What's a good way to start a presentation? 👀✨

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My English teacher wants us to do a five minute presentation on a random topic and to start it in an original way instead of “Hello class…”, but she didn’t tell us how we should start our presentation instead :neutral_face::eyes::sparkles:
So what would be a creative/interesting way to start my presentation? :eyes::sparkles:

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Maybe start with a question, that’s what I do all the time :joy:
You could also use a quote from a celebrity, but it has to be something interesting

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Interesting idea :eyes::sparkles:
I don’t think that a quote from a celebrity ould work this time because my presentation is about cat world records :eyes::sparkles::joy:

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It depends on what the topic is about. You should make it related to the topic.

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You could say why you chose the topic

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But we are supposed to say that at the end… :neutral_face::eyes::sparkles:

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You could start with an interesting fact about cats.

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That’s a good idea :eyes::sparkles::+1:

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You could ask who of your classmates has a cat!

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:eyes::sparkles::+1:

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WASSSSSPOPPINNNN BISHESSSS. Jk.
Start with an interesting fact like ‘Did you know?..’

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You can start with an anecdote or a fact about the topic?

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I know a few. ginger female cats have a spot of a another colour somewhere on the body, because a female ginger cat (I dont know what they are called in English) cant be complete red

or if a cat 3 mix colour (like its both a grey a brown and ginger) it is female.

most white cats are deaf though often only on one ear. also if a white cat has two colour eyes its almost always deaf on the side with the blue eye

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  • explain the definition of the topic.
  • appreciate the teacher for giving your the opportunity, eventhough you hate it in the first place
  • idioms/quotes
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I decided that I should post an update about my presentation: I started by asking “who likes cats” and then shared a few interesting cat facts and my teacher loved it :smiley_cat::blush::new_moon::dizzy:

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I had to sit through a short course about presentations and the guy pretty much said “start with a bang”

So I suggest bringing some fireworks…

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The school will burn! Don’t do it! :fire: :fire::fire::fire::fire::fire:

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Bump!

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I hate presentations, I talk way too fast and quiet. My teachers used to wave at me to “turn up the volume” lol. It worked for like a second, and then I start to talk quietly again. :see_no_evil:

I think starting with an anecdote is great. It feels more personal and it’s a bit easier to talk normally and not use a formal presentation voice. Starting with a question is also good to get the audience involved. :dizzy:

Another trick is to do something clumsy in the beginning to lighten up the mood a bit. Weird, but it works. I once got too nervous to start the presentation I was about to do so the classroom went quiet for a solid minute, HAHA. My teacher was like “Do you mind if we take someone in between?”. Next time went better because it really couldn’t go any worse.

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Just start presenting and don’t even greet the class. :skull:

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