A brief YouTube short (by TJ Walker) giving practical advice on how to start a presentation: avoid self-focused openings ("me, me, me") and instead hook the audience with something interesting and relevant so they stop checking phones and email and pay attention.
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What's the best way for you to start off your presentation? Be interesting for your audience? Please note, I didn't start this presentation.
By saying, well, hello, my name is TJ Walker and I'm.
The author of.
Many best selling books on public speaking and I produced.
Hundreds of online courses on public speaking. No, because that's boring and that's about me, me, me. You don't have to start a presentation with a joke, doesn't have to be wildly provocative, but you've got to hook your audience by saying something interesting and relevant to them.
You do that.
And they will quickly put down their cell phones and their email and listen to you.