Tips and Reminders: 9 Ways to Capture the Audience's Attention

1. Refer to the audience.

2. Refer to the occasion.

3. Refer to the relationship between the audience and the subject.

4. Refer to something familiar to the audience.

5. Cite a startling fact or opinion.

6. Ask a question.

7. Tell an anecdote.

8. Use a quotation.

9. Tell an (appropriate) joke.