Professional speaker Patricia Fripp suggests these as possible opening lines:
- "Come back with me..." - transports audience into the past - tell exactly when it was - move to the audience's left to indicate moving into the past
- "Let's start at the beginning of the story..." - similar to "Come back with me..."
- "The year was..." - similar to "Come back with me..."
With openers,
Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
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