First impressions matter, and this is certainly true when you give a presentation.

We already knowhow first impressions workand how to double-check youmake a good one.

Confidence and body language are important, but so is your opening line.

Inc.com suggests you should take advantage of this when you decide how to start your speech.

Let us be masters of body language and wizards of the opening salvo.

For speakers, it seems, all’s well that begins well!

“We’re always reading that there are literally millions of undiscovered insects in the Amazon rainforest.

What are their names?

And why on earth are they knocking on my door?”

The Most Powerful Ways to Start a Presentation| Inc.com

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