What to choose & How to put it together to produce a VE that produces feelings
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Since Intros/beginnings have to raise expectation @ExpectationPowe Problems or
Clever ideas like whole sale medicine seller
become more interest grabbing and engaging than complications?
@Ideas_cleverer
What more can he do?
1. Financial growth
2. Fun capital
3. Knowledge capital
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#KnowledgeCapital
How he brings competition among his sales girls/mistresses to improve his business
3. Rhetorical questions - silly & serious
If it fits your speech you could also experiment with storytelling setups based on rhetorical questions. As well as the straight or serious, try some obviously ridiculous ones to grab your audience's attention.
Examples of both are:
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How many years have you been 40?
Is it true that diamonds are a girls best friend?
Do you remember when the sky was always blue and summer was endless?
Why is it that whenever you're late, you can never find a car park?
Why should we care about others?
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😉
Who decides what is fashionable and what is not?
How come it always rains when it's holiday time?
How come so many people are described as "average"?
Openers actively engaging audience's imagination R effective. They invite partnership - togetherness - a shared journey.
Try:
I want you to visualize ...
Imagine ...
Let's step back in time ...
Come with me ...
I was in XXXX (name of local shop/restaurant ) when...
Last summer .
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Set UR story as part of personal exp works well
These invite audience 2 share an aspect of UR life to trust &identify with U
Consider:
Just yesterday I was talking with a friend
On my way to work this morning
My wife thinks I
My phone rang. It was
I was in XXXX (name of loca shop
Storytelling setups: how to sucessfully introduce stories in speeches write-out-loud.com/storytell…
Add a question.
Why lives of most people don't change for centuries?
Does it make the intro more arresting than making a statement like in the first tweet x.com/Intros_Begining/status…
Questions make intros better?
Lives of most ppl don’t change 4 centuries mainly bcos we have centuries old images of pleasures, values ..& how to go abt getting them. Eg marriage 4 sex. Culture doesn’t change means we R not learning/ acquiring new knowledge that can change lives
Questions make intros better?
Lives of most ppl don’t change 4 centuries mainly bcos we have centuries old images of pleasures, values ..& how to go abt getting them. Eg marriage 4 sex. Culture doesn’t change means we R not learning/ acquiring new knowledge that can change lives
Intros and beginnings have to tap into emotion like fear or sex/love..etc.
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An Arab with a bag raises fear - An Intro plus.google.com/111888880820…
#Intros 1 Any situation that raises hope/fear can be an intro uncivilizedprimitivebehavior… via @wordpressdotcom
Usually
A woman in distress raises tension in both male/female
to see how hero will solve the problem x.com/Intros_Begining/status…
If Intros raise fear
Then it's easy 2 control attention
While discovering a clear picture showing weakness of what we R scared
= Knowledge
If Intros raise fear
Then it's easy 2 control attention
While discovering a clear picture showing weakness of what we R scared
= Knowledge
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