tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161870764175544567.post9093978302329353896..comments2023-12-02T00:38:03.848-08:00Comments on Speak & Deliver - A Public Speaking Blog For the Speaking Public: Starting Your Speech in the MiddleRich Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08368395405978270849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161870764175544567.post-53539818243501078282012-01-18T07:29:12.760-08:002012-01-18T07:29:12.760-08:00Great ideas, Am doing this in my guest speaker spe...Great ideas, Am doing this in my guest speaker speech - changing the opening to "I am NEVER doing THAT again ... with finger now the size of sausages ..."matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945287834964631499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161870764175544567.post-57752364111947654062012-01-17T18:21:16.148-08:002012-01-17T18:21:16.148-08:00My 2009 WCPS speech, "A Knock On The Door&quo...My 2009 WCPS speech, "A Knock On The Door", began with me rapping the podium very loudly three times. As I travelled from club to club polishing and refining the speech, I noticed one unusual oddity: the LOUDER I knocked, the more rave reviews I got about my "spellbinding attention grabbing opening"!Bob Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621163154136771593noreply@blogger.com