times. It is the best one I’ve seen! Great content, easy to understand and implement. Thank you!!
Great to hear Lee! Thank you for the compliments. “Great content, easy to understand and implement” is what we are all about!
Some good advice I received lately is, record yourself talking on the fly about anything. First just listen to how you speak, then re watch the video on mute to see how you look while presenting.
This is the worst paraphrase, but I tried LOL
Same! Watched it before my presentation now watching it for the second time on my way to my presentation 💯
I love how you not only taught us, but also showed us! thanks a lot!!
Showing is where it’s at. Thanks for comment Zoe.
Thank you for this fantastic video. After watching it 4 times, I re-wrote my introduction and added a slide of what were the three main topics of my presentation. I feel The audience paid a lot more attention because your video helped me develop and hold the audience’s interest to the very end.
That is great news! Celebrate!!
6 years later, and this video is the gift that keeps on giving. Exceptional content – thanks SO much.
I can’t believe it has been 6 years since we uploaded this video. It’s our number one video. We have learned so much since then, Chris. Hope you have subscribed.
Hey Anne! Your tips helped me to plan my presentation for a job interview and I got the job! I’m now planning a presentation about my career – in particular Storytelling to 13 – 14 year olds – some with special needs and I’m back watching you AGAIN for tips! Thank you for sharing your brilliance! Julia 🙂
What fantastic news! So glad we could help you. If you ever have any questions, ask us and maybe that will become the topic for a future video. Good luck with your next presentation! You’ve got this!
I used a killer introduction at a Seminar, sharing my testimonial, it got a very positive from the highest qualified Entrepreneur in the room. Thank you Thank you Thank you
You’re very welcome!!! That’s fantastic.
It’s been over 10 years since I took Public Speaking during undergrad. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! It’s a great refresher! Feeling more confident and less stressed about my upcoming presentation soon.
You were concise and precise and have presented everything a person needs in a speech, and you did it amazingly!