Professional speaker Patricia Fripp suggests these as possible opening lines:
- "It was the scariest moment of my life..."
- "It was not exactly what I expected..." - creates a "secret" for the audience to discover
- "What would the world be like without..." - focus on something that the audience thinks of as very necessary (e.g., cellphones)
Still open,
Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
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