Preparing an Effective Introduction for public speaking
January 28th, 2010 | 
Author: The introduction to a speech should arouse your listeners’ interest, establish your credibility, and focus and preview your message. Some useful ways to introduce a speech include involving the audience, relating your subject to personal experience, asking rhetorical questions, creating suspense, telling a story using humor, beginning with a quotation, using a presentation aid, or startling the audience. As you build credibility, you also make possible identification between yourself and the audience.
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