{"id":10725,"date":"2026-08-13T11:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/?p=10725"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:47:40","slug":"how-to-start-a-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/public-speaking\/how-to-start-a-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start a Presentation: 10 Easy Opening Lines for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10725\" class=\"elementor elementor-10725\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f81873 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f81873\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f0b240\" data-id=\"3f0b240\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a14f913\" data-id=\"a14f913\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669ce76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"669ce76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Start a Presentation: 10 Easy Opening Lines for Students<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f1a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64f1a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">Ninth grade, science class, my presentation on the water cycle. I remember opening my mouth and hearing &#8220;um, so, my presentation is about&#8230; the water cycle&#8221; come out in the shakiest voice imaginable. By the time I got to my second sentence, at least half the class had already gone back to their phones under their desks. Nobody ever told me how to start a presentation the right way that the first ten or fifteen seconds basically decide the whole thing, whether people actually tune in or just wait it out, and that those seconds are almost entirely fixable if you just have a decent opening line ready.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">So if you&#8217;ve got a presentation coming up and you&#8217;re already dreading that blank moment right after your teacher says &#8220;go ahead whenever you&#8217;re ready,&#8221; this is for you. Ten openers below that actually work the real answer to how to start a presentation without freezing up and why each one works, so you&#8217;re not just copying a script, you&#8217;re understanding what&#8217;s actually grabbing people&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf5788b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bf5788b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.oratrics.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a Free Demo Today<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111ea70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"111ea70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-14-2026-06_12_35-PM-1024x647.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11061\" alt=\"Young student presenting in a classroom while classmates listen, with a screen displaying \u201cHow to Start a Presentation\u201d and colorful school decor.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-14-2026-06_12_35-PM-1024x647.webp 1024w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-14-2026-06_12_35-PM-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-14-2026-06_12_35-PM-768x486.webp 768w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-14-2026-06_12_35-PM-1536x971.webp 1536w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-14-2026-06_12_35-PM.webp 1577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac86026\" data-id=\"ac86026\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac2edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1ac2edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\r\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"toc-wrapper\">\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"custom-toc\" id=\"custom-toc\">\r\n        <div class=\"toc-title\">\r\n            \u2630 Table of Contents\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <ul class=\"toc-list\" id=\"toc-list\"><\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n\/* Parent Fixed Wrapper holding both components together *\/\r\n.toc-wrapper {\r\n    position: fixed;\r\n    top: 150px; 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That&#8217;s not a comment on how interesting your topic is \u2014 it&#8217;s just how attention works in a room full of teenagers who&#8217;ve been sitting through presentations all period. A good opening line does a few things at once. It grabs interest. It calms your own nerves, because you already know exactly what your first sentence is. And it sets the tone for whatever comes after it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s the part that actually matters, though: you don&#8217;t need to be naturally charismatic or a &#8220;good public speaker&#8221; to pull this off. You just need one line from the list below, said out loud enough times beforehand that it comes out smooth instead of shaky.<\/span><\/p><h3>1. Open With a Fact That Sounds Made Up<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing wakes a room up faster than a number that seems wrong. Something like &#8220;the average person spends about six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green&#8221; it&#8217;s specific, it&#8217;s a little absurd, and people immediately want to know where you&#8217;re going with it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for a fact in your topic that made you go &#8220;wait, seriously?&#8221; when you first found it while researching. If it caught you off guard, odds are decent it&#8217;ll catch them off guard too.<\/span><\/p><h3>2. Ask a Question People Can Answer in Their Heads<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good question pulls people out of autopilot, mostly because your brain can&#8217;t help but try to answer a question the second it hears one. &#8220;How many of you have forgotten someone&#8217;s name literally five seconds after they told you it?&#8221; is a solid opener for anything about memory, a few hands go up, people laugh a little, and you&#8217;ve got them before you&#8217;ve even started your real content.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just keep the question something people can answer fast, either silently or with a quick show of hands. You&#8217;re not opening a debate, just a small spark.<\/span><\/p><h3>3. Tell a Tiny, Real Story About Yourself<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the one I really wish someone had handed me back in ninth grade instead of letting me freeze up. A ten-second personal story, even a completely ordinary one, makes you instantly more human than starting with a wall of facts. Something like &#8220;last summer I got lost hiking because I trusted a map over an actual compass, and it turns out that&#8217;s basically the whole point of what I&#8217;m talking about today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It doesn&#8217;t need to be a big dramatic moment. It just needs to be true, and it needs to connect naturally into whatever you&#8217;re about to explain.<\/span><\/p><h3>4. Say Something a Little Bold or Unexpected<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes the fastest way to get a room&#8217;s attention is to say something that sounds slightly controversial, pause, and then explain yourself. &#8220;Homework doesn&#8217;t actually make you smarter.&#8221; Let that hang for a second. Then walk into what you actually mean and why it&#8217;s more complicated than that one sentence suggests.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This works because there&#8217;s a small gap between what people assumed you&#8217;d say and what you actually said and that little gap is exactly where curiosity lives.<\/span><\/p><h3>5. Use a Quote, But a Short and Unfamiliar One<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quotes can work, but only when they&#8217;re short, actually relevant, and not something everyone&#8217;s heard a hundred times already. Skip the classic overused ones. Try to find a line from someone directly tied to your topic instead a scientist, an author, someone less obvious and let their words do a little of the opening for you before you take over in your own voice.<\/span><\/p><h3>6. Paint a Quick &#8220;Imagine This&#8221; Picture<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Imagine you wake up tomorrow and every single bee on Earth is just&#8230; gone.&#8221; That&#8217;s the whole opener. It&#8217;s already more interesting than &#8220;Today I&#8217;m going to talk about bees,&#8221; and it works because it puts people inside the idea for a second instead of just describing it to them from the outside.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep it to two or three sentences, tops. Enough to create a mental image, not a full story.<\/span><\/p><h3>7. Lead With a Light, Low-Risk Joke<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humor&#8217;s risky when it&#8217;s forced, but even a small genuine laugh in the first few seconds does a lot for how relaxed you and the room both feel. It doesn&#8217;t have to be a real joke, either <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a self-aware comment usually works just as well. &#8220;I&#8217;ve rewritten this first line about four times, so hopefully this version actually lands.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep it short, keep it kind, and skip it entirely if it doesn&#8217;t feel like something you&#8217;d actually say. An awkward joke tends to cost you more than skipping humor altogether.<\/span><\/p><h3>8. Connect It to Something They Already Know<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tying your topic to something familiar a show, a trend, something that happened at school that week, makes an unfamiliar subject feel a lot less intimidating right away. &#8220;You know that AI chatbot everyone&#8217;s using right now? Here&#8217;s the surprisingly old idea it&#8217;s actually built on.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one&#8217;s especially useful when your topic sounds dry or complicated just from the title alone.<\/span><\/p><h3>9. Open With the Problem, Not the Solution<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your presentation is basically an answer to something, lead with the problem first. &#8220;Every year, students forget most of what they studied within about a week of taking the test.&#8221; One sentence like that creates a small itch, people want to know what you&#8217;re going to do about it, and that itch is what keeps them listening through the rest.<\/span><\/p><h3>10. Just Tell Them What They&#8217;ll Get Out of It<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes the simplest option is honesty about the payoff. &#8220;By the end of this, you&#8217;ll know exactly why your phone battery dies faster in the cold and one easy fix for it.&#8221; People tend to pay closer attention once they know there&#8217;s something specific and useful waiting for them at the end.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0dfb8c\" data-id=\"f0dfb8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-774ba66 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"774ba66\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d08f177\" data-id=\"d08f177\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-878aaae\" data-id=\"878aaae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb561ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb561ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Few Things Worth Avoiding\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e440d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28e440d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t open by apologizing for being nervous, you&#8217;re basically planting that idea in your audience&#8217;s head before they&#8217;d even noticed anything themselves. Don&#8217;t read your title slide out loud word for word; everyone can already see it fine. And don&#8217;t over-rehearse your opener until it sounds like you&#8217;re reciting it, practice it enough that it feels natural coming out of your mouth, not memorized.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fd860e\" data-id=\"2fd860e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3012dc1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3012dc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e5a6f9\" data-id=\"7e5a6f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a536ef\" data-id=\"3a536ef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7330a43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7330a43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Matching the Opener to Your Topic\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e281474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e281474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Type of topic<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Opener that tends to work best<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science or data-heavy topics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A surprising fact or number<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal or reflective topics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short story about yourself<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persuasive or opinion topics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bold statement or a good question<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical or literary topics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short, relevant quote<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How-to or problem-solving topics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading with the problem, or the payoff<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53b177f\" data-id=\"53b177f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6b8485 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6b8485\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c507d51\" data-id=\"c507d51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65e694f\" data-id=\"65e694f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114f08e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"114f08e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a31bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27a31bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The opening line was never really about sounding impressive. That&#8217;s the real secret behind how to start a presentation well it&#8217;s about buying yourself those first few crucial seconds where people actually decide whether to listen. Pick one from this list that fits your topic and feels like you, say it out loud a handful of times before you present, and walk in already knowing your first sentence. That one small decision knowing exactly how to start a presentation before you even step up does more for your nerves than almost anything else you could do the night before.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-841da05\" data-id=\"841da05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3a7fde elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3a7fde\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-780c720\" data-id=\"780c720\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7efce37\" data-id=\"7efce37\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a6b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09a6b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beaa114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"beaa114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1991\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1991\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What's actually the best way to start a presentation? <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1991\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1991\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s no single best one, it really depends on your topic and how comfortable you are but a short personal story, a surprising fact, or a question people can answer silently are consistently the easiest to pull off without much practice.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1992\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1992\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How long should the opening line be?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1992\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1992\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually just one to three sentences. Long enough to leave an impression, short enough that you don&#8217;t lose your own momentum before you&#8217;ve even gotten into the actual content.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1993\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1993\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Should I memorize it word for word?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1993\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1993\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Know it well enough that it comes out smoothly, but don&#8217;t lock it in so tight it sounds robotic. Say it out loud a bunch of times beforehand until it feels like something you&#8217;re actually saying, not reading from memory.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1994\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1994\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What if I blank on it in the moment?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1994\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1994\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Having it written small on a notecard as a backup is completely fine, plenty of people who present for a living still do this. Nobody&#8217;s aiming for flawless. A quick glance down is way less noticeable than most students assume it&#8217;ll be.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1995\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1995\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Can I be funny if I'm not really a \"funny person\"?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1995\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1995\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Yeah, just keep it low-stakes. 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