{"id":1140,"date":"2019-10-07T08:54:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2021-01-24T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T16:45:20","slug":"the-5-worst-ways-to-begin-a-speech-or-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/the-5-worst-ways-to-begin-a-speech-or-presentation\/1140","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Worst Ways to Begin a Speech or Presentation&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-worst-pic.jpg\" alt=\"5 worst ways to start a speech or presentation\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" width=\"635\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-worst-pic.jpg 647w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-worst-pic-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-worst-pic-298x239.jpg 298w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-worst-pic-620x497.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s explore 5 of the worst ways to open your next keynote or major presentation\u2026that we hear <strong>ALL TOO OFTEN!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ahem! (clearing your throat &#8211; do vocal warmups beforehand, please!)<\/li><li>Thank you\u2026. (your audience doesn\u2019t need to hear this.)<\/li><li>It\u2019s really great to be here\u2026.(you\u2019re wasting even more time.)<\/li><li>Can you hear me? (do your audio check before you hit the stage.)<\/li><li>Hey, can you see my slides? (check your visuals beforehand, please!)<br><br> If you\u2019ve done one or all of these, you can do better. I know you can!<br><br><strong>Start with a strong opening technique.<\/strong> <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5 Worst Ways to Start a Speech or Presentation\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/feuC9wvoB6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nConsider this: I cover <strong>five strong opening techniques<\/strong> in my public speaking foundations course on LinkedIn Learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full course is one hour. It&#8217;s a great resource to revisit before your next big speech or presentation, free for LinkedIn Premium Members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I get paid when you click on the link and take the course, though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check it out. &gt;&gt;&gt;  <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin-learning.pxf.io\/JAb4N\">http:\/\/linkedin-learning.pxf.io\/JAb4N<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s explore 5 of the worst ways to open your next keynote or major presentation\u2026that we hear ALL TOO OFTEN! Ahem! (clearing your throat &#8211; do vocal warmups beforehand, please!) Thank you\u2026. (your audience doesn\u2019t need to hear this.) It\u2019s really great to be here\u2026.(you\u2019re wasting even more time.) Can you hear me? (do your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,35,10,7,4,29],"tags":[31,13,40],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-coaching","category-communication","category-powerpoint","category-powerpoint-presentation","category-presentation","category-public-speaking","tag-presentation","tag-presentations","tag-team-presentations","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}