DEBATES

Always start with a hook. This is where you first capture your audience’s attention. You want it to be exciting.

There are different ways to open a speech including starting it with a question (relevant to the topic of the speech).

- Use humor.

- Use a sound effect.

- Use a visual

- Ask a question.

- Give a testimony or success story.

Other ideas are:

1. Tell an entertaining or dramatic story.

2. Share a startling statistic.

3. Make a shocking or sensational statement.

4. Do or say something unexpected.

5. Create mystery. (Knowledge Gap)

6. Share a secret.

7. Voice the audience's own fears or insecurities.

8. Reveal a mistake you've made. (‘fess up your mess up)

9. Ask a compelling question.

10. Absurdity (Shatter the construct)

11. Paint a vivid visual (Say: “Imagine if…” or “Picture this…”)

12. Show, don't tell

Here is an interesting presentation that will only take you a couple of minutes to watch: EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS KEY POINTS FROM THE FILM: ’THE PRESENTATION’

Keep always in mind the

As well as the 6 golden C’s of communication in English:

And last, but not least… let’s see an effective and quick way to organize a team’s ideas:

Here you can get some very useful information about:

- how to write your debate:

- how to write a persuasive essay:

- how to debate:

- how to win a debate: