{"product_id":"101-ways-to-open-a-brad-phillips-9780988322035","title":"101 Ways to Open a Speech: How to Hook Your Audience From the Start With an Engaging and Effective Beginning","description":"THE OPENING MOMENTS OF A PRESENTATION ARE CRITICAL TO ITS OVERALL SUCCESS. People form opinions about speakers quickly, and once they do, their first impressions can prove difficult to reverse. A strong beginning gives audiences confidence that you're going to deliver a message worth hearing, and takes advantage of your presentation's opening minutes, when listener attention is at its peak. This book will introduce you to a broad range of speech starters, using dozens of real-life examples and original suggestions. You will find opens intended to surprise, persuade, motivate, engage, and amuse your audiences. Some tell a story, others help frame your topic, and a few rely on modern technology. In 101 Ways to Open a Speech, you will learn: - How to captivate your audience from your first words - Why there are actually three opens for every speech - How to select the right open for every occasion - How to connect your open to your speech topic - How not to begin a presentation 101 Ways to Open a Speech is the first and only in-depth book to focus solely on the open itself, and is an indispensable desktop reference for everyone who ever presents to any audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098832203X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988322035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speakgood Press, Washington, DC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Brad Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992612208895,"sku":"9780988322035","price":8.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f34274d6-6cba-4c24-99c4-4932228bac59.jpg?v=1683319853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/101-ways-to-open-a-brad-phillips-9780988322035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}