1. How to present effectively

2. How NOT to start a presentation
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3. How TO start a presentation
Be unpredictable, surprising, shocking, attention-getting
Memorize the first few lines--confidence

4. 1. Make a bold claim MLK speech
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”

5. 2. Stimulate curiosity Ted Talk by Dan Pink
“I need to make a confession, at the outset here. A little over 20 years ago, I did something that I regret. Something that I am not particularly proud of. Something that in many ways I wished no one would ever know, but that here I feel kind of obliged to reveal. In the late 1980s, in a moment of youthful indiscretion, I went to law school.”

6. 3. Ask questions Take a poll Ted Talk by Simon Sinek
“How do you explain when things don't go as we assumed? Or better, how do you explain when others are able to achieve things that seem to defy all of the assumptions? For example, why is Apple so innovative? [...] Why is it that Martin Luther King led the civil rights movement?”

7. 4. Tell a short story or joke
Especially surprising one

8. 5. Famous quote
Song lyric
Famous saying
Connect to audience and topic

9. How NOT to end a presentation
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10. 1. Call the audience to action

11. 2. Paint a vision for the future
MLK speech
Imagine…

12. 3. Ask a question
Insightful
Thought-provoking
Rhetorical

13. Now, what about the middle?
Eye contact
Confident posture and gestures
Some movement ok
Prevent umm, uhh, like

14. The umm game Card with topic List 10 without umm, uhh, like
Types of Emotions
Card with topic
List 10 without umm, uhh, like
OR see if you can keep going for 30 seconds

15. Sources
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