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There are lectures that will be remembered long after. Others quickly disappear into memory again. Why is a successful speech so important? And how can you convince your audience of yourself and your words?
The first sentences of a speech decide whether the speaker can inspire his listeners or not. In psychology this is the so-called primacy effect. People tend to remember the beginning of a speech particularly well. The individual listener makes a judgement about the sympathy, trust and competence of the speaker in the first few seconds. If he or she likes the introduction, the enthusiasm for the topic is usually also great during the presentation. All the more important is the best possible preparation! This includes not only body language, appearance and appearance, but also the first appropriate sentence.
In this article you will find out with which contents you can fill your speech entry and which statements you should absolutely avoid. Get tips and examples for the design of your presentation.
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The participants should be encouraged to focus their attention on you and to get used to you. Especially the first moments are often very important, because this is when your listeners get a first impression of you, which is very difficult to correct later on. Therefore pay special attention in this phase:
Often it is very useful to learn the first sentences of a presentation by heart and note them down literally on the keyword manuscript. The latter also applies to:
"Dear Members of Parliament, in the last few days several nations have carried out underground nuclear tests. The US has subsequently imposed sanctions on these nations. The question for us now is how we should react to these nuclear tests."
"Dear listeners, last year 20% of the newly founded companies made a profit of over one million €. Find out now how such an astonishingly high performance could be achieved."
"Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Twain once said: "To success there is no lift - you have to use the stairs." The same applies to the opportunities for advancement in our company. However, in the next twenty minutes you will learn how you can climb this staircase step by step as quickly as possible."
"Dear ladies, emancipation means the legal and social equality of women and men. The liberation from a state of dependence. But emancipation does not mean ..."
"Dear audience, a few days ago I witnessed a terrible traffic accident. Two cars collided. One of the drivers died at the scene of the accident, the other was seriously injured and taken to hospital. As the press reported the next day, these dramatic consequences could have been prevented if the drivers had also used their seat belts. Let us therefore consider together how we can more effectively draw attention to the dangers of traffic."
"Dear guests, according to statistical estimates of the German intelligence service, about every tenth German citizen is suicidal. According to these estimates, there are at least 20 suicide candidates among us."
Tip:If you ask a rhetorical question, you should not pause too long after that and answer the question yourself, otherwise you might get a pretty quick answer from the audience that you didn't expect. "If you are travelling in the mountains with a car, you can then rule out one hundred per cent that another car will meet you, with you collides and you crash down the slope? No - you can't, but still you ride very calmly and trust that it won't happen. If you enter into a partnership, can you be sure that your partner won't cheat on you one day? No - you can't - and this leads to the fact that you cannot trust your partner, develop doubts and fears and thus finally destroy the partnership itself."
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me begin with a short story: A drunk man is looking for his key under a lantern. A passer-by steps in and asks the man: "What are you looking for? My key, the drunk man answers. Thereupon they both search for the key. But they cannot find it. The passer-by asks: "Are you sure you lost your key here? - No, back there, but it's too dark." [Pause] Perhaps we should also start to look for savings opportunities in other places."
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to the presentation on the subject of ..."
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