A Boring Opening Signals A Boring Presentation
Our brains are hardwired to pay attention to novelty and surprise.
Don’t start you presentation by immediately telegraphing that the rest of your presentation will be traditional, predictable and tedious. Although many openings are polite and gracious, they most often lack specific details, they use standard phrases we’ve heard many times before, and what is missing is the speaker’s personal insight or perspective. They do little to engage the listener. They represent the opposite of novelty and surprise. And none of them are driven by a singular objective.
A boring opening signals a boring presentation.
From the book “Own the Room” by David Booth
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