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You will learn how to
• immediately gain the attention of your audience
• connect with the audience by adopting a less formal style
Why is this important?
How you introduce yourself and how the audience react to your introduction determine at least 30% of the success of your presentation. Audiences form their impressions of a presenter within approximately 90 seconds, after which it is difficult to change their opinion.
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Wallwork, A. (2010). Ten Ways to Begin a Presentation. In: English for Presentations at International Conferences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6591-2_11
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