You can read this article we wrote where we give you tips on how you can actually get to know your audience better to ensure maximum impact with your speech openings

Know your audience: Make sure your audience gets the context of the joke (if it’s an inside joke among the members you’re speaking to, that’s even better!).

Keep in mind the following when attempting to deliver a funny If the joke doesn’t land as expected, it could lead to a rocky Not easy for many people (me being one of them). Laugh requires you to be completely comfortable in your own skin. Saying a joke without really saying a joke and getting people to He brilliantly used the setting (the context of Trumpīecoming President) and said a line that completely matched his style of

Obama effortlessly uses his opening line to entice laughterĪmong the audience. Seconds or so is a great way to quickly get the audience to like you.Īnd when they like you, they are much more likely to listen to and believe in your ideas. Why? Because getting a laugh in the first 30 When you use humour in a manner that suits your personality, itĬan set you up for a great speech. Opening: “You can’t say it, but you know it’s true.” Make your audience feel like they too are in the same circumstance as you were when you were in that particular situation. So, detail out your scenario if you’re going to use this technique. While we want the audience to wander into imagination, we want them to wander off to the image that we want to create for them. When using the imagination opening for speeches, the key is – detail. He was trying to make the audience experience what he was feeling – and, at least in my opinion, he did. When Ric Elias opened his speech, the detail he used (3000 ft, sound of the engine going clack-clack-clack) made me feel that I too was in the plane. Speakers have used this with high effectiveness by transporting their audience into an imaginary land to help prove their point. It really helps to bring your audience in a certain mood that preps them for what’s about to come next. Putting your audience in a state of imagination can work extremely well to captivate them for the remainder of your talk.

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