How to Start a Speech with an Icebreaker - Public Speaking Video Lecture

so how do you start your speech with an
icebreaker the main thing is you want to
engage your audience in a way that's
interesting to them and relevant to them
so you don't want to just start off with
something generic like how many of you
would like to be richer how many of you
would like to be thinner or
better-looking people are sick of that
it's trite it's cliche you need to
figure out a way of engaging people so
that it seems relevant to why they're
there and relevant to the information
they want to learn so for example when
I'm giving a presentation on how to
improve your speaking skills I don't
start off by just lecturing for 10
minutes I talk to people for about 30
seconds and then I say so Jim what do
you want to do to improve and I have Jim
stand up I put the video camera on him
and I just let him talk about himself
what he wants to get out of the day
Sally what do you want to do so it
breaks the ice for everyone in the room
everyone gets to speak everyone gets to
learn a little about themselves now is
it funny
no is it wildly creative no but it
starts off the presentation in a way
that's not just me me me and it breaks
the ice that's what you're trying to do