How to Start a Speech

1. Start with a story
   1. Parents start a story with “Once upon a time”; this gets people to lean in, ready to hear a story
   2. You need to do the adult version of “once upon a time”
2. Start with a shocking fact that gets people’s mind going

Barack Obama's top 4 speaking techniques (no B.S.)

• Use Summary prompts
  • Here’s the bottom line
  • Let me be clear
  • The point im trying to make it
  • What im trying to say is
• Use analogies and examples
  • Show and bring things to life using analogies and examples
  • “here’s an example”, “here’s another way of saying it”
  • Warren buffet does this a ton in his investor memos

3 Simple Techniques Obama Uses that will Elevate Your Speech

• Parallelism
• Antithesis rhetorical strategy
• Anaphora rhetorical device

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