How to Start a Presentation: 12 Killer Strategies

Have a presentation coming up? The last thing you want is to bore your audience. To help you feel more confident, we’ve put together 12 tips on how to start a presentation. Choose from these 12 strategies, then start designing your presentation with Visme: https://www.visme.co/presentation-software/

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Don’t stress about your next presentation. With our guide on how to start a presentation that is sure to engage your audience, you’ll become a master presenter in no time.

In this video, we cover these 12 ways you can start your presentation to grab and keep audience attention throughout.

0:57 Make a Provocative Statement
1:45 Incite Curiosity
2:41 Shock the Audience
3:20 Tell a Story
3:59 Be Authentic
4:34 Quote an Influential Person
5:11 Begin With a Captivating Visual
5:47 Ask a Question
6:25 Use Silence
7:13 Start With a Prop
7:50 Tell a Relevant Joke
8:31 Use the Word “Imagine”

And there you have it! 12 strategies for starting a presentation that will have your audience hanging onto every word.

If you’re looking for even more ways to create a presentation your audience will love, get started with one of our professionally designed presentation templates: https://www.visme.co/templates/presentations/

Simply insert your own information into the slides, update fonts and colors, and implement your own animations and transitions to bring your presentation to life.

To learn more about how to start a presentation that engages your audience, check out the blog post version of this video: https://visme.co/blog/how-to-start-a-presentation/

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