How do you start your class report to catch the interests of your classmates and maybe the teacher?

Question

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Answer 1

The best way to grab an audience's attention is with a question or 3. If your topic is "How to be Salesman" you might start by boldly asking "How many of you want to a saleman?" Believe me you won't get any hands. Next, "How many of you have ever bought anything?" Finally, "How many of you have ever sold anything?"

Then, relate your last question to your topic. You might explain that they ALL have sold something without knowing it. They have sold their parents on staying out late, sold their best friends into doing something they didn't want to do, sold their kid brother on the idea that vultures will pluck their eyes out, etc.

The questions engage their mind, and before you've gotten to the 3rd Q, you're engaged their spirit. Good Luck...

Answer 2

One way is to start a report (or any speech for that matter) with a dash of humor or silliness. I'm not very good with this stuff, so I hope you're a lot more creative and a lot more humourous than I would ever be, but something like, "For my report on 'How to Come Unprepared to Give a Class Presentation', " begin fumbling through papers, "Oh wait, sorry. Wrong report. Ahh, theres the one! For my report on ...." Like I said, I'm not good at it, but there are people who are absolute masters with this kind of stuff. The real trick, of course, is to get the attention of the class in the first place, because if you manage that, you'll probably have an easier time of keeping their attention throughout your presentation.

Answer 3

Depends on what the report is about. If you are talking about something involving death, find a startling statistic that you have not heard before. If you use one that everyone knows, it will have less, or no, impact. Find something that is a lesser known fact to draw interest. If it is a more lighthearted topic, try to find a joke relating to the subject.
Or, for a different approach, find something that is a "hook". If you were talking about weight loss, for example, you could say "I have the answer you have a ll been looking for. I know how you can loose weight and keep it off from the comfort of your couch". You leave them with that, and don't provide the solution until later in your presentation. If they want to know the answer, they will have to listen.
Good luck!

Answer 4

You didn't specify what your report is about, so i can't entirely help you with that. If you add it, i'll try and give you some ideas... :)