Professional speaker Patricia Fripp suggests these as possible opening lines:
- "Congratulations..." - must be sincere and genuine about something worth congratulating people on
- "You have an awesome responsibility..." - use for sales presentations - show how audience affects the "big picture" of things
- "Just like you, I was brought up to believe..." - tell a story from the past - indicates transformation of thinking
Open,
Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
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