How to Start a Speech

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Learn the 5 Best Ways to Start a Speech or Presentation. Crafting a killer opening is a vital public speaking skill and separates beginners from more advanced speakers. Free Download pdf Confident Speaking: www.alexanderlyon.com/
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@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Free Download pdf 7 Instant Tips for Confident Speaking: www.alexanderlyon.com/free-resources

@user-gg1pr6pv3x Жыл бұрын

That was very helpful but I can't open that file 😢

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Sorry about that. My website person is working on it.

@brahimakouyate9768 Жыл бұрын

@@alexanderlyon I really need the PDF you talked about in the video. Thanks for this insightful video

@aliunique9583 5 ай бұрын

@@alexanderlyon Hi sir speak simple English but I couldn't speak fluently.please tell me right for fluency.

@GabrielMiaway-nl1rk Ай бұрын

so impressive

@dameanvil Жыл бұрын

1. tell a concise story - the story has a beginning, middle, end, and the lesson-learned - the best stories show transformation and growth 2. ask the audience some key questions - the questions should set up the main message of your presentation - consider asking 2 or 3 connected questions 3. share a powerful quotation 4. share an interesting fact or statistic 5. use a visual illustration Tips: - develop your opening after you've created a draft of the rest of the presentation - combine openings

@herculesmclovin 3 ай бұрын

I love people like us. Thank s for saving me the hassle of doing this myself 👍 ✨

@adiensmoke437 Ай бұрын

Am I the only one watching this for a Valedictorian Speech😅😅

@Caunter881 18 күн бұрын

Same I'm the valedictorian too

@FullBoys 10 күн бұрын

No, I'm also here for a valedictorian speech too. 😁

@sbyers20 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips! Your approach to these tips makes them simple and easy to use. Your calm enthusiasm is encouraging!

@PrinceSinghNet 11 ай бұрын

I loved the ideas. Now, I'll use these openings in my speeches. Thanks for sharing!🙏

@user-vl4th1lu8z 4 ай бұрын

FOR THE SECOND TIME IM GONNA WATCH THIS VIDEO AGAIN FOR THE ASMEPPS COMPETITION THIS SATURDAY.....

@ifreeze6132 4 ай бұрын

@vimandiv 29 күн бұрын

Why the caps tho?

@ZebralterMedical Жыл бұрын

So grateful to connect with your channel, learning a lot that will catapult me to the next level!! Thank you so much

@brukotongbrukotong3727 Ай бұрын

i really need this because i have a speech tomorrow 😢

@udayjangid279 2 ай бұрын

Legendary People: Watching this befour exams

@ILOVENJ00 Жыл бұрын

I just gave two professional presentations this month. Lots of good tips in this video! I will be implementing them in my next speech. Thank you. 👍

@CarlKwan Жыл бұрын

This is great! Always love how you organize points and give examples.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Hi, Carl. Thank you, brother. I appreciate it.

@kylerosesellorin2909 6 ай бұрын

thank you for making a pdf, i really apreciate it

@MohammedAbdulahi-rk4ni 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr Alexsander.

@Meehaly 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Man! God bless you! 🤩

@Djangoat68 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tips - thanks!

@johngagne33 2 ай бұрын

Excellent!! Very positive words!! Love it !!

@bikingscape595 Жыл бұрын

From experience, it's not easy to take time away from preparing publications and other academic tasks to produce creative, quality, public-facing content like this. Thank you for making time for these videos, Alex! I'll be speaking during part of a program at church this weekend, and suggestion #4 helped spark a idea my talk needed.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's been very difficult to keep creating videos like this. My nights and weekends are filled with it. I'm glad the tips were helpful for your church program!

@Septi704 Ай бұрын

This video really help me thank you

@martinhosilveira1204 Ай бұрын

this has been so helpfull hopefully i get it

@beautytarisma 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for these straightforward and detailed tips.

@alexanderlyon 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful.

@maearianboter6052 Ай бұрын

thank you and God Bless!

@satchycollins3985 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info 👍

@joelatiga235 Жыл бұрын

Good day! Alex thanks a lot your nice vvideo presentation. God bless

@veloriachimamanda7764 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex! These tips are so helpful, I also identified some of the mistakes I made while opening a speech in the past. I'm sure gonna implement them in my next speeching engagement.

@fabioquintana7148 Жыл бұрын

You are the best communication Coach! Congrats for your channel it will hit 1 million subscribers very soon. Thank you for your help to improve my communication skills. God bless you Alex.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you, Fabio. I appreciate it.

@WalkinginDivineHealth Жыл бұрын

Great info! God Bless you, Alex.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Solea. God bless you too.

@DigsWigs2022 6 ай бұрын

Great advice.

@jeffreyamos7374 8 ай бұрын

Great info

@KabazahuziPrim-vv9vc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@wesleydouglas5278 16 күн бұрын

Alex, I really appreciate your curating these tips for Best Practices of Opening a Speech. Really concise. To you question about effective openings (and this may fall under #5 to Use Visuals) I have seen speakers be announced, then the stage goes dark and a short but powerful video package is shown that relates to the topic. With the video, the full stereo sound and the darkening of the stage, this can be a very effective opening that you probably have seen. Thank you again for your great content.

@alexanderlyon 16 күн бұрын

Yes, I've seen professional-level keynote speakers have an introduction like that. That's usually a great way to kick things off. I've seen some amazing ones. But I don't consider that part of the speech really. That's an audio-visual introduction. If it's not coming out of the speakers, then it's not something I can teach. On an everyday basis, most people who speak in workplace settings are typically just introduced by whoever invited them to be the speaker that day.

@lynnparent5565 Жыл бұрын

Real GOOD! thank you

@ajoshmiller Жыл бұрын

Great tips as always, Alex, thanks!

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Josh.

@sandraohara685 2 ай бұрын

You talked about so much, which helped me. How about simplifying for young middle school students?

@extendedclips Жыл бұрын

Great tips 👏👏👏

@md.2025 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, great thanks for tips as well as for PDF file

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Bb-rg5oq 11 ай бұрын

New subscriber here! Thank you for your good works!

@mikekajuza4761 Жыл бұрын

This is fantastic, God bless your efforts.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Mike.

@chadkent1158 Жыл бұрын

Dropping in to thank you. God bless.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming, Chad. God bless you too.

@ambejunior4685 Жыл бұрын

I love your work Alex

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ambe.

@L3roy Жыл бұрын

Great insights and so many things I learned! Love the story part especially, such great points!

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thanks, brother.

@coachcadden 27 күн бұрын

This was my opening at a recent speech. As I was walking to the stage I got them to play Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy..... "it was all a dream, I used to read word-up magazine" *music cuts ✂️* I start..... "it was all a dream to compete at the big stadiums in Bangkok at the start of my muay thai career"...... I got the audience early

@alexanderlyon 27 күн бұрын

Sounds great. I love the showmanship!

@giridharigiridhari9720 Жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, thank you for all these beautiful videos.. i want to ask you to do some videos about conflicts management, communication with the angry and frustrated persons or arrogant persons.. thank you too much.. God bless.. i waiting for your videos.. 😊

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. I have some videos planned for conflict management but I don't think I'll be creating those soon. It may be in a few months or more.

@kararonin Жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic and complete list of different ways to start a speech. I'll definitely refer to this the next time I have a speech coming up. And now I understand the chess piece in your thumbnail!

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Hi, Kara. Thank you for being so supportive.

@Letnothinggotowaste Жыл бұрын

Just found podcast Alex. Interesting format. Maybe you can do series on politicians, at least local. Andrew Tate would be good as well.

@andrewmbuya6109 6 ай бұрын

Hi Sir, thanks for the good work. Kindly, what tip are you likely to start with as an opening speach in a academic research proposal defence for "Influence of money lending platforms on economic security of motorbike riders "?

@dancu9271 6 ай бұрын

A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!

@sangeethanair1374 6 ай бұрын

Am going to take this story for my video😍

@sylviakamvumuleja1334 Жыл бұрын

Thx a lot, you're the best, I must do a speech on the inauguration day of an NGO, any advice please.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Practice like crazy!

@IamMichelleDewitt Жыл бұрын

I am not a nervous speaker, but after watching this video I am starting to gain confidence.

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, Michelle. If you pump up your opening like this, they won't even know what hit them.

@gracioussinkala6811 7 ай бұрын

Cheers

@kapoabota114 6 ай бұрын

Quality presentation

@alexanderlyon 6 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly.

@adelekantaiwo 3 ай бұрын

Wow!

@fonglingchoong4845 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for these tips. If one is making a very short pitch of only 3 mins (for eg in a startup pitch by students), wld there be enough time to incorporate stories?

@alexanderlyon 6 ай бұрын

If it's a 30-second story, yes. But that is a challenge and takes practice.

@abimbolaadedotun2782 6 ай бұрын

I have seen some speaker use visuals such as video or musical video as a speech opening.....how do you see that?

@alexanderlyon 6 ай бұрын

I'm not supportive of using much video at all in presentations, especially to open. My reason is simple, showing a video is not public speaking. Professional speakers essentially never open with a video. I don't recommend it.

@siwardwoudstra1751 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite quotes: "Don't believe everything you read on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln Just kidding, but thanks again for the valuable information! God bless!

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Yup!

@1IBInternationalBusiness 10 күн бұрын

Begin with a powerful quote relevant to your topic to immediately grab attention and set the tone.

@presentgaming786 8 ай бұрын

I am looking from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳and you should apply heart to my comment please 😊😊❤❤❤❤❤thanks

@alexanderlyon 8 ай бұрын

You got it!

@conniegreco8409 Жыл бұрын

❤

@gloriawhitford7850 Жыл бұрын

Why is it not well received in job interviews when I snap my fingers? 😅

@AbubakarLashari-gl3xg Жыл бұрын

Suprub

@larysakalyta2788 2 ай бұрын

🏆👏🙌

@CoachFaizan-re9yu 25 күн бұрын

Real people learn it to improve their lifestyle

@user-nj7yu3hn2h Жыл бұрын

Hi 👋..

@alexanderlyon Жыл бұрын

Hi.

@satyapriya_27 3 ай бұрын

Tell a concise story Ask questions Quotation Interesting facts Visual illustration

@gilgilbertmcelroy6608 5 ай бұрын

1:34

@TheChurchOfPhakeKnewz 2 ай бұрын

Your website is way too busy. Way too many things popping up. Especially the ”cookie” pop up. The screen is constantly jumping around. It’s hard to focus on any one click.

@alexanderlyon 2 ай бұрын

Nope. My website literally has zero popups and we don't track cookies. And nothing moves on the screen. It's all just text and stable images.

@ushitooso3872 3 ай бұрын

This is so America. Dude don’t try this overseas. Your audience will walk out

@Wiintb 8 ай бұрын

For someone who claims to be a communication expert, his thumbnail is confusing. If the talk is about opening, he should realise that the King in a chess board can’t participate in any opening moves!

@alexanderlyon 8 ай бұрын

I love chess! I used the King as an illustration in the video.