Script
hook and conclusion are the most memorable parts of your talk
Hook
- however surprising it is you should not be tricking your audience or go against your perspective of the body of you talk
- Then use that to introduce the audience to your topic
- Use a contrarian approach
propose a common topic, but go against the normal answer. then explain your perspective after.
- unexpected view
Ex: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
- Ask a series of rhetorical questions
questions not expected to be answered but to make you curious, to think of what the point the presenter is getting at
- Deliver a compelling sound bite (quotes)
historian, famous people’s sayings, related to your point.
- Use the word imagine
Audience will do something rather than get bored.
- Add a little show business
- tell a joke
- play some music
- Tell them a personal story
Perspective
connect with your audience
- restate your argument
- What is your argument?
- support your throughline
- What is your position on your topic?
- If your idea is like them, you’ll be relatable
- If your idea is opposite, explain why you think so, so they understand your logic
Tension
- Journey in looking into the topic
- How’d you begin to think this way?
- Was there anything unexpected you found.
- Through the experience did you learn or discovered?
- Did it change your mind about the topic?
- Was there something that you couldn’t understand/explain?
Closing
Connect the dots: Hook + Perspective + Tension
- Make sure they connect to your throughline
- Recap what you just explained
Imagine if they didn’t hear any of your talk
- What’s one thing you want the audience to remember from your talk